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THE RIMROCK ECHO Page Seven MEN CAN KEEP HOUSE AND SAVE MONEY TOO Cooperative housekeeping for men is a great economic and social suc- cess at the masculine A. S. M. Col- lege in Dallas, Texas. Not only do the seven hundred men living in cooperative houses save money, but they actually make better grades than the average student living in dormitories. A simple plan is followed. All supplies are bought wholesale, and the meals are planned in each house by a house mother appointed by the faculty. The men cooperate in doing practically all the housework, and at the end of the month they divide the expenses equally. The average cost for board and room under this plan is between thirteen and four- teen dollars a month. The plan was begun by 12 boys in 1932 in an old two story house near the campus. The plan pros- pered and now 700 boys in 20 houses enjoy the benefits of low living costs. Several boys in our own school are now doing housekeeping in rooms of private houses. If a co- operative plan on a larger scale were made available it is certain that it would prove successful. Montanans can cook as well as Texans. First Class Teachers Wanted Attention Seniors! If you hope to teach next fall and haven't a job you should apply to Charles Holmes, E. M. S. N. S., Billings, Montana by letter or personal application. This may sound like a hoax, but since applications must be submitted to a member of the school board, and since \Chuck\ is a member of a school board, common sense will assure you of the veracity of this statement. Last fall at the regular school election Charles was chosen a mem- ber of the school board of District No. 4, about 50 miles from Great Falls in Cascade county. In that capacity he helps guide the ship of education for that district. You may be sure in the event you make an application—and are a good friend of \Chuck's\—it will be approved by 33 1 /3 per cent of the school board. Perhaps \Chuck after the seniors read this story, will have plenty of friends. IS OSCAR BRITTLE? Of course it's nothing unusual, at least not for Coach Bjorgum, to break a bone now and then, but I wish to submit his record to who- ever the satitistician is that keeps track of that sort of thing. Up to now (unless he has broken one re- cently) he has broken a grand total of 28 bones in his body. Scapulas, tibias, craniums, femurs, etc., all have taken turns being broken in Mr. Bjorgum's body. At present he is almost free from the hobbling gait caused by a broken tarsal, (making two broken bones for this winter) which he suffered while playing volley ball. I see that Eddie and Betty who were once likethis are now like this. Think of it—a minister can marry often; yet remain single. LET FREEDOM RING Who were Lucy Stone and Susan B. Anthony? What is habeas cor- pus? How long may an accused person be held without trial? Do you know the answers to these ques- tions and could you answer many more just like them? If not, tune in every Monday evening at 8:30 to the new radio program, \Let Free- dom Ring.\ This is a new educa- tional radio series which is presented by the United States Department of the Interior in cooperation with the Columbia Broadcasting system. These broadcasts bring into the home true stories about our gov- ernment which are little known, but are more significant than battles. Experts have searched for weeks for original manuscripts in the Library of Congress and national authorities have contributed to the program each week. Some subjects which have been discussed are: Freedom of Speech, Right of Suffrage, Rights of Women and Children. On April 26, Patent Right was discussed and on May 3 the Right of Habeas Corpus will be the topic. This educational radio project was organized in December 1935 to test the popularity of purely educational programs on the radio. SPRING! SPRING! SPRING! I know just how you feel, now that spring is here. Well, my advice is to follow that strong impulse and dump all your books, maps, and weaving into the closet, lock the door and hide the key. (Not too thoroughly though; you may need it the last week of this quarter!) Now, with lessons taken care of in the best of fashions for Monday's classes, you can think freely. Don those slacks, borrow some money from the pile that is saved for school supplies and buy your favorite food. Get plenty of hot dogs, mustard, buns, oranges, potato chips—ah, can't you just taste it all? Now that all your friends are to- gether, heavily laden with lunch and cameras you can start out into the spring world. Hike or hitch a ride to the rims, set up camp and there you are, ready for a new life. Run around to your heart's content, then eat—all that you can possibly hold. (You may need it if you sleep late Monday and have to go to school without your breakfast.) Then lie about sunning yourself, and perhaps as the delicious warmth of the sun permeates your body you may take a nap too. Did some one say \There is a nice plant over there for my plant col- lection.