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Fall Quarter Activities Program Date Event Mon., Sept. 30 Reception Wed., Oct. 2 Motion Pictures Fri., Oct. 4 Party Thurs., Oct. 31 Hallowe'en Party Fri., Nov. 8 Dance (guests) Fri., Nov. 15 Evening of Drama Wed., Nov. 20 \hanksgiving Luncheon Sat., Dec. 14 Formal Dance (guests) Sun., Dec. 15 Christmas Play Wed., Dec. 18 Christmas Luncheon Sponsor Faculty Committee Faculty Committee Second Year Class W. A. A. Service Club Dramatic Arts Katoya Players First Year Class Katoya Players Second Year Class THE RIMROCK ECHO Eastern Montana State Normal School VOL. XII BILLINGS, MONTANA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1940 NO. 1 Referendum 42 Holds Fate of E. M. S. N. S. Alumni Luncheon Will Be Sponsored by Student Local of M. E. A. Allotment of Funds by Committee Gives Great Value for Money Spent Requires One•Half Mill Increase Over Three Mill Levy of 1930 Dr. Abbott Named As Master of Ceremonies Informality will be the keynote of the alumni luncheon which will he served at 12:15 on Friday in the basement at the Normal School, the members of the student local of M. E. A. acting as sponsors. Three hundred tickets are available for alumni and their friends. This issue of the Rimrock Echo will be distrib- uted as the guests assemble. Departing from the usual custom of having a program planned by the alumni, Clinton Tracy, president of the local, and Dr. Abbott, the sponsor, prepared the following pro- gram to ba introduced by Dr. Ab- bott, as master of ceremonies. Group singing led by Clinton Tracy —Selma Lee, accompanist. Greeting from Alumni—Jo Strawn Lidder dale, '34, president of Alumni association. Our Reputation—Noel Rigby, '34. Vocal Solo—Helen Lewis, '35. How It Feels to Be a Father— Lawrence Aber, '32. How It Feels to Be a Grandfather —Mr. Foote. Group Singing-God Bless America. The tables will be decorated with Hallowe'en favors and the serving will be done by 20 members with Pollyanna Ryan as chairman. The luncheon is planned with a choice of fish or meat loaf, with baked potatoes, peas and carrots, rolls, jelly, celery, fruit salad and mince pie and coffee. In charge of the menu are Juanita Huppert, Dale Bryson, Pollyanna Ryan and, Clin- ton Tracy. In the kitchen, Dale Bryson will direct the work of five members in dishing up the food. Those members who are not working will help swell the guest list at the luncheon. The meeting will break up in time for members to go to the afternoon sectional meetings. New Members Join Service Club Ranks Freshmen, do you know that you too can join the Service club? At the inducticn meeting held last night the following new members were received by the club: Marjorie Erb, Billings; Loraine Sams, Joliet; Mildred Foss, Brockton; Bill Smith, Livingston; Hermie Althoff, Rose- bud; Terry Wilson, Plentywood; Verney Unruh, Bloomfield; Harriet Price, Three Forks; Alvina Siemsen, Edgar; Marie Rudio, Huntley; and Mary Jayne, Barnett. If you are interested in sports or other peppy events you had better join this club, for it intends to spon- sor a pep band, a service club foot- ball team, and a yell team, as well as all the basketball games played on the home floor. It is also spon- soring the first guest dance on No- vember 8. The Service club football team will be composed of the second year students and will play Coach Bforgum's freshman team. The Service club, which is under the sponsorship of Mr. Keith Man- ion, was organized for the purpose of being of service to the school whenever possible. Last year, in ad- dition to sponsoring all the basket- ball games held on the home floor, the club sponsored a guest dance and a carnival. The officers of the club which were elected at the first meeting are: President, Bud Humiston of Edgar; vice president, Dale Bryson of Rosebud; secretary, Eleanor Shel- hamer of Bozeman; and treasurer, Beryle Hovdey of Outlook. The measure of a man's real char- acter is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out. The social committee, which rec- ommends the expenditure of funds gained from the quarterly fees paid by the students when they register, has just made out the fall quarter program. It is the purpose of this article to inform the students how this is done. The social committee is made up of the class officers of both the freshman and the sophomore classes, the faculty sponsors, and all officers of various clubs and school organ- izations of the Normal School. It is a purely democratic committee, which tries to form a program that most of the students will approve. It decides how much money is to be allocated among the various groups. The com- mittee tries always to give a fair Members of the Montana Edu- cational association will gather in Billings for the eastern district con- vention on Thursday, October 24. All business sessions will be held in the Junior High School audito- rium, the first floor of which is re- served for association members. Non-members may attend all ses- sions by securing