Weekly Messenger - 1925 December 18

              A HAPPY
NEW YEAR
ENJOY YOUR
VACATION
Devoted to the Interests of the Student Body, Washington State Normal School
VOL. XXV.—NO. 11
Hard Lines
By "SMnJN' BOB"
WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Friday, Bee. 18, 1925;
Ah folks! Just think—this is
our last appearance •— this
quarter — For three months
now —, we've stood each other
— and faced the cruel world
together. — We've made some
Shistory too — and for that let
us be glad—For the next two
weeks — well celebrate vaca­tion—-
Christmas, Santa Clous,
and New Years — then come
back for more work — They
tell me — that I haven't made
enough — dirty digs so far —
so watch out for when I return
— Anyway here's a big —
Merry Christmas and a Chap­py
New Fear — to you all —
Now lets do ou>r duty.
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STILL LIFE
THE GOOSE HANGS
HIGH" PRESENTED
T
Annual Christmas Play Given
by the Normal Drama Club
Proves Very Successful.
CHOOSE EDITOR AND
BUS. MANAGER AGAIN
HOPPE DIRECTS PLAY
Wanita McCoy and Angus Bow-mer
Handle Leading1 Parts
with Professionalike Ability.
Here's our hopes for success
to the new Sport King—Bas­ketball.
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Scandal
The other day, Betty Faulkner
and Richard Burghoffer were busily
decorating some lamps, in art class,
and in doing so had to use sprays of
holly. Well, as I passed by and
happened to glance in, Dickie boy
waxed romantic and in keeping with
the holiday spirit, imagined the
"berries" to be mistletoe. Of course
this gave him perfect right to steal
a
I HAVE NEVER
Saved a Chirstmas present from
one year to the next, to give it to
someone else ;
Quarrelled with my Sweetie be­fore
December 25th of any year;
Bought a box of chocolates from
Kress' and changed the price mark
from 35c to $3.50;
Put off my shopping until three
days before Santa Claus comes;
Purchased an expensive gift and
left the price tag on it;
Failed to mail my packages early,
considering the postman;
Really lived on this earth at alL
I am only a Dream.
—Contributed.
The Drama Club scored a big hit
last evening with its presentation of
Louis Beach's three act comedy, "The
Goose Hangs High."
This Christmas play was very
cleverly handled by its cast under
direction of Prof. Hoppe. An over-packed
house enjoyed everything
from curtain to curtain.
Angus Bowmer and Wanita McCoy
handled their leading roles as mother
and father Ingals with professional
finish.
Rollina Powell and Ralph Johnson,
the Ingals twins added spice to the
entertainment in an original style
with their constant conflict of ideas
against an older generation. John
Kerr pleased his audience with a fine
interpretation of Hugh, the older
brother. Mary Margaret Doyle was
charming as the sweetheart of Hugh.
Mary Louise Gilmer made an ideal
grandmother and proved that "she
could not be outtalked or outwitted.
Granny had a staunch sympathizer
in Dorothy Taft who was cast as an
aunt of the family. Her sedate
manner and striking beauty over­shadowed
the outspoken and very
abrupt character that she played.
William Mock handled the part of
a would be society gate crusher in
villianous manner. Meryl Byrd in
the role of cousin of the family;
Thomas Large as a crooked politician
Theodore Cederburg, a friend of the
Ingals; and Miriam Bixby, the maid,
completed the excellent cast.
PRESIDENT SPENDS
WEEK AT CAPITAL
The last Board of Control meeting
for theJ quarter was held Wednesday
December 16. •
Velta Learning and Zeno Katterle
were elected editor and business man­ager
respectively of the Messenger
next quarter. . "
These people were chosen from
among several applicants because of
their former excellent work on the
paper it is reported.
Bryan Hankins was reelected sec­retary
to the Board of Control.
Sixtv-Two Students To Graduate
HERALD P I A VISIT
Messenger Reporters Learn
Mysteries of Publication in
Trip Through Entire Plant.
PRES. FISHER HEADS
Y. M. C. A. FUNDS DRIVE
HEY ED!
I've sad news to tell you. I
was writing a letter yesterday
to our old friend when Bert
Tidball happened along. I
showed it to him. and he said,
"Why there ain't no Santuh."
Lyman of Stickney.
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GOSSIP )
Thomas Wynn is threatening to
discontinue the persuance of knowl­edge,
here at Normal, and go to
Hawaii. Say, Tom, that letter of
Frank Katterman's didn't set you
thinking, did it?
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WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS
PICTURE!
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President Fisher spent the greater
part of last week and this week in
Olympia interested in legislation for
the Normal.
