Weekly Messenger - 1926 March 12

              VOL. XXV.—NO. 21. WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON F r i d i ^ g j ^ 5 ^ ; I 9 2 | K | |
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i SO'S A
COURSE!
PIPE 5 HOUR
George Allez Slakes Sweeping
Race for President; Kirvin
Smith Takes Close Contest.
GREAT INTEREST SHOWN
BUSY WEEK AHEAD
Lloyd Mabon Wins Handily-
Over Opponent in Student
Body Representative Race.
(By RUTH STURDEVANT)
CARICATURE
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This is hard on the Editor, but it
must happen. The above picture is
what Dan Brasher claims to have
dreamed last night Well, folks, he
is slow with his assignments, any­way.
-.:. ':"••
. # # . # »•
Mr. Berg: "What is i t that keeps
the moon in place and prevents it
from falling?"
Ray O:: "I think it must be the
beams."
Male freshman, at recreation^ hour:
"May I have this dance ?"
Worldly wise female sophomore:
"Certainly, if you can get anybody
to dance with you."
• • • • • ' • -
COMPOSITE EXAM!
Mark the following questions true
or false;
1. Normal girls turn down dates
to go to the show ' with their girl
friends. /
2. "It Ain't Gonna Rain no More"
is a serenade.
3. Happy Logan is girl shy.
4. Andy McCall has auburn hair.
5. Neva Ruppell is a man-hater.
6. Loren Grey likes the music at
the "Dream Theater."
PINAL EXAM TIME
. PRESIDENT
George Allez .. .:. 465
Vice President
Kirvin Smith .........: 313
Representative
Lloyd Mabon 378
Friday; March .12./ / ;
V.Cecelia Hansen, .yiolinist, First
VChristian Church, 8 P. I t / v
Louis Untermeyer lecturesi a t . 2 P.
M. on. :?New Era'[ in American
- Poetry.? ';; ;:': /V •",/'
Saturday, March :13
College Club dance, Aftermath
i Club House, 8 P. M.
Sourdough Club Party, little gym,
8 P. M. ••'.•••
Tuesday, March 16.
Leowrytha Club program in assem­bly
at 11 A. M.
Wednesday, March 17.
Drama Club play in Auditorium,
8 P. it- '.
Thursday, Marchl8.
Concert in Auditorium, at 8 P. M.
Fredric Dixon, Pianist.
Friday, March 19. ~
MeDowell Club program in assem­bly.
.''Florist:Shop' '^ind •?'The Hour
Glass Are Presented by Mr.
Hoppe's Expression HI Class.
Th«re are a lot of folks around here
who would give theireye-teeth to feel sure
of getting grades in everything this
quarter. Here's wishing us luck!
Mr. Marquis: "Do you believe that
Jazz is dying ?*'
Miss Jones: "I don't know, but it
sounds as if it were suffering ter­ribly.''
He was a bashful lad, but she
; Was quite a clever-miss
;^t; first they; sat this far apart
'% Butsoonsatcloseliker thisi
/ / S l u t e s b ^
;-4c;tper :^hel 'per revolution. See ;^.-'rw.S
'^i-^.::,j^f^v^c'AnnA flfarje Cronin,//,.• '/''-;
X^:&^y^:l :i/Swendplene' :Shajcesjpeare^v^
In the Student Association Selection
of officers held last Tuesday, George
Allez was elected president, Kirvin
Smith, vice president, and Lloyd
Mabon, student representative.
Due to the ineligibility of several
candidates for offices, nominations
were re-opened in Friday's assembly,
This election by which three im­portant
positions on the Board of
Control were filled, gave to the stu­dent
Jbody three new officers who
are not only popular, but also cap­able
of coping with the problems that
will naturally arise. The newly elect­ed
president, George Allez, won oyer
his opponents by a wide majority,
almost creating a landslide by the
ease with which he walked away
with the votes.
His experiencs, gained during his
service overseas, aid in making him
exceptionally well-fitted for the pres­idency
of the student council.
The race between Jessie Whitte»
and Kir win Smith for the position
of vice-president was very close, af­fording
some excitement for those
scoring the votes. 'Kirvin is well
known, being an active member of
several school clubs. He is conscien­tious
and will without doubt work
untiringly in the interest of the
school.
Lloyd Mabon, student representa­tive,
has entered into nearly all the
school activities. As president of
the Social Science, Camera and Choral
Clubs, he has won many friends by
his whole-hearted support of worthy
school functions.
