Weekly Messenger - 1925 January 30

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Devoted te the Interests of the Student Body, "Wrjashington State Normal School
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WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL; BELLINGHAM, WAto Friday, January ^30, 11925:
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Seven Prize Winners to Attend
Banquet.
CONTEST CLOSES FEB. 25TH
A Grand Prize of five dollars is of­fered
by the Messenger Staff for the
one best Story, Essay or Poem contrib­uted
by a member of. the school. A ban­quet
is to be given by the Messenger in
honor of the seven students receiving
highest merits. The contest opens Jan­uary
30 and closes February 25.
Rules and Regulations.
The rules and regulations are:,
1. Any Normal student may be a con­testant.
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2. Contributions may be in form of
Stories, Essays or Poems.
FRIDAY—Jan. 30.
Pep rally tonight.
Bensen Orchestra Recital in Auditor-
SATURDAY^-Jan. 31.
W. A. A. hike to Lost Lake, starting
at 11:30 a. m.
Cheney -Normal Basketball game in
Fairhaven Gym. Preliminary starts
at 7":30.
TUESDAY—Feb. 3.
Meeting of Students'
' assembly.
Association in
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Inotha Ropes
BY JOVE!
To think of it! If Jove had been born
in Christiania instead of Mukilteo, this
column would probably be called Yarda
•—hardly enough to make a neat job of
it.
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Saturday's Weather Forecast.
Cheney—Decidedly low. General de­pression.
Considerable moisture due to
fall tonight and Sunday.
Bellingham—All points satisfactory.
Psychology tells us that women are
inclined to jump at conclusions. But
that's nothing. We see 'em jump at
less 'an that, everyday.
* » * • *
Give 'em the Skids!
A well greased slide for the center
aisle of the auditorium would come in
handy for the boys who stand in the
back and feel the locutory urge.
Besides, the return trip would provide
no end of amusement for the student
body.
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The Dean of Women would have us
believe that eventually all neckers get
it in the neck. Statistics prove— * * * * *
A generation ago we heard a lot about
the0 lovers' moon, but it has now been
totally eclipsed by the same guy's son.
* * * * *
Fictitious Review.
The Confessions of Henry Ford, an
autobiography, is creating quite a little
noise in the literary world. Perhaps
a trifle jarring to the more delicate
critic as it makes some bold attempts
to be racy. Generally speaking—a rat­tling
good story.
Look behind the License Plate!
* * * * *
He: "Kiss.me sweetheart, I love you."
She: "Honestly?"
He: "Oh, we don't have to go into de­tail,
do we?" {
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Scientific Methods. -
To hold the students' attention, the
profjS ought to broadcast their lectures
by radio. Even an intelligent person
will listen to most anything out of a
Loud Speaker.
* * * * *
Curtin Raiser
"You're always bringing up unpleasant
subjects," said the King to the Bolshe­vik
father of a large family.
* * * * *
Guy Bond has been here for fifteen
years! No use trying girls—if he's
withstood it that long, he's safe.
* * * * *
No sonny, the Thespians arenM; ini­tiating"
"Dutch" Wildcat.- Those ties
were probably Christmas presents from
rival admirers. _
* * . * . * *. ,
Sustained. .
At the restaurant table he met
A militant lady, you bet.
So often I've seen you
I'll pay for both me-n-u, ; ^
Sbjthe'man and the sweet suffrag-et.
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THURSDAY—Feb. 5.
Current topics lecture and discussion,
in Auditorium at 11 a. m.
Ellensburg Normal basketball game,
here.
FRIDAY—Feb. 6.
Singing in the assembly, led by Mr.
Newdall.
ELLENSBURG TO PLAY
HERE N K H I R M
Bulldogs Attempting to Repeat
Last Year's Victory.
