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Friday, December 15, 1939 THE RIMROCK ECHO Page Three Fuller Escapes Death In Fall From Rims No doubt you have seen Shirley Fuller parading through the halls picting the horrors of war. However recently, looking like a poster de- Miss Fuller emphatically declares that the sling and shiner effect is not a publicity stunt. For the ben- efit of the uninformed, her surgeon has pronounced her sufficiently re- covered to submit a statement to the press: \False rumors say I was despond- ent over Montana history; that I was perfecting my tumbling; or that I was seeking an exception to the laws of gravity. \Well it was this way. Some friends and I were roasting hot dogs above the rims. In the midst of my first delicious bite, the smoke of the fire got in my eyes, and I decided to move to the opposite side. Care- lessly forgetting that our car was close to the edge of a cliff, I walked in front of it and stepped confi- dently into the yielding atmosphere. \For the duration of a few sec- onds and about ten feet, I was un- certain of my future. But instead of oblivion, I finally felt the blessed reassurance of terra firma. My lungs promptly rallied with a startled 'Help!' and I was rescued. I thought I was in robust health until sud- denly advised of a mammoth bump on my head and a gash above my eye—it was then I knew I had es- caped the jaws of death. \I was rushed home, discovering later that my wrist was fractured. However I am not as unhappy as I appear, for my life is now motivated —I feel I was strangely spared for the teaching profession.\ Service Club Grows; Gives Yule Party Recruits from both freshman and senior classes are stepping up the membership of Service club this quarter. The new members last week were Patsy Cox, Juanita Huppert, and Arthur Minnie. Plans are being made for the members of the club to pep up the school spirit during the coming bas- ketball season. Uniforms of yellow, stone and blue for the cheer leaders will be made by the Service club. The megaphones have already been painted. A kiddie party will be fun for the club on December 19, with Santa Claus, a gaily decorated tree, gifts, a program, and refreshments. Those members who are respon- sible for the party are: Program, Juanita Huppert, Dorothy Davis, and Hank Good. They have decided to have a comical reading, a duet, and some carols. The refreshment committee is Dorothy Neal, chair- man, Dot Wiley and Ruth Pleissner. Dorothy Davis, Nancy Lundberg and Clyde Davis will decorate the tree. The Service club wishes all a Merry Christmas. STUDENTS HAVE BEEN ILL Many E. M. S. N. S. students have been ill during the quarter, and oth- ers have been called home because of illness in their family. Those who have been ill recently are Lloyd Gering, Jim Walpole, Peg Huntley, Margaret Maart, Marion Knutson, Margaret Welton and Edna Halverson. Zola Warthen and Mary Ellen Williams were in the hospital. Mary Ellen has discontinued school for a month and is at home, and Zola Warthen, who was in the hos- pital for two weeks, will be unable to complete the work for graduation this quarter. Clara Fenton is now in a hospital recovering from an appendectomy. Miss Dorothy Neal of Livingston was suddenly called home last Mon- day because of the illness of her brother. She returned on Tuesday. Miss Ruth Nelson spent last week- end at her home in Forsyth, as did Marilyn Laughlin at her home in Lavina. Miss Margit Bergum visited rela- tives in Fallon the week-end of December 2 and 3. Miss Juanita Bailey of Clyde Park visited Miss Jessie Hunter at her home in Klein the week-end of December 1. Miss Belcher Attends National 4.1 - 1 Meet Miss Dorothy Belcher of Cushman, a member of the first year class, re- turned from an enjoyable week'S trip to Chicago, where she was the Golden Valley county representa- tive, one of Montana's 39 delegates at the national 4-H meeting. About 1400 delegates made up the total number representing 46 of the states and Canada. Miss Belcher said that when this group marched four abreast the line was three city blocks long. Miss Belcher attended seven ban- quets. At a Montgomery Ward din- ner she saw and heard the Prairie Sweethearts and the Eight Singing -viarines in person. Jackie Heller sang at the Sears-Roebuck luncheon. At Marshall Fields, famous de- partment