The election board consisted of
Loraine Sharnbroich, chairman, Ruth
Sturdevant, George Overmeyer, Ted
Logan, and Winnifred O'Connor. Miss
Cummins and Mr. Berg assisted in
counting the votes.
COURSE IN MODERN
PROBLEMS OFFERED
Conditions and All Matters of
World Importance Will Be
Studied During the Quarter.
This morning at the assembly hour
two one-act plays were presented by
members of Mr.- Hoppe's Expression
III class. The plays given were: "The
Florist Shop,'! and "The Hour Glass."
Both these plays have been pre­viously
given at the Fairhayen High
School,-and "The Florist Shop" was
also presented on Tuesday evening
befor the Franklin School P. T. A.
"The Florist Shop" is a comedy
with its setting taking place in a
floral shop where Maude, the clerk,
sends flowers to a spinster whom Mr.
Jackson has been courting for fif­teen
years. This causes many amus­ing
situations to occur but the play
ends with everything untangled and
all persons concerned happy. The
cast of the play which gave an ex­ceptionally
good performance' was:
Cecilia, Hansen is Attraction
of This Week to be Booked
by Music Club and Normal.
NEW NORMAL COACH
RESIGNED FROM Y. W.
Maud
Henry /
Slovsky
Miss Wells ...-.•
Mr. Jackson ...
..»Ruth MjjCullough
Bill Mock
J. E. Grice
...... Helen Harrison
Norman Burchette
A course in Modern Problems car­rying
three" credits will be given by
Mr. Williams of the Social Science
Department in the spring quarter.
The origin and historical develop­ment
of a selected group of problems
will be studied and their" contempo­rary
aspects discussed. The list will
include problems of imperialism, of
nationalism and internationalism, of
democratic government, of industrial
and social life with special emphasis
upon the relation that education has
to offer in their solution.
"No one who lays any claim to be­ing
educated," says Mr. Williams,
"can afford to be indifferent to the
great facts _and forces operating in
their own world. This course is of­fered
as an opportunity for students
to become better acquainted with the
problems of their day and to take
some personal attitude toward them.
The time is coming when the public
school teacher's qualification will be
tested by their knowledge of the
social problems of the day and a
real desire to participate actively in
their solution."
"The Hour Glass" is a serious, or
even might be called, a sad, play. The
Wise Man learns that he will die in
an hour and inside that hour he faces
the proposition of having to make
someone believe in God. If he fails in
this he will go to hell. He is un­successful
with his students, his wife,
and his child—finally, however, the
fool, shows his belief just as the last
grains of the hour glass fall. The
Wise Man dies and then an angel
takes his soul away.
This play was well rendered by the
very able cast which consisted of;
The Wise Man
The Wife
The Child
The Fool ........
The Angel
The Student
Harold Keeney
.. Mrs. Violet Jensen
Esther Pavel
....r. Bennett Howard
Madeline Freese
....... John FitzGerald
Leslie Vincent
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FREDERIC DIXON TO
GIVE RECITAL HERE
Eminent-American Pianist Will
Play in Auditorium Here on
Evening of Thusday, 18th.
Cecilia Hansen, Russian violinist of
world fame, will give her first con­cert
in Bellingham at 8:15 tonight, in
the auditorium of the First Christian
Church. This is the fifth concert
number to be offered this season by
the Normal and the Bellingham
Women's Music Club. Student Ac­tivity
tickets admit to the entertain­ment.
- Miss Hansen, who was born in a
Cossack 'settlement, first developed
an intense love for music, inspired by
military band concerts. While still
very young, she began to play the vi­olin,
studying at the Rastav Conser­vatory.
In 1909 she entered the Pet-rograd
Conservatory to study under
Leopold Aiier, who later, in his'bo'ok
of reminiscences, "My Long Life In
Music," spoke of her as one of his
most-promising pupils. During the
time spent at this conservatory, Ce­cilia
Hansen was a classmate of
Tosca Seidel. When she was not
yet sixteen: years or age, she won
several prizes and the distinction of
being the youngest woman to receive
the gold medal. She was graduated
from the Petrograd Conservatory in
1914, after which she played for sev­eral
..years, before many large audi­ences
in Russia.
Due to the World War, a continen­tal
tour was: impossible. Finally,
after winning the approval of the
Russian public, she experienced a
dramatic escape through the fog and
rain of the Baltic sea, in a small row-boat.
Since her fame had already
reached Europe ahead of her; her suc­cess
was immediate in Finland, Ger­many,
Austria, Czecho-Slovakia, and
Scandinavia. Last October she came
to America, making her debut in
Carnegie Hall, New York. Within a
month she was known throughout
the countrv.
