Weekly Messenger - 1925 April 10

              Devoted to the Interests of the Student Body, Washington State Normal School
VOL. XXEV-^NG 24 WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM^ WASH. Friday, April 10, 1925
FtONZALEY S K
TO
Best Organization of Its Kind in
United States.
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STUDENT TICKETS ADMIT
The Flonzaley String Quartet will
give a concert at the Christian Church,
Thursday, April 16. Student Body tick­ets
will admit.
' The name "Flonzaley" has an inter­esting
origin. ,The material for the fol­lowing
story was found in the April,
1924, number of the Good Housekeeping
Magazine.
That merry and by no means mythi­cal
monarch, (King Cole, was possibly
the father of modern chamber music. At
any rate it is recorded that "He called
for his fiddlers three," which is only
another way of saying that he had "his
own string trio.
The American King Cole is known to
his frienas as Edward J. de Coppet of
New York City, a wealthy and enthus­iastic
lover of music, particularly the
string quartet. He often entertained
his friends with small informal concerts
in his own home.
Wanted Permanent Quartet.
I t was Mr. de Coppet's ambition to
establish a permanent quartet. This
ambition took form and shape when Mr.
de Cappet spent the summer at his
Swiss villa on Lake Geneva. Here he
met Mr. Pochon, the present second
violinist of the quartet, who at that
time was an instructor at the Royal
Conservatory at Brussels.
Mr. de Coppet was delighted with Mr.
Pochon's playing and invited him to his
home to discuss the possibility of form­ing
a permanent string quartet. Mr.
de Cappet agreed to be the financial
sponsor for ±he group, while Mr. Po­chon
was to secure the players.
As a result of much work, Mr. Pochon
secured Adolph Betti of Brussels Con­servatory
for the first violin. Ura- Ara,
a young Italian who was studying in
Vienna, accepted the offer to play the
viola parts, while Mr. Pochon was equal­ly
fortunate in securing the services of
Ivan D'Archambeau, a brilliant Belgian
cellist.
Took Name from Villa.
The four musicians met for the first
time at "Flonzalea," Mr. de Capet's
Swiss villa, and took the name by
which they have become famous in the
world of music. They came to America
in 1904. At that time they performed
only for Mr. de Coppet and his friends.
Occasionally they gave a public concert
for charitable purposes. It was the
founder's wish that the quartet should
give no public performances.
In 1906 a change was made in the bus­iness
relations, and the quartet became
independent and self-supporting. Since
that time their work has become widely
recognized. This group of players is
largely responsible for the growing in­terest
for Chamber music in this coun­try.
Music critics unanimously praise the
Flonzaley Quartet. After one concert,
Huneker, probably one of the greatest
critics, wrote of them, "The Flonzaley
Quartet made beautiful sounds last
night. They play more like angels than
like men. After the rumble-bumble of
grand opera, their playing is like seeing
SATURDAY—April 11,
W Club Dance in big gym, 8 p. m.
SUNDAY—April 12.
Easter service on top of Sehome 6:30
a. m.
TUESDAY—April 14.
Philo Club program in assembly.
THURSDAY—April 16.
Flonzaley Quartet at First Christian
church, 8 p. m.
FRIDAY—April 17.
Student Forum in Assembly.
Women's League Election.
Student Mixer in Armory 8 p. m.
FRIDAY—April 24.
Viking Vodvil.
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Yell King- to Be Elected Each
Quarter.
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CHOSEN BY N O W
Nominated for Second Time.
Miss Wanda Reeder, Norjnal candi­date
for Tulip Queen, was chosen from
seven competitors after a secret session
of the committee which lasted an hour
and a half. They based their decision
on carriage, poise, ability to wear
clothes well and general appearance.
Miss Reeder is o feet, 5 inches tall,
weighs 125 pounds and has dark blue
eyes and brown • bobbed hair. She is
from Maytown, Wash., and attended
grammar school at the same time Mr.
Kibbe was county superintendent there.
