Weekly Messenger - 1918 July 13

              The Weekly Messenger
Devoted to the Interests of the Student Body, Washington State Normal School
VOL. XVII. BELLINGHAM, WASH., SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1918 NO. 38
MONDAY—
9:40 a. m.— W. G. McMoran, Gen­eral
Secretary of Y. M. C. A.,
Topic—The Red Triangle
With Our Boys.
7:30 p. m.—Lecture by Dr. Win.
Otis, Literary Critic of New
York Educational Board;
Topic — National Security
League Work.
TUESDAY—
9:40—Dr. Wm. Otis.
10:40—Choral Club.
10:40—Rural Life.
WEDNESDAY—
9:40—Class and Club Meetings.
4:10—Y. W. C. A.
THURSDAY—
9:40—Dr. Herre.
FRIDAY—
9:40—Community Music and Sing­ing.
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The library has on its subscription
list many different types of the profes­sional
educational journals. There
are magazines devoted entirely to
general educational problems, specific
methods and devices for teachers, de­partmental
magazines for all grades
from kindergarten to the preparatory
schools, those that are the official or­gan
of a locality; others that discuss
national problems such as vocational
guidance, community work, war meas­ures,
reconstruction after the war,
etc.
Besides these professional journals
there is a well balanced list of maga­zines
devoted to special subjects such
as industrial arts, home economics,
medicine, sociology, literature, book
reviews, business, nature study, bot­any,
agriculture, history, current ev­ents,
fashions, English composition,
mechanics, printing, music, missions,
geography, writing, poultry, play­ground
work, astronomy, and anything
else that might be your hobby or avo­cation.
At a special assembly Thursday af­ternoon
Edna Eugenia Lowe spoke
to the students on the subject of
"Health." This talk was the peace
offering of the Chautauqua manage­ment
because of the complications
over the payment of the war tax. Miss
Lowe's lecture was very interesting
and practical, and her kindness in
consenting to talk to us, as well as
the superintendent's kindness in ar­ranging
for the lecture was very much
appreciated.
ALL PAR1MF SIATE
Just to illustrate to what extent ex­perienced
teachers are attending the
summer session of the Bellingham
Normal, we give the following list,
showing in what county each has been
teaching during the past school year.
It will be noted that King county
leads in numbers with 62, 45 of them
from the Seattle city schools. The
next in order is Whatcom county with
38, 11 of whom taught in the Belling­ham
city schools. Snohomish and
Lewis counties tie with 27 each. Al­though
more distant, Lewis county
has always been one 'of the most
strongly represented counties in the
school.
The only counties not represented
are Ferry and Pend Oreille.
Whatcom—Gardner, Ethel, Belling­ham;
Gooc'h, Mildred E., Bellingham;
Hammer, Helga, Alger; Hurlbut, Bess
H., Bellingham; Kennett, Homer, M.
T. Bellingham; Scudder, Chas. R.,
Bellingham; Abbott, Nellie H., Bell-
Jngbam; PctpeJ, M. Olive; Bouchfer,
Florence, Ferndale; Brower, Grace,
Bellingham; Brown, Martha; Clinton,
Byrle F.; Pleasant Valley; Gannon,
Edward, North Bellingham; Gilkey,
Mrs. Katherine D.; Gragg, Georgie P.,
Blaine; Harris, Catherine, North-wood;
Harris, Edith, Lynden; Hurl-but,
Clare E., Sumas; Hurley, Cath­erine,
Bellingham; Johnson, Chris­tine,
Lynden; Johnson, Feronia Y.,
Bellingham; Lowrey, Hazel M., Sun­rise;.
Mullen, Ruth, Pleasant Valley;
Palmer, Elizabeth, Lynden; Palmer,
F. R., Bellingham; Pebley, Mamie,
Custer; Pope, Jessie M., Birch Bay;
Myers, Margaret E., Point Roberts;
Roaney, M. B., Marietta; Robin, Mrs.
Jennie M., Bellingham; Samuelson,
Byron A., Point Roberts; Tyler,
Harriet, Acme; Van Horn, Gerald,
Clearbrook; Wilson, Cora, Ferndale;
Wilson, May, North Bellingham;
Wolfe, Gracia A., North Prairie; Zan­der,
Florence M., Laurel; Zobrist,
Mildred, Park.
King county—Seattle—Austin, Geo.