Miss Benecia Gerither, a Normal
student who is how •assisting physi­cal
director at the Y. W. C.- A.^ wiil
assume full charge of the work there
Mrs. Anita Howard, physical in­structor
at the Y. W. C-•'.'Aij. has re;
sighed her position to accept a full
time position at the Bellingham Nor­mal,
starting -March 28. "She is i o
have charge of women's swimming,
tennis and track work. ;;
The announcement of her inten­tions
was made at a banquet staged
by the Niord Swimming Club, of the
Y. W. CY A., Wednesday evening, fol­lowing
a recent swimming contest.
Miss Alice Barber, captain of the
dub and former Normal student, won
the Red • Cross life-saving cup, for
which a number of Normal girls com­peted.
Two of these contestants, Lu­cille
Forcum and Erna Olson, were
awarded the Red Cross life saving
emblems. r
This Promises to Be the Most
Delightful Production of the
School '^^/^jj^l^i^^^S
CAST IS WORKING HARD
In Spite of Family Troubles
and Two Rival Suitors, the
Characters
LOUIS UNTERMEYER
TO LECTURE TODAY
Editor and Critic Will Use the
Subject 'INew Era in Ameri­can
Poetry" in Afternoon.
THEME OF TALK IS
J. J. DONOVAN TRIP
Social Science Club Sponsors
the Affair and Many Others
Who Were Invited, Attend.
NOTICE!
Girls living in Edens Hall should
be sure to decide definitely the week
following .the spring vacation wheth­er
they will wish to continue holding
their rooms for the summer and fall
quarters, and inform the office of the
Dean of Women accordingly.
Miss Jones announces that rooms
will be filled by outside girls if the
present holders fail to make known
their desire to keep them.
Yes Sir Headers, Spring
Is Blamed For It All
Spring is to blame for it all. May­be
we do go a, little too far when
it comes to putting on the dog, but
Nature has us all beat. It's the sea­son
that gets us.
Just look out the window most
any day when it. isn't raining or
when the clouds aren't low. • Notice
the different shades of green that
Nature manages to work into her
color scheme. Beat it if you.can.
And the extravagant uses that she
makes of the^trees, the mountains,
the sky, and even the rain filled
clouds! What a variety of effects—
never twice the same!
..Then look around you in the halls'
and class .rooms.: f\Vhat a variety
of frocks that: do appear,—; no two
exactly alike! Even the /men are
breaking away from the conventional
"blue suit'', idea that; has made them
.slaves; :for ;the; l a s t fifty years../ :i
;v Upon' yconsulting the /clothes deal-:
er/iitgwas/lejarned-that wide bottom
Irouseres/would c o n t i n u e ^ be a/big;
f e a t ^ ^ S ^ i ^
i n ^ j p j f e j ^ / t h e ^ssapj>fo^t/of^the|
fair ones. -It will be noticed that
the styles of men's clothes are chang­ing
about as often as the Star Car,
but the changes are not as radical.
Flashy neck ties are becoming more
and more popular as Spring approach­es.
Oh, well, a necktie is the only
thing a man wears that helps to
set him off. You can't blame any­one
for trying. V
Did you notice the flares of red
at the play the other night,— also
green? Some girls in the balcony
have taken a'liking to/pretty colored
bands around the head.. . As to the
time of the- appearance of -middies
and skirts we are not prepared to
say.//Humor "ha's it that they/ will
at least /be : as late/as^ straw^'hats£
However, there a^e a few brave-spirits
at thei present time^; / . ; ; : ; V /„,-: :£:-:.•;•
gBut Spring "is causing/other things
;t'iijf^lu£p^ last?
nigKt^tiiat/ the5 j ^ t i e m e n f of E p j p$
H^l/jha^Z^&e^
ilij^ifee^el^
|'or ;ttie|^inmer': slump;wh^n/itHcbmegV;
Frederic Dixon, eminent American
pianist, will be-presented in concert
in the Auditorium of the Normal
School Thursday, March 18th. The
concert promises to be one of the
best since his programs are always
of unusual interest, for in their con­struction
Mr. Dixon employs impec­cable
taste and enthusiastically cham­pions
the American composers whose
works have Value. Mr. Dixon has a
delightful and entertaining way of
commenting on his interpretation of
the music which adds greatly to the
appreciation and enjoyment by the
hearers.
The youngest of fifteen children of
a musical family, he displayed his
talents at an early age. From his
native Nebraska, he came to New
York and earned, by teaching, the
^loney to enable him to study /with
the great pianists who have predicted!
for him a brilliant artistic career.