She ran for Tulip Queen last year and
was the only Normal candidate to re­enter
the lists. She is 18 years of age
and expects to graduate in June.
Miss Marjorie Lawson and Miss Cath­erine
Schupp of this school were chosen
as representatives of downtown clubs in
the contest for Tulip Queen .
The Board of Control, at its regular
meeting last Monday, elected Norman
Burchette as business manager of the
Messenger.
Mr. Burchette was chosen from among
five applicants because of previous ex­perience
which makes him well fitted
for the position He graduated from
Whatcom High School in 1922, where he
was business manager of several plays.
Since that time he has been connected
with the advertising department of the
Bellingham Theaters.
Other business conducted at the
meeting was the election of members of
the Editorial Council and the re-election
of Rose Gray as secretary to the Board
of Control. >
A continuation of the regular Mon­day
meeting of the Board of Control
was held Tuesday night. It was decided
that a student forum be held on Friday,
April 17, at eleven o'clock. At this
time tryouts for Yell King will be held.
Those wishing to tryout are asked to
file their names in the S. B. A. office
and be prepared to lead one or two yells
before the student body.
A committee was appointed to have
charge of the all school mixer, which is
to be held Friday evening, March 17.
The committee consists of Catherine
Randall, chairman, Meryl Bird and Lor­raine
Keeton.
1020 REGISTER AT
SCHOOL J S QUARTER
Thirty-Four Students Reinstated
After Being Dropped.
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EDITORIAL STAFF TO
HAVE NEW MEMBERS
Despite the number of students
dropped at the end of last quarter, the
total registration figures have reached
1020. Of the 82 dropped altogether, 45
applied for reinstatement and 34 were
taken back; 48 failed of reinstatement.
Among the 82 who failed 33
came under Rule Two, and 49 under
Rule Three of the Scholarship commit­tee's
rules on elimination and probation.
Rule Two says in part, "any student
who, at the end of any quarter, fails in
two or more subjects, aggregating one-third
or more of his registered hours,
shall be dropped."
Rule Three says, "To be eligible for
registration for a third or any subse­quent
quarter, a student must have
made a grade of A, B, or C, in one-half
of his work in the previous two or more
quarters in attendance."
Eighty-three students were' put on
probation including the 34 who were
reinstated by the committee, under Rule
Four. This says, "A student who, at
the end of any quarter, receives grades
below C in two or more subjects, ag­gregating
one-half or more of his' reg­istered
hours, shall be put on probation
by the Scholarship Committee.
EMPIRE CONVENTION
WILL CLOSE TONIGHT
Bellingham Normal Represented
By Faculty Members.
CARVER COMING BACK
until his contract was signed it was not
a sudden shy violet in a gloomy wood." certain whether he would return or not.
Sam Carver, who coached here from
1912 until the, summer of 1924, will re­turn
early in the fall. He recently re­turned
his signed contract to President
Fisher and set September 14 as the date
for the first football turnout.
Coach Carver, who left Bellingham'
last summer, is at Leland Stanford ob­taining
his bachelor's degree. He was
granted a year's leave of absence but
« Winds of Chance " May Blow
Stardom To Lucky Students
Queer is the person who has not long­ed
for a career on the stage, who at
some time or other has not been caught
in the magic spell of the silver screen.
Is there one whose blood does not tingle
when the name Hollywood is spoken,
who does not yearn to go there to seek
fame and fortune? No! But circum­stances
have kept the majority from
fulfilling their desires; have obliged
them to wait and be patient.
Now comes a chance, a golden oppor­tunity
for it is rumored that within a
week or so the Frank Lloyd Film Com­pany
will come to our own Lummi, Island
to complete the filming of a current
novel, "Winds of Chanced
After viewing test pictures- it was
decided" that scenes of the rugged sea
story shduld bW'shqt" . in^ this'•• maryiel-.
ova Vr^j^f yri^y^ wonderful scenery
•;and.;'natural '<r^m^i-'^^-^^^^
,;green cmountain^
where the strong npr'westers blows
churning the waters and chasing the
giant gulls closer to shore—where at the
close of day, when the sun drops from
view,- the tiny purse seiners chug by
laden with thei$ catch, pure gold from
out of the sea;:
Such will be the setting for this
company, including the popular Anna Q.
