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Many very interesting features have been booked for the popular Summer School course called Edu- cation 100, which is offered each summer quarter. Among the entertainers that have been booked thus far are Mr. Hutch- inson, a naturalist and bird imitator, who will present a program on June 15. Sigmond Spaeth ,a tune detector, is slated to appear June 23. Dr. Spaeth has an amazing knowledge of music and is an interesting en- tertainer. Madge Quigley will give a recital on June 28. She plays old classical pieces on the instruments for which they were intended—the clavichord and harpsichord. Miss Quigley comes from the Dolmetsch Studios of An- cient Music, Haslemere, England. John Crowder of Missoula will be here the week of July 5 to present two piano recitals. Virginia Le Rae of the San Carlo Opera Company and the Chicago Opera Company will present a pro- gram on July 12. Miss LeRae is proclaimed an outstanding colora- tura soprano of the day, due to her dazzling triumphs in New York and Chicago in 1933. On July 28 the Coffer - Miller players from Chicago will present matinee and evening performances of \In Shadows Across the Sea\ and \The King's Dilemma.\ Edgar C. Raine of Seattle, the world's best authority on Alaska, will appear here August 5 to give a travelogue of the northern wonder- land. He will show 150 colored views of towns in Alaska and villages in Siberia, mountains, living conditions, and animals of that region. RURAL EXPERT TO TALK DURING LAST WEEK E. Lawrence Palmer, Professor of Rural Education in Cornell Univer- sity, will be on the campus during the last week of summer school. He will deliver a lecture on Monday night, August 9, and will conduct round table discussions on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon. Professor Palmer believes in mak- ing the teaching of science dramatic by relating it constantly to the child's immediate environment. As this can be most effectively done in the rural schools he publishes a series of rural school leaflets upon such pertinent subjects as Conservation, Spiders and Their Kin, and others of a sim- ilar nature. These are all couched in simple language, making the study of natural science an easy and de- lightful activity. These leaflets offer the rural teacher a fine set-up for an activities course in natural sci- ence using the immediate neighbor- hood as a laboratory. It is about his work in this field that Professor Palmer will talk, and it is certain that he will have many ideas to add to the Montana En- vironment Course which is offered in our school each summer. Professor Palmer is a friend of Dr. McMullen, and he is looking forward to visiting the places of interest about Billings and the surrounding country under the expert guidance of Dr. McMullen. THE RIMROCK ECHO Page Five SUMMER SCHEDULE OFFERS COURSES FOR THOSE WISHING THREE OR SIX WEEKS WORK Education 100 Will Offer Fine Program For the benefit of graduates and others who wish to spend only three or six weeks in summer school, E. M. S. N. S. is offering a number of special courses which will earn one or two credits. This is a new de- parture from the regular work us- usally offered. The following brief explanation of courses will make it clear to prospective students that they may enter on June 14, July 3 or July 26 and find courses to meet their needs. In the field of education Mr. Dean will offer a course in the Elementary School Curriculum which will con- tinue daily for the first six weeks. He will add a new two-credit course, Educational Guidance , beginning July 3 and continuing to the end of the summer term, August 13, which is open to graduates and advanced students only. The results of stand- ardized tests in regular school sub- jects will be analyzed and applied to individual cases to show what special courses will be needed to bring retarded children up to stand- ard in any subject or to develop talented pupils in the field in which they show special aptitude. It is a very valuable course, as Mr. Dean has been interpreting the results of the testing program in the Billings schools for a number of years. Mr. Manion will offer a course in sculpturing and modeling during the first six weeks to earn two credits. Miss Roberts will conduct a class in sketching of outdoor scenes during the last six weeks as well as a class in art for Junior High School stu- dents. Each of these classes will meet daily and earn two credits each. In Dramatic Art, Miss Dewey will have a two-credit class in Costume Making and one in Make-up, each to continue the first six weeks. For the last three weeks students may round out the term by taking a one credit course in Stage Equipment, or they may take this course with- out having had either of the other courses. Creative music in the grades will be offered for two credits during the first six weeks. Dr. McMullen will be prepared to give a series of reviews of recent text books in science which stress the environmental treatment of gen- eral science if there is a demand for such a course. There are several excellent new text books upon the subject of Our Environment, a study of which will enrich the teaching of any alert teacher. A thorough two-credit course in upper grade Arithmetic will be given by Mr. Foote during the last six weeks of the term. Miss Meek will offer a two-credit course in Composition during the first six weeks and also a two- credit course in Language Methods, beginning July 3 and ending August 13. Students may take both courses for