Joseffy, shortly before his death,
said of his young pupil, Frederic
Dixon, "I regret that I shall not live
to see him enjoy the fame for which
he is destined," and Blbomfield-Zeis-
. l e v with- whom he afterwards stud­ied,
similarly predicted for him a re­markable
success.
: Frederic Dixon is essentially an in­terpreter
and poet. - One forgets his
splendid technique when he plays for
there is much else to enjoy—perfect
rhythm; beautiful tone, :and/ a fine
sense of light and shade. He makes
the piano sing with an eloquence
that is an attribute of only -the fin-''
est^ piano playingV
_• /Jn, his two/cqast-t&-ic^si/t6ur8/he:
has earn&d /thei juhstihte^Sp^raise^fI
hisIp^biic/«^/th1^
:.!te^vSi--nijns^
jank^o£^e^ybun^i%
promfser' of still, greater achievements.
which' will undoubtedly win for^him.
'a:{plaee''-.'a^the^vt6p^''of:>huf:ITOfeasioIi.''
J. J. Donovan, vice president of the
Bloedel Donovan timber interests and
prominent citizen of Bellingham,
gave an illustrated talk to the stu­dents
of the various clubs Wednes­day.
The subject of the talk was a
tour through the European and Medi­terranean
countries. Movies taken
by him during his trip furnished very
interesting Views to the students, en­abling
them to see things about
which he spoke. - . _ - . ..
Leaving New York in January,
and returning about May, he and his
wife, together with a few "friends,
visited in- 13 different countries
among which were Portugal, Spain,
Palestine, Egypt, and Italy.
He said that in most of the ports
visited, the sightseers were taken
asore on small boats and boarded
again in the same manner: Many
interesting points were brought out
during the course of his talk among
which Were the customs of the. var­ious
places/the mode of living, cloth­ing
and the subsistence of the people.
Probably among the most interest­ing
views shown - were those. of the
Holy Land, Egypt and Italy. The
places of Biblical fame which Mr.
Donovan visited were Jerusalem, .Na­zareth,
Jericho, the Garden of Geth-semene,
Bake of Gallilee and HypaT
Scenes of these various places were
shown to the students who gave very
keen attention. In Egypt, the ruins
of the temples: of the ancient peoples
jyere probably the greatest f attrac­tions
both to the sightseers and; to
the students who were:\ seeing" them
through /the , ^movies./ /King "Tut's;
tomb, and the^inscriptions/oh the
stones , attracted - great .attention.
Cairo, Alexandra, the Pyramids/ and.
other places ^of ;ih^erest:^ere/^^
^SO.';/:;';'//':;,-^;;^^/' ///^/v'---' ;'""/;/p / / /
Mr. Louis Untermeyer, poet and a
critic, will lecture at a special two
o'clock assembly this afternoon on the
subject, "New Era in American Poet­ry."
This lecture will be one of a series
that .Mr. Untermeyer will give while
on the trans-continental tour that
he commenced in January of this
year.
This discussion will trace carefully
but non-technical terms, the develop­ment
of the various tendencies and
new movements since Whitman. _ I t
will be illustrated with many read­ings
and comments from outstanding
personalities such as Robert Frost,
Edwin Arlington Robinson, Carl Sand­burg,
Amy Lowell, Sara Teasdale,
and with a few selections from the
speaker's own works.
This lecture fairly scintillates. Up
to the present time, Mr. Untermeyer's
lectures have gained words of praise
from all sides. Some organizations
have, asked for a repeated engage­ment.
His audiences have great respect
for his ability as a speaker and for
his undoubted personal charm. Rab­bi
Solomon Goldman of the Cleveland
Jewish Center, says, "Mr. Utermeyer
has appeared before our Forum twice.
We feel that he could not help but
delight any audience, conservative or
radical, college.or club."
^Quoting Amy Lowell: Mr. Unter­meyer
is one of the small band of
writers who are slowly shaping, our
literature into a new era. His ori­ginal
volume of poetry, "Challenge"
and "Their Times' are almost as well
known .' -as his critical anthalogies
'Modern American Poetry" and "Mod­ern
British Poetry" which have be­come
standards of their kind.
(By DOROTHY TAFT)
Wednesday evening, March 17th,
the Drama Club, will present its of­fering
of the quarter in the auditor­ium
of the Normal.