\ Oh! horrors — no, don't touch the thing. This is your day off and it's against the rules to do anything in connection with school. That school will get along just as well if you forget its existence for one day; to tell the truth, I think it will get along better. School will seem a little brighter after your little outing, and I'll wager Tues- day's and Wednesday's lessons will be better prepared than any lesson since spring vacation. You'll find that the last six weeks aren't nearly so hard to live through after you had a spring day all of your own. Water is the four-fifths majority of the punch served at the dances. DEAN BUILDS DREAM HOUSE YARD FOR DUD AND DUCKS Directly west of the campus on Normal Avenue is \The Half Acre,\ the dream home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dean. As a romantic boy in dusty and unromantic Kansas, while pitching wheat bundles in the hot harvest field, Mr. Dean used to dream of a home of his own and of children throwing rocks through the win- dows. Many farms have blown out of the Sunflower state since Mr. Dean came north, but he has continued to work and dream. In the course of events he found a girl with a dream like his own. He fell hard, married, but kept on dreaming. Now on Normal Avenue that dream house is fast assuming tangible form. Little Dud Dean can play andy- over without even breaking a glass. The windows are pushed to the ex- treme corners, remote from line of fire, and Mr. Dean tells us that he can see three points of the compass at once from the living room win- dow. Cleverly situated back of these windows are six well planned rooms and a garade that meets the car half way to the street. There will be chickens in the back yard, and some ducks, it is hoped, to sail in the irrigation ditch, and later a horse will be purchased to add to the animal life! The dream house will soon be complete, and the Deans will move in, the third faculty family to shift its habitation from down town to the freer air and more convenient location near the school. Dr. Mc- Mullen lives high up under the rims but within easy walking distance of the school. Dr. Hines' new home is but four blocks away, on Rimrock Road. But Mr. Dean beats them all. He can run home for a bit of food between classes if he so desires. No College Men Wanted A man inserted in a large daily paper a classified ad which ran somewhat as follows: \Wanted: a job as secretary and stenographer. Have had two years experience as a convict in one of the largest penal institutions in the nation. Have ex- cellent references from there and elsewhere. Have learned my lesson and am going straight now.\ He was given a job immediately and has made good. Why go to college? SURPRISE Imagine the surprise of Herbert Berg the other day to find his name posted on the Echo bulletin board with peremptory \Get Busy\ com- mand from Miss Meek. The laugh is on Miss Meek this time, for Herb isn't even registered in Journalism and reproaches from her bear no threats for him. Lucky dog! Smith and Louk might console themselves for the outcome of their pugilistic venture by remembering that Joe Louis had his Schmeling. Apeing the convenient shortening of familiar terms used in Time— the names Jack and Dorothy ought to be contracted to Jackorthy or perhaps to Dorjack. Throckmorton Speaks C o m m o n, ordinary, every day things have both meaning and hu- mor. Perhaps these foibles might be called Normalisms. Boys without tennis shoes being chased off the gym floor while the social dancing class grinds the var- nish off the floor. Sixty people to fill 600 seats at Martha Graham's dance recital. A mouse running back and forth under the chairs at Martha Gra- ham's dancing show. Miss Meek looking for lost papers. Brown hanging over the door of the bookstore. Vern Clark's sweater adorned with \GEN.\ Dr. Hines saying, \Like the pres- ident, like his dog,\ when Kerry Mac came into his class and jumped upon his lap. Nature students stealing flowers. A girl remarking facetiously after she had seen her grades, as Mr. Dean passed by, \There goes my pal.\ Lamers wondering what the straw was going to be fed to when the archery targets were in process of construction. Mr. Stuber nicknamed \Stubby.\ Margaret Chase greeting with Hello-oh. Eddie Gremmer in two previous annuals as a Senior. Manion's stolen tournament cards being returned with printed apolo- gies. Wilson muttering under his breath as he cleans up ink spilled on the hall floor. Vern Wagner's childish treble. Girls and Miss Rich slipping on waxed hall floors. When you find plants in every book, And your eyes are always red From plying shuttle and hook Through an unfathomable maze of thread. When you sit up until three o'clock Making social science plates, And walk at least a hundred blocks Cursing all the evil fates, And you haven't seen a show since New Years And won't have time 'til fall, When tests realize your worst fears And you waste time in the hall. And instead of studying sit and sit And can't learn a doggone thing— Well, 'though you've no time to en- joy it, You may be sure it's spring. JINX? Some of those in the student teaching class are beginning to feel that Mrs. Perkins' second grade room at the Garfield is hoodooed. During the past month three student teach- ers in that room have taken ill and were compelled to be absent from classes. Pauline Cross began teach- ing there, but after a day and a half she was stricken with appendicitis and was whisked off to the hospital to be operated on. Helen Swan succeeded Pauline Cross and after about a day and a half she was compelled to discon- tinue classes, for she had contracted scarlet fever. Helen McKee tried it next, and after a couple of days she was absent. Mrs. Perkins began to feel an evil spirit was dogging the footsteps of the girls assigned to her. Luckily Helen was not seriously ill and soon returned to her work.