R.; Austin, Frances M.; Brennan, Al-ta;
Brewer, Minnie A.; Bruce, Julia
M.; Calhoun, Viretta D.; Bailey, My­ron
E.; Barnes, Lucile L.; Barton,
Jenne C; Curtis, Elizabeth L.; Dahl,
Florence; Dee, Estelle M.; Eisenbeis,
Lena; Farrar, Grace; Harper, Ella;
Harrold, Leora; Hedger, Blanche;
Hicks, Ethel D.; Schoenburg, Lillian
R.; Ward, Alma; Wilson, Rose M.;
Thompson, Kate; Jacobs, Mary;
Johnson, Emma H.; Judges, Irene;
Keever, Emma; Kelly, Jane; Kelly,
L. Maxine; Matheson, Anna May;
Mattby, Addie E.; Moore, Nina
D.; Martin, Katherine; Neterer,
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Probably the best tournament in ten­nis,
that has ever been held in this
institution, took place on the school
courts last week. Coming somewhat
earlier than was expected, by many,
a good tournament was arranged for
and all the games were played in
a week and a half, including the
finals. The drawing took place on
Wednesday, and the same afternoon
several of the matches were played
off. The games were replete with ex­citement
and spectacular playing, and
without exception they were all grim­ly
contested for by those who took
part in them. One of the features of
the tournament was that no match was
won by default.
In the men's singles, Van Horn, our
3/ast year ^hamjpion> can^fe ithroffig|h
with his same smashing curves and
pep, and took the men's singles from
Landaal, who was the last to be elim­inated.
The match was alive from
start to finish and was fought ex­tremely
hard as a glance at the score
would indicate. During the course of
the match, there were five consecu­tive
love games won in one set. Van
Horn, then, is this year's champion.
The sets went to Van Horn, 6-4, 6-4, 2-6
and 6-3.
In the ladies' singles, Miss Morrow
defeated Miss Newell in straight sets
of 6-2 and 6-1. This game was well
fought from every angle, and although
the sets were not close, the games
were extremely so. Miss Hallock then
defeated Miss Laskey in sets of 6-1
and 6-4, by consistent playing. The
finals in the ladies' singles were re­duced
to two in the persons of Miss
Morrow and Miss Hallock. Miss Hal-lock
in the best ladies' singles match
of the tournament, .won from Miss
Morrow in sets of 6-4, 3-6/6-1. Miss
Hallock is therefore the champion
among the lady tennis players of the
Normal.
In the doubles, Van Horn and Young
defeated Landaal and Button in sets
of 6-4, 8-6, 6-2, in a well fought and
hotly contested match.
Sells and Landaal took the mixed
doubles from Butler and Button, in
sets of 3-6, 6-4, 11-9. This score tells
the story of how the games were won
and how well earned they were.
The ladies' doubles were taken by
Hallock and Butler from Campbell and
Weil. The score in sets was 6-1 and
6-4.
The tournament, viewed from every
side or angle, was a complete success,
and those who carried off the honors
earned them. This will be the last
tournament of its kind during the sum­mer,
although those in the learners'
classes may stage one before school
is out.
NASH PARTY REACHES
YELLOWSTONE
Dillon, Mont, July 1, 1918.
Dear Normal Friends:
Since I wrote you in Spokane, the
Swift-Nash party has journeyed park-ward
a distance of about 350 miles.
At Spokane we kidnapped an aunt of
the Nashes—Mrs. G. W. Case—and
took her with us, via Coeur D'Alene,
to Wallace, Idaho. As we approached
the Idaho city, over perilous and none
too inviting roads, we discovered the
reason why people had penetrated this
canyon region: Mining properties
were in evidence all along the latter
portion of the journey. Reaching
Wallace we were pleasantly entertain­ed
at- the home of Mrs. W. W. Smith,
a cousin. We found the city shut in
by mountains with very little level
ground on which to erect business
houses and residences. But Wallace
is the biggest small city in the world
I verily believe.
Missoula, seat of the State Univer­sity
of Montana, was our next stop.
This is a fine, well kept city about the
size of Yakima. On our return from
Yellowstone Park we shall go north
from this point to the Flathead lake
country and Glacier National Park.
Our road from Wallace to Missoula
continued perilous, with steep hills
and narrow turns in sufficient number
to give the amateur chauffeur fre­quent
thrills. About forty miles east
of Wallace we discovered a dismant­led
automobile in the gulch beneath
us; it was at a very steep and dan­gerous
turn in the road, but we stop­ped
to investigate. Near the car we
found the owner—dead. He had evi­dently
preceded us only a few minutes.
We hurried to St. Regis and reported
to the county coroner. Later we learn­ed
that the man's home was in Mis­soula
and that he was returning from
a fishing trip at the time of the acci­dent.
Butte, the metropolis of Montana,
furnished us shelter for the next
night. Here we were impressed with
the barrenness of the city and with
the undesirableness of harboring sa­loons.
Yet the city of Butte is very
wealthy and is the greatest copper
center in the world. Copper mined
at Butte is going into the great guns
that will win freedom for the world.
Now we are in Dillon, home of the
State Normal College of Montana.
President Monroe is a fine executive
officer and takes pardonable pride in
his growing institution. My mother
and sister reside here, the latter serv­ing
as supervisor of intermediate
grade practice in the Training School.
You will understand why a visit in
Dillon is of supreme interest to me.
! Tomorrow we shall continue our
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