Weekly Messenger - 1926 December 10

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Rella Ebelihg, delectable blonde
in "The Road to Yesterday," now
showing at the Normal, claims the
play will be a knock-out—-as far
as she's concerned.
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969, THEY SAY
THE USUAL RETURNS, TO-DAY,
JOHN. AND, AS WAS SAID ONCE
BY GEORGE, MAY YOU LIVE TO
BE AS OLD AS WAS METHUSE­LAH.
Mawruss: Vell> Abie. How did you
make out with your fire?
; Abie: S-h-h-h-N. It's tomorrer.
F I S H E R ' S B L E ND
-—is an 11 • o'clock assembly with
wlu'ch is combined an enjoyable
time. W e knew it'd come eventual-,
ly, but it came now. Thanks.
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HER MAD MOMENT
or
W H Y P A P A D O E S N 'T
••?:/•: SNORE
Her soft akin , upon which was
cast a pinkish pinkness, had the del­icate,
intoned texture of a dog's
tongue. Her rich brown hair ran back
from her forehead and then jumped
^chastely hither from ear to ear. Her
legs had that shimmering, alluring
gleam which only Phoenix hosiery
can produce. Perhaps "she was the
student who patronized-Messenger ad­vertisers.
Above all'this the little country
maiden had what us in the movies
-so clearly describe as "it." Her
plump, beefy figure was the glossy,
unmounted picture of health. No
one would imagine she, too, ate at
the cafeteria.
Their eyes met-,. He was big and
strong. The urge of the race charged
these two young vital things with
life . . life. They w„ere meant for
each other. He f o r her and she for
him, so to speak/ He could" "see the
sensitive lips quiver. She: bit a couple
of them, while big chunks of rouge
ibroke off and fell thudishly.
•••r Then the train gained speed and
jsluhk around the corner. She was
* vHe -never; sawV'her again. In* other
w6rdsj:he.didn"t,eyer; get; a look at
her .afterwards, at any. time, .at all,
whatsoever.- v .'*•••"-' •"-••'- .,: .;
•"' Is tfie-oid force gone? Perhaps y^pU/
too, are slipping. Can you still
• make a car at 7:57 (Western Cock-.
Eyed Time) and get to an 8 o'clock
lelass? Look what happened to this
man when he..: didnlt drink, .Postum
one morning. Take Postum to re­duce
weight. Nothing-iik.e it to clear
the mind. Bring it to class with you.
Postum comes in nice smooth cans.
; If you are underweight get a can
right away. Try Postum as a tonic
-to build and revitalize ^worn-cells.
Pad, them cells. Your friends drink
;; Postum. For rusty flasks only a half
va spoon is needed.
Old English, with Mistletoe, to be
Scheme of -Decoration. Santa
Claus will distribute presents.
Promising to be an entertaining
occasion is the Christmas party to be
given by the Men's Club and Wom­en's
League next Wednesday evening.
December 15 ,in the big drawing
room at Edens Hall.
Santa Claus will be present at the
Christmas tree festival to hand out
gifts which are being received on the
landing this week. Bryan Hankins
and Phyllis Crabill are in charge of
the presents, and urge every prospec­tive
recipient to be present on Wed­nesday
evening. ,"
Refreshments, consisting of novel
treats in keeping with the time, are
being planned by, Anna Marie Cronin,
chairman; Olga Kristofferson, Clara
Liter and Fomia Wakin.
Entertainment* Is Rare.
Mary Margaret Doyle is in charge
of the program. Estelle Martinson
will furnish entertainment with
games and stunts. Two stunts are
being planned by-the Philo and Thes"-
pian clubs, under the direction of
Kirvin Smith and Kenneth Smith.
Old- English, with mistletoe, will be
the style carried out in the decora­tion
scheme oh the upper floor. This
will be done by the freshmen, with
Dorothy McCool in charge. Roy Ar-nett
and. Evelyn Small will act as
assistant decorators.. The lower hall
decorations will be done under the
direction of Emmeline Moss. Irma
Littler is general chairman for the
party, and promises, everyone who at­tends
a good time, with eats, sur­prises
and opportunity to renew ac­quaintances.
