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THE RIMROCK ECHO Christmas Issue Page Two AUTOMATIC JANITOR REGULATES HEAT Remarkable evidence of the effi- ciency of automatic heating and ventilating is to be found in the system in our new building. Be- sides the usual radiators each room is supplied with a neat cabinet ven- tilator. A double set of valves is the key to the system. When the room temperatures reaches 72 de- grees, one valve opens to draw in a current of fresh air which circu- lates through the room and reduces the temperature to 70 degrees. Thereupon the valve closes, and the opposite one opens to fan the heat- ed air through the same grating. This alternation assures a constant flow of fresh air but maintains a comfortable heat. At 6 p. m. the thermostat automatically shifts a key and stands guard for the night, allowing the heat to drop to 55 de- grees but no lower. At 5 a. m. it shifts back to 70 and by 8 o'clock the thermometer stands at 72. Provision is made for heating any room which will be needed in the evening. A button on the ther- mometer in the room is pressed, with the result that heat is main- tained there at 70 degrees through- out the night while the 55-degree temperature obtains elsewhere. For several winters we have been alternately freezing and roasting in poorly ventilated classrooms and offices. Hence the dependable auto- matic servant which supplies both heat and fresh air in proper amount is a source of great satisfaction to all. PRIVATE PHONE SYSTEM The normal school building is being equipped with 15 new tele- phones. There will be a telephone for each of the administration of- fices, for each department, for the stage, and for the janitor. The new system will be com- pletely automatic. All outside calls can be received by any of the phones of the administration of- fices, and transferred to any other phone in the building by dialing its individual number. For calls from one part of the building to another, a button, called local, below the dial on the phone is pressed, and the number of the person dialed is called. ECHO STAFF NEAR ADVISER Room 115 may not mean much to most of the student body, but it means a lot to the Rimrock Echo staff. For the first time the staff has a room accessible to Miss Meek's class room. There are three entrances, one from the class room, another from Miss Meek's office, and the other is from the central corridor which leads to the audi- torium. The room has a work table, several shelves, a typewriter, and a closet in which the Echo staff is privileged to hang wraps and park books and other accessories. THANKS AND APPRECIATION When I think of the number of beautiful floral tokens that came to me from my faculty and stuednt associates in Eastern Montana Normal School, and when I recall their many ex- pressions of interest, sympathy, and concern, it seems as if it were almost a pleasure to have been ill and withdrawn from the busy round of school activities for a time. Thus surrounded as I was by flowers, love and happy thoughts, the ministrations of doctors and nurses produced sur- prising results, and recovery and recuperation were hastened and made easy. My most sincere gratitude and thanks goes out to all these good friends who helped me in this way and to all who did their best to keep classes and activities for which I am re- sponsible, moving as usual. —N. C. Abbott. THANKSGIVING RECESS MARKED BY SPEEDY SHIFT TO NEW HOME Though the official opening of the new school building to the stud- ents was not until Monday, Decem- ber 2, the entire Thanksgiving recess was devoted to the moving. On Wednesday afternoon, Novem- ber 27, a group of men students and Miss Rich started clearing the li- brary of books. This marked the \official closing\ of the old E. M. N. S. Early Friday morning a larger number of men turned out, and under the direction of Mr. Stuber began to clear out the old building. They kept four drays and Dr. Mc- Mullen's truck busy all morning. They carted everything from maps of Montana to boxes of rhyolite and basalt. Chairs, desks, files, pictures, cabinets, bulletin boards, and books all magically disappeared. At 20 minutes past five that evening, old E. M. N. S. was a shabby, barren shell, and one could never have told that a few days before, this building had housed our school. Build Bridge, Board Walk Saturday, the crew moved out to the new building and unpacked and helped straighten out the various rooms. This was quite a task, espe- cially in the library. The tables and bookcases had to be put together, and the entire array of books had to be sorted and placed in their proper positions. A board walk was constructed from the ditch to the building, a temporary bridge was thrown across the ditch, and by Saturday night the new home was ready for use. OH! LET'S GO BACK TO THE OLD BUILDING Tired, haggard students appear at the new normal building for 8 o'clock classes; tired from their walk over the \easy walking dis- tance,\ to use Dr. McMullen's mol- lifying phrase; haggard from lack of sleep and breakfast. It makes one stop and consider whether it was all worth while. True, the floors do not squeak; automobiles