Nilsson, Viola Dana, Hobart Bosworth,
and other notables of filmland to work
in.
And getting back to my story, here
is the goose that lays the golden egg,
here are the "Winds of Chance" that
blow towards Bellingham. • Will this
director, Mr.- Lloyd, chance upon a local
boy or girl and .seeing a hidden talent,
take the lucky ones along to train him
for future stardom, to be a new favorite
for the /great 'moving picture public?
Who knows ?, Stranger things have hap­pened.;:
Even; you: or ;!' might be lucky.
The annual meeting of the Inland Em­pire
Educational Association, held in the
Lewis and Clark High School building
at Spokane comes to a close tonight.
Bellingham Normal was represented
by three of its faculty members, each of
whom had a place on the program. Be­sides
making a report of his committee
in council, Mr. Fowler, head of our Eng­lish
Department, spoke on "Reading for
Recreation." Dr. Miller talked of Ob­jectives
in the Elementary Course in
Psychology for Teacher Training Class­es."
Miss Rich read a paper on "Re-organizatiori
of Teacher Training."
Noted lien Lecture.
Some of the featured lecturers were
Dr. Lewis M. Terman, Professor of Psy­chology
at Stanford University; J. J.
Tigert, United States Commissioner of
Education; Lester F. Scott, National
Executive of Campfire Girls, and Loth-rop
Stoddard, authority on world af­fairs.
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Approximately four thousand teachers
attended, making it one of the largest
gathering of its kind in the Northwest
and one of the largest in the West.
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Y. W. C. A. GIRLS PLAN
TRIP AROUND WORLD
EDITORIAL COUNCIL
MEMBERS APPOINTED
Margaret Black and Clare Men-denhall
Win Positions.
The response to the call for
members to the Editorial Coun­cil
was so great this quarter and
the experience of those applying
was so valuable that two new
offices were created on the Mes­senger
Editorial Staff. Mary
Hibner was appointed Associate
Editor and Velta Learning, Make­up
Editor. The Associate Editor
is to have direct charge of all
art work besides her other du­ties.
The Make-up Editor will
have direct supervision over the
back page. Mary Hibner has had
previous experience on the Ida­ho
Normal School paper and was
a member of the advanced jour­nalism
class given here last
spring. Velta Learning was on
the staff of the Messenger last
summer in the Exchange depart­ment
and again this winter in
the Literary Department.
SHINING ARRAY OF
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W Club Affair Features
Unusual Ideas.
Some
FIRS! MIXER 10 BE
HELOJBI FRIDAY
Good Time Promised to All Who
Attend Party at Armory.
GOATS WELL BE TABOO
Saturday, April 18, is the date for
one of the big social and entertaining
events of the spring quarter, the Trip-
Around-the-World, sponsored by the Y.
W. C. A.
Four big treats consisting of appro­priate
and interesting program eats, etc.,
staged at four different places and
representing four countries will consti­tute
the affair. What is more unique
concerning the trip is that students will
be asked to buy passports at thirty-five
cents each for admission to the event.
Catherine Randall is in charge of the
preparations committee consisting of
Elizabeth Eaton, Helen Allmain, Linnea
Nelson, Carrie M. Hills, Miss Headrick,
Violet Halstein, and Mary Thomas.
Students are urged, to buy their pass­ports
early because only a limited num­ber
can be sold.
Extensive use of standardized tests is
being made in Hawaii,-both in high
schools and elementary schools. During
the past school year more than 4000
students have been given the Pressey
English survey tests, These were given
in connection with a survey run through­out
the United States; The other tests
used in the territory are the "Tuerinan
Group Mental Tests,'' the "Thbrndike-
McCall Reading Scalesi" ; 'the "Curtis
Arithmetic Tests," ; a n d t h e "Stanford'
Achievement Tests;" ^ '•••^f'•'<..
