Weekly Messenger - 1917 July 7

              THE WEEKLY MESSENGER
Devoted to the Interests of the Student Body, Washington State Normal School
Vol. XVI. BELLINGHAM, WASH., SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1917 No. 38
N. E. A.
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During the week of July 7-14, the
National Education Association will
hold its annual meeting at Portland.
The teachers and students who are for­tunate
enough to be able to attend this
gathering of educators from all parts
of our country, will have tLe opportun­ity
of hearing many of the foremost
educational leaders. Mr. P. P. Clax-ton,
United States commissioner of
education, will give an address on
"The Relation of the Kindergarten to
National Life. Many of th* students
will recall Mr. Claxton-s visit here at
our Normal three years ago. Another
speaker of national reputation is Ella
Flagg Young of Chicago, who for a
great many years was superintendent
of schools in that city. Mrs. Young's
address will be "American Education
and the Inner Life." Charles E. Rugh,
School of Education, University of
California, is another prominent speak­er.
In the contest for the best religious
essay, some time ago, Mr. Rugh's es­say
won the thousand dollar prize. All
;Gauhers will be much interested in the
work of Margaret A. Haley, business
representative of Chicago Teachers'
Federation, Chicago. Miss Haley,
whose tactics are militant, was the
first to form an organization of the
teachers in Chicago. At one time the
teachers demanded higher wages and
were told by the board that the city
had no money with which to raise the
salaries. Miss Haley set out to dis­cover
the reason why Chicago didn't
have the money, and found that the
city was allowing itself to be defraud­ed
out of a million dollars worth o^
taxes. Miss Haley will speak on "Or­ganization
Among Teachers as Related
to National Preparedness,." G. Stan­ley
Hall, president Clark University,
Worcester, Massachusetts, a leader in
the Department of Education for the
last thirty years, has for the subject
of his address, "The Unmeasureable
in Teaching."
There are many other speakers of
note, a few of whom are: John H.
Finley, state commissioner of educa­tion,
Albany, N. Y. Mary Schenck
Woolman, speaker on vocational train­ing;
O. H. Benson, department of agri­culture,
Washington, D. C, who has
been a leader in building up boys' and
girls' clubs; Arthur W. Dow, professor
of iFne Arts, Teacher's College, Co­lumbia
University, New York, and
Julia Lathrop Chief, Children's Bureau..
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L
PLEASURE JAUNT
Let..'s do our library reading anc.
note book work early, so as not to
have any odd jobs on Saturday, July
17th. That is the day of our school
picnic.
Mr. Carleton, president of the Stu­dents..'
association, is making elab­orate
plans and expects 750 or 800
Normal School students and faculty
to make the trip.
The excursion is to be made on the
Bellingham Northern special train,
which will start from the station on
Railroad avenue, between Chestnut
and Maple streets, about 8 a. m., un­less
the association finds it necessary
to make changes which will be an­nounced
later.
The ride is a beautiful one and
within three hours, Glacier is reached.
Here the members may choose their
final destination, Lookout Mountain,
Church Mountain, Nooksack Falls or
the trail to Helitrope Ridge, leading
to Mount Baker's dome.
No doubt some will stay over night
in Glacier and make the return trip
the following day.
The return trip for the majority will
possibly be made at 7:30 or 8:00 p. m.,
according to the weather.
The picnic fare is financed by the
Students..' Association, so the only
expense will be the luncii. The regular
fare any other time is $1.75 one way
or $2.70 for the round trip, so we hat
all better take advantage of the treat
in store for us. It is an opportunity
we will not have again this summer.
Lets show our school spirit and every­one
be prepared to turn out Saturday,
July 14th to do his bit in making the
day one long to be remembered.
F
t
Those of us who attended the Stu­dents
Loan Fund Concert on Friday
June 29th, were given an enjoyable
treat. The house was comfortably
filled and the audience a very appre­ciative
one. The program was varied
and pleasing, such as are always the
programs of Mrs. Engberg. This time
she was assisted by Mrs. Larrabee at
the piano and the newly organized
string quartet of Bellingham.
First violin, Mrs. Engberg.
Second violin, Mr. Hughes.
Viola, Mr. Clark.
Cello, Mr. Cornish.
A sum of nearly $100 was realized
and the Normal appreciates the talent
and time given by these people to help
swell our Student Loan Fund. We
hope we may have the opportunity
again sometime of hearing these same
artists.
Betrayed.
The other night
I went to the theater
With a low-brow friend,
And the orchestra played
"The Little Brown Jug."
And he thought
It was the national anthem
And stood up,
And I did, too,
Darn him.
—Exchange.
vLit. Digest from Arkansas Gazette.)
"Where is Mary?.."
"Over eating at the Dorm.'
"It c?.n„'t be done!"
I Calendar
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Monday, July 9.
8:00 a. m., address by Dr. Kirkpat-rick,
"Individual Efficiency..."
9:30, Assembly, Mr. Klemme wil.
speak.
12:55, Dr. Kirkpatrick, "Autocracy
and Democracy in Relation to Ef­ficiency.
Tuesday, July 10.
8:50, Dr. Kirkpatrick, "Democracy
and Education.'
9:30, Miss Walker, "Food Conser­vation."
1:45, Dr. Kirkpatrick, "Incidental
and Formal Education...'..'
2:30, Demonstration by Miss Wal­ker,
Domestic Science department.
3:30, Choral Club.
Wednesday, July 11.
9:30, Miss Walker, "Food Conserva­tion.'
10:30, Dr. Kirkpatrick, "Moral Edu­cation..."
4:10, Y. .W C. A., Misses Claussen
and Kales will give a report of the
Seabeck Conference. Miss Hamley
will sing.
Thursday, July 12.
9:30, Miss Walker, lecture.
11:20, Dr. Kirkpatrick, "Civic Edu
cation."
2:30, Food Demonstration, Miss
Walker.
3:20, Dr. Kirkpatrick, "Mental Stan­dards
and Tests..."
4:10, Prof. Gorsuch, "Dramatic In­terpretation..."
Friday, July 13.
S:00, Dr. Kirkpatrick, "Educational
Measurements..."
9:30, Miss Walker, "Food Conser­vation...'..'
12:55, Dr. Kirkpatrick, "Vocabular­ies."
2:30, Demonstration, Miss Walker.
Saturday, July 4.
Annual Summer School Picnic av
Glacier.
Note: Dr. Kirkpatrick.-'s schedule.
is subject to change.
One of the most promising organi­zations
of the summer session is the
quartet which has been organized by
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