Coach Lennart and his basketeers are
due to arrive in Bellingham Wednesday,
February 4th, and on Thursday will at­tempt
to duplicate their win of last
year when they trounced the Vikings
here 26-20. Nothing much is known of
their strength this year, but they have
three letter men back and are conceded
to be a fighting team. Coach Davis is
expecting a tough fray. Duke, who was
one of the stellar performers on the
Ellensburg five last year, is now a mem­ber
of the Viking squad, and will most
likely get into action against his for­mer
team mates. The game will be
played on the Fairhaven Gym, starting
at 7:30.
GUY BOND,
Elected to the Board of Control
Last Friday.
MILT FURNESS,
New Editorial Council Member.
OF CONTROL
MEMBERIS ELECTED
Guy Bond Chosen as Student
Representative.
MEN STUDENTS TRY
FOR DOUBLE QUARTET
Mr. Newdall Enthusiastic Over
Work for Quarter
That some of the men students are
deeply interested in music was shown
by the splendid turnout for the men's
double quartet, Tuesday, January 27th.
About twenty-five men tried out for
the coveted positions. Plenty of ma­terial
is available and substitutions may
be made if expectations are not lived
up to.
Mr Newdall is enthusiastic in predict­ing
the work of the quartet for the com­ing
quarter.
The following were successful in win­ning
places:
First tenors—Tommy Tucker, John
Haug.
Second tenors—Ira Loree, Warren
Granger.
First basses—Joe Baxter, Jack Mc-
Elhiney.
' Second basses—L. "A. Lovegren, Julius
Holverson. ,-
Last Friday's assembly period was al­lowed
the students of the school for an
open forum to hold their election and
consider other business of importance to
the student body.
Guy Bond, being elected by a major­ity
of 460. over his nearest opponent,
will serve on the Board of Control for
the next four quarters.
By a unanimous vote of the student
body, an amendment, which grants
sweaters to all girls taking an active
part in athletics for five quarters, was
added to the by-laws of the constitu­tion.
Scholarship Club Discussed.
A scholarship organization was dis­cussed
and the president of the student
body authorized to appoint a commit­tee,
which is to confer with a committee
of the faculty for the purpose of or­ganizing
a scholarship society in this
school.
The feasibility of an "Honor Code"
was left unsettled for the time being.
The plan is to be presented at the next
meeting of the student body.
School spirit and interest on the part
of the students was shown by the large
attendance and especially by the man­ner
in which, so many participated in
the discussions of all important mat­ters
taken up.
o-
E
IS
Milt Furness Wins Position on
Messenger Board.
SERPENTINE AND PEP
RALLY FRIDAY NIGHT
At 6:15 Friday night on the
eve of the Cheney game, a ser­pentine
will start from Edens'
Hall. The line of march will be
the same as usual After the
serpentine there will be a big
bonfire on the athletic field. The
fire will be larger and better
than last time. Around the fire
talks and yells will be given. The
committee in charge promises a
surprise—something novel and
mysterious. The rally will be
over in time for the club meet­ings.
VIKINGS TO M E
Bellingham's Five Man Defense
to Get Real Test.
PRELIM STARTS AT 7:30
A new Editorial Council member, Mil­ton
Furness, was chosen by a commit­tee
from the Messenger, Tuesday after­noon.
Mr. Furness has had one year's
work in the Journalism course at the
O A. C, including feature writing, and
industrial journalism. He also worked
on the staff of the 0. A. C. Barometer
as a special sports writer, proof reader
and assisted in "make-up."
The selection of the new member was
made by the committee: Mrs. Hussey,
Harry Appleton, and Warner Poyhonen,
from seven applications received.
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MANAGER OF ROOK
STORE MAKES REPORT
Committees Appointed at Board
of Control Meeting*.
TO APPEAR FRIDAY
Edith Nordstrom, Former Local
Girl, Solist.
BIBLE INSTITUTE
STILL IN SESSION
There are a few meetings left of the
Bible Institute that is being held here.
The girls have been delighted with the
speakers and urge everyone- to hear
these teachers.
This afternoon at 4 o'lock and this
evening at 8 o'clock, in room 308, Dr.
Saltier will lecture on "How We Got
Our ^English Bible." Mrs. -Campbell has
been intensely interesting , in her vivid
portrayal of Bible stories.
