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Eight Teams Compete In Tonight's Games The Southern Class B tournament will get off to a big start tonight at 6:30 when the eight competing teams will meet in four games to be played in the local gym for the first of the three-day tourney. The games will be played as fol- lows: Thursday Night 6:30 Game 1—Big Timber vs. Dillon. Game 2—Hardin vs. Miles City Sacred Heart. Game 3—Deer Lodge vs. Red Lodge. Game 4—Superior vs. Klein. Friday, 2:00 p.m. Game 5—Losers 1 and 2—Losers out. Game 6—Losers 3 and 4—Losers out. Friday Night, 7:30 p.m. Game 7—Winners of 1 and 2. Game 8—Winners of 3 and 4. Saturday, 9:00 a.m. Game 9—Winners of 5 and 6. Game 10—Winners of 7 and 8. Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Game 11—Winners of games 9 and 10. Winners take third place, losers fourth. Game 12—Winners of games 7 and 8. Winners class B champions of Southern Montana. Losers, sec- ond place. Winners Go to State Meet The winning team will compete in the round robin state championship tournament to be held in Livingston on March 14, 15 and 16, when the winners of the class A and class B tournaments from the northern di- vision will meet the winners from the southern division. The teams which will meet in the tourney here are the winners of the southern district class B tourna- ments. They are: District 6—Red Lodge, Coach Carl Ross; District 5— Hardin, Coach Gene L. Garner; Dis- trict 4—Miles City Sacred Heart, Coach Rev. Hugh F. Duffy; District 8—Big Timber, Coach Wesley Eal- ker; District 7—Klein, Coach Tenny Babcock; District 15—Deer Lodge, Coach A. M. Axelson; District 16— Dillon, Coach Harold Babcock; and District 14—Superior, Coach R. W. Wossley. The officials for the tournament are Gene Pearson of Bradley and Nick Mariana of Missoula. Manage Tournament Alone This year E. M. S. N. S. is in com- plete charge of the tournament, whereas in previous years they have handled it in connection with the Billings high school. Members of the faculty are in charge of the various duties. Dr. L. B. McMullen, execu- tive chairman, and Coach Bjorgum, tournament director, are at the head (Continued on Page 4) Rest Room Improved By Katoya, W.A.A. A worthy project has been under- taken by the W. A. A. and the Ka- toya Players. They have assumed the task of renovating and refur- nishing the ladies' rest room. The present plan calls for a general changing about of the room and the addition of a few chromium and leather lounging chairs. Curtains will be put up, pictures hung and everything necessary to the making of a more homelike atmosphere will be done. The committee from the Katoyas consists of Betty McComas and Roberta Rhoads. The W. A.,A. is represented by Emilie Nadler, Elinore Shelhamer and PeggV Bar- ringer. THE RIMROCK ECHO Eastern Montana State Normal School VOL. XL BILLINGS, MONTANA, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1940 NO. 5 E. M. S. N. S. Host to Southern B Tournament Luncheon for Graduates Will Feature Talk on Oriental Conflict Class of Nine Will Get Diplomas A timely lecture with pictures by Malcolm Rusholt, foreign corre- spondent and photographer, will be the main event for the commence- ment luncheon next Thursday to be sponsored by the administration in honor of all winter quarter grad- uates. Following the luncheon, which will be served in the basement, the students will adjourn to the audi- torium, where nine candidates for graduation will receive their diplo- mas. Under the direction of Dr. McMullen, the mixed chorus will sing \The Lord Is Mindful of His Own.\ After the exercises, Mr. Rusholt will present his motion pictures of the war between China and Japan. His address and films will feature a blow by blow account from the ring- side of the war between China and Japan. The public is invited to hear this prominent journalist lecture at 1 p. m. in the auditorium. Normal school students will submit their ac- tivity tickets for admission. Outsid- ers will be asked to pay 35 cents. Winter Quarter Play Presented by Katoyas The Katoya Players, under the su- pc..