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Page Two THE RIMROCK ECHO THE RIMROCK ECHO Published by EASTERN MONTANA NORMAL SCHOOL AT BILLINGS, MONTANA Editorial Committee Hazel Lavell, Ella Gilbert Reporters—Dorothy Kottas, Helen Harmond, Myrtle Stockfisch, Reino Hill, Sigurd Selden, Philip Foss, George Hovland, Ann Patterson. Faculty Adviser Miss Mary J. Meek EDITORIALS 411:11*12 THE VETERANS OF FUTURE WARS What started out as a harmless conversation at a Princeton supper table has in less than a month turned into an issue of national concern. Lewis J. Gorin, Jr., of Louisville, Kentucky, made the remark: \As veterans of the next war, why shouldn't we have a pressure group and get a bonus for ourselves?\ This chance question resulted in the foundation of a national organization, The Veterans of Future Wars. It has grown with lightning speed and now has posts from California to New York. Even the young women have organized into the Homefire Division. The object of the organization is to secure a $1,000 bonus for every young man within the ages of 18 to 36, payable at once, as many of them will be killed in the next war, and by securing the money now they will be able to enjoy it. However, the founders of the V. F. W. did not bargain for the storm of criticism, protest and in some cases, approval which they have aroused. They have received letters from all over the country, but are sticking to their guns, nevertheless. They have adopted rules, a salute and a membership pin. Many believe that like most college stunts, the V. F. W. will prove a nine-day wonder. To others, however, it proves that the youth of our country are participating actively and intelligently in a vital national matter. Dr. Daniel Polling returned last week from a world tour, during which he has spent over a year visiting the youth of the colleges, getting their ideas on peace and studying their problems. The general run of them seem to expect war within the next two years and are prepared to die for their country. \Youth everywhere is marching,\ said Dr. Polling, \but all are marching in DEFENSE of their country. Even the boys of Italy feel that if they do not march and drill for war, Ethiopia will come knocking at the doors of Rome.\ Surely if one nation contemplates ag- gression, all the world can find a cheaper and more effective way of defending their country than by organizing for war. The brew so effectively used in this Veterans of Future Wars move- ment may prove a means of seasoning the American nationalism with the salt of common sense. At least it turns the nectar of romantic patriotism bitter with the gall of derision. WILD LIFE The extreme cold of this last winter caused such havoc to the wild life of Montana that nature lovers all over the state hastened to the rescue with money and feed. In many neighborhoods the help came too late; thousands of birds and animals starved to death. Nature is a laboratory available for every rural teacher. If she can instill in her pupils enthusiasm for nature she will have given great aid in the program of conservation of wild life, one of the valuable posses- sions of the Treasure state. By field trips and continued observation and study in all seasons, the teacher and her pupils will accomplish this. When severe cold and snow come they will be eager to secure aid to pro- tect the birds and animals. The hunters and nature lovers in town are glad to buy the feed; the farmers have feed and means of transporting it; the teacher and her children know the feeding places of the wild life. By cooperation the emergency can be met before it is too late. Too many people wander through a field of wild flowers picking the best of nature's crop only to let them wilt before they ever reach water. The teacher in her nature study and field trips should spend time in studying the flowers of her community. By teaching children to appre- ciate and understand these plants she will teach a love for them. A per- son does not destroy that which he loves. He protects it and teaches others to love it. STUDENT TEACHING NOTEBOOKS Students of E. M. S. N. S. who expect to teach next year are beginning to realize that their most precious possessions are their student note books completed during the quarter of student teaching. The students usually start the collecting of material for these notebooks the fall they enter school. To secure sufficient material they must \be on the job\ throughout the two years. The folder for the material is usually one purchased from the book store, but these are not required. Some students use boxes with manila folders and some have made special cases. When the time for filing the gathered material arrives the students find the real work. Mr. Foote's suggestion is to have a folder with the name of each subject in the grade school curriculum and a folder for each month of the year for the Art Department. Any material that will aid the stu- dents when they go out to teach is included. Pictures from magazines and elsewhere, drawings and cutouts for art, lesson plans for any of the