Weekly Messenger - 1918 November 30

              The Weekly
Devoted to the Interests of the Student Body, Washington State Normal School
VOL. XVIII. BELLINGHAM, WASH., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, li«18 NO. 0
Mr. Olin Templin, director of the
school and college section of the
United States Food Administration,
asks that we observe Friday, Decem­ber
26, as Food Administration Day.
Mr. Perringer, the Whatcom County
Food Administrator, promises to be
with the student body that day and
give an address on food conservation
after the war.
Test for English I.
Those students who wish to pass off
the English I. requirement by examin­ation,
meet in room 206, Thursday,
December 5, at 2 o'clock.
The announcement that the State
Educational Association will hold its
annual meeting December 26, 27 and
28 in Seattle, is fortunate for Normal
faculty and students, as the school
has decided to include those days in
the Christmas recess.
"Souls and Other Poems"
There are still copies of. "Souls and
'Cfth'er' Poems" in the Normal Book
Store. This volume of verse was pub­lished
last year, and written by Glenn
Hughes, a member of the English de­partment.
It has received very high
praise 'by literary critics. Mr. Hughes
is at present in a Texas training