Saturday afternoon- at 3 o'clock - there
will be a missionary meeting to take
up the survey of the great mission
fields of the world. .— .
Organization Named in Honor of
Famous Composer.
Thursday, January 22, at 4 o'clock, in
room 228, the Music Club was organized.
It is to be known as the MaeDowell
Club, in honor of America's most famous
composer, and his wife, who is doing
much at the present time in musical
circles in aiding young artists.
hTe constitution was read and adopt­ed.
Officers were elected as follows:
Marie Pakar, President; Mildred Mc-
Farland, vice president; Catherine Ran­dall,
secretary, and Don Marquis, treas­urer.
The entertainment for the meet­ing
consisted of a vocal solo by Mr.
Newdall.
At the next meeting a paper on Mae­Dowell
will be given and a program of
MacDowell's works given. Later on a
regular program committee will be ap­pointed.
Mr. Ford, manager of the Students'
Co-Op., reported on the conditions of the
Book Store at the meeting of the
Board of Control, last Monday.
After Mr. Ford had spoken a commit­tee
was appointed to make definite
plans for the bonfire to be held Friday
evening. Guy, Bond was appointed
chairman, with the authority to pick his
assistants.
Edgar, Hannah, Vivian Holcomb and
Mr Bond were appointed as a committee
to meet with the faculty committee on
publication. .They are to decide the
length of term- and salary of the Man­ager
and Editor of the Messenger. They
will also define the duties of the Edi­torial
Council.
Another committee was appointed tc |
discuss and suggest changes in the by- N EW STRING QUARTET
laws of the constitution.
Those in the committee are: Warnei
Poyhonen, chairman; Rose Gray, and
Mr. Marquis.
o—
Tonight at 8 o'clock, in the assembly
hall, Mr. Albert Bensen and his orches­tra,
of this city, will appear in concert
with Miss Edith Nordstrom as soloist.
The members of the orchestra are all
well known in local musical circles. Miss
Nordstrom is also well known here,
having attended Fairhaven High. She
has pleased audiences here several tmes,
and those who remember her, know that
she showed fine training, depth of feel­ing
and excellent technique; that her
playing is much above the average.
The program is sponsored by the Col­lege
Club.
Following is the program:
I. Italian Symphony Mendelssohn
(a) Allegre Vivace
.(b) Andante Con Moto
(c) Presto-Saltarello -"-
Orchestra
II. Concerto No. 1, in*E flat Major..Liszt
(a) Allegro Maestroso
(b) Allegretto Vivace
(c) Allegro Marzial Animato
Miss Nordstrom, pianist, and orchestra
IDT. Valse Lento 1 Delibes
Danube Waves Waltz Ivanoice
Orchestra
IV. Piano Group
Miss Nordstrom
V. Romantic Suite Nevin
(a) Dadn
(b) The Gondoliers
(e) Venetian Love Song
(d) Song of Good Night
VI. The Mikado .': „ Selection
from Sullivan's Comic Opera.
Orchestra
Tomorrow night the Vikings will open
the Normal conference basketball sea­son
with the Cheney Savages in the
Fairhaven Gym.
From the way that the Normal Hoop-sters
went in the U. B. C. game, it is
expected that the Vikings will have a
powerful scoring machine, as well as a
strong five-man defense for the Cheney
men to solve. Without a doubt, this
will be the big game of the season, as
Cheney has alrejady defeated Ellens­burg.
Cheney Is Strong
Besides defeating Ellensburg by an
overwhelming score, the Savages lost to
Washington State College by only three
points and played close games with
Idaho, Gonzaga and the Spokane Ath­letic
Club. Burpee, center for Cheney,
who scored sixteen points against Bel­lingham
last year, is back again this
season, along with three other letter
men, and so far this year he has never
failed to score less than twelve points
in any game.
