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2 THE RIMROCK ECHO THE RIMROCK ECHO Published by EASTERN MONTANA NORMAL SCHOOL AT BILLINGS, MONTANA Editorial Committee Vivian Selle, Hilton Utterback, Paul Johnson Reporters—Margaret Hunter, Mary Ellen Hunter, Arline Janke, Olive Lindland, Ernestine Ross Faculty Adviser Mary J. Meek EDITORIALS 41 6D \ THANKSGIVING Every year on the last Thursday in November we observe Thanksgiving day. Truly enough, we should be thankful whenever good fortune comes to us, and after a fashion we are. But when hard luck presses us, when we see our world awry, when our spirits are low, we forget to do as Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch did—count our blessings. Hence it is a wise practice, this setting aside of a special day when we make an inventory of things for which we can be thankful! No attitude is more unfortunate than self-pity. No matter how hard up we are, how discouraged, how blue or how lonely, we can always find someone who is worse off. For one thing, we can all be grateful that we are citizens of the United States, and that the threat of war hangs less heavily over us than over other nations. That fact alone should be cause for a general Thanks- giving. HIGH SCHOOL LETTERS TABOO The Eastern Montana Normal School makes honorary awards of sweat- ers adorned with the letter \M.\ This is the only official letter of the school and should be recognized as such. It is a mark of honor, signify- ing work well done in some activity of this school. There are many school letters being worn around the school this year. This practice is not only confusing to the first year people, who do not know what the official school letter is, but is also considered a very unethical practice. There is no other institution in the state which per- mits students to wear their high school letters. When one comes to an institution as a student he is considered as part of that institution, and if he is going to wear a letter it should be of the institution which he is attending. This school gives letter awards to those who have earned them. As students in this institution they should either be wearing the official letter of the school, or if they can't earn one of these they should go unadorned. PEACE AND EDUCATION In this sixteenth year since the close of the World War the advocates of world peace find themselves in a discouraged mood. At no time since the first Armistice has the world been so near another world conflict. For a dozen years we lived in a post-war'period. Now the world is no longer looking back on the last war; the nations are again in a pre-war period, are looking fearfully forward toward the next war and are in- creasing their armament at an astounding pace. Why is it that the world seems to be drifting toward another conflict? There has been equipment, such as the League of Nations, the World Court, the Kellogg-Briand Pact, set up to preserve peace and settle inter- national disputes by arbitration and fair methods. Why are these organ- izations failing to serve their purposes? Cannot the nations of the world trust one another enough to keep the pledges they have made? These questions are vital to everyone in the world; the future of this civilization rests on their answers! Permanent peace cannot be secured by peace treaties, disarmament conferences or even pacts outlawing war. The ineffectiveness of these methods has been shown in the events of the past few years. These methods are encouraging gestures toward peace, but they alone will not have much effect. It seems that the most effective weapon to use in working for world peace is world opinion. Militarism will continue to rule until the ma- jority of the citizenry of the world is educated to a level where it will no longer tolerate such barbarous methods of settling disputes. Sir John Simon, British Foreign Secretary, said in a world broadcast on Armistice Day: \Now is the hour for public opinion to act, to insist that governments take their orders from it and from it alone. If public opinion tells governments that there shall be no war, there will be no war.\ Education plays the largest role in shaping the attitudes and opinions of future generations. It is up to the educators of this nation and every other nation to form public opinion that will eventually have enough strength to do away with war. How long this will take no one can say. Racial hatreds and fears are so strong that at first the conditions seem hopeless. Education must not falter when it meets these gigantic obstacles. It must show the world the futility and wastefulness of war. Educators must teach the principles of peace not only today and tomorrow, but for an indefinite period of time to come! If the 10,000,000 men killed in the World War were to march ten abreast past a given point at the rate of one row per second for twelve hours each day it would take 46 days for them all to march by. PRESENT DAY CHIVALRY Is chivalry slowly going out of style? That is a question that is con- fronting the rising generations. A marked change has taken place in the attitude