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MESS. GANG HOLDS
REUNION AT PRINTERS
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• ycstarLarson%£jm f you drive
MariAn the Moon': -Swe^n-k^.
" JSesta: Tto
3i&3"!ou:'|^^
Yesterday afternoon the members
of the Journalism Classes were en­tertained
at the Irish Printing Co., by
Bryan Hankins, business manager of
the Weekly Messenger. Cake and ice
cream were served with no regard
for i l l effects or consequences; Every
hew retiortervwas initiated'and. sent
into the tunnel in order to bectfme
a, member of /the; gang. Nq\.one was
injured.; •*'' '.'."'..••'•-' \ •• >/••••;•''. '• -"' ••'.•1'".
A R C H I T E C T ' S C O N C E P T I O N O F N E W LIBRARY, ;-'
Excavation for which is at present under way on Cedar Street, opposite the Campus of the Bellingham
State Normal School, Bellingham, Washington.
DRAMAS ARE GIVEN
BY MAUD SCHEERER
Entertainment Course Offered by
School is Opened by Reading of
Galsworthy arid Crothers Plays.
At a special assembly Wednesday
students of the Bellingham Normal
School received an unusual treat in
the form of the reading of John Gal-worthy's
play "The Skin Game," by
Miss Maud Scheerer, a dramatic
reader. In the evening, Miss Scheerer
read the play, "He and She,'" by
Rachel Crothers.
Six Numbers Offered
This was the first of a course of
six numbers which is being offered
-the public by the Normal School. This
lecture and entertainment course is
being offered in response to a desire
of some of the people of the city,
and the response this year will prob­ably
determine whether or not the
course will be offered next year.
David Dietz to Lecture
Other numbers in the Course will
be a lecture on "The Last Frontier",
by David Dietz, fellow of the Royal
Astronomical Society, Dec. 14, the
Moroni Olsen players in the play
"Out-ward Bound" by Sutton Vane
on February 5, 1927; Roy Chapman
Andrews will give a lecture on Mon­golia,
February 24; Ruth Draper will,
offer some of her own character
sketches on March 9; and Lew Sa-rett,
the "Poet of the Wilderness,"
will lecture on the subject "Many,
Many Moons", on March 18.
These numbers tho offered to the
public in the evening,.will be offered
to the student body at special as­semblies
during the days, so all the
students will have the opportunity of
hearing the various numbers.
At an informal party last week
at Nichols Hall, Lydia McNeil an­nounced
her engagement, to . Dr.
Alfred-Bright. Dr. Bright is ^a grad­uate
of the Portland Dental College.
Miss McNeil is a. student at the
Normal. The wedding will take place
the latter part of. this month.
GmOMKI€KMmtO MA TRIMONIAL
MJTARINRE-EN^
WEDDING STAGED BY OUR FACULTY
Library Contains
Big Collection
of General Lit.
(By George Allez)
The Library of the State Nor­mal
School is primarily a teachers*
professional library, but also con­tains
large collections of literature,
history, sociology, fine arts, useful
arts, geography and travel, biogra­phy
and science. The library also
contains a standard and up-to-date
list of reference books. It now
contains nearly 36,000 volumes;
5000 pamphlets and large files of
magazines. New books and refer­ence
material are being added con­stantly.
Every week,-on the front alcove
there is a display of new books and
books on special , subjects. This
display is changed weekly on Thurs­days.
The attention of the students
is especially called to this display in
hopes that they will take advantage
of this opportunity to keep up to
date on current subjects.
The Library is maintained by the
honor system. Students of this
school have free access to the books
and magazines at all times. There
are few school libraries of this type
in the country. There are few
school libraries where the books and
reference material are kept bn open
shelves to be used freely by; the
students as they desire. Perhaps we
would appreciate some of the con­veniences
of our library better if
we were compelled to study and
work in a library with books be-
"HE AND SHE" GIVEN
BY MAUDE SCHEERER
Audience Received Play Heartily.
Maud Scheerer has Wonderful
Facial: and Tone Expressions.