There will be a snappy preliminary
between the Alumni girls of the What­com
and Fairhaven High Schools. Sev­eral
former stars will be seen in action,
including Alice Barber, Beatrice Thomas,
Evelyn Clark and Agnes Tweit. •
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CAMPFIRE GIRLS WILL
HOLD BALLOON SALE
New Club to Sell Blue and White
Tokens at Cheney Game.
MISS LONG IMPROVING
Word has been received concerning
Miss Long who has been dangerously
ill in the General Hospital at Everett.
She is improving slowly after a hard
struggle, but cannot leave the hospital
for at least a month.
New Thespians Do K. P.
While Old Members Dance
Fantastic and weird figures inhab­iting
the halls and trees, Monday and
Tuesday were the cause of much worry
on the part of students and faculty
who did not know it was only Thespian
initiation. .''••'.'•••
Twelve new members wefe'" put
through the rites of initiation • in the
little gym, Friday night, January 23rd.
After the impressive . ceremony every­one
went. to the cafeteria where re­freshments
were served; The banquet
was followed by a short business:meet­ing,
and speeches made by the new
members. After signing on the dotted
line and repeating the password, the
new Thespians had to take down the
decorations and wash the dishes, while
the old Thespians enjoyed dancing .in
the big gym until 10:30, The new Thes­pian
members are: Jessie Elirby, Bev-erl
y McKibben, Evelyn Hagen, Selma
Alto, Delle Clapsaddle, Mary ; Wood-bridge^
I John Fitzgerald, Bradley Dodge,;
Floyd Van Etteh and Don Marquis.:
GIVES MUSICAL TREAT
The students were given a rare musi­cal
treat at the assembly, Tuesday,
when Mr. Williams and his string quar­tet
presented the program.
Mr. Williams, in a short prologue,
told of the origin of the string quartet,
and gave an explanation of the musical
program. "The string quartet is the
purest form of harmony known," said
Mr. Williams.
The quartet is rapidly gaining a
name for itself in Northwest musical
circles.
MISS HEADRICK RETURNS
AFTER SHORT ILLNESS
Miss Headrick, who has been very ill
during the past week, has returned to
her classes.
A misplaced verterbrae in her neck,
and a slight cold, which centered there,
was the initial cause of the trouble, Miss
Headrick says. The severe strain -on
her nerves and stiffness which prevent­ed
the use of the muscles, kept her in
bed for a few days, but she is back in
school now. ? "
Miss Headrick's mother came up to
stay with her: during her illness. ':
Blue and white balloons will be sold
by the Camp Fire girls at the Cheney
game, Saturday night, Jan. 31.
This Camp Fire unit has been but
recently organized under the guardian­ship
of Dean Jones, Miss Frank, and
Miss Rosene. The girls plan on selling
every student at the game one of these
ten-cent tokens of school spirit. The
proceeds from the sale will go toward
buying craft supplies for the Guardian
training course soon to be started here.
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DEAN JONES GALLS
SPECIAL ASSEMBLY
Plans Are Made for Formal to Be
Given February 21st.
A Women's Special Assembly waj
held Friday morning, January 23, at
10 o'clock, in the Auditorium. ,
Dean Jones welcomed the new stu­dents
and announced that she would be
glad to answer any questions that they
might have. The subject of her talk to
the girls was "choosing real values in
Life." Her first point was that people
are always making bargains in life and
being fooled because what they put into
their characters is cheap and is picked
up at any bargain counter. This point
was illustrated very well by the ex­ample
of women looking for bargains at
bargain counters, who never know what
they want and in the end never get
what they want. .
Machinery of Body' Wears Out.
"Are we getting: the biggest bargain
in life by doing two people's work or
are we benefitted more in the long run '
by doing just our share?" asked Miss"
Jones. She emphasized the fact t h a t'
the machinery of the body would wear '
put just like any other machinery. Also,
that, be it a part of the body or mind, ^.;
one is no stronger than the weakest -'
part. .7'-. •:,-;. -•'.':"..:-.' '.';•';'' ":>'' J'::•-.;/' -t^
The third poin^ was ^thie^fact thatly
there are those who :wquld get what; -
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