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THE RIMROCK ECHO 5 Katoyas Hold Try-Outs The first meeting of the Katoya Players was held Tuesday night, October 7th in Miss Dewey's room in the Administration building. Of- ficers were elected, Anne Helder was chosen President; Sam Patios, Vice President; Leota Carmody, Secretary and Alta Clark, Treas- urer. Membership is based on the abil- ity of the student to act, and all may try out for membership, but only the best are accepted. Tryouts for these people are being held and the next meeting will be Tuesday, Oc- tober 28th. The first tryout was held Tues- day evening, October 21, at which 12 candidates were presented. Other tryouts will follow at various inter- vals. RIMROCK SPONSORS CHOSEN The faculty advisory committee for the school annual, The Rimrock, is as follows: Miss •Meek, chairman and adviser to associate editor; Miss 'Roberts, adviser to art ed- itor; Mr. Stuber, adviser to busi- ness and circulation editors. The choice of the staff will be made by popular vote in the near future. The annual has been partly financed for the past three years from the student activity fund. By this arrangement each student who attends from October to June is entitled to a free annual. For those attending one or two quarters the cost is apportioned. HELGA HAS NEW DRESS \Have you seen Helga?\ Thus Dr. McMullen greeted every faculty member whom he met Friday morn- ing, and then proudly led the way to the window in Mr. Foote's office, where he could point out Helga in the parking space three stories be- low. Did I say \point out?\ No pointing was necessary to reveal the shining maroon truck which is the reincarnation of Prexy's old 1925 Hudson, better known as \Helga.\ When the McMullens moved to their home under the Rimrocks, a snug dug-out was prepared for Helga; her mileage record of eighty thousand miles warranted a rest for her. As she quietly reposed there one hot afternoon last summer, Dr. McMullen began to look her over with an appraising eye. For two or three weeks after school was over in August, the president was con- spicuous by his absence from the office in the afternoons. Was he playing golf? Or fishing? Or nap- ping? Certainly not. He was officiat- ing in the reincarnation of Helga. He transformed her from a sedan to a truck, oiled and cleaned up her engine, purchased one new tire, a battery and a few other gadgets usually considered necessary for successful locomotion of a car. But chief of all was the purchase of red paint with which he secured the dashing appearance noticed by ev- ery admirer. In Helga, Prexy and the Hoeferts made a hunting trip last week, with no trouble at all. In fact, Helga acted the good Samaritan and towed a car salesman's car to a car hos- pital in , Mtartinsdale. The truck part was used for a bed on the trip and en route home it held a big fat buck, the spoils of the trip. 55 STUDENTS WORKING ON N. Y. A. JOBS N. Y. A. jobs have been secured by 44 women and 10 men. The amounts vary from five to 10 dol- lars per month, at the rate of 30c per hour. The number of hours in- volved varies from 17 to 33% a month. There are several students work- ing in the public library, city super- intendent's office, the county super- intendent's office, post office and the city engineer's office. The re- mainder are working in the Normal School offices, with various instruct- ors, and some of the men are work- ing on the Normal School grounds. A new arrangement has been made whereby the monthly N. Y. A. jobs end on the 26th of each month. Individual payrolls are made and approved by the person in charge. Then they are made out on govern- ment forms and sent to Helena. Warrants are issued there and sent to Mr. Stuber, who distributes them to the persons holding N. Y. A. jobs. Aside from the students holding N. Y. A. jobs, a great number are working for their room and board; some work for a meal or two; still others for just room, and some for room and board. DR. McMULLEN TAKES SHORT VACATION On Sunday, October 13, Dr. Mc- Mullen, accompanied by his son-in- law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Hoefert, went to the Little Belts, northwest of Martinsdale for a hunt- ing trip. This belated vacation was in lieu of the vacation which he could not take during the summer because he had to supervise the work on the building. Mr. Hoefert has taken the grand prize ofr shooting for two or three years, and Mrs. Hoefert ranked sev- enth in a 200-yard match, compet- ing against the men of the state. With such a shooting team in the party the trip was pretty sure to be successful. And it was! They re- turned with a fine fat buck. REDUCED RATE AT BABCOCK Students may purchase admission tickets at the Babcock for twenty cents, provided they secure identi- fication tickets from Miss Rich in the library, and present them when purchasing the theater tickets. There is no reduction in price at the Fox this year. In answer to many questions, we asked to announce that activity tiokets DO NOT admit our students to the high school football games. 