filled with fascinating people do not distract the conscientious stud- ent. But we have left so many things behind. We shall miss the goldfish with whom we used to play in our science classes. No longer can the women of the institution duck into the M, & M for a furtive cigarette. No longer can we dash out for breakfast between classes. We shall miss the orange and black classroom as contrasted with the slick, shiny, painfully-in-taste classrooms of the new building. On the new floors we are cautioned not to move the chairs, making it im- possible to \scootch over\ and see what the \A\ student has on his paper. No pigeons as there were in the Washington building. No more lice- we blamed them on the pigeons. No telephone to distract Miss Nourse as she is ready to call on the un- prepared vocalist., The library no longer opens on a busy street where moving vans, fat men on bicycles, Mexicans in bril- liant hued shirts, hurrying business men, swanky automobiles, go by in endless procession. And the long walk—words fail me—printable wards. Oh, let's go back to the old building! SKETCHERS LIKE NEW ROOM The Sketch Club has completed its organization and now has a membership of 17. Officers of the club are: Sigurd Selden, president; Alice Wrobetz, vice president and Louis Gonzales, secretary-treasurer. The club has been working on charcoal drawings from still life and sketches in pastel. It meets every Saturday from 2 to 5 o'clock in room 309. This room is espe- cially well suited for this purpose since the north light is very good for art work. GET ACQUAINTED WITH BOOKS OF THE DAY VOICE OF BUGLE ANN By MacKinley Kantor Bugle Ann, a fox hound, whose hunting days and nights were spent in the Missouri hills, was well loved by her master, who shot the man suspected of killing her. This long short story first ap- peared in the Atlantic Monthly for August 1935. It is now being filmed. Mary Peters, Silas Crockett, by Mary Ellen Chase. Novels of sea- faring Maine. If This Be I by Margaret Deland. An autobiography of this famous novelist's childhood years. My Own Story by Marie Dressler. Lively history of a really wonder- ful personality. Vein of Iron by Ellen Glasgow. The vein of iron here is courage, dis- played by the Fincastle family in Virginia during the years 1900- 1932. North to the Orient by Anne Mor- row Lindbergh. The Lindbergh's flight to the Orient delightfully described. Asylum by William Seabrook. The author describes his experiences over seven months' time in the hospital for the insane to which he went for treatment for acute alcoholism. The Pony Express by Howard R. Driggs. Heroic tale of boys who first linked east and west in reg- ular mail service. Dramatic his- tory of the pony express, the difficulties and dangers of the route, and the end of the service when telegraph lines brought east and west into even closer communication. PREXY TURNS CARPENTER Before the Ted Shawn dance program there was hectic activity in the gym, getting the stage ready for the performance. While walking around the building one day, I de- cided to stop in to see how the work was progressing. One of the men working on the stage caught my eye immediately. He had on a pretty green felt hat that kept bobbing up and down. As he sawed away with much greater industry than the rest of the workers, it suddenly dawned on me that this man was very famil- iar looking, and upon closer obser- vation I noticed that the \carpenter in the green hat\ was none other than Doctor McMullen, our august president. I realized at that mo- ment just how much spirit and en- thusiasm Dr. McMullen possesses. Bill Giltner, freshman in 1932-33, has been chosen one of six candi- dates from Montana to compete for the Rhodes Scholarship Award. The successful candidate will be chosen next Saturday at Helena. REGISTER EARLY Registration for the winter quarter starts on Monday, De- cember 16. First year students will be registered in conference and physical education classes, and second year people will reg- ister at the office. All are urged to register even if they are not sure of coming back. Registra- tions can be cancelled much more easily than they can be made after the winter quarter starts. The deadline on payment of fees is Wednesday noon, Jan- uary 8. Don't wait util Thursday to attend to this matter. Register as early next week as you pos- sibly can. New students will register Monday, January 6, in the office. Their fees will be payable at that time. Classes will start Monday, Jan- uary 6 at 8 o'clock. THE RIMROCK ECHO Published by EASTERN MONTANA NORMAL SCHOOL AT BILLINGS, MONTANA Staff—Bill Bowen, Clara Fitchner, Adelphia Koliha, Mary Lemmon, Rosemary Maddox, Donald Welsh Faculty Adviser Mary J. Meek EDITORIALS 41, 2\2 YOUTH TO SAVE THE DAY Why do people charge all youth with questionable loyalty just because a few have lost their poise? Many of the young folk have been driven into disloyalty by unjust criticism from their elders. They have been dragged into it by disgruntled politicians and other people who have lost confidence in the government and who are continually growling about the terrible situation. The young are entitled to the rights that the older people had when they were young—the chance for getting an education and for earning a living. In an editorial on this subject, Mr. Crabtree, former president of the National Education Association, states: \Young people are not bad as a whole. They average up better than their elders and are more patient than we would be under similar cir- cumstances. Let youth have the right of way.