Weekly Messenger - 1926 April 30

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WASHINGTON STATE) NORMAL SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON
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^:^^:l^;; i a r 6 i | « ; ' ; i . :-8lt her© /fid gaze
jmtpil ti« ^itadow---in search of inspira­tion—
I see ^UaarGiya" togan «o_^W^
:": lf«V.'«? .tte thoughts tlut run through--
finy tods arid when I count the words—
iHurt Jluwrewritten I find-rthat my^in-trodnction
is finished?
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No, sir! Yga -can't keep a
good man like Stan -;'' Mae's
Sarii^ Evatt put of the head­lines.
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Five Vikingr Cinder Men Will
Represent Blue and White at
U; SJtadium; Saturday. \;v
HOFF SPECIAL FEATURE
r
SO LONG!
The Viking track
team starts for
the Relay (Carni­val
leaving the
single men behind.
That's right, too.
If an elephant is afraid of a
mouse, how many serenaders
can one boy chase up Sehome
•';- ANH0UNcpi?iinr
The weekly rehearsal of the Ladies'
Fire Escape and the lien's Hill Climber's
Choral society will be held this evening
from 11:30 'til IKK... Soloists for the per­formance
are Miss Johnson and Mr. Bis-sel.
Catch as catch can rales will be ob­served.
Say,j Collar Ad Eddie, be a sport
and give the rest of us fellows a
chance with the ladies,
(Signed)
" B a b e " Grannis and "Runt" Thor-lackson.
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^ ONMYRONOR
Three Hundred Athletes Take
Part in Big Event; Norweg­ian
1 ^ ^ ^ Action.
y I won't mention it to anyone.
Honest, I won't, Helen Hefty
and '' Romeo'' Ralpli Johnson.
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; Dawgonnit, Ethel Pavel, I may have
•':. ;an 'upper Kg complex but I sang ey-
;[-: ery bit as loud as the rest of the
^s'rbqys.•' • '-•;'. ' ;..'"' :• '.
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; ; : The best of Fords run on their reputa-
;^ 4tion but its an odd heap that can't climb
:";"; High Street when three beauties lend
•-•;'/'inoral; support. Bryan, I'm ashamed.
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| BUI Peny successfi^ in-v^
odnced 1^ late song hit,
Jv''Tiere Ain't No Flies On
D^A^tf4^eiBe';^.'t0; Harry,'s gang,
g|:l*&llonday; Good going, Bill.
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:AQ;^^ej^-rit is ^ r i d e r f u l weather that
;|^vre are haying^ Mary Margaret; -Arid,
^ J - ^ ^ w i y , - M e r i L i s some Byrd at
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Five Viking: sprint men will com­pete
in the Class B division of the
Seventh Annual University of Wash^
ington Relay Carnival which is to be
held in the Seattle Stadium tomor-
6w. It is rumored that about three
hundred athletes will participate in
the big event, with Charles Hoff,
Norwegian Pole Vaulter, as the ad­ded
attraction, in an attempt to
break his-present record of 13 feet
11 13-16 inches.
Class A schools, include those who
are members of the Pacific Coast
conference; Bellingham and Ellens-burg
Normals, University of Wash­ington
Freshmen, Willamette Uni­versity,
Whitman College, Pacific
University, and the College of Puget
Sound make up Class B; the high
schools of the Northwest will be
known as Class C; and the secondary
institutions of Seattle are to be
Class D.
The Vikings have already defeated
one of their opponents in the Carni­val,
C." P. S., and dope shows that
Prigg and Hemmi should have no
trouble in copping the 100 and 220
yard dashes. Stickney will run the
440 and Hawkings will carry the
Blue and White in the half mile.
Abbey will perform in the mile re­lay.
However,- the Tacomans took the
mile relay last Saturday on Waldo
Field and will be considered to have
a slight edge in that event.
According to the Seattle Times,
this year's Carnival should prove to
be the most spectacular since the
first meet which was held in 1920.
On May 29, thei,W. A. A. will have
i t s annual trip to Mt. Constitution.
The^Islander can be chartered for.
^he; trip if 100 members sigh. up. The
fare will be $100, and in the after­noon,
after.'••the cliriib, the Islander-will
cruise around the islands. Those
wishing to_ go are asked to sign up
soon in>order that the boat.may be
chartered. The faculty are invited
to make this trip with the W. A. A.
On May 8, a trip will be taken;to'
Lummi Island and .Lummi Mountain
will be climbed, .;' providing enough
members sign up-.and arrangements
are made.