4 PREXY GOES TO MILES CITY Dr. McMullen will have charge of the E. M. N. S. luncheon at Miles City on Friday. Miss Terrell will play the accompaniment for the school songs and for Mr. Ridgely, who will play a violin solo. The occasion will be a gay re- union with no formality. About 75 students are expected from among the 400 who teach in the east half of the state. EVENING CLASSES GOING The classes of the Extension Di- vision, under the direction of Dr. Harlan C. Hines, were organized Monday evening, October 14. The courses began this week and will continue for 12 weeks, meeting two hours each week. The courses organized were as follows: Vocabulary Building, by Miss Dewey, on Monday from 7 to 9 p. m.; Reading of Poetry, by Miss Dewey, Thursday from 7 to 9 p. m.; Current Economic Problems, by Mr. Hawkes, Wednesday, 7:30 to 9:30 p. m.; Character Education, by Dr. Hines, Tuesday, 7 to .9 p. m.; Swim- ming, by Miss Stevenson, Monday and Thursday from 7 to 8 p. m.; Business Men's Volley Ball, by Mr. Bjorgum, Monday and Thursday from 5 to 7 p. m. About 60 students have already enrolled, and others are to follow. The classes are composed of Bil- lings teachers and townspeople. +- WHAT ARE GRADE POINTS? HERE IS THE ANSWER For the benefit of new students who do not understand the grading system of this school the following information is given. The standard grade point system based on grades and credits is used. The table is based on one credit. If you get an A grade you earn 3 grade points per credit; B-2 grade points per credit; C-1 grade point per credit; D-0 grade points per credit; E—indicates condition, and \I\ with a regular grade indicates incomplete. Both \E\ and \I\ are temporary grades which revert to \F's\ if not removed during the next quarter. Your grade points must equal your credits; that is, if you are taking 16 credits per quarter you must earn 16 grade points. In other words, you must get a \C\ average. If at the end of the first quarter you are warned by the faculty. These grade points must be made up by the end of the second quarter, or you may as well consider your- self \out.\ ENROLLMENT INCREASED At the time of going to press, the registration of the E. M. N. S. was 317 as against 313 at the same time last year. The enrollment at the State Uni- versity reached a new high, with 1,856 students at the end of the first week. Officials predict that there will be 1950 enrolled by the end of the quarter and possibly 2,000 by the end of the year. Following are figures for the va- rious units of the Greater Univer- sity at the end of the first week of the fall quarter during the last three years: 1935 1934 1933 E. M. N. S 312 310 360 State Normal College 311 333 366 State University 1856 1658 1365 State College 1161 1065 950 Northern Mont. College 374 272 312 School of Mines 261 201 235 In Costa Rica's new coinage the equivalent of a dollar is known as a colon. A half-dollar we presume, will be a semi-colon, with two bits about equal to a comma. 11...-1111■1111■11e■••• Bits of Wisdom sim■ea■•••■••■ Do more than exist—live. Do more than touch—feel. Do more than look—observe. Do more than read—absorb. Do more than hear—listen. Do more than listen—understand. Do more than think—ponder. Do more than talk—SAY SOME- THING. ADVICE TO FRESHMEN Don't learn anything more than necessary; you'll forget it soon enough. Be sure to talk in chorus in Miss Meek's English classes; it annoys her when only one talks at a time. Skip classes whenever you feel like it. It will give the teachers less work. Always go to class as though you were going to a picnic. You will feel better when you get there. Do all your visiting during school hours, because after school it is in- convenient to see everybody. If you get tired listening to an intellectual lecture, get up and leave the room. You can walk through the halls and slide down the bannister as . a cure for ennui. Go up the steps two or three steps at a time. You save wear on the steps. Don't study when you're tired Or have something else to do. Don't study when you're happy For that may make you blue. Don't study in the daytime, Don't study in the night, But study at all other times With all your main and might! —Exchange. HAD HE ONLY KNOWN A clergyman, slightly deaf, asked his clerk to make an announcement after the sermon about the new hymn books. The clerk, having other notices also, first read one on baptism, saying, \All those with children to baptize, will please send in their names at once.\ The clergy- man, supposing the notice read on babies was one on hymn books, arose and added, \I want to say for the benefit of those who haven't any that they may be obtained from me any day between 3 and 4 o'clock, the ordinary little ones at 15 cents each and the special ones with red backs at 25 cents.\ THIS IS NO JOKE! TEACHERS GET MARRIED Contrary to the old tradition that a girl who enters the teaching pro- fession signs her matrimonial death warrant, we find that R M. N. S. graduates are getting married rath- er rapidly. From an incomplete survey made in his office, Mr. Foote of the Placement Bureau, states that of the 967 women who have been grad- uated since the first class in March 1928, 115 are reported to have been married. This list is incomplete. He estimates that many other mar- riages may not have been reported. Judging from the long list which the last summer has brought forth the weddings must be on the in- crease. The marriage altar seems to be the best means of making room for new teachers.