He reports that there is very fav­orable
development for the library,
though the full amount of $250,000
may not be obtained. He anticipates
that enough will be received to con- a I d department also handles the cuts
Last Saturday afternoon, Decem­ber
12, Messenger reporters were
given the opportunity to see how the
Bellingham Herald is published.
Mr. Sefrit, of the Herald, first ex­plained
the editorial side of the pa­per.
In his talk he explained the
"morgue," in which valuable material
is kept for use on the paper. This file
received its name due to the fact
that many names in it are never tak­en
out until the owner's death. This
file is worth many thousands of dol­lars
and could hardly be replaced.
Hundreds of words come in to the
Herald over the Associated Press
wires and only*that which is consid­ered
important is used. The stories
are sometimes in sections, part of
them coming at on*-- time and part
at another.
Printing Explained.
The reporters were then shown the
mechanical side of the paper. The
linotype machines were explained
and it was seen how the paper is set
up. After the galleys are set up
from the linotype they are put on
wheeled tables and taken to a lower
floor where the actual casts are
made from which the papers are
printed. The metal used is kept hot
in a vat from which it is pumped
onto the casts. After these are evened
by means of a cutter they are taken
in and put on the press. They are
curved so that they wil fit"the roller
from which they are inked. The pa­pers
are run thru the press, cut, and
folded, with almost unbelievable ra­pidity.
The students were then taken to
the department where the cuts are
made. The process of getting a pic­ture
ready to run in the paper was
explained at some length. The Her-
The local Y. M. C. A. is making a
final effort today to reach the goal
set by its directors in the annual
financial drive.
Ten teams, working with President
C H. Fisher of the Normal as gen­eral
chairman and Mr. Jordan, cam­paign
director, have spent seven days
in canvassing donations from local
aownspeople and business men. A
very enthusiastic support of the fund
raising has been shown wherever the
workers went.
The money will go to the mainten­ance
of salaries, building, extension
work, and the entire budget for next
year.
FRANK KATTERMAN
or
Land of Opportunity Always
Furnishes Pleasure, Work
and Romantic Moonlights.
CAMP FIRE MEETS
Miss Rosene, In First Meeting
of Year, Tells Camp Fire
Girls How to Get Spirit.
struct the main part of the building.
o —
The University of Illinois home­coming
this year was described in
the following manner, "The dryest
and most peaceful in years."
for the Everett paper
The Herald intends to move to its
new quarters in March and it will
then be housed in one of the most
modern buildings for small news­papers
in the country.
The Camp 'Fire Girls met for the
first time last Saturday afternoon
in the Big Gym for the purpose of
getting acquainted and organized.
Miss Rosene, who has charge of
this work, gave an opening speech in
which she encouraged the girls to
do all in their power to live up to the
rules of Camp Fire this year. "You
girls will learn more about Camp Fire
and get more of the Camp Fire spirit
by being Camp Fire Girls, than you
will out of any amount of talking
I can do," she said.
After Miss Rosene's speech, each
girl met with her own group, getting
acquainted with its members, and
its guardian. It was a real inspira­tion
to see the six groups of twenty
girls each gathered about the gym
enthusiastically talking about plans
for meetings next quarter, Miss Ro­sene
reported.
When the business of the meeting
was accomplished, games were played,
and some time was devoted to learn­ing
the Indian air language, or sign
language, which the girls have taken
up.
Since every Camp Fire girl began
a health chart, the only refreshments
allowed between meals are fruits.
Big, juicy apples were therefore
served, after which the meeting broke
up.
, The next meeting of the girls is
scheduled for the first Saturday of
the new quarter, January 9, 1926, at
two o'clock in the Big Gym. All the
members are urged to co/ne, as are
all girls who are not members, but
would like to join in the work.
RULES CHANGED BY
BOARD OF CONTROL
A special meeting of the Board of
Control was called Monday night for
the purpose of deciding what was to
be done' in regard to the last elec­tion
for student representative, and
also to draw up definite election
rules'.
It was decided that the election
be declared void, because or the fact
that many votes were cast after the
votes had been counted and the re­sults
known. This waB caused by
the lack of rules governing school
elections.
The glaring faults in the present
system were only brought to light by
the tightness of the race for the va­cant
office. It was also decided that
another election be held on Tuesday,
December 15.
The following letter was received
by the Messenger from Frank Kat-terman,
who recently left the Normal
to teach in Hawaii.
Puunene, Maui, T, H.
Dec. 2, 1925.
To the Messenger:
Dear Fellow Students:
Greetings from Hawaii, the land of
sunshine and romance!