Margaret Black and Clare Mendenhall
were chosen by the Board of Control on
April 6th, as the new members for the
Editorial Council. They fill the vacan­cies
left by Milton Furness, who has
left school, and Katharine McGuire, who
resigned on account of illness.
Although the position on the Editorial
Council is honorary, at least a quarter's
work on a newspaper of equal stand­ing
to that of the Messenger is re­quired.
Both newly elected members
are experienced in newspaper work.
Clare Mendehall was formerly on the
staff of the Boise, Idaho, Normal Paper,
and until recently he was sports editor
of the Bellingham American, a down­town
daily paper.
Margaret Black was on the Messen­ger
staff last quarter She was acting
Editor of "Fish Fumes," a razz issue
published recently by the Messenger
staff.
The Editorial Council is now composed
of Rose Gray, Bertha Hibner and the
two new members.
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MRS BOND UNDERGOES
SERIOUS OPERATION
The first all-school mixer since the
one of the fall quarter will be held at the
State Armory on Friday, April 24, from
8:30 to 11:00. The committee in charge,
Catharine Randall, Meryl Byrd, and Lor­raine
Keeton, having been working hard
to make the mixer a big success.
An orchestra has been engaged and
those who dance will have the use of
the main floor. For those who do not
dance, games have been arranged which
will be played in the balcony. A grand
march will also be part of the program.
Everyone in school is invited and a
real good time is assured all those who
attend.
Mrs. Bond, wife of Prof. E. A. Bond,
of the mathematic department, was op­erated
on for a Toxin Goitre last Thurs­day
at the St. Luke's Hopsital. The
operation was carried on very success­fully
and Mrs. Bond is now improving
rapidly.
Goitre is quite common here in the
West. This is due to the fact that our
drinking water is mostly glacial and
lack certain necessary minerals. ,
Our public schools have taken up the
matter of goitres, and in almost all of
our larger cities, the school children are
given iodine tablets, which are proving
successful.
Where the goitre has, already devel­oped
the only cure seems to be by op­eration.
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NORMAL ALUMNA DIES
Margaret Radcliffe, formerly Margaret
Riddle, died at her home in this city,
March 9th, 1925. Her death was caused
by complications which set in after the
birth of her baby daughter, Barbara
Jeanne, on January ;15. * Mrs. Radcliffe
was. a patient, loving, 'sufferer and her
untiinely endvwas a, distinct shock to
her many friends. .
Mrs. Radcliffe was a student of this
schooL and was graduated from the in­stitution-
March '; 19, 1924. • She was
greatly , interested in physical education
and was a student of Miss xMoffat's; ;!
KLIPSUN STAFF WANTS
GOOD SNAPS AND JOKES
Spring has come and this is an
ideal .time of the year to take the
air on the campus with kodaks
and friends.
This year's annual promises to
be one of the best ever printed
here. This, however, cannot be
without a big assortment of
snapshots.
Students should make use of
these bright, sunny days, and as
the sign board says, "Picture as
you go."
They should be taken early
and handed in to the Students'
Association room. Any snappy
jokes contributed will also be
welcomed by the staff.
Normal men are polishing their
shoes and making sure that the sleeves
of their very best shirt are all there, in
preparation for the W Club dance, to
be held tomorrow night in the Big Gym.
Reports indicate that it is to be one of
the most interesting affairs of its kind
ever given at the Normal.
Schirrman's Orchestra, with Schirr-man
himself leading will provide the
first requisite for a good dance. The
committee in charge, under the direc­tion
of Howard Wilder, are providing
other aids to entertainment. '*
Shirt Sleeve Dance.
The big dance is called a silk shirt
dance. Coats are to be left with the
hats, and all kinds of shirt sleeves are
expected for the xexhibit. Blue shirts,
green shirts, even pink or orange, cot­ton,
silk, fine wool, or linen—for once
the men will rival the girls for cos­tume.
If the costumes do not make the
evening bright enough, the balloons
surely will, and if they do not, the ser­pentine
which has been ordered to aid,
and the confetti that comes along, will
certainly make this a shining affair.