-v1..ion of Miss Ma•dia E. Dewey, presented the annual winter quarter play, \The Obstinate Bride,\ last Friday night before a large crowd of students and townspeople in the auditorium. Miss Vivian Hall acted as student assistant director. The cast included Juanita Huppert as the obstinate bride, Shirley Fuller as Gayle Franklin, Helen Essington as Sally Minturn, Marian Rice as Bessie Barbier, Lael Snellbacher as Minta, Vivian Hall as Mrs. Dunn, David Hill as Allen Sayles, Lawr- ence Bakken as Lerry O'Shea, Alvin Patterson as Jerry Warran, Lloyd Gering as Professor Yahuda, Martin Tucker as John Eilers and Stanley Grayson as Dr. Benedict. Martin Tucker as the bride's fath- er, who hates tenor singers, and Marian Rice as the widow who gets what she's after were very well played. Minta, the maid, was well done by Lael Snellbacher. Alvin Patterson was excellent as the helpful but blundering friend of the groom. All of the cast helped to make a performance which clicked most of the time. The production staff included Ada Duell and Mary Worth, programs; Vivian Love, Maryann Burns, Mil- dred Loomis, Geraldine Neumann, Ada Duell and Mary Worth, ushers; Robert McGuire, Thornton Fuson, Anna Mae Wynn, Clara Leis, Ro- (Continued on Page 4) San Carlos Opera Will Offer Student Matinee The San Carlos opera, one of the most outstanding in the world, is presenting a famous opera, probably Humperdinck's \Hansel and Gretel,\ as a matinee performance for Bil- lings school children and students of the Normal and Poly on their tour through the city, Tuesday, April 23. \The opera will be offered at the Fox theater at a reduced price of 40 cents if enough students are inter- ested,\ states Mr. Cutts, musical di- rector at the Billings high school, who has arranged for the special matinee. To show their appreciation for such a splendid opportunity, 114 students of E. M. S. N. S. have al- ready signed for tickets. Educators Meet At Lewistown Noted Speakers to Appear; Dean Helped Plan Program The Montana Regional Conference of the Progressive Education asso- ciation will meet March 29 and 30 at Lewistown. On January 13, Dr. Dean was invited by Mr. C. G. Manning, superintendent of schools, who ini- tiated the conference at Lewistown, to represent the Eastern Montana State Normal school in a discussion of conference plans. At that time it was agreed that the conference would be held, and Mr. Clark Frasier of the State Teach- ers college, Cheney, Washington, stated that it would be possible to secure as speakers three extremely prominent men: Dr. Harold Rugg of the Teachers college at Columbia university, who is an expert in the curriculum of social science; Dr. W. Carson Ryan, a leading man in the field of mental hygiene; and Dr. Willard Beatty superintendent of schools at Bronxville, New York, and former president of the de- partment of superintendence of the N. E. A. A local committee was appointed at Lewistown to draw up the ar- rangements, which are now in prog- ress. Mrs. Zella Flores, chairman of the program committee, who has taught summer school courses in our institution, has requested that Dr. Dean appear as chairman of a dis- cussion group on \Elementary Edu- cation\ on the Friday afternoon sec- tion, following an address by Dr. Rugg. Faculty Take Active Part Dr. McMullen has been asked to act as chairman of the Friday eve- ning meeting on \Education and Re- sources,\ at which time Benjamin J. Yantis and Dr. Harold Rugg will speak. Mr. Foote will be discussion chair- man for the rural school section Saturday morning following Dr. W. Carson Ryan's lecture. Miss Roberts will supervise the section discussing the subject of \Human Resources in Education in the Arts.\ This is the first meeting held in Montana by this association and it is anticipated that several faculty members of Billings' city schools and Yellowstone rural schools will attend the conference. The tentative plan is to divide the teachers into discussion groups of 50 or 75 to confer upon the educational problems evolving from the addresses of leading speakers. Dr. Dean Publishes Teacher Rating Study In the December issue of the Edu- cational Administration and Super- vision Manual appeared an enlight- ening article by Dr. Charles Dean, entitled \Current Trends in Rating Student-teachers.\ Based upon a field study for his doctorate at the Colorado State Col- lege of Education, Greeley, Colorado, the treatise deals with a survey made recently to determine the factors now being considered by represent- ative institutions in the rating of prospective teachers. One hundred eighteen colleges and normal schools were requested to send samples of their rating blanks, indicating the methods they employ in classifying the skills and traits of their student-teachers. The number of traits given ranged from six up to 42 with 19.7 being the average. School Organizations Sponsor Concessions The concessions for the Class B high school basketball tournament, which is being held in the gymna- sium of E. M. S. N. S. this week, will be handled by the various groups connected with our school as a means of bolstering the finances of each of these groups, all of which have some worthy cause for which they are attempting to create a fund. The cloak-room concession, which is a new one this year, will be han- dled by the M. E. A. as well as the selling of sandwiches. The proceeds from this venture will be used to