store, Miss Belcher saw the largest and most beautifully decorated Christmas tree she had ever seen. Going through the Chi- cago mail order house, she saw the Jane Alden style show. Miss Belcher also had glimpses of the Planet- arium, Art Institute, Field Museum, International Harvester company, and International Stock show. The planetarium interested her most of any of the sights. Miss Belcher stayed at the Audi- torium hotel the five days of her sojourn. All expenses of the trip were through the courtesy of vari- ous firms and organizations inter- ested in the 4-H work. Long May It Wave Yesterday at noon the entire school witnessed the raising of a flag on the new flag-pole recently erected on the campus in line with Twenty-ninth street. Mr. Abbott, on behalf of the class of June, 1928, which gave money for the pole, presented the gift to the school. The flag was slowly raised by Philip Fiske, president of the stu- dent council, as the students sang the national anthem accompanied by the brasses of the school orchestra. It was in a fine spirit of optimism that the 1928 class decided upon its gift, for it has been a long wait of 11 years for the realization of its purpose. HUPPERT PRESENTS SKIT At the Thanksgiving luncheon on Wednesday, November 22, with its traditional turkey and all the trim- mings, members of the M. E. A. presented a very clever skit written and directed by Juanita Huppert of Livingston, and centered about the change of date for Thanksgiving. Orville Thompson, M. E. A. presi- dent, introduced the program and turned the \mike\ over to Lloyd Gering, who as master of ceremonies, called upon two pilgrims of 1620 and various modern characters to express their views on \Franksgiving Day.\ The answers were all sung as paro- dies on popular songs and were ac- companied by clever stage play and dancing. Those taking part in the skit were: Tommy Madsen as the Pilgrim, Dorothy Neal as the Pil- grim girl, Martin Tucker as the Cal- endar Maker, Clyde Davis as Farmer Brown, Vivian Hall as a Christmas shopper with Bob Polston as her husband, Marvin Tilden as Mr. Av- erage Man, and Helen Essington as a modern girl. COACH NURSES IN PLAYS As an extra activity growing out of the dramatic arts class, Maxine Rupel and Martha Calvert are giving the nurses at St. Vincent's hospital an opportunity to develop their dra- matic ability. Miss Dewey chose these two girls to help direct the activities. Each girl has charge of a group of nurses, and they are at present working on one-act plays. A new order of books will arrive for our library with the new year. They will be mostly non-fiction, but as we have so little time to read what we want, we might as well be looking at a bright and shiny cover of a book we don't want to read. In India, the monkey business is a government monopoly. Students Review Books Of Current Interest The Book club organized by Dr. Cooper last month, held its third meeting in his room on Monday evening. The purpose of the club is to afford students an opportunity to read and report upon the latest books of sociological and historical interest. Reports have been given by June Chitwood, Bill Ricketts and Nellie Reukauf. The books they re- ported upon are respectively: Eliot's \The Ramparts We Watched,\ Coyle's \Road to a New America,\ and H. C. Peterson's \Propaganda for War.\ The members of the Book club are Bill Ricketts, Clyde Davis, June Chitwood, Emery Ostby, Nellie Reu- kauf, Walter McGuire, Augusta Sveen, Marion Knutson, Henry Good, Ruth Pleissner and Dorothy Kimball. The meeting time is the second and fourth Monday of each month. Student Displays Methods For Aiding Stammerers Miss Peggy Jean Bent, a member of Miss Olive Scholz's class in rem- edial speech, gave a demonstration before a gathering of principals and primary teachers of the Billings schools on how to teach stammering children in the primary grades, on Tuesday, November 21. The teachers were guests of Miss Scholz at an informal tea held in the Northern tea room, where the host- ess talked informally of plans for the teaching of remedial speech in the first, second and third grades. Those attending from Eastern Montana State Normal school were: Miss Loris Blessing, Miss Lillian Eldridge, Miss Estella Holland, Miss Eleanor Olson, Miss Maxine Ruppel, Miss Velora Small, Miss Jane Wheat and Dr. Charles Dean. EVENING OF DRAMA DRAWS ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENCE The classes in dramatic art pre- sented two one-act plays on the evening of November 17, at 8:15 p.m. before a fine audience of students and their friends. The plays, which were under Miss Dewey's direction, included a play of the supernatural, \The Opening of a Door,\ and a comedy, \The Professor Roars.