For details, concerning either of
these, trips see the W. A. A. bulletin
board.
Normal Will Take Affirmative
Against College of Pacific in
the Last Debate of the Year.
MAY DAY OBSERVED
AS OLDEN HOLIDAY
Dedicated to Flower Goddess,
May Poles and Dancing Part
of Celebration in Villages.
VrelNG VODVIL TO
BE GREAT SUCCESS
Mueh talent .was displayed last
night in the various acts that tried
for. places on the third annual Viking
Vodvil bill which is to be presented
in the school auditorium, May 14. :
Skits, dances, musical numbers,
and wooden soldier parades were all
given the once over by th committee
of judges who will select an all star
line-up of pep, color, action, and
quality for the eight acts.
"I feel very well pleased with the
response that has been given by the
clubs in try outs," states Manager
Einar Fretheim,' last night, "and I
am positive that this year's Viking
Vodvil..will, .be the greatest show of
its kind that has ever been, put on
in this school." .. ••;-,
Tomorrow, the first day of the
fifth month of our modern year, has
quite a history. It was first dedi­cated
to Mara, mother of Mercury,
by the Romans who observed the day
by,a ritual. Later it was celebrated
in honor of Flora, goddess of flow­ers.
The entire month of May has
long been regarded unlucky for mar­riages
owing to thrree festivals of
the unhappy dead held on the 9th,
11th, and 13th.
In medieval and Tudor England,
May Day was a great public holiday.
All classes of people, young and old
alike, were up with the dawn, and
went "a-Maying" in the woods.
Branches of trees and flowers were
borne back in triumph to the towns"
and villages. The center of the pro­cession
was occupied by those who
shouldered the maypole, glorious with
ribbons and wreaths. Finally the
maypole became a necessary part of
a town's architecture.
In 1644, the Puritans could no
longer tolerate these "stick idols,"
about which__the people 'leape and
daunce, as the heathen did." All
traces of May Day festivities were
removed as far as possible until the
Restoration in 1661.
In the last debate of the season,
the women's team of the Bellingham
Normal will take the affirmative
against the women's team of the Col­lege,
of the Pacific, Stockton, Califor­nia,
-''at-'' three o'clock. in the auditor­ium
this afternoon.
The child labor . question,- a ques­tion
approved by the Pi Kappa Delta,
national debating society, to which
the jnembers of the California Col­lege;
Elizabeth Evans and Rosie Lee
Williams, belong, will be debated.
Grace Jacpbspn and Margaret Black
will oppose the visiting tarn. ,
Mr. Matt Hill, secretary of the
Alumni Association of the Universi­ty
of Washington, has been secured
to act as judge. s
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<&oseberry Point Will Be the
Scene of Quarterly Frolic
Criven^Only for Teachers,
WALTER BATES TO
GIVE RECITAL PRI.
(Eatett&ar
FRIDAY—April 30.
3:00 p. m., debate, Bellingham and
College of Pacific, Stockton, Cal.
7:45 p. m., George Barrere's Little
Symphony Orchestra.
TUESDAY—May 4.
11 a. m., assembly, Harrison Ray­mond
presents Men's Club Cho­rus.
FRIDAY—May 7.
11 a. m., assembly, Walter Bates,
distinguished Canadian tenor,
will sing.
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QUEEN OF TULIPS IS
FROM WHATCOM HI
Elizabeth McKean Will Rule in
Tulip Town During Festival,
Florian Culver Is Attendant.
Walter Bates, Canada's foremost
tenor will-give a lecture recital at
the regular assembly next Friday,
morning.
Mr. ; Bates has recently come to
Vancouver from Montreal in eastern
Canada, where he was highly praised
by the music critics. He possesses a
magnificent voice with a fine range
and wonderful tone color. Wherever,
he appears his audiences are enthu­siastic
in their reception of his work
and a. treat is held in store-for the
local students who will have the op­portunity
of hearing the great tenor.
PAI)DLES BmKENr DANDELIONS
m ARE
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Talk is cheap, but i t takes more,
than : talk ' t o dig dandelions. It
takes . l o t s ;pf work, school spirit,
and paddles. It takes plenty of
planning, counting, and. discussing.