(Continued on Page Two)
SOME DIFFICULTY TO
ARRANGE SCHEDULE
The marriage of Florence Johnson,
well known -faculty member and Mr.
Herbert Ruckinick took plSce last
Monday at 8:30 o'clock, at the Third
Presbyterian Churchy Rev. Luther
Wesley officiating. ' ^ *"'''. ' .,''
The bride, in an exquisite creation
of white Spanish lace combined with
velvety satin Was led to the sacrir
ficial altar" on the arm of her uncle,
while the groom was kicked •'upstairs,
by the irate and indignant best man,;
.Mif. Arntzen. The Misses Nora Oum-J
mins, Olive Edens, Gertrude Longey,-
and Adele'JqneB, were the bride's at-,
tendants; Their gowns were of pow­der;;
.blue" tulle.',.: 'V^..'.-''-;:.':
' Ttiejtwo train bearers, ( Frankie?
Salisbury^^^d^^hhyf. Berg, .were
charmingly ;attired. ;in^;white ; satin;
breec^S^ithiTuffles^of?f ine;' lacei atf
completed: by white silk hose and
small, colonial pumps, Smartly trim­med
with large buckles. The two
flower girls, Belle Sperry and Mary
Rich, we're dressed in simple frocks
of fine French organdie with cascade
of little ruchings above the knees.
; The wedding march was played by
John Kerr and two' solos;, byi Mr.;
Arntzen,' followed, "It's Too Late to
be Sorry Now" and "Baby Face."
; After the cjeremony the young cou­ple
were entertained - at: : a •-' -theater
party given by the Normal faculty,
at which the happy '.couple were jire--
sented with a Croix de Guerre." . In
honor of vthe occasion, the -groom's
salary was^ increased .00p69g, much
t o :hisdeUg^;.;v.;'-^:.-..:.V;:,''-C;'^-r- $& }%<:S:
'•£• ^^B^^'J^XBI ;Ruck^ick^^afi:;l*B^at
Vikings to Encounter Ellensburg
and Cheney Normals in Basket­ball
Tilts. Other Contests Likely
' Coach "Sam" Carver is experienc­ing
some difficulty in arranging the
basketball schedule for the Vikimgs
this winter. Available teams are
'scarce and are not answering bids
very rapidly,. according to-the hoop
mentor. Dates for the Tri-Normal
games have been definitely arranged,
however.
A trip will be made to the Eastern
part of the state, the last of January,
where the Vikings'will meet Ellens­burg
the 25th, and Cheney the 27th.
Probably one or two more games will
be included in the westerners' invas-;
ion. -: .'•.-.'. • . ''•'•''.'; '••'-.'•
• Chehey -will play; a return game
here February 2, and "possibly a third
game for the following night, the
third. Ellensburg will come here the
hex-fweek, on.February 10. •
Aside from these games arrange­ments
are pending with the Univer­sityFrpsh,:
Spokane College, St. Mar-;
tin'sCoUege,\College of Puget.Sound,
Whitwdrthu and others.^ An goffer W
play£Mo|rtaha State ;C$lege' vdurinjg
the ^ristinaB'•^.y^^iiig^^&^lSrn^i'
Before presenting the three act
comedy-drama, "He and She," by
Rachel Crothers, on Wednesday even­ing,
Maude Scheerer, dramitic reader
from the studio of the drama in
New York city, outlined the play
with vivid descriptions of every day
life- and incidents from current mag­azines
on family life to clarify the
theme and bring out the conception
of the underlying philosophy of the
play. In her extemporaneous intro­duction
the artist occasionally em­ployed
wit and subtle humor.
"He and She", was well received
by the audience. I t reveals the char­acteristics
of modern family life, and
is frequently dotted with humor.
Maud Sheerer_ shows high degrees of
attainment in facial expression, tone
coloring and gesticulation. Her voice
ranges from gruff speech to the
sweetest mellowest enchanting tone
imaginable.