defray the expenses of delegates to the M. E. A. convention at Great Falls. The Katoya Players will have charge of the candy sales at the games. The proceeds from this will be used as a stage fund. The Service club will have charge of the pop concession. All proceeds from this concession will go to the athletic fund. The W. A. A. will have charge of programs, which will be kept up to date as to scores and sold at all game. The proceeds from the sale of these will be used to send delegates to \Play Day\ and also to purchase equipment for W. A. A. Each committee will be expected to render a complete financial state- ment of expenditures and proceeds to the concessions committee com- posed of Dr. Dean, Miss Meek, and Dr. Cooper. This information will prove valuable to future concessions committees in handling the various athletic activities which may come to our school. Local Debate Squad Loses Initial Bout In the season's first debate the Normal School debate squad lost a split decision to the team from Dil- lon last Monday evening. The debate, held in room 109, was closely con- tested and interesting throughout. The Dillon team members were An- drew Pickolick and William Tower. Normal School representatives were Clyde Davis and Jim Walpole. The judges were Howard Kilbourne and James Westernoe, local attorneys, and Loren Johnson, a law student. Thorton Fuson of the Normal and Mr. Mehling of Dillon kept time. In spite of other activities at the same time, approximately a hundred students attended the debate. This woi I I t Id seem to indicate an encour- ag., amount of interest in this new act' y at Normal School. Rhea Will Make Bid for National Youth Orchestra Ernest Rhea, second year student at E. M. S. N. S., is one of six youths chosen to represent the Midland Em- pire in the state audition for mem- bership in Leopold Stokowski's All- American Youth orchestra. Auditions were held February 28 in the auditorium of the Billings high school. Thirteen young people from Billings, Red Lodge, Bridger, and Basin, Wyoming participated in the local audition. The judges selected the six who, in their estimation, were the best qualified and these six are to attend the state audition which will be held in Helena next Monday. At that time 30 competitors will be heard before the choice of state represent- atives is made. Ernest will be one of five flutists to compete. Auditions are being held in cities and towns throughout the nation, and state auditions are expected to be completed about the middle of March. The orchestra, to be composed of 109 American youths, the winners of auditions in each state, will tour Latin-American countries this sum- mer on a good will tour. It will be directed by Mr. Stokowski. Five=Cent Bus Fare Effective On Monday The Motor Transit company, oper- ating the city bus lines, has finally decided to give the students a break. Effective next Monday, March 11, the rate for all students will be five cents, and will include transfer priv- ileges to any city line. Schedules will be posted on the bulletin boards. Busses will come as far as the bridge any time there are passengers for the school or any time there are passengers waiting at the bridge. It will be necessary to show the activity ticket until drivers become familiar with the system. Note Class Changes The Wednesday and Thursday programs will be shifted next week, thus bringing the quarter to a close after the lecture which follows the luncheon on Thursday. The winter quarter ends at 3 p.m. March 14. Spring quarter begins 8 a.m. March 18. Click! Catch your friends unaware! Get unusual snapshots in. President McMullen Welcomes Visitors It is again my pleasure to act for the Eastern Montana State Normal School in welcoming the boys and girls of southern Montana to our campus. Personally, I believe in games and in wholesome athletic competition. I have noticed that the person that has the competitive spirit is usually the one who makes good in the type of civiliza- tion that we have in America. While you are on the campus, however, we hope that you will be interested in looking over the college work that is being done here. I say this not because our school is making a bid for more students but because we be- lieve that the type of education which has been devel- oped for the training of teachers is also a fine general education for anyone. We believe also that two years of education can be obtained more cheaply here than elsewhere. Because of the size and activity of Billings, students who must work in order to support themselves while in college find plenty of opportunities to do so. Our institution was established to serve eastern and southern Montana, and we hope that you will consider our being able to help you.
