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THE NORMALITE were par ts taken by Ruth Jones and Grace D _nlap. B e tween gcenes a gi rls' quartet "ang s·.:ch popolar song::; as " ilver B lis" and "Arra \Yanna" and l\~ iss Schot t e n te r la i ml us with I ndian elections . Gran ted Lhal t he presentation of pl ays r eq u ir es muc h hard work and time, still th ey are a sour ce of g r eat enj oyment to th e audi ~:nccs. " The Ameri cans" g iven b y fret h t:nen Philomatheans ·on the evening of 1\r arc h eight was especially bri g ht and breezy. r eflecting a great deal of ar t istic ab ility on the part of the p layHs. T h e re were othe r pleas ing n .<mloers : A p iano duet by Miss Lamber t a n :l l_ i,;s Hard e n ; a com ic r eading by Mi5s Ke lson, a nd a tuba solo by Mr. L ')ngfe ll ow. 1\~ i .ss Hancock gave a paper cJ nc:;rn in g current events under the h<=:a ding "Who' s Who and Why ." Thi s feat ~ re of the s oc iety programs has been r :..: nn ing for w m e t ime a nd has he lpt t hose who do n o take time to read t he dai ly papers, to keep in t ouch with live t op ics of the day . The re was n o Phi lo meeting on the of March 15. It was impossible to avoid a conflict with a ba:;:ket ball game and the Hussars so both socie ti es agreed to postpone the ir programs f or a w eek. The Peru boys won t he game, and the Hussars prov ide d an unusua l m usical treat, so w e cannot but f eel repaid. · ~vening
The prog ram whicli was carried over from March 15 was g iven Friday March 22, t o a crowded house. · The enterta inment had be~n p land a long I rish· lines in Mr. h onor of St. P atrick' s birthday. Ander son opened the program with a beautiful piano solo, wh ich was hartily e ncor e d. F o llowing this, Mr. Roettger and Mr. Hansen impersonated "Pat and Mike ' ' in a humorous manner, throwing several sharp pointed witticis ms at members of the a udi ence. Miss Cornell
sang • ' 0 Con•e t o me, Mavourneen, '' wi t h Miss Rhodes as accompanist, after which Freda Peterson1 Ebba Wahlstrom and Mr. Novak presented a little Iri sh play. " The TraYeling Man." Contrary to expectations there was a sadness thruout it that provd, however, to make it very pleasing. The program of Apr il 5, the boy' s program, was of a very entertaining character. Clarence Howie playd a pi ano solo, Dr. House gave readings from S,idney Lanier and Messrs. Hansen and The Wickland each gave a yocal solo. play, "Apri l Fools" given br Messrs. Staack, B. J ones and Christenson, was full of fen from start to finish.
A griculture. On Fe':lruary 26 the Agricult ure Club gave a t'ecept ion to the students. All Games r eport having had a good t ime. were playd, flashlig ht pictures were taken. A taffy pull was one of the enjoyable events of the evening. Ma ny new members were added at · this meeting . The society was divided into four groups in order ot get group pictures for the Peruvian. March 11, the club met and the f ollowing program was gven: Subject, Spring Gardening. Preparing the Ground, Mr. Lawrence; Selecting the Seed, Miss Foreman; Planting the Seed, Mr. Burrelle. · The program of t he fast meeting, April 8, was very interest ing. The subj ect was corn. The fo llowing were on the program: Mr. Allen, History of Corn; Mr. Ramsey, Selecting Seed Corn ; Mr. Weeks, The Seed Corn Special. The soc iety voted to sell flowers this spt;ing as they did last year to pay fo•· t he ir space in t he P eru vian.