"We are offering no apologies for
the courses we are presenting here
at the Normal," said President Fish­er
in an introductory remark to the
audience. He added, "there is not just:
one outstanding number in the
course, they are all good. Every
course is very much worth while and
the best of lecturers an dentertain-ers
it has been possible to secure will
appear on the program."
Tuesday evening David Deitz will
lecture on science. He has the knack
of. laying open, vivisecting so to
speak, the -complex and perplexing
situation of science to the layman by
the use of simple'language and land­slide
illustrations.
Ralph Johnson and Florence Crueger Will Play Leading Parts k
Attractive Drama Club Production. Presentation is Colorful^and
Effective with Costumes, N ew Stage Sets, and Lighting Schemes.
D A L E A N N I S W I NS
F A M E T H R U SONG
Dale Annis sang his way into
the hearts of his audience only
a few minutes ago, when he
gave his interpretation of "The
Road to Mandalay" and "Dan­ny
Boy." Mr. Annis told the re­porter
"that he considered it a
privilege to sing before such a
large audience, although he
was aware of the fact that /the
I "attendance is required" chal-
J lehge helped pack the spacious
J and. commodious hall. Dale will
J appear in public- again at the
? Xmas party in Edens Hall next
s Wednesday evening.
l | l l II III •• "I •• '• IK >• " " I
WHAT IS IDEAL NORMALSTUDENT;
IS QUERY OF MASM^W
ISYOUKAN^ER^mJTDOREAD ON
By V. A. V.
"The Ideal Normal Student'? Why
there ain't!4io'such animal." Dean of
Men William J. Marquis leaned for­ward
over his desk as he adjusted
his spectacles and looked straight in
my eye3 with a^bewildered and ques­tioning
stare.- ' .
"But Dean," I stammered, "don?t
you believe there is such a thing as
an ideal, and don't you agree that a
student should have ideals, and conr
sequently be^an ideal student?" .-•
The gray-haired but youthful >prd-fessor
reclined in his easy chair,
while I leaned, forward and watched
him closely..He cast a philosophical
glance oyer the ga'rdeii beneath his
office window-jr and,-in another mom-;
ent accosted mer "So' you wish me*
to tell ;ybu what I think are; the esr
sential attributes of the ideal Nor-v
mal student,' do you? ~. Well^' why
don't" you;.ask mei sbmethirig^easy?" /,
•;"Oh;!;if you inkiBty"? retiprted the
De'an-as,1 attempted to: maike;-'my]
idea clear, ^the'videal'^
is "one who vf ih^"piir|ioseyiii'hm '•'-lifej
^fii^^iwb^^fl^niol ^;f^l|iiigvti© 'J^f ift;
"The Road tp Yesterday," the four act comedy to be produced
in the Normal auditorium tonight and tomorrow night at 8 : 2 0 o'clock,
promises to be a most pleasing completion of the-fall quarter's enteT-tainments.
; This modern English play is imag­inative,
vivacious, and replete i»
many humorous scenes. In the por^'
trayal of modern times there is
shown a gay picture of English, life.
A touch of smart London" society aa
introduced to a young American girl
is given. ^Although England i s a brl
bizarre to this eighteen year old
girl from the "Statesj" by the end
of the play, Elisabeth Tyrell show*
her friends _how things-are done on
her side of the water.
Shakespearean Costumes •<•• -
Acts two and. three revert -to -the
romantic days of 1603, the days of
Shakespeare. Lavish ;and-; colorful
costumes are worn. "•'':'"
Elspeth dreams-on' this Midsum­mer's
eve, and all the characters live
the lives which had been theirs three
centuries before. Old costumes, lan­guage
and differences of the period
furnish much of the humor and
pleasure of the play "in these acts.
Ralph Johnson, who plays the lead­ing
part, has appeared in popular
roles -in many of the Normal Drama
club's plays. Although not a melo­dramatic
part a new type of "vil-lian'"
pervades the play with, proud
a nd merciless strength. Bill Moek
essays this character. In "The Goose
Hangs High" and in "Adam and
Eva" Mr.- Mock played two clever
parts. The character represented in
Kenelm Paulton is much" stronger, .
however. .• , •,: ..! • .