It has a particular charm when there
are grave issues at stake • such ^as
winhmg the tulip race or being
funied upi | r ^ s k Ralph Johrisoh. ';
^ ^Diggingj dandelions isjiboth ah end
iir;itself andfa'meahsito ah end. The
eiid i^eached.,when alf of themare;
stripped ;from^e;«ampus.;-: .Bul>they;'
arev through blossoming ?inow, s o ^^
doesn't; ;nia|ter^-As;:a hwans to" ah
endi^diggingidandelions ^hiasi;;iiaany;
;s^cH«v{;yalties;^;|^
]p| feni^"^';;-; ch'iince.;; • f or Jv one!" to^^get:> hii;
kTCes|^pWi|h)^^a>;^as;:;y^
made ^practicaU It is an application
of the project, method in learning- to
count. Further, it' gives .everyone" a
chance to find out who the v^. A. A.
girls actually.iare.~ Mr./Berg; ; says
that;it^:was excellent^ exercisel for
him in'ryoice training.' Andy- McCall
reports that his. feet were ;terribly
tired due, toi" so much .running•about.
;: The,^events: following the; !dandeH
gpispde:}\vere especially" yalu^le^rto
those-wWr. appeared^xin i t o canipu^
jfpur^ hours; i | t e :S Mr^ daryer declared^
fi^t. 1^wp„'Jbl;; his ?: best paddles ;ycaine?
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•Ih^le^dg^ni^aj j!?tjhfis^e^t|^iw?r^ ]
-y_ In spite of the combined efforts of
the Normal student body to gather
votes, cojipled with an excellent ex­hibition
of school spirit on the part
of every Viking, the Whatcom High
School candidate will rule the Tulip
Festival. -- •'• ,
The final counting of the ^votes
showed Elizabeth McKean leading
with 241,100 votes, followed by Flor­ian
Culver with 219,000 votes, and
Elsie LaVerne Masterson with 124,-
000 votes. Bennet Baldy, Chairman
of the finance committee, reported
that' $6392.00 has ben received from
the sale of buttons. - Mr. J. J. Blan-.
ey, president of the association, stat­ed
..that the festival's finances are in
good shape.
Came from Lynden."
Miss McKean is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. McKean, residing
in Lynden district. She is a cousin
of Clyde Banks, local photographer.
She h i s wbrked-^her ,• way through
school since becoming a freshman.
Her friends declare that she is very
modest, more mature than most
girls, of her. age, has poise, and is- ar­tistic
and graceful.
,:Miss McKean was .one" ,of eight;
candidates selected^by a .committee
of faculty/ and students; and voted on
by tlie .students. :•..•.••- ;•''.'..' - :-:;
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According to ^Mr^ Blahey, Queen
-ElizabethL will; be attended by: Miss;
Culver; and Miss• Masterson'..; during
the annual festival/"';Be says^ that
a chaperon - will be chosen •; to: ^acr:
c^jpany^Miss;£McKean . bhi Jier Eifc;
tppeaii jirip—-a. m^tjffigwhici^|lai not^
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The Spring Frolic, for members of
the faculty will be held Tuesday af­ternoon,
May 4th, at Gooseberry
Point. The Frolic is strictly "a fac­ulty
affair and is given every: quar
ter in the form.4 of some unusual
event. Miss Keeler, who is chairman
of the committee in charge of the
event, Bays that 93 have already
signed up and she expects more.
Nearly all members will leave be­tween
the hours of 3 and 4 o'clock,
and will motor out to Goos.eb.erry
Point. Here a program will be sched­uled
for competitive field sports at
4 o'clock; dinner at 5:30; group
games at 7:00; and a huge bonfire
and marshinallow roast at 8 o'clock.
Something new is to be offered in
the way of picnic refreshments. Miss
iKeeler admits they are to be un­usual,
but very tempting and not
the customary "pickle and cake" pic­nic
variety. As it is to be a distinct
surprise no menu is given for publi­cation.
The committee at work on the
Spring Frolic are: Chairman, Miss
Keeler; -Miss Moffatt, Miss Gragg,
Mr. Berg and Mr. Carver.
The faculty have always had some­thing
similar to life frolic each
quarter. AJiew of the. recent ones
were the Battle of the Mountain
Snows, a t Edens "Hall, and the Clam
Bake during the summer quarter.
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MT. BAKER CLUB
MAKES CAMP PLANS
Accommodations for Fifty to be
Provided for Summer Gamp
-at Kulshan Cabin, in July.
DR 1V1NSHP? SPEAKS
| TO STODENTS TODAY
: Albert Edward W"inship, Litt; . D.
LL. D.,, an Editor- arid Lecturer; ad­dressed
the students at the regular
assembly todays
Dr. Winship has had an interesting
career as an educator. - He was born
in West Bridgewater,~;Mass., in 1845.
