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■••■ ■■ •••-•••-• ■••-■■••■■•■■ - •I 4 .•I. ATTENTION STUDENTS! Commencement exercises are being held this year on Thursday instead of Friday, in order that students who have the chance may go home over the week end. This arrangment is only being tried out, and will be discontinued if students persist in leaving or trying to get permission to leave before the exercises. It is required that all students attend Commencement. THE QUARTER, DOES NOT END UNTIL THE EXERCISES ARE OVER. It is undemocratic and unfair to others to \cut\ early, as the rest of the student body will suffer for the misdemeanors of the few who try. Be fair to yourself and to your fellow students—don't try. ••••••• ■■ •• 2 THE RIMROCK ECHO THE RIMROCK ECHO Published by EASTERN MONTANA NORMAL SCHOOL AT BILLINGS, MONTANA Editor Lavern •Babcock Makeup Jeanne Barnes and Virgil Dowell Staff—Class in Advanced Composition: Pauline Beal, Annabel Whaley, Evelyn Burghart, Alta Cobb, Janet Higgins, Curtis Hughes, Frances Holmes, Margaret Lindberg, Ruby Roberts, Jean Stoltenberg, Elsie Stone, Mary Vaughan, Billy Weast, Franklyn Williams Faculty Adviser Mary J. Meek EDITORIALS r1 2 MOVIES HAVE STRONG INFLUENCE ON YOUTH Specialists on radio education in the Federal Office of Education have found that about 70,000,000 people in the U. S. attend motion pictures each week. Where movies are available, every child attends on the average of once a week. A child retains two-thirds as much from a picture as do adults. This fact appalls us when we consider that three- fourths of the pictures relate to sex, crime, or romantic love. There can be no doubt that the movies influence the attitudes of children, and that this influence has a lasting effect. The specialists discovered that the motion picture has very important educational values. Pupils studying with a group of historical films learned 19 per cent more than pupils studying without; they learned more quickly, remembered 12 per cent better, and voluntarily read 40 per cent more supplementary material outside of classroom work. At present less than 10 per cent of public schools make use of motion pictures in classroom instruction. The idea has grown greatly in popu- larity during the last few years, however. The committee strongly recommends high school courses in motion picture appreciation, and the N. E. A. is publishing outlines of certain outstanding films for study in English classes. Among these are The Little Minister, David Copper- field and Great Expectations. WOMEN'S LETTERS Students have been requested not to wear letters earned in other schools. In most cases the request has been heeded, and at the present time there are not many foreign letters to be seen. But if the privilege of wearing other letters is to be taken from the students, there should be some opportunity substituted for earning the E. M. N. S. letter. The boys may earn letters by various means, but what opportunities are there for the women to gain this honor? A large number of girls in E. M. N. S. have athletic ability, but the school does not have a policy of awarding letters to girls. The major enrollment of this institution is made up of women, and they should have an opportunity to distinguish themselves in athletics as well as the boys. At the present time the girls are having volleyball and basketball tournaments. The best of these teams will then play the High School team and the Poly team. Why not award letters to these deserving players? In the spring those that are exceptional tennis players are entitled to letters also. SO WHAT? There are two kinds of students who brag about their grades, those who make mostly A's and those who come up with flunks. The A student brags to avoid misconception that he might be an apple polisher ,and the flunkers must tell how they were discriminated against or else how little they really studied. A TRIBUTE We envy him—the man who had the courage to stay at his post to the very last. He did his duty. We wonder what his thoughts were during the few minutes the wrecked Macon was hurtling to earth. Perhaps he had no time to think of anything except the S. 0. S. calls he was flashing into the air. Per- haps he was so engrossed in his radio that he did not realize the grave danger he was in. Perhaps he realized only too well that only through his calling for help would the majority of the crew be saved. At any rate Ernest E. Daley died nobly. He finished with honor the work he'd begun. His nobility lies not in his dying, but in staying at his post; in doing his duty when the impulse of most would have been self-preservation. Therefore he has the tribute of America and most especially that of the survivors of the Macon disaster, and those dear to them. Garlington Discusses Cooperation of Units In an address before State Uni- versity students at Missoula on Sunday, February 17, J. C. Garling- ton gave a very sensible sugges- tion for presenting the interest of education before the Legislature. Since the office of chancellor has been vacant the presenting of the case of education before the legis- lature has been neglected. Mr. Garlington stated that only throng,. greater cooperation among the six units of the Greater Univer- sity can each of the units get its share of appropriations and im- provements. He showed that the appropriations for this biennium is no larger than that for 1921-22, yet there are twice as many students enrolled now. The enrollment for this year. he said, is 20 per cent larger than in 1933. In part Mr. Garlington said, \The future is one of instability. There is no means by which we can work out a long range plan. The very being of the Greater University de- pends upon appropriations. Each session now sees a proposal in the legislature to consolidate the units.