of the sexes toward one another. A number of years ago women were very rarely seen in the business world; their place was in the home. In those days they were financially and otherwise dependent upon men for their living. They were something to protect and write poems about. Under the present social arrangement if the men took time to write poems as a tribute to the fairer sex the women would probably wonder what was wrong with them. Even nowadays if a man meets a lady he tips his hat, providing he is so fortunate as to own one. If he is sitting in a crowded room and a woman enters he is supposed to jump gallantly to his feet and insist upon her taking his seat. Usually not much argument is needed. This same man may go to work the following morning and find that he is fired and that this lady has his job. The same thing holds true of a young man who may be working for 50 or 60 dollars a month, and who is showing his girl friend around, who for convenience we will say is a school teacher getting 100 dollars a month. Where is the justice in this social custom? This young man is foolishly spending all he can earn on a woman who is earning twice as much as he is, and he is paying the expenses. Of course some one will say, \Yes but the men should feel honored that the girls will accompany them.\ Far be it from me to deny it, but, 1 would say that this theory works both ways. Why not the women feel honored to go with the men? The men are paying the bills. I don't advocate women not working; in fact, I think they are and should be equal to men in the business world. But I do feel that if they are going to accept equality in the business world they should also look for equality in the social world. In many eastern colleges the custom of dutch treat has been success- fully worked out. This idea is also carried out to some extent in Europe. The Normal School boys will be open for dates .. . FACULTY ACTIVITIES During the recent Red Cross roll call, Mr. Abbott was roll call chairman over the following twelve counties in this section: Gallatin, Park, Sweet Grass, Stillwater, Car- bon, Yellowstone, Big Horn, Mus- selshell, Fergus, Wheatland, Golden Valley, and Treasure. He made several trips all over this part of the country organizing workers and assigning districts to be canvassed. November 8, he was at Roundup. November 15, 16, 17 he was at Lew- istown, Harlowton and Big Timber. While at Harlowton, he spoke at an assembly of the High School. Mr. Hawkes is in demand these days as a speaker on socio-economic problems. On November 5th he dis- cussed \Social Insurance\ before the Women's Club, and today at a noon luncheon he will speak before the Credit Men's Association on the subject of \How Much Is a Dollar?\ This same topic of \Currency\ was discussed in his extension class on Wednesday of last week. Wanted—A few more active or- ganizations in E. M. N. S. so that the Rimrock Echo reporters will have something to write about. MONTANAN SELECTED FOR NOBEL AWARD Dr. Harold C. Urey, state univer- sity graduate, was recently awarded the Nobel prize for chemistry. He is the third American to win the award, which is valued at $50,000, since it was founded in 1907. Dr. Urey is at present a member of the faculty of Columbia Univer- sity. He received his B. A. degree from the state university in 1917, later teaching there from 1919 to 1921. He received a Ph. D. from University of California in 1923. The discovery of \heavy water\ brought Dr. Urey the coveted award. Heavy water costs $60,000 a pound, and it is expected to prove a great aid in the cure of cancer. A valuable book entitled \New Poetry\ by Monroe and Henderson has disappeared from Miss Dewey's room. She will be very grateful if it is returned. Mr. Hawkes spoke at the Jeffer- son P.-T. A. meeting November 12, on the subject of \Can We Meet the Challenge of Youth.\ The same talk was repeated by request on November 13, at the Broadwater. Dr. McMullen spoke at the P.-T. A. meeting of the Canyon Creek school Friday, November 16. He was accompanied by Mr. Foote. On Sunday, November 25, at the Con- gregational Church, he spoke at a joint meeting of the Methodist and Congregational Churches. Dr. McMullen attended the an- nual meeting of the Yellowstone Valley Boy Scout Council, which was held at Miles City last week. Approximately 100 Scouts from as far north as Glasgow and Ekalaka, and from Baker to Livingston, were there. Dr. McMullen states that there appears to be greatly in- creased interest in the Boy Scout movement. Friday, November 16, Miss Nourse spoke at the Polytechnic chapel service. Miss Zelah Hurley was confined to her home for a week, due to slight injuries received in an auto- mobile accident which occurred when she was in Butte, November 10. Dr. Hines is to be the principal speaker at a meeting of the Mid- land Empire School Men's Club, which will be held December 8, at the Commercial Club. 'The program is in charge of Professor Seebart of the olytechnic Institute. Be- sides Dr. Hines' speech, there will be three other talks given by dif- ferent school superintendents of the Midland Empire.