Today marks my first week in
Hawaii, and I am liking it better as
each day goes by. The people here
all treat me wonderfully well. I
have a very nice place to teach. My
work is woodwork, agriculture, and
coaching. „
No count to be made until after
There are twenty-six women teach-1 the polls were closed.
er's <in my school and I am the only |
man. This is the first time a single ' 3" A U p e r a o n s v o t i n S o u t s i d e of
man has taught here. Can you beat
it?
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GIVEN TODAY IN
Alice Cole Ford and Herbert
Philippi are Graduates From
the Three Year Course.
INFORMAL PRESENTATION
Last Assembly Given Over to
December Graduates; Names
of Students Are Read.
The following rules were temporar­ily
adopted by the board to cover the
election:
1. The polls to be open until four
o'clock. j
Christmas Decorations
Give Main Halls Cheer
Wasn't it a pleasant surprise when
you stepped into the Main Hall last
Tuesday morning? The Christmas
trees, holly, an' everything took away
the everyday look and made you
think that old Santa was really on
liis way. Edens Hall dining room ha's
had a Christmasy air for some time
with holly wreaths and evergreen
ropes. Two little trees that are
lighted every evening really give the
dining room a home-like atmosphere.
All these decorations mean some­thing.
They mean that someone
wants you here and someone wants
to make your temporary home as
pleasant as possible. Their efforts are
repaid by your cheerful smile and
words in these holiday surroundings.
Because even if you did have three
finals to take and two note-books
due and maybe that check hadn't
come yet, you couldn't help but have
a wee small feeling that Christmas
was coming. And didn't that woodsy
smell bring up some memories of how
mother used to have you help her put
up the fir boughs and twine the
stair way ? And maybe it also
brings up recollections of how mother
used to make you take 'em down
alone. But then, burning them was
lots of fun.
Isn't it a "grand and glorious"
feeling to know that another quarter
is ended and that we can start in all
over again in two weeks ? To those
that are leaving for good we wish 'all
kinds of luck. To those that are
coming back we express the sincerest
wish that their grades will not spoil
their vacations. Remember there's
another quarter coming and that the
first six are always the hardest—
maybe. Anyway, keep on with that
happy smile and holiday feeling.
Itight now we're going to wish you
all a very Merry Christmas and a
Happy New:Year. [..-•o':: :-^';•';.,
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MONDAY—Jan. 4.
Registration day. Classes begin at
S a. m.
SATURDAY—Jan. 9.
Basketball game with U. of B. C.
team.
Freshmen Mixer, big gym, 8 p. m.*
Listen, kids, let me put a bug in
your ear. This is a land of oppor­tunity,
now take it from me As I
said before, this is my first week
here and I have already landed a job
for this coming summer as a boss
in one of the biggest pineapple fac­tories
in the world.
I wisli you could have had part of
the big pineapple I bought today for
fifteen cents. It was delicious!
Walter Sears is doing wonderfully
well on the Island of Hawaii, as a
representative of the La Salle Exten­sion,
,U. of Chicago. He landed the
job on the trip over. That's what I
call going out and knocking old man
opportunity in the head for a touch-,
down.
Everything is so different here.
The trees and shrubs are always
green. The moon is the most ro­mantic
thing in the world, I believe,
as it gleams through the shimmering
palm trees, by the side of the moan­ing
sea waves.
The girls don't walk around in
grass skirts. Ah! What a disillus­ionment.
Nevertheless fellows, it is
the one place I don't want to stray
away from, soon.
If any of you would like to know
about the place write to me and I
will gladly answer.
Sincerely yours,
Frank Katternian.
Address: Puunene, Maui, T. H.
P. S.—A merry Xmaa, everybody.
3.
Assembly to be cross checked by as­sembly
attendance record.
Musical Organizations Assist
Training School With Its
Assembly on Last Friday.
MARGARET BLACK IS
NEW REPRESENTATIVE
Because of irregularities in last
week's election another vote was tak­en
on Tuesday. Margaret Black was
elected member of the Board of
Control with a vote of 168. Norman
Burchette received 139; Garland Ok-crlund,
129; Lloyd Mabon, 103; Ruth
Sturdevant, 48; Perry Keithley, 20.
A Christmas program was given by
the Training school, assisted by the
musical organizations of the Normal,
in assembly, Friday, December 18.
The program was as follows:
O Come All Ye Faithful....Traditional
Normal and Training School.
Cradle Hymn : Luther
Primary Grades
Eryste Noel XVII Century
Women's Double Quartette
Deck the Hall Old Welsh
Sixth Grade
Joy to tlte. World Handel
Normal and Training School
The First Nowel ;.. Old English
Good King Wenceslas Old English
Eighth Grade
Hark the Herald Angels Sing.