\ \The towns of Billings, Missoula, Butte, Dillon, Havre, and Bozeman —where the units of the University are located—control approximately one-fourth of the members of the legislature. But, by lack of con- certed action they have been un- able to improve their common situ- ation. By welding together the aims of the units and by concerted action, education in Montana would 'be taken off the altar of cere- mony'.\ He urged that alumni of the units combine to work for the good of the Greater University because only by that means can the separate in- stitutions gain what they need. To this end he proposed a Greater Uni- versity Alumni Association through which correct information concern- ing the university can be circulated among the voters. Third In Series of Community Concerts Students of E. M. N. S. will have an opportunity to attend another Community Concert evening March 29. Owing to the fact that the Bab- cock Theater burned the concert will be held elsewhere, but the place is as yet not decided. The artists featured are Barrere, Salzedo and Brett. They are a flute-harp-cello ensemble, one of the outstanding ensembles now appear- ing on the concert stage. George Barrere, who plays the flute, formerly was first flutist in the New York Symphony Orchestra and later organized the Barrere Little Symphony, which was instant- ly famous. Carlo Salzedo, harpist, has toured extensively both as a harp soloist and as a member of the ensemble. Horace Brett has played for the San Francisco orchestra and was cello soloist with the New York symphony. When Barrere, Salzedo and Brett decided to join a company several years ago, the musical world was thrilled with the expectation of hearing these three gifted men. Their numerous performances have justified the people's expectations. Registration For Spring Quarter The winter quarter comes to an end following the commencement exercises on Thursday, March 21. The spring quarter will begin with regular classes on Monday, March 25. Registration for the spring quar- ter will be conducted next Monday to Thursday, and all students are urged to complete registration at that time with exception of pay- ment of fees. Registration for sec- ond year students will be carried on in Dr. McMullen's office. Registra- tion of C division students will be effected in the conference classes, and of A and B division girls in the physical education classes on Mon- day and Tuesday. The men of the first year class will register with Mr. Stuber. Mr. Stuber reminds us that regis- tration is a convenience to the stu- dent and each one should see that he registers when asked. It is easier for the secretary to cancel a registraiton than it is to fill one out late because the student didn't know whether he would be able to return. CONDUCTS RESEARCH WITH COLLEGES Dr. Walter A. Jessup, brother-in- law of Dr. Hines, presents an en- couraging picture of the colleges of today in his first report as Presi- dent of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. He says that the college student of today \is no longer the blase, so- phisticated, pleasure - seeking stu- dent of the 'twenties; he is a hard- working, serious-minded person who demands more of the college li- brary, the laboratory and the in- structor than did his brother of a decade ago.\ He further notes that the better conduct of students, de- mand for more serious articles in newspapers, increased interest in politics, less emphasis in fraternity and sorority membership, greater independence of thought, less rev- erence for existing institutions, show that the college student is thinking more and playing less.\ This report gains added signifi- cance when considered in conjunc- tion with the wide response of 118 colleges to the Peace Poll conduct- ed by the Literary Digest. Nearly two-thirds of the questionnaires were returned and the tabulation shows that 49.8 per cent of the stu- dents favor entry in the League of Nations, 63 percent believe that we can keep out of war, but most of them do not favor the larger army and navy as the best means to keep the peace. Eighty-three per cent favor conscription of wealth as well as man power. The net findings of that poll indicate that the people who may be expected to furnish the fodder for the next war are not going to be rushed into war by a wave of hysteria. They are think- ing gravely of the subject, and they will be slower to act than were the millions who volunteered in the World War. Mr. Hawkes: When was the re- vival of learning? Lavern Babcock: Night before exams.