Florence Crueger As Elspeth
Elspeth is portrayed by Florence
Crueger. Miss Crueger has attended
the Ellensburg Normal and the Uni­versity
of Washington at which insti­tutions
she was especially - interested
in dramatics. In "The Road to Yes­terday,"
she - creates . an: attractive
and delightful, energetic American
girl on her first insular visit.
Other characters of the play are
well chosen with careful emphasis in
regard to type. The direction of the
vehicle ,is under Miss Alma Madden
of the Speech department.
New Stage Effects
\ Special sets have been built for the
present Drama Club offering,- and
new scenery has been painted. With
the- addition of the sets, .the cyclo-rama,
and the new stage lightingx ef­fects,
those who attend "The Road to
Yesterday" will see a new stager with
many "novel theatrical improvemeritB;"
•'•' The completei cast >f "The "Roadytd
Yesterday" is as follows: - -
Kenelm Paulton ........v...Wiiliam Mock
Jack Greatorex; ;„-:......Ralph Johhson
Will Leveson '.."..^„.T.rDwight Bunnell^
Adrian Tonipykins' .;„„„„• Ralph Huff
Elspeth Tyrell ..„;..; Florence Krueger
Malena Leveson ........ Evelyn Tawkes.
Eleanor Leveson ...1... Rella EbeUng
TONIGHT—
Drama~CIub presents four-act com­edy
"The Road to Yesterday," in
the Auditorium at 8:20 p. m,.
Jayvees vs.' Shell Oil, at Y. M. C.
A., at 8:30, in hoop fracas.
SATURDAY-J)ec. 11. .
W. A .A. banquet in Edens Hall at
6 p. m.
Drama Club presents "The" Road to
Yesterday" in.: Auditorium . a t
8:20 p. m.
TUESDAY—Dec. 14.
, 11 a. m., assembly program by
Thespian Club.
David Dietz. in; afternoon; assembly.
'8.: 15 p. m., lecture by David Dietz
in Auditorium.
Ohiyesa Club Christmas party at
Edens Hall club room 7:30.
FRIDAY—Dec. 17.
•'. i l a. in., lassembly program by Mu­sic
department.
4 p. m., school closes for Christmas
vacation.
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"But, Dean, what do you mean by
nigh-, ideals?" -He knitted his
brow ifor; a. while and then ';icS>n-tinued.
;y.•. -:'z'•'-•"''"..•• ; *:
- "One who; has set high standards
for himself,: high standards in scholar­ship,
high standards in personal con-,
duct,"high standards in all his rela
tionships••..'with, his fellow-student*
both as ^individuals and as a .social
group. One who is willing, so to habit­uate,
himself that ithese 'Standards
may^ be reached; and maintained and*
pushed on to;higher and higher ; lev--
els;; one ivhb is: never rsatisfied- with
any performance^but his very best;'
one who.!can fsice;''a^Ufe'probiem;'-frpni
the standpoint of: fact>,._; not - merely"
frdin "the, standpointof ^'er^ondlDias;;
one yvji'q. hasfa1 senseKdf h ^ b r ; If a;
seiisetiof 'hunior^ does ^(^''"coyer '^k
irtulti^de. otv;siiw!>K^
kin'% fH^^y^:^.^%^^'-^^^^:
of % petty f" hnsuhaerstandihgsi;' and
,griefs." ^y ;^:r .-:•• ';^r^ %-^-:'> ;:\ ;:V^: ..',••;. ;•
We'?c1im^fe4a3k>^^
^ S p 1 n ' ^ ; ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ t i | e t i d | ^ ' ^^
Harriet Phelps
Norah Gillaw .
Dolly Foulis..
Hubert ..'...-.J......
Wat v ; . . l.
Sir John -.,
..".. Olive' Hafdan
............. Ibna Mulligan
.......:...'... ••.'Vesta-1 Larson
..J..;.....: Edward Jansen
.....Theodore Cederberjg
.!..... Edward Dingerson
Several good seats are" still avail­able.
These, may be had on the. main
landing all this afternoon. ,: ,. , ?
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