The playj "Adam and Eva," which
is to be given, promises to be one of
the most, delightful productions- of
the school year. The story centers
about the family of: a rich man who* ;
tiring of the constant worries of
family life, leaves on a three month's
trip in the interests of his business
and puts a young business associate
in charge of his household. '"
Adam Smith, the new father, ably.
played by Robert Wagner, hasJ'/.:Kar-';
own idea of what home life should
be, and, aided by Eva, King's young
daughter, he proceeds to put into op-eration
his conception. The ^fcbwn
house is rented and the family moves
• • • • . . - • / • • " • • ' . . •• to the farm When led by. Adam to
believe that the father's fortune has-been
lost. Even Uncle Horace, played:
by Bill Mock, who has been taking;
a. fifteen-year rest cure in the bosom
of the family, is pushed out into the
business world and develops into a.
whirlwind Life Insurance Agent. '•'•'.'-'{
_Mr. 'King finally returns to find
his erstwhile frivolous family work­ing
hard in an effort to retrieve his
supposed lost f o r t u n e d " ; / :/ "
Of course Adam wins Eva in spite
of her two other suitors, Lord Ain/-
drew and Dr. Delamater, and all ends
well.. : * • • . :./-'/:'::..f/:'/:
Burns Mantle in the Year Book of/
Drama, gives it a place among the
five.best plays presented in New-
York during the season of 1924-1925;
Arrangements have been made: with•;<
Samuel French, on payment of; the/
usual royalty for this production.
Cast of Characters. / ://
Mr, King Elmer Webster
Julie DeWitt (his daughter) .........
.-.........:...: Josephine Price
Clinton DeWitt .:.......... ZenoKatterle
Eva King'(the younger daughter)..
Lulii Minkler
Uncle Horace ..„. Bill Mock
Lord. Andrew Gordon ........I......;,...-/
Bennett Howard/
Dr. Delamater Chauncey Griffith
Aunt Abby ............ Mrs. Hazel Bisbee
Corinthia (housekeeper) .;........:...„i; -
Lily- Johanson :
Tickets purchased before the per­formance
may be had for twentyrfive
cents The price at the dpor is thir­ty-
five cents.
Retesters Make Changes
In Surface of the £arih
':• None of the students who took the
Geography • achievement test last
week located New York City in Ar­gentine,
but they did misplace the
Philippine Islands. They placed them
down among the West Indies. Won­der
-what happened to the West In­dies?
It seems that when they pulled
the Philippines out of the Western
Pacific and threw them down south
of Florida that it would have caused
a big enough earthquake to shake the
globe/;/./-' :;_ ''''•'•• ;:;/•..
Some energetic stiidents placed
Kansas; City, Missouri, over - in Colo­rado.
Another placed-it in"Utah.^Its
a wonder that some people forget
that some of the ,best whiskey ever
made in the United States came from
Louisville,; Kentucky, but yet they
piaced that city; in Maryland ;andr
.Colorado/-.'/';-1.-'"-"-"^".-:- •'.-/;;...'.:';.-/- /:.:;/'-."J-S'
^Firom -Italy/j%er^;sh^h/ih^
Did you ;khow/that ;Bombay is the
capifcalj of. Austria, 'and^famous as an
educational, art" and manufacturing
jjehter ? ;;Neither>; did)in^hy/;:rete>sterS(;
Som/e" aspirings teacher claimed ^that;
B,ombay/;i8/;^fe;/ii^^
ter of an important farming region.,^^^ / / / -:
Australia was placed oyer i h / A u s - ; / / / / ;
tria by one A, I. Qer. •.-- " ,; ' / ; / / / :/;{/
By the way, Mexico City is a, Tex^ / / / / / ;
as seaport, protected from the sea b x / / ^ / - / ;;
a great wall,; exporting much grain////>?//
and cotton. - - ..'"/';'" ..- *.:•};/-/;/://:'//;i
Johannesburg (South - Africa) is//}/-•- /
Kentucky's largest^city and leading;/////r-;/
tobacco/and trading center for/ t h e / ; . . - / ' ; //
South. There may be a/Philadelphia; •;/.7 .;/;/
or a Buffalo in Missouri, but it cer^r// / / , /
tainly i s i i o t an important >meat/: / : / / | r;
packing and grain center, second t ^ / / / /
St. Louis /in size. '•'/•//^.•;k'^/ ..M^/V.^'./'^
India.and /Palestine traded v h p l y j / / - ^ / /
cities without any fightmg.//They / : / / ; ; //
must be very/congenial :::people/.to / / / / / ; / v^
take\ up •; each/; other's; rreligfoh8/;S^//i///*^
readily,/the /Mohammedan^HindiiC and;/%//f|H
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