special tickets at the Commercial club, according to Mr. Fred Daylis, chairman of the local arrangements committee. Convention speakers include W. G. Bannister. district supervisor of the Montana branch of the F. B. I., who will speak Thursday night. His sub- 4 ect will be Juvenile Problems. Mr. John Tansil, United States district attorney from the State of Montana, will speak at one of the business sessions. Dr. L. B. McMullen will discuss the millage tax at the Satur- day morning session. Among the social affairs in con- nection with the convention will be a University club luncheon at the Commercial club Friday noon. At the same time, alumni of E.M.S.N.S. will meet for a luncheon in the Normal School basement. Faculty on Banquet Programs Two banquets, one for school mis- tresses, and the other for school masters, are scheduled for Friday evening. The school mistress group will meet in the Commercial club with Mrs. Lillian McLeod of Hardin presiding. Miss Dewey will give a reading as a part of the entertain- ment. The school masters will meet in the Methodist church. Dr. Harlan Hines of the Normal School will act as toastmaster. STUDENTS GET BUS RATES There is a special five-cent fare for students who wish to use the Motor Transit but, if they will show their activity tickets to the driver. This concession was made by the bus company last year and it will be continued as students do not give tickets to outsiders or otherwise abuse the privilege. amount to each place, organization or activity. The committee is always glad to hear complaints and pass upon opinions if they are reasonable. But it is the duty of all the members of the committee to see that the money allotted will keep within the amount of money available and will meet the approval of most of the students. The fact that the school paper, the school annual, and admission to all games and parties, including refresh- ments, are free, gives every student an equal share in this social pro- gram. The investment of five dollars a quarter is ours, and we all get much more than the money's worth if we take advantage of the social program. Students who like a good play will have the opportunity to enjoy the riotous comedy-farce \The Whole Town's Talking\ merely by present- ing their student activity tickets at the junior high school auditorium tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. The play will be presented by the Billings Civic theatre, a group of talented amateur actors under the direction of Mr. McBride of Holly- wood. This production by Emerson and Loos will be the first hit of six to be given by the theatre group during the season. The Civic theatre was established by drama-loving people of Billings for the benefit of the community. It is a non-profit organization in which its members may be active or patron, active members taking part in the different productions. Students who desire to take part are eligible to join. Season tickets may be obtained from Miss LeClaire or from any Civic theatre member. Tickets are $2 for any four of the five remaining plays. If two people wish, they may purchase one ticket together and both may go to two plays or each may attend two. Sketch Club Goes Social This Year The first function presented by the Sketch club under their new plan of meeting will be pictures fur- nished by the Indiana Society of Printmakers traveling exhibition. These will be on view in room 309 about November 1, the date being as yet not determined. Members of the Sketch club will act as hosts and will serve tea to students and towns- people who attend the exhibition. It is planned to have similar ex- hibits or other functions at least once each month, and the club mem- bers will choose the type of enter- tainment. Miss Roberts and Mr. Manion are co-sponsors of the club, and anyone interested in art is in- vited to become a member. The plan for the year sounds very interesting and it will meet with favor by many students who are not members. Tryouts for Katoya Made By 12 Students Many enthusiastic students tried out for membership in Katoya Play- ers in the Green room last Tuesday night and at the first tryout meeting. The following presentations were given: Adaption of a play by Jean Paine; piano solo, Clinton Tracy; poem, Alice Connolly; excerpt from a play, Helen Kelsey; song in pantomime, Avis and Faye Hawks; comic poem, Ione Helmey; short poem, Edna Lou Christopher; short skit, Verney Un- ruh; piano solo, Meri Aliss Black- ford; musical reading, Augusta Sveen; and a make-up demonstration by John King. The club will vote upon the can- didates and accept the successful ones as members in the near future. Tryouts will be held at various other meetings during the quarter, and the club hopes that many who didn't try out will do so later, and that those who were not successful last time because of lack of time for preparation, will come again and prove themselves indispensable. Initiation Ceremany Planned This year will be the first time in Katoya history that