\ The cast of \The Opening of a Door\ gave a very convincing feel- ing of mystery and suspense to the audience. Martin Tucker, as the murderer, Martin Parrish, showed his excitement and nervousness very successfully. The rest of the cast Included Ada Duell as Esther Par- rish, Martin's wife; Letha Saunders as Mrs. Parrish, the mother; Eileen Parks as Ruth Parrish, the unmar- ried daughter; Lloyd Gering as Owen Bennett, a friend ;and Dolly John- son as Lottie, the maid. Douglas White as the professor in \The Professor Roars\ succeeded in making the audience roar by his outlandish actions. Maxine Ruppel as his aunt, Justina Fromkin, was also very good. Bettye Cox was the professor's wife, Emily, and Roma Wilson and Emily Jorgenson were very clever and natural as two col- lege students, Billy Carstairs and Lee Macy, who outwitted the pro- fessor. In all, the evening of drama was an enjoyable one, indeed. Present \Golden Boy\ As First of Play Series \Golden Boy,\ the first in a series of three plays sponsored by the Playgoer's Guild, was presented at the Fox theater, Tuesday evening, December 5. This play featured Ber- nice Claire and Eric Linden in the leading roles, and the performance was an enjoyable one for the au- dience. On January 16, Eva Le Gallienne, a very famous and capable Broad- way actress, will be starred in \The Master Builder.\ With her is Earle Larimore, Broadway's matinee idol. Coming on March 4 will be \What a Life,\ a famous comedy depicting the Aldrich family with Jackie Coo- gan as the lead. With him will be Josephine Dunn, Frank McGlynn, and Mary Brian. 4 A brokerage house recently ad- vertised: \Let us place your name on our wailing list.\ Small Dinner Parties Fill Social Hours Vivian Love was hostess at a dinner party Monday evening at Dr. Bridenbaugh's home. Her guests guests were Jane Wheat, Mable and Thelma Swandel, Thelma Stevenson and Elinor Shellhamer. Ervin Naasz and Roy Stillwell of Worden were dinner guests of Roma Wilson and Ruth Nelson, Wednes- day night, December 6, at their apartment on Spruce street. Anne Mehling entertained Clara Leis and Marjorie Preston Monday evening at a waffle supper in the home of Mr. Abbott. Another waffle supper was given at the Foster home November 31. Those present included Lillian El- dridge, Barbara Johnson, Vivian Neilsen, Rosemary Speckeen, Margit Bergum, Ellen Johanson and Ger- trude Voss. — — Miss Letha Saunders had as her dinner guest Tuesday evening Miss Bessie Hughes. Miss Helen Walrath was the din- ner guest of Thorton Fuson and John Skorupa at the Christianson home Monday evening. Preceding the freshman-senior basketball game on December 7, Peggy Barringer was dinner hostess to a group of her friends. The guests included Lucille Davis, Jean Tyson, Maxie Emmett, Martin Tucker, Mar- vin Tilden and Thornton Fuson. --- Misses Fern Paterson and Ila Mc- Lain entertained Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Bjorgum and Mr. and Mrs. John Dugan at dinner December 9 at their apartment at 1044 North Twen- ty-sixth street. Clara Lease was hostess at a birthday party in honor of Louise Bergen at the Suiter home last Sat- urday night. The guests were Bessie Hughes, Margaret Wilson, Margaret Keyser, Lila Dean, Vera Candee, Ila McClain, Fern Paterson, Marga- ret Preston, Virginia Markovich, Joan DeBock and Lura Nelson. The evening was spent in playing group games. On the evening of December 9, a group of students gathered at the home of Miss Dorothy Boese at 534 Alderson avenue, the occasion being Miss Boese's birthday. The evening was spent in playing games, and light refreshments were served. The guests were Hilda Witzleben, Agnes Berge, Dorothy Ames and Dorothy Kimball. Enjoy Games and Dancing After Spearfish Game A recreation hour in the basement and the gymnasium, under the man- agement of the W. A. A., calmed the nerves of many E. M. S. N. S. stu- dents after the exciting basketball game with