Mendelssohn
Normal and Training School
Angels Serenade ; Braga
Nocturne Karganoff
Normal Orchestra
Silent Night Gruber
Normal and Training School
Names of graduates read by Presi­dent
Fisher.
Sixty-two students graduated from
the two-year course, and two received
the three-year diplomas in the regu­lar
assembly this morning. The ex­ercises
were very simple. President
Fisher read the names of the gradu­ating
students. Mrs. Alice Cole'.Ford
and Herbert Philippi, both of Bel­lingham,
were the third-year stu­dents.
The two-year graduates were:
Milton Blonden, Georgena Deerig,
Lillian Locy, and Jessie Bruce Mercer,
of Bellingham.
Evelyn Berg, Ellenore Hobbs,
Mrs. Marjorie Miller La Veille, and
Florence Thompson, Seattle. Dorothy
E. Anderson, George R. Curtis, Helen
Frances McConnel, and Violet Pet­erson,
Tacoma; Ruth E. Austin, Oak-ville.
Richard J. Bell, Port Stanley.
Eva Beyers, Dorothy Thompson, An-acortes.
Edna Carlyle, Ruth Candy, Ruth G.
Crum, Edith Pearson, Portland, Ore.
Lou M. Chapin, Monroe. Doris Chap-pell,
Bow. Thea Cooke, Yelm. Lil-;
lian Corderman, Waterville. Etta
Davis, Florence Scott, Burlington.
Dorothy B. Franklin, Thomas Sieb,
Ellen O'Hearn, Mount Vernon. So­phia
M. Freeland, Chehalis.
Cecil L. Graham, Ferndale.^ Emma
Graham, Estacada. Warren C. Grang- •
er, Beach. Norma Greathouse, Pros-ser.
Beulah Griep, Arlington. Mit-tie
L. Griffin, Tumwater. Ruth Hall,
Sedro-Woolley. Erma Harrison,
Cashmere. Alice Hatley, Mary Wor-low,
Lynden. Bertha A. Hibner, Or­ange,
Cal. Jack Leslie Hoffman, Red­mond.
Ruth Kaasa, Frances. Walter
L. Kelley, Alice iKnutzen, Everson.
• Mrs. 'Blanche Lowe, Bonnie Maison,
Vancouver, Wash. Earl M. Martin,
Woodland. Pearl Meade, Wenatchee.
Alice Mitchell, Esther Mitchell,
Skyhomish. Miriam Morton, Ever­ett.
Edna Schultz, Loomis. Dorothy
Sehuman, Snoqualmie. Olive Shafer,
Madeline Temple, Shelton. Thordur
Roy ; Thordarson, Blaine. Margaret
West, Canby, Ore. Vera Whiteney,
Walla Wklla. Mabel Wilson, Oka­nogan.
Kathryne Albert, Snohomish.
Winifred Amy, The Dalles, Ore.
High Class Vaudeville Is
Given By W Club Initiates
I WOP
Produce the Egg! These simple
words have had the students won­dering
what it was all about. Still
more wonderment when a little one
hundred and .fifty pound man wear­ing
-a blue sweater with a white
stripe walks up to a big two hundred
pound tackle on the football team
and in a commanding voice speaks
these magic words. Immediately the
big fellow reaches back in his left
hip pocket and produces the desired
hen fruit.
The assembly Wednesday after­noon
removed all doubt of what it
was about. These same W Club
initiates displayed their various tal­ents
before a large crowd in the
auditorium as a grand climax to
their initiation into the Club. Those
present will never forget that pro?
gram and the others who were un­fortunate
enough to miss it will go
through life knowing that they
missed one of the greatest displays
of talent ever brought together: on
one auditorium stage.
:/;v;LarryVWerner,,pyesident of the W
Club announced the program. The
vast throngs seated in the crowded
building were brought to their feet
when it was announced that Paul
Smith, tenor, would sing the Prison­er's
Song. But a moment later ap­plause
was turned to tears as the
listeners heard the clear sweet voice
raised in, the national anthem of the
rock-crushers.
Loren Gray, nationally known by
all the girls as the brother of Tal-madge
Gray, was announced next. His
witty jokes and the acrobatic stunts
that he performed on the stand ut'
the stage nearly, brought down the ;
house. After a brief comment on the
act preceeding his,: Mr. Gray dis­cussed
some of the topics of the day,
including the World Court and the><•
high cost of eggs. • ,: .
Floyd Reed, a distant relative p i:
the late Wallace Reed, delighted the
fair sex with some of his. secret
beauty hints. His talk on:.,^Howj!;I;
Got My Good Looks," brought oiiit'»•
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