He served in the Civil War as a pri­vate.
Later he attended Andoyer
College, taught school, and was a
a member of the Massachusetts State
Board of Education. .
- Mr. Winship became the editor of
The Journal of Education in 188§.
He occupies this position at the pres­ent
time.
A number of books related to edu­cation
have been written by Mr.
Winship. . ~
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Last Number of Artist Course
Is Offered at the. First Chris­tian
Church at 8:15 0 'clock.
FLUTIST IS FAMOUS
George Barrere Was Trained
_ in Military Class "Wbj^,M&-
Was Sergeant of Fife Corps,
WILL START SOON
All-School Tournament Will be
Bun on Elimination Basis;
May 3rd Last Date of Entry.
The Mount Baker Club of Belling­ham
has announced the plans for a
summer camp at Kulshan Cabin to
be held July 25-31. Members of
this club and kindred organizations
to the extent of fifty will be accom­odated
at this time.
The camp is about 9 miles by trail
from the town of Glacier, and 7 miles
from the summit of Mount Baker.
It will be u n d e r , the direction of
"Bill" Cochran, director of Physical
Education of the city schools.
Normal Is Represented
The Mount Baker Club has been
organized, as such, for less than a
year. The membership has increas­ed
very rapidly during this time.
During the summer months trips are
taken every other Sunday Other
times of the year the trips are less
frequentr Of the total membership
of 136 over 40 are associated with
the Normal.. as instructors or. stu­dents.
Two of the officers of the club
are "members of the faculty, Miss
Frank, vice president, and Mr. Bond,
treasurer. ~% :
An all-school tennis tournament
will be held in the next few weeks.
The tournament will be run off on a
straight elimination basis. Two out
of three sets will determine the win­ner
of a match, except in the finals
of the men's singles and doubles,
which rwill be the best three out of
five sets. ..
Women's; singles and doubles,
men's singles and doubles and mixed
doubles \yill comprise the matches of
the tournament. Air men and wom­en
of the school are invited to par­ticipate,
except the men holding the
first five positions in the ladder
tournament. An entry sheet will be
posted on the board on the main
landing and those desiring to enter
may sign.
Monday, May 3rd, is the date set
for final entries. The drawings will
be made Tuesday and matches will
begin immediately.
TEACHERS ELECTED
FOR COMING YEAR
The Appointment Bureau has
placed or received notice of appoint­ment,
the following people within
the lasi few days.
Raymond Frick, Frances, Wash. .
Theresa Spendal, Clinton.
Gladys E. Jensen, Goldendale.
Judith Loney, Grand View. :
La\?rence Werner, puwamiBh, Wash.
Jane Dagger, Renton.
Bernard Jacobus, Mord, Oregon.
Raymond Elder. Lynden, \y*ash.
Mary Byrnes, Nordland, Wash..
Herbert Hanson, Ashford.
Kathlynn Holmes, Forks.
Gertrude Hogdahl, Centralia;
Calvin Nichols, South Bend. .-
Augusta Stockton, Southern Oregon
NOTmal, first grade critic teacher.
Marcelia Lusterman, Centralia. -'•-..
Hazel Sloan, Ceves, Wash.
j The question is often asked of
(George Barrere^ world famous flute .
virtuoso, \yhpse Little Symphony Or;,
chestra will be heard here at the%
First Christian Church, tonight,^ h«yr :;
he:happened to.choose a flaie play- "
ing career for his life work. ; : ^
This strange and delicate;-iiiBtru--;
ment has been-the favorite friend Ql .;
many great men. It is to be found -
in the annals of Frederick the; Great;-
and of George Washington." Once ini/.
an' era there- cornea a man who- can;
do some particular t h u g better than:];
anyone else. So i t is ^wltK George'-
Barrere, who decided at a vejcy early v
age that the flute was a sacred thingj-not
a silly instrument to be toyed
with. When he was a little boy at \
school he taught whistle classes dur­ing
recess to an admiring group of ;-
youngsters. The £oy shops of -the
little town of Epernon, in France,
could not supply these: vehicles; of :
virtuosity quickly enough to ans^rer .
the calls.. ,,.-. ,.'.V •;•-:
After this young George joined^ a
military class where hevwas sergeant
ln-,the fife corps. The teacher was a ;
flute pupil of "the Paris Conservatory
and induced Barrere. to„take up t ^ e :
study seriously^ He studied-junder •?