an initiation ceremony will be used to induct new memberc into the r 1 11h . . At the first meeting of the former members Juanita Huppert and Roberta Rhoads were appointed a committee to write an initiation ceremony. Juanita Hup- pert read the ceremony at the sec- ond meeting and it was accepted with enthusiasm. This meeting started the real fall activities. Two committees were appointed; one on membership, and one for programs. Those on the committees were: Membership-Mary Agnes Smith, Edgar; Jewel Lover- ing, Sidney; and Dorothy Kimball, Savage; program—Juanita Huppert, Livingston; Lola Westervelt, Big Timber; and Roberta Rhoads, Bil- lings. Semi - Monthly Meetings Held Regular meetings of the club are held in the Green room just back of the stage the first and third Tuesday of every month. Club officers are elected from those members in good standing at the time of elections which are held once during the regular year, and at the end of spring quarter. Those in office now are: President, Marion Rice, Sid- ney; vice president, Roberta Rhoads, Billings; secretary, Selma Lee, Froid; and treasurer, Mary Agnes Smith, Edgar. Myrtle Burdick Award Is Gift from D. A. R. One fortunate girl from the first year class of E. M. S. N. S. will re- ceive at commencement time next June a fifty-dollar award on the basis of high scholarship and pe- cuniary need. This gift is to be known as the Myrtle Burdick award and will be given by the local chap- ter of the D. A. R. to a young woman of promising teaching ability who would have difficulty in financing her second year of work without aid. Mrs. Burdick, in whose memory the award is given, was a regent of the chapter and a loyal friend of the Normal School. The chapter in so honoring her memory is doing a service to the school and to the cause of education. Next June will be the first time the award will be given. The recipient will be chosen by faculty recommendation and by her scholastic record. ALUMNI AND STUDENTS URGED TO CONTRIBUTE TO CAMPAIGN Voters must pass Referendum Measure 42 at the coming election. Now, while there is yet time, alum- ni, students, faculty members and friends of E. M. S. N. S. must realize that unless this referendum measure is approved by the voters of Mon- tana, the state support for higher education as provided during the past 20 years will be completely wiped out. Increase Is Only One - half Mill A separate tax for support of in- stitutions of higher learning was ap- proved in 1920, but the law requires that it be re-approved every ten years by vote of the people. In 1930 the measure provided for a three- mill levy as a maximum. This year Referendum Measure 42 would au- thorize the legislature to levy up to 31/2 mills for university support. It is necessary to raise the maximum from three to three and one-half mills because the measure runs for a period of ten years and must cover changes which may occur during the decade. As a matter of fact, it is entirely up to the legislature to say whether the entire 3 1 /2 mills shall be levied in any biennium. The enroll- ment in the greater university has increased greatly since 1930 and at the same tir.12Q there has L;.: - .n sharp decline in the tax evaluation; thus the need for the half mill in- crease is obvious. Alumni and Students Donate Summer and fall quarter students voted one dollar each as a contri- bution to the campaign fund which makes possible the educational cam- paign now being carried to the vot- ers in favor of the measure. Alumni have been asked to contribute and have so far sent in about $100. At the alumni lunncheons those who have not contributed will be asked to do so. An important influence in the campaign will be the personal endorsement of the measure from the teachers of the state to their friends and neighbors. Speaking for the measure or keeping silent may decide whether it carries or fails. Don't let it fail! The ballot also carries the Initia- tive Measure 44, which if passed will provide $850,000 for much needed buildings at Montana State college at Bozeman. If both measures pass, the increase in taxation would be a maximum annual increase of only 75 cents for a taxpayer with real estate valued at $3000 and personal property valued at $500. The important thing to remember is that Measure 42 must pass in order to provide state support as in the past for all five units of the university. Paper of the Air Supplants Kyote A \paper of the air\ has sup- planted the Kyote, the Billings high school paper. which was published every other week under the man- agement of Walter (Spot) Sanford. According to Mr. Daylis, dean of boys, news is broadcast to all rooms once a week. In addition to the newspaper of the air, the students of the English and dramatics classes present an ed- ucational radio program every day. Mr. Sanford is on leave of absence for a year and is teaching in a gov- ernmental school in the Panama Canal zone. Billings Acts as Host to Civic Theater Admits Eastern M. E. A. Group By Activity Tickets
