Weekly Messenger - 1917 April 7

              THE WEEKLY MESSEN6ER
Vol. XVI.
Devoted to the Interests of the Student Body, Washington State Normal School
BELLINGHAM, WASH., SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1917 No. 26
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I Assembly j
Mr. Scudder Speaks in Assembly
"Woman's Place in the Mechanical
World."
"Future for women along mechani­cal
lines is almost unlimited," said Mr.
Scudder in his assembly talk Monday
The exact record of the output of
a certain young woman at a machine
was found to be two and one-hnl=
times that of the man who preceeded
her. Many other young women work­ing
with her had a record nearly sim­ilar.
Another record showed that
while the man had put out six perfect
pieces per hour, his successor, a wom­an,
had an output of fifty-one perfect
pieces per hour.
Women's office wages have been in­creased
very little in the last ten
years. Records show increases of
thirty-one cents, fifty-eight cents, etc.
Therefore, woman has sought and
found a place where she can get a
reasonable increase.
The eyes of the world have been
opened to the fact that woman by her
"manual dexterity; mental agility, ser­iousness
of purpose, and high quality
of work" can surpass man in the me­chanical
world where strength is not
the requisite.
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Miss Mead Talks on Red Cross.
Miss Mead spoke in assembly ou
Wednsday, vMarch 28, on the work of
the Red Cross. She spoke of the good
work of this society both in peace and
war, and described vividly the work
that is now being done on the battle­fields
in Europe. She emphasized the
importance of getting more people in-tersted
in the Red Cross and to take
active part in case of a crisis.
Mr. Cornish, cellist, accompanied by
Mrs. Cornish, at the piano, delightfully
entertained the student body at the
Wednesday assembly. The following
numbers were given:
Bolero De Beriot
The Swan Saint Saens
Spanish Serenade Friml
The Rosary Nevins
Scherzo Van Goens
Miss Florence Hamilton, of Tacoma;
Miss Lyle Ford, high school teacher in
Tacoma; Miss Marguerite Munro and
Miss Clare Stevenson, of Anacortes,
were guests of Miss Druse this week.
"How did I become a teacher?" I
confess I should like to know myself.
Could it have started that very first
day of school when I sat on the edge
of the seat dizzily counting that end­less
whirl of little green bracts around
the base of a dandelion bloom? Or
was it that later day in the country
school when I had the honor of taking
three classes to the back of the room
to hear them read and spell? If it did
not sound presumptuous, I should say
I was born to it. And the praise given
to my mother by men and women who
were her pupils in the district school
makes me inclined to think there was
something in the inheritance.
My earliest recollections are of teach­ing
school in play, and my aim in life
even before I left the little country
school was to be a teacher. So serious
and shortsighted was my purpose, that
although one school building I attend­ed
stood opposite the campus of the
University of Michigan, I am sure in
those days, I never saw the University
in my mind's eye as a possible goal.
Like many another I was bent on pre­paring
for my career by the.shortest
posible course, eager to take the joy
of achievement.
With the sixth grade I became a part
of a small city system, but there was
room for the development of individ­uality,
and time for the teachrs to
show personal interest in the pupils. I
was most fortunate in my teachers. To
the end of high school all of them were
live, vigorous specialists and appar­ently
in love with hard work. Only one
did not know how to "vitalize the sub­ject";
we all recognized her deficiency.
What a splendid game that high
school course was! Always a morning's
drive or walk from the farm to an
eight o'clock recitation, sometimes be­low
zero, and sometimes in fresh, crisp
spring or autumn air. Thoroughness
and honesty were not engraved upon
the cornerstone of the Ann Arbor high
school, but I am sure they were upon
every teacher's heart, and doubtless
they made some dints in my disposi­tion
which have not yet been effaced.
To the foundations laid then is due
any progress I may have made since.
Upon graduation from high school
I applied for an assistant's place in a
smaller high school, but my superin­tendent,
who had been one of my Latin
teachers, took me into his own city
system, directing my efforts himself. I
shall never forget him or cease to be
(Continued on Page Eight.)
Classes in Red Cross "First Aid"
work have been formally organized at
the Normal. There are two sections
of the class, one taught by Dr. Stimp-son
and the other by Dr. Cook. Two
classes meet on Tuesday at 4:10. Dr.
Stimpson has a Wednesday night class
at 7 o'clock, and Dr. Cook a Thursday
afternoon class at 4:10.
Dr. Kirkpatrick is making every ef­fort
to organize another class. Mrs.
Colby will make announcements as
soon as she has definite information.
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SPEAK AI SPOKANE
The Inland Empire Teachers' Asso­ciation
held its 19th annual session in
Spokane this week. The Bellingham
State Normal was represented there
by four members of its faculty. Dr.
Kirkpatrick spoke at the general ses­sion
Thursday morning on "Democracy
and Efficiency," and on Friday morn­ing
on "Formal and Incidental Edu­cation."
Before the Education and Psy­chology
section Wednesday afternoon
Dr. Kirkpatrick discussed "Experimen­tal
Work in Education from the Stand­point
of Child Study." Mr. Bever gave
an address before the Extension Work­ers'
section Wednesday afternoon on
the place of the Normal schools in ex­tension
work. Mrs. Minnie Kykendall,
of our high school, spoke on the sub­ject
"Salesmanship and the Curricu­lum"
before the commercial section.
Miss Woodard, our dean of women,
also attended the meeting at Spokane.
Dr. Nash left on Thursday to attend
a State Board meeting. The course of
study under the new law will be taken
up by the board.
The Crimson and Gray of Chehalis,
reports the defeat of the faculty bas­ketball
team by the senior boys. Klaus
and Ashman, former Normalites, were
on the faculty team. Cheer up, boys.
The score might have been worse than
32 to 18.
Calendar
Monday, April 9, 1917.
Assembly, Mr. Edson and Mr. Rindal
will speak.
3:20, Boys' baseball practice, Se-home
field.
4:10, Boys' Glee Club meets.
7:30, Rose Maiden practice.
Tuesday, April 10, 1917.
9:30, Junior class meeting.
4:10, Ukelele Club meets.
Wednesday, April 11, 1917.
Assembly, Miss Ormsby and Miss
McCown will speak.
4:10, Choral Club meets.
Thursday, April 12, 1917.
9:30, Alkisiah business meeting.
4:10, Y. W. C. A.
7:30, Aletheia-society meets.
H. L. S. club meets.
Ohiyesa club meets.
Philomathean club meets.
Friday, April 13, 1917.
Assembly, Miss McCarthy and Miss
Willoughby will speak.
Saturday, April 14, 1917.
10:00, Studio club metes.
Ohuckanut Marathon.
COMMENCEMENT
At the Senior election last Tusday
Louise Buchanan was selected to rep­resent
the class on the commencement
program. Virginia Mathes is the rep­resentative
chosen by the faculty this
year. Miss Mathes has come up
through all the grades of the Training
school and Normal high school.
Ben Tidball ex '16 a member of the
1916-17 football team of the University
of Washington, visited the Normal this
week. He is studying law at the Uni­versity,
is a member of Delta Upsilon.
fraternity and manager of the Fratern­ity
house.
The headquarters of the Inland Em-
Miss Ruth Maryott ex '17 is teach- pire Teachers' Association at Spokane
ing at Smyrna, Wash. She has a was at the Davenport hotel. Miss
country school with about six pupils Baxter was unfortunately not able ta­in
about as many different grades. attend.