Henri Altes arid" then ' ^ l iw
Taffanel, "and if i t were not for^the':;
latter," says Mr. Berrere, "I would;^
probably not be tooting today upon;
what the wood-flute players so -ir-';•-
reverently call the gas p ^ e . "And:;:
when a litle family quarrel induced ;;
the proud George to 'live - on" tiiis ,i ;
own" he too.k an infinitesimal room
in a hotel which, he humorously ;de-.=:
scribes as so small that he had to
use his bed for a music stand arid
open the wiridqw in order, to have
elbow room to secure the eerrect pof;
sition of a flute player! . . ^ ^;'
~A peace treaty was then entered
upon with-his family which put an
end to his Bohemian: life. Fortunate
too, as the poor lad was about to a c - : :
cept a position with a vaudeville act
in the Follies Bergere, and. might '
have been this day on a vaudeville-circuit
or "writh a circus, as he him- .;.
self is. fqnd'of saying. I t was/shortly
after this that he won the. first prize
at the Conservatoire : and launched'..:.'•:'•
his career as a flutist with his own. '•
modern Society of Wind- InBtrii- -
ments." -'::
Penn State has among its freshmeii
athletes Musa Lerry, an Egyptian,
who was a four sport star at; the
American University at CairpJ^iast
year... At the Cairo University J^rr3j|;
starred in track, soccer,., basketball7
aj^d wrestling. - - ' : ? ' . ; ; '
The activities of the Mdiint Baker
Club are not confined exclusively to
the Mount Baker regiqri.7; The .many
easily accessible points of. interest
are usually the goal of -the ordinary
week-end/trip. Sucli points as: Look­out
Mountairij :^ine. Lakes, Blue :Gan-yon,
etc.;; -have^ali b^en^Svisited in
the ^ast< yearV ; Ther San^ Juan^ Archj;
ipelgq has riot been: slighted:••-• either,:
as^nppri occasions a sm^l;boat "has
been chartered forvdrie or- t^ro:; days;
In this m a n n e r ^ ^ : '^
ried^^oyer the^ ^vateri^ to; ;-'.the.c':ppmt:
wheref pedal ;cextrenuStis;inu^ again
lie"resorted "bo ;asra;naea^sTioffloc^-'
=:: The:i^unt^Ba fOr
m e m & r t - ^ : ^ h i ^ r - t n ^ ^ ^ ^ "'"'"•""'"
AlRiSFlI^
-"Listen^ girls! What is it?" was
heard froni some excited girls as they
all ran to the .fire-escapes "to?sit and
hear and^see; still:,more: girls ; kept
rimningitq wliereih
JIallwere sittiilg. '..; •:?•. •• •^'•;':/^:^ M
j^"Ohv isri't. it^riiaryellous put^^lio;
night, and ;just. look: a t : ^ a t .delkabus
-moon.-1 T s n ' t ^ t h i s% just -;ari /ideal
;nipoii ?"; were some of the firings that;
;;wwe>;OTerheard;^'^;;;t^;-:"!-;^':'^;;^
%'Tfes, it.;'won't be^lohgjtiioiw,?; Irene •
~}:- Th6i ^rls;iiad ^me^s^^iu^kiyi^that:
: . t h e ^ : :'iu^^eyfin:^
off ^ ^ i r j i i i g h^
did^£;;nmtiferK^
the main building up to where tbia;-;:;v;v - / ; ^
shadow, casting thing was. The • g^if5^iy^^|-5|s
;held); their ^breathes for'; a ;.f ewf i f l u ^ | r 4 : ^ s j : |f
iites then • lo>; and behpldj; -lovely,%^0M^0M^^.
lpdiousy and harmonious stfairis camej^S|i;"^||^
:tp';:the^ears'"-of:-thoseysit^g-f^s^
:fire^escapes ;cl^.in;scanty;pmgh^i^S^|^S||^Q
tire., y The'.- •fi^ire;'tiat-.;fiad'''jran.:iM^
;:the?pa&^;th^;.mo6h/;wh(^;l^
iwas^castyott^t^
'^capes,:;;ran;; to *• join ^ a f - l i a - p p ^ t l r o r i g ^ ^ y ^ ^^
of •:yp"ri»g:;N)5rmalr'™en%'^
to: "sereriade ^themlj^' -'-.- rfv'^feSS||p||^^^^tf
'•;': On,f lis^irigbintently' -and:
^hey?ibriclud^^ this^laid
:riori^-^nW;sthan;:-;';our:^:^lbyed;j^
Gunnar Berg,; whose.^^encMritmg.voice^SS'*S&*££s$ass