Punch is furnished to wash down
what confetti gets stuck in the throat
and to send the dancers back to the
floor feeling as if—but the .committee
won't disclose the formula for making
their punch.
At any rate, it is reported that the
big Varsity Ball, or Silk Shirt Dance,-
to be given tomorrow night from eight
to eleven will be a very entertaining
affair.
Y. W. HAS EASTER MEET
The Young Women's Christian Asso
elation of this school will hold its annual
Sunrise meeting oh Sehome Hill, Easter
Sunday, at six-fifteen in the morning.
Such a meeting has been held each year
for the past sixteen years. It has prov­ed
helpful and inspirational and has
always been well attended. A hearty
welcome is issued to all those who care
to come to this service.
Miss Sperry, Y. W. C. A. sponser is
especially desirous that there be a large
turnout. She states, "We have
had meetings each year for sixteen years
and only four times has it rained so we
are expecting good weather Sunday.
The program will be as follows: Com­munity
singing led by Winona Mottlerj
an Easter Story by Lois Booker, What
Easter Means to Us, by Francis Dennis-ton
and An Easter Talk by Miss Sperry.
Seven Candidates For Queen
Mix In Contest Of Beauty
Had you been loitering near the audi­torium
Friday afternoon you' might
have gazed upon a sight well worth
remembering. Seven of the prettiest
and most charming girls in the Belling­ham
State Normal School met at this
appointed place at the appointed time.
There was a certain thrill and excite­ment
in the air—and no wonder, for by
five o'clock one of these seven beautiful
maidens was to become Bellingham Nor­mal's
choice for queen- of the Tulip
Festival.
Nearly fifteen long minutes dragged
listlessly by. At last the capable, if
not punctual judges filled in. Miss
Jones was spokeswoman.
"Please go upon the stage and talk
and act as though you feel at home."
The girls did as they were asked but
their easy and comfortable conversation
was somewhat as follows—
"Isn't this terrible ? I hope she thinks
we feel at home. Wonder what we'll
have to do next?"
There followed other long and un­comfortable
moments of waiting for
their, turn and then facing the critical,
appraising eyes Of; the judges. After
all had been judged the young ladies
were royally entertwned. in the
Tppiay?*^
sweet music served to soothe their ner­vous
souls while they talked over the
exciting experience and waited impa-tiently
for the decision of the judges. • :!;
The crowd of students outside was
even more impatient. Each group was
sure its candidate had won and was,
waiting expectantly to hear the glad tid- ,
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We may be sure that no easy task :;;
faced these careful and deliberate judges. i
To decide among seven beautiful girls, /.••;'"•'"%
each of whom would have made a charm- !
ing queen, was not easy. ;;:';;;'^
Finally after long deliberation it was ; >;•:*
decided that Miss, Wanda Reeder was '•''|. !,;>;!
the one most worthy, of the honorvpf •.;':.'..•'•":.:v^
being Bellingham Normal's choice for; / ^1;!;!'
"Tulip Queen." The tension was over,[•'i/^tfjffei
at last Miss Reeder was at once sur- :,'; -?i§z.
rounded by congratulations; ..' > •;.;,'"• ^;iS--'^Ji
Wanda Reeder, in 'an interview, stat- V.-Ui^
ed, "I was never so thrilled before.las:'!^.-'':^^
was when Miss Jones announced to us: .;:*:*'»;~;:;|||;
that I had been chosen. Even,'-now,''.in-.:;;!v h;.;£^i*!j$
stead of its becoming an^ old story tp;':j;;;^,'U ;:)5|
me, each .day I. am more thrilled and[":>}:;£,;;-''Mf^
excited over the outcome)'^; ^;''"'; :;'.:;i,'': \-v$- &C:?;^::?if$l
,,: With such :a\lovelyvcahdidatey,Belling- Ji:!9;H:':?;tfii
ham Normal has a /'very:; good"; chance -'',pi $£!££$!$$$
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