Weekly Messenger - 1918 December 21

              The Weekly Messenger
Devoted to the Interests of the Student Body, Washington State Normal School
VOL. XVIII. BELLINGHAM, WASH., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1<«18 NO. 12.
ay joy abound with
|jj|ac]i Normal Student and Teacher as he
iJjounds out the year and approaches the
I Mefflirring pleasures of
uletide!
hanges, most wonderful, have come to us;
y j a r d tasks been encountered;
UJich experiences have been enjoyed;
ntense activity has swept us on;
olemn obligations have been assumed;
ruer ideals have been established,
lulany problems remain unsolved, with the
Kiirrival of the King's birthday, yet
tormy War flees, and glad Peace appears!
— G. W. Nash, President.
MR. PHIL1PPI DESCRIBES
THE SPIRIT OF NORMAL
Mr. Philippi contributes to the Mes­senger
the following article which he
read at the faculty forum dinner, and
which should be of interest to all
readers:
The Spirit and Ideals of the
Normal School.
In my opinion the normal school
stands in a unique position of re­sponsibility
in our educational sys­tem.
All educational institutions owe
a direct responsibility to their stu­dents,
but we are training the teach­ers
of the citizens of tomorrow and
thus the results of our work at the
second removed from the institution
become important to a degree hardly
approached by any other type of in­stitution.
If this is a true statement of the
position of the normal school, it
seems to me that two absolutely in­dispensable
qualities are (1) clear,
broad, deep vision of the real edu­cational
needs of the citizen of to­morrow
and (2) the desire and will­ingness
to supply those needs — the
spirit of service.
The realization of this vision must
be achieved in the spirit of demo­cracy.
Crowns, thrones and auto­crats
are losing their prestige faster,
probably, than at any earlier period
in the world's history. Their " slump "
in the world's markets is going to
continue until the quotation reaches
100 per cent below par or less.
Whether their self-styled superiors
and self-appointed rulers approve or
not, the common mass of mankind,
the world over, are resolved to assume
their full share of political and in­dustrial
power. But the mere word
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• NOTICE *
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•:• At the special assembly •
• called Thursday afternoon, Dr. •
•:• Nash announced that the •
• Christmas vacation would last *>
• from December 20 to Decern- •
<• ber 30, 1918. The order that •
•J» students complete the quar- •
• *'* ter's work by correspondence •
•> was also rescinded. Every •
*!• student is expected to be in •
• his or her place in school on •
•J» the latter date. The new •
• quarter will begin Monday, •
<• January 6, 1919, and the TSIor- •
•:• mal has the assurance of the •
•>• Board of Health of the city of •
v Bellingham that it will not be •
v called upon to close again dur- •
' • ing the remainder of the school •
•J* year. •
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NORMAL INSTRUCTORS
ASSIST AT CAMP LEWIS
A. new line of educational work is
to be undertaken at Camp Lewis, and
the University and Normal School
men are to go there in numbers to
give courses in civics, economics and
business law. The Normal School is
asked to send teachers for the first
two divisions of the work. A civics
outline has been prepared by Profes­sor
McMahon of the University of
Washington and a social economics
outline by Professor Thomas of hte
same institution.
Teachers who go from this institu­tion
to assist in the work will remain
for five days repeating their lectures
four times daily throughout the
week's stay. We shall probably be
represented at times by some of the
following teachers: Professors Bever,
Bond, Kibbe, Klemme, Coughlin, Hunt,
Herre, Philippi and Miller. It is pos-isble
that the President may also
assist for one week. A certain
amount of time will be given by each
instructor to personal and group con-
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FACULTY FORUM HOLDS
INTERESTING MEETING
The members of the faculty are fol­lowing
an interesting plan this year
by dividing their meetings into two
sections: once every month they
meet to discuss those problems aris­ing
from the routine of school work,
and every alternate two weeks, they
meet to discuss questions of educa­tional
interest. The first of these lat­ter
meetings was held in the home
economics department last Monday
night, following a dinner served un­der
the direction of Misses Longley
and Clark of that department.
The subject of the evening was
"The Normal Idea — What Is It, and
What May We Make of It? "
Miss Montgomery spoke on the
value of the forum as a means of
free discussion, and stressed the idea
of co-operation. Her speech was full
of thuoght and stimulation.
Mr. Philippi followed . on " The
Spirit and Ideals of the Normal
School," and brought forth a splen­did
vision of future selrvice along
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ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN OF
NORMAL PASSES AWAY
Miss Effie Sands, assistant librarian
cf the B. S. N. S., passed away at
Omaha, Neb., last Saturday. Miss
Sands has been taking a leave of ab­sence,
and was spending the time
with her brother, hoping for improv­ed
health. Her death is supposed to
have arisen from complications in aa
operation to which she submitted
about a week before. The funeral
was held at Lincoln, Neb., Monday,
Dec. 16, 1918.
Miss Sands was well known and
much loved by her fellow workers
and acquaintances at the Normal be­cause
of hey charming .personality
and lovable Christian character. The
news of her decease ibrings much sor­row
to all her friends at Normal.
MR. HOPPE ANNOUNCES
COMMUNITY LECTORI
Mr. Hoppe, manager of the com­munity
lyceum course, announces the
following features in the community
lecture course:
E. J. Klemme — " Light-eyed and
Dark-eyed," " Hands Full of Honey."
W. F. Parish — "An Evening With
Walt Mason."
Victior PDoppe —<" The Fortune
Hunter," " Man From Homt,'' " Over
There and Over Here."
Community entertainment, or Har­rison
T. Raymond, tenor.
Professors Hoppe, Klemme and
Parish are now working on this
course. They have arranged about
forty of these courses throughout the
state, which will be held during the
tecond quarter.
L. A. Wakefield ana Francis A.
Prince from the U. S. training ship
Iroquois, were visitors at Normal last
Tuesday.
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ANNOUNCEMENT •
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•J* At a recent, meeting of the •
• faculty, Mr. Philippi was ap- %•
• pointed as faculty representa- •
• tive on the school auditing •
•:• committee, to audit the books *
•:- of all the organizations. No- •$•
<• tice is hereby given to the •
•J- heads of these organizations •
• that -said books must be •
• straightened out and held in •
•t- readiness to ibe handed to •
•:• this committee. *
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