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4 THE RIMROCK ECHO NORMAL STUDENTS RECEIVE F. E. R. A. HELP The F. E. R. A., which is a part of the C. W. A., has allowed 35 students of the E. M. N. S. to bene- fit under the new plan to keep stu- dents in school. The plan is to allow students to earn a maximum of $20 per month. They are to be paid at the rate of 30 cents per hour for unskilled labor, 35 cents for semi-skilled and 40 cents for skilled labor. This plan is not de- signed to furnish jobs for students but to keep students in school. Ap- plicants must be in good standing and must have some help from other sources. At present girl students find no difficulty in getting work for room and board but men have difficulty in finding work of this nature; therefore the original provisions that work be apportioned according to number of men and women has been waived in order to offer work to needy men students. Dr. Hines has two students as- sisting in psychological testing in the Billings schools. Mr. Foote and Mr. Dean have three people as- signed to do testing and corre- sponding. Mr. Stuber has four peo- ple assigned to make repairs, do odd jobs, inventory work and the like. Mr. Shunk has two students to assist him in tree planting, on the building site and for develop- ment of a well for the camp at Red Lodge. The remainder will be men who will work with Dr. McMullen and Mr. Bjorgum on the development of the athletic field, backstops for tennis courts, leveling off the grounds and constructing a dugout for a tool house. The head of this work in Montana is T. C. Spaulding, Dean of Forestry School at .Mis- soula. DEAN STARTS SOMETHING Little did Professor Dean realize how far his \novel epistle\ would travel when he placed it in the hands of the insidious Bill Sirrine. The \note consisting of a piece of cardboard, a rubber band, and a paper clip fixed for a buzzer and enclosed in an envelope, was in- tended for the innocent Miss Janke. However, it seems to have reached most everyone but her. Monsieur Sirrine proceeded first to dupe Herr Utterback. The re- sults being favorable (to the form- er), Herr Bjorgum and Herr Baum- gartner were decided upon as the next recipients, and both \bit.\ At this point Herr Baumgartner be- came master of ceremonies and had fun at the expense of Messrs. Matross, Cunningham, and Livings- ton. The following day the Dean in- fluence was carried into a local bank by our wily caretaker. From his hand the stratagem passed to cashier, to teller, to stenographer, to president. Thus, we have a concrete exam- ple of the old adage, \You never can tell.\ Although many were chagrined, a good time was had by all. A grapefruit is just a lemon with a college education. STUDENTS HEAR RABINOF On Friday night, February 23, the E. M. N. S. students, as well as the members of the Community Concert Association, were privil- eged to hear Rabinof, great Rus- sian violinist. Rabinof studied under Auer, who personally conducted the orchestra accompaniment when Rabinof made his first appearance in New York. Auer says that only the most skilled violinist can perform some of Pag- anini's compositions, one of which, Caprice No. 24, was played by Rab- inof. His programs included selec- tions from Bach, Chopin, Elgar, and Goldmark. Meek Acts as Judge Miss Meek and Mrs. Louis Vinke acted as judges in the annual Fidac Essay contest last week. Every year since 1919 the American Le- gion has conducted this essay con- test on peace in the high schools of the U. S. This year the subject is \Peace With Security.\ Sixteen essays were submitted to Miss Meek for judgment. She was as- sisted in the work by Juanita Davis, Donna Pefley, Leon Nelson and Gilman MacDonald, members of the class in advanced composition. Final judgment was made by Mrs. Vinke and Miss Meek. PLEASE SERVE CRACKERS If you meet an extremely polite person in the hall do not be sur- prised. Miss Meek's class in Ad- vanced Composition has been ex- ploring the realm of etiquette during the past two weeks. Everything has been discussed from the proper way to tell your boy friend good night to the correct conduct at your mother-in-law's funeral. The course was climaxed by a demonstration of a formal dinner. The table etiquette was perfect, and the service was beyond re- proach. Emily Post couldn't have done better as to etiquette, but a French chef could have improved the food, for, alas, a perfect menu of only imaginary food was con- sumed. While the demonstrators went through the actions of eating and described the luscious menu, those poor souls who dash off to an 8 o'clock class without breakfast were in agony. We suggest that here- after such demonstrators supply the class with soda crackers before beginning. KATOYAS HOLD MEETING The Katoya Players held the last meeting of this quarter on the eve- ning of March 6. The evening's entertainment consisted of a one act play, \The Adolescent Young,\ presented by the dramatic arts class. The entertainment and lunch committee were Mary Bell Wil- liams, Jo Strawn, Stella Price and Ethelyn Norskog. Government has taken steps to stop the overproduction of almost everything but jobless school teach- ers.