\ Then it is the obligation of young men and women to move forward at once, to overlook unjust criticism, to disregard the radical advice to tear down and destroy, to give themselves over to constructive thinking and to thoughtful building. Such a line of action coupled with courage and hope will save the day. BROADCASTING AS A PROFESSION More than 100 students in the University of Michigan are training for the profession of radio broadcasting. They prepare, direct and pre- sent daily programs and in addition they elect courses in languages, dramatics, advertising, business and music appreciation. The fact that national radio chains will employ only university graduates as broad- casters has increased interest in the course. RELIGION OR PATRIOTISM On September 20, an eight-year-old American boy of good parentage, and himself a brilliant child, refused to salute the Stars and Stripes in school exercises. Since that time the nation has been disturbed by other children who follow this pupil's example. Before passing judgment both sides of the question must be looked into. The child's parents are members of a religious sect known as Jehovah's Witnesses. They sincerely consider, from a scriptural stand- point, that the flag stands for the visible ruling powers. To salute a flag, they say, means that the person saluting ascribes salvation to what the flag represents, whereas salvation comes from Jehovah's God, and him alone. The flag is the emblem of the power that rules the nation. n. an . can s..) that God rules a government where crime is rampant. The Bible says that the nations of the world are under control of Satan; so when we salute a flag we are showing our respect for Satan. On the other hand, can these people who refuse to salute the flag call themselves Americans? Does the United States owe an education to people who absolutely refuse to bear arms in time of war? And why do these people who say that all governments on earth are powers of Satan continue to live so widely separated? Why do they not form a colony of their own and see what can be accomplished where no one cares for his country? It is true that this country was established by those who sought religious freedom, and that the Constitution grants religious freedom, but have these people the right to break down the morale of those who consider the flag salute a wholesome evidence of respect for that emblem which has been carried victoriously through past wars and internal disturbances? Perhaps at least a small part of this recent epidemic of refusals to salute the flag is due to a desire for publicity. If so, something should be done about that. In the meantime an interested nation has its eyes on Lynn, Massa- chusetts, where the first case came from, and on the schools of the rest of the country. CHINA CLIPPER CLIPS TIME OF WORLD TRAVEL The China Clipper, making its first trans-Pacific flight with mail and supplies for the isolated islands of Wake, Midway and Guam, made the 8,110 miles in 60 hours elapsed time. Do we realize that distance is one-third the distance around the world? On the return the clipper carried mail which left Manila on Monday, December 2, and which was delivered at the air mail office here in Billings last Saturday. Reaching Alemada on Friday, the rare flowers picked in Honolulu on Thursday were rushed via air mail to cities as far east as New York, to be placed on the desks of the mayors on Saturday. WHAT IS LEARNING? Education should prepare one for successful living. Therefore the learning process involves a change in the behavior of the learner, who as a small child, is self-centered and unable to adjust himself to a social situation. The task of the teacher is not to fill the minds of pupils with facts as one fills a jug with water, but to guide him in the use of the subject matter so that the ideals taught become a part of his personality and the facts become his tools whereby he may achieve a more abundant life. The committee which awards the Nobel prizes has announced that the $40,000 Peace Prize will not be awarded this year. Apparently the members feel that there isn't $40,000 worth of peace in the whole world. Andrew Carnegie's gifts to education are usually thought of in three categories—for libraries, for research, and for teachers' pensions. But besides these, the little Scotohman, whose centenary was celebrated on November 26, gave 20 millions to individual colleges and universities, usually in small gifts of $10,000 to $50,000. More than 40 percent of the total loans and grants under the four bil- lion dollar Works Relief Act of 1935 is being expended for educational building of one sort or another. New school buildings are rising at an unprecedented rate, and old buildings are being refurnished.