three credits as the two overlap for the middle three weeks. These are both new offerings during the summer school. A very interesting one credit course during the first three weeks will be presented by Mr. Kaser on the subject of Radio. He will give information about how the radio can be best used in the school and the kinds of programs which are avail- able in the state; he will explain the mechanism of radio sending and receiving, illustrating this phase by visits to an amateur sending set and KGHL; he will also explain the com- mercial uses of the radio principle in such inventions as the radio beam and the electric eye. In the field of Social Science, Mr. Abbott will present a two-credit course in Rural Sociology during the first six weeks; he will also break up his Montana History and Montana Government into a six weeks and a three weeks course. Students may enter Mr. Hawkes' class in Origins of Civilization for the entire nine weeks for three cred- its or during any three weeks for one credit. He will offer a one- credit lecture course on Recent Eu- ropean History during the first three weeks and a two-credit course in Current Political Problems during the last six weeks. STEVENSON TO SEATTLE Miss Stevenson is going to Seattle for the last five weeks of the sum- mer quarter to secure her A. B. degree. She will be in our summer school for the first six weeks, dur- ing which she will offer a new two credit course in Playground Activity. The course aims at a modification of a perfect playground program to suit the small school situation which our teachers will have to meet. The students will observe the playgrounds of Billings in operation. In the Art Department during the past week there has been an ex- hibit of 90 photographs, which are the work of the Jamestown Camera Club, Jamestown, N. Y. Some are flowers, trees or other scenes of na- ture. There are also many inter- esting portraits of people. Mr. Dickover of the N. P. Railway and Miss Fulmer, city librarian, made it possible for the E. M. S. N. S. to exhibit the pictures. The Senior Class met on April 7 to elect officers for the spring quar- ter. Robert Wilson, who has been pres- ident the last two quarters, was elected to serve a third term. Ruth Blanchard was elected vice presi- dent. The class usually retains the same secretary for the entire year, so Esther Epperson is still serving in that capacity. Hines Sends Athletes To Test Prisoner Bill Bequette and Luis Gonzales, two of Dr. Hines' Psychological ex- aminers, recently had the unique experience of testing a 50-year-old inmate of the Yellowstone county jail. The man was suspected of fee- blemindedness, and Dr. Hines sent Bequett and Gonzales because \Bill is big and strong and Luis is a boxer. If the man became unman- ageable the two could handle him.\ The only trouble encountered, how- ever, came in interpreting and scor- ing the man's answers. W. A. A. Sponsors Fine Program at Luncheon On Wednesday, April 14, the W. A. A. sponsored an all school lunch- eon which was held in the Normal School basement. The desired atmosphere for a suc- cessful meal was obtained by the entire group joining in singing \Dox- ology\ and \The More We Are To- gether.\ Following this was one of the most delicious luncheons ever served. It consisted of chicken pie, baked potatoes, cabbage salad, peas and carrots, rolls and jam, angle pie and cheese, and coffee. Spring colors of green and lavendar were used as table runners, and cut out lavendar tulips were used for place cards. A very interesting program was introduced by Maloa Nonhof, 'ro- gram chairman. It included a tap dance and duet by Helen Hughes and Ruth Toothaker, entitled \Silver Threads Among the Gold\; a piano solo, \A Medley of Popular Song,\ by Mrs. Harold Galahan; a reading, \Who's Afraid?\ by Katherine Wil- liams; and some physical education stunts by Marian Wright. The pur- pose of these stunts, other than for entertainment, was to demonstrate some ways of earning points for a letter \M\ which may be obtained by earning 50 points. The two points necessary for membership in W. A. A. may be obtained by any of the stunts demonstrated by Mrs. Wright, as well as various other ways, as explained by Agnes Helgeland, the president of the organization. After a few remarks by Dr. McMullen and Mr. Stuber, Jerry McBride, representing the local De- Molay, cordially invited all of the Normal School girls to attend the DeMolay dances held on April 22 and 24. The chairmen of the W. A. A. committees were: Decoration-Emma Rudio; Program — Maloa Nonhof; Menu — Marie Pederson. Chairmen of the A group were: Kitchen work —Lola Richard; Serving—Lois Bally; Clean-up—Virginia Bender. 4 STUDENTS ATTEND M. E. A. MEET IN BUTTE Marilyn Duell, Lilian Peterson, Homer Loucks and Ben Fleming represented the student Local Chap- ter of the M. E. A. at the Delegate Assembly of the M. E. A. at Butte on March 19 and 20. With Professor N. C. Abbott, M. E. A. sponsor, furnishing his car for transportation, the representatives arrived in Butte Friday noon, March 19. The sessions were Friday evening, Saturday morning, and Saturday evening, and the delegates reported that a large number of former E. M. S. N. S. students were present. A luncheon, given in honor of the delegates, was held in the Finlen Hotel Saturday noon. The rest of the time was spent in visiting the mines and \seeing the town.\ The expenses for the trip were taken from the proceeds which were earned from concessions at the tour- nament. The group returned to Bil- lings Sunday evening.
