Montana State University Billings - Rimrock Yearbook (Billings, MT)

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26 The 1 928 Rim rock r Songs We Sing at Luncheon It hasn't been long since we started, But we re sure going at it whole hearted, And we’re getting along, Singing a song Side by side. We’re glad that we're here in old Billings, Though we certainly need a few more things, But we’re doing our best, Without all the rest Side by side. We haven't any buildings—that we can call our own, But they soon will be forthcoming With the progress we have shown. The faculty’s able and willing. The students are earnestly drilling, We're setting a pace To stay in the race Side by side. —Margaret Griffinc, ’29 JUST AROUND THE CORNER Just around the corner if you’re honest and true, Just around the corner may be success for you. Keep a little smile on—that’s the right thing to do. In a little while your troubles All will vanish just like bubbles. Just around the corner lies a future for you, Waiting till the work of Normal days is thru. Even though the work is lonely, Success will come from working only, Just around the corner from you. —Margaret Griffinc, ’29 TIIE RED CROSS DRIVE I he annual Red Cross drive was sponsored by the Normal School and carried on by committees from the Senior and Junior classes. The Juniors were victors in the race for memberships with 450; the Seniors had 440. The amount thus raised for the Red Cross was £890.45 which was more than the quota for the entire county.

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The 19 2 8 Ri m r o c k 25 « School had been in session twenty days when the student body met in the dining room of the Billings Commercial Club and partook of its first assembly luncheon. This was only an introduction to what was to follow. It was decided at this gathering to make it a weekly affair. On Friday, September 30, the student body again assembled at the Commercial Club and the K. N. M. S. Luncheon Club was brought into being with a membership of about 150 students. As a result of the election held that day Miss Beatrice VVhitford was made president. Miss Catherine Laux, vice-president. Mr. Leon Foote, Jr., secretary, and Miss Iva Stevens, treasurer. Since then the club has met for lunch every week, this being our only general assembly. So far as is known this is entirely a unique and original organization, the E. M. N. S. being the only college in the United States to use it. Each week four students arc selected from the student body to prepare a program for the following week. One member of the group acts as chairman, no one person being chairman twice in one year. In this way we have secured a variety of interesting programs. At 12:15 the meeting is called to order and a grace is either sung by the student body or given by one of its members. During the course of the meal we practice original school songs. Announcements are made and guests arc introduced. If there is anything that needs the sanction of the student body the matter is discussed and passed upon at this time. This is followed by a musical program or a talk by some friend of education. At times no outside guests arc present and we have a general stunt luncheon. These arc great fun and are of the highest order as mixers. Among our out-of-town guests for this year were Governor Erickson who gave the March Commencement address; Chancellor Brannon who spoke on human kindness, saying that our luncheon club gatherings were in line with some of the things educational authorities are endeavoring to accomplish throughout the country, which are, humanizing education and developing an ideal of kindliness and sympathy; Senator B. K. Wheeler who shoWcd us the value of higher education; Mrs. B. K. Wheeler who gave us a short review of her trip around the world; and Mr. William Ellsworth, former president of the Century Publishing company. At other times our local business men have contributed to our programs. This is what we sing first: The more we are together, together, together, The more we arc together the merrier we’ll be. For your friends are my friends And my friends are your friends, So the more we are together the happier we 11 be.

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The 19 2 8 R i m r o c k 21 rtDebate. Susan E. Uhrich Beatrice Whitford Marie Ciiesick Billings Forsyth Billings Margaret Nelson Belfry On March 2, the Dillon Teachers College debating team came to Billings, and debated against the Eastern Montana Normal School team. The question for debate was —Resolved: That the United States should cease her policy of protecting, by armed intervention, capital invested in foreign countries, except after a formal declaration of war. The team from Dillon debated the negative side of the question while the home team upheld the affirmative side of the argument. Our team kept the affirmative side in all of their debates. We debated with the teams from Intermountain Union College, Helena, Junior College, Thermopolis, and School of Mines, Butte. In four encounters, Eastern Montana Normal School lost twice and won twice. With the exception of Margaret Nelson, the debating squad was chosen from the class in theory of debate, under the instruction of Miss Martha E. Dewey. J. L. Hawkes, social science instructor, and veteran of many debates, is the normal school debate coach.