Spearfish, S. Dak. last Saturday night. In the basement the ping pong tables were in constant demand, and many also danced to music fur- nished by the nickelodeon. In the gymnasium a few participated in badminton. This recreation hour was spon- sored by the Women's Athletic asso- ciation of the normal school. Kate Madsen and Ruth Pleisner super- vised the table tennis, Dolly John- son and Ellen Johanson, the badmin- ton, and Peg Barringer had charge of the music, which was furnished by the nickelodeon. The evening entertainment ended at 10:15 p.m. Ira Beeler, former E. M. S. N. S. student, is now a second year stu- dent in the law school at the state university at Missoula, where he is building up an enviable scholastic reputation. Pooh Corner... (This column is written with apol- ogies to no one, but with a nod of recognition for A. A. Milne who wrote \Winnie the Pooh\ and \The House at Pooh Corner.\ (Children's books, you sophisticates.) That's what you call starting out on a defiant note, and is probably the result of a quarter of instruction under Mr. Ridgely. * * * I'm puzzled. Life has become a whirl of too much to do, too few hours in a day. Sleep is something I do sometimes if I can possibly get it in. There are assignments to be got, observations at a grade school, hurry rush—My gosh, what's normal about a normal school? * * * Pooh-losophy (The following is really clever, so if you don't get it, better ponder a moment.) Crime doesn't pay—it just builds up an awful CHARGE account. In case you still don't get the point, look at Al Capone—it was the crimes he was CHARGED with that BROKE him. - - - If you can't get it now never mind—it's not that funny. * * * Something ought to be done about the timekeeper's whistle. If it had a sharp, clear note rather than the pitch pipe effect that it now has, it would be less confusing to the spec- tators. Jim Walpole couldn't enjoy the game the other night because every time the whistle was blown, he tried to match that \do.\ * * * Picture of desperation — Time- keeper Bill Chase trying to end the basketball game and finding the gun jammed. * * * Hope I get that steam shovel for Christmas. Then every time it says \Dig dig,\ I can say, \Well all right!\ * * * Don't admit you don't like this column . . you'll just be backing up my contention that if humor isn't just about as subtle as a poke in the nose, the average student won't get it. • * * That was a nasty crack, and I apologize. Anyway Merry Christmas! Signed, \POOH.\ IT DID HAPPEN HERE A great many students have been puzzled by those harried looks that a certain senior has been wearng all fall. It is the look of a hunted animal, not of a composed student. Once in every so often his face clouds up and the mystery is on. But the other day he wore a look of combined shock, relief, and anger. Yielding to persistent questioning, he revealed that after taking the spelling test for the fifth time he was informed by Miss Le Cleare that he had passed the test the first time he took it last year ! Miss Nancy Lundberg and Miss Ruth Pleissner entertained a group of girls at dinner at their home at 432 Yellowstone avenue on Decem- ber 2. Later in the evening the girls attended the current showing of \Elizabeth and Essex.\ The guests were Jean Rushton, Doris Spisla, Vaughn Munsell, Charlotte Mastin, and Marjorie Nye of Powell, Wy-__ oming. BIRTHDAYS ARE CELEBRATED * * * In studying the nervous system, Dorothy Neal defines a synapse as being something like a fuse in an electric system—so when you see her running around with that dis- traught look, it probably merely means she's blown a synapse. * * Letters to Santa Claus Dear Santa: I only ask one thing this year (I'd ask more as a rule) But I'll be happy if you'll send More men to Normal School. The inverse ratio's got me And I don't have any fun There's too much competition— (Girls to boys are four to one.) If I stay home one more evening I'll probably throw a fit— The most exciting thing I do Is just to sit . . . and knit. I've knitted socks and sweaters, I've knitted skirts, and now My forehead's gettin,ay.rrinkled. From the times I've\Lnittz-cl my-- brow. So Santa, send some men here To put me in the social whirl; I think you'll see my problem For I'm just A NORMAL GIRL. * * * Did you know that on the Crow reservation the barking dogs say \Pow-wow\?