subjects, maps, booklets, games for the teaching of subjects and for amuse- ment, and many other valuable aids are to be found in these notebooks. CALENDAR OF EVENTS Day—Date Event Place Monday, April 13 Community Concert H. S. Auditorium Tuesday, April 14 Dedication Day Auditorium Friday, April 24 Soiree Auditorium One Act Plays Specialty Acts All School Dance Friday, May 1 1 / County Track Meet Flannagan's Field Men's Play Day Auditorium Monday, May 4 Lecture — Liquid Air Auditorium Wednesday, May 13 Clean-Up Day Campus Friday, May 22 Montana Track and Baseball Conference Flannagan's Field Saturday, May 22 Dance for Visiting Teams Auditorium Activities of Commencement Week Friday, June 6 All School Dance Auditorium Sunday, June 7 Senior Sermon Auditorium Monday, June 8 Art Exhibit Auditorium Tuesday, June 9 j Play Festival Auditorium / Senior Reception President's Home Wednesday, June 10 Senior Play Auditorium Thursday, June 11 Senior Dinner Auditorium Friday, June 12 Commencement Auditorium Rich Issues Result of Questionnaire, Students Make Many Good Suggestions have brought about a theory that noise is not disturbing. On the con- trary! The librarian certainly in- tends to cooperate with the students who are disturbed, and talking in overtones or undertones will not be permitted. It should be remembered that rules are made for the good of the many and that they have to be gen- eral enough to cover a variety of cases. Our rules were formulated with that. in mind. So if you think that you should not return a reserve book until 10 o'clock because you do not have an 8 o'clock or a 9 o'clock — remember that tomorrow you may want a reserve book to study at 9 that some one else is keeping out until 10. One sugges- tion seems to be quite universal and that is that reserve books should go out earlier than 4:30. Hereafter, then, reserves may be taken out any time after 4 instead of 4:30. But 4 means 4, and not 3:30, and if this privilege is abused, we will go back to 4:30. There has always, theoretically, been a time limit on the use of re- serve books in the library, but here- after we will try to enforce it better. We realize too, that in some fields where use is concentrated, we have- n't enough duplicate copies of books. As fast as possible we will enlarge our collection and correct this dif- ficulty. HONOR ROLL INCREASES Anne Helder with 52 grade points and 18 credits and Kathryn Corwin with 43 grade points and 15 credits again head the honor roll. Other students on the roll were: Mildred Ephland, Ruth Blanchard, Bill Bowen, Leota Carmony, Har- riett Cole, Pauline Cross, Marilyn Duell, Rose Eisenman, Ruth Elgas, Alice Enevoldsen, Esther Epperson, Dorothy Farris, Dora Ginther, Mary Beth Grinde, Helen Hardy, Agnes Helgeland, Betty Jo Horsley, George Hovland, Alice James, Ruth Kent, Dolly Leo, Gail Maryott, Val Ma- tross, Letha Mead, Carol Moats, Lil- lian Olson, Chas. Perkins, Elizabeth Peterson, Rose Schopp, Viola Stur- devant, Helen Swan, Loretta Wad- dell, Robert Wilson and Janet Young. As in most questionnaires, many interesting and contradictory points were brought out in the recent li- brary questionnaire. At first the li- brarian was quite overwhelmed by the variety and multiplicity of sug- gestions that came pouring in, but gradually she began to get a clearer picture of some of the difficulties confronting the students, and she is grateful for their cooperation. Some of the results follow: First, the statistical results. One hundred forty-seven people thought that a written sheet of library in- structions would be more effective than a library lecture. Fifty-four thought the present method satis- factory. Thirty-six thought it would be better to wait a month or six weeks, and only two thought library instruction unnecessary. Sixty-one people have been disturbed by con- versations in the library. One hun- dred sixty-nine students believe that a special reference hour would be beneficial. Difficulties encountered were too numerous and too variously ex- pressed to be concisely tabulated, but in the main they dealt with the inability to get reserve books at the moment when wanted, a general shortage of books, inability to find reference and magazine material, and the closed shelf situation. Suggestions for improvement were equally varied, ranging all the way from opening at 8:00 and closing at 6:30, to keeping open in the evening, to having a time limit on reserves, to letting reserves go out earlier, to having no books on reserve, to hav- ing more books on reserve. Unless some conclusions are drawn, perhaps the whole matter was wasted time and paper. Some must be drawn by the librarian and some by the students. As to the time when li- brary instruction is to be given, this matter can be postponed until next fall, when it is possible that we shall try the scheme voted most popular, written instructions, possibly fol- lowed by an optional lecture later. Since the students are most con- cerned and disturbed by unneces- sary noise, it is their problem to correct this difficulty. The increased size of our new library seems to