—Birmingham News. PIGEON TWINS ARRIVE Mr. and Mrs. Pigeon, who have resided in the window box, Room 3, Washington Building, since early in January, announce the arrival of twins, who four weeks ago came td make the Pigeon home complete. These don't happen to be identi- cal twins. One of them is coal black, and the other one is all black except for a white streak on one wing. Because of the recent return of winter, it is very fortunate that Miss Barden had a covering made for the pigeon home to protect them from the cold and stormy weather. Andy Becomes a Man The Sketch Club, Saturday, Feb- ruary 24, formally celebrated An- drew Hofmeister's birthday. Andy modestly admitted that he had at- tained a majority, (he didn't say what) and from this date on, was through with childish ways. Fur- thermore, in the future, he would conduct himself with all the dig- nity of maturity. Club members, insisting that he demonstrate his ability to so con- duct himself, collected 87 cents which they gave to Andy with ex- plicit directions for its expenditure. Andy was compelled to purchase a long list of items, including candy, chicken soup and oyster crackers; he was intsructed to purchase only one item at each store visited, pay for all purchases in pennies, and insist on getting two cans of chick- en soup for 19 cents. He was also expected to make a detailed ex- planation to the storekeepers that none of his ancestors were Scotch, despite the fact that his name is Andy. After he finished his shop- ping tour, he was allowed to watch the others eat the .refreshments. Andy reported that his hardest job was to convince the Sketch Club members that they should not in- dulge in all day suckers so late in the day. Mr. Hofmeister insists that he will continue to eat beans with his knife, so that other club members will not think he is trying to \high hat\ them. CLINIC FINISHES TESTING The child psychological clinic conducted by Dr. H. C. Hines is little known outside of E. M. N. S., but is highly valuable. The stu- dent testers have tested more than 150 grade school children and will test 50 more before the end of the quarter. These remaining tests are to be given to the children of the un- graded rooms in an effort to solve the problem of their retarded prog- ress. The first tests were given to speech defective children. Next quarter the testing students will work at the Fratt Memorial School at the request of the principal, Sis- ter Mary Elizabeth. Catherine Stahl of Laurel, a member of the first year class, was married last Saturday, March 10, to John R. Ricketts of 320 South 30th Street. Mrs. Ricketts will con- tinue her work at E. M. N. S. next quarter. CAPS AND GOWNS ARE TO BE BOUGHT One tradition which seems to be firmly fixed in the life of the East- ern Montana Normal School is that of the graduating group wearing dark blue caps and gowns for the senior sermon and for the com- mencement exercises. The changes which have occurred in this tradition have had to do with the method of taking care of the cost of this custom. For a num- ber of years the gowns were rented personally by the members of the class at a cost of approximately $2.50. Last May the student coun- cil adopted an emergency course and paid the entire rental out of student activity funds. At that time it was realized that it was questionable as to whether or not the student activity fund could con- tinue to bear this burden indefin- itely. After intensive study the student council for 1933-34 find it necessary to change this plan slightly. The new plan is as follows: Grad- uates of March 1934 and thereafter will pay into the student activity fund a service charge of $1.00 for the use of caps and gowns upon graduation. From seventy-five to one hundred caps and gowns will be bought as soon as possible and stored in the school as personal property of the students. .L his service charge will pay for the care of the caps and gowns and should retire the first cost in five years. Any wear obtained out of them after they are paid for will be just that much clear gain for the stu- dent activity fund. BILLINGS PLEASES MISS RUTH NOURSE (Continued from Page 1) New Jersey; and has taught music in Bronxville, N. Y. and Pelham, N. Y. Miss Nourse says that her intro- duction to Billings has been very pleasant. She is very much inter- ested in new ventures and in mak- ing changes; therefore she antici- pates with pleasure her new posi- tion as an opportunity for self- growth and new experiences. Modern Camp For the past year Miss Nourse and a friend have devoted their time to locating and establishing a modern camp, which has cottages, a swimming pool, and a tea room. It is situated in the Allegheny Moun- tains, on the Roosevelt Highway, in Pennsylvania. Miss Nourse states that she will leave Billings at the close of the summer quarter, in August, and remain there until school resumes in the fall. MRS. McMULLEN DISCUSSES CREATIVE WORK IN H. S. Mrs. McMullen was in charge of the program of the Women's Club last Monday afternoon, March 5. Miss Meek assisted her in the pro- gram by giving a talk on the Mod- ern American Short Story. Mrs. McMullen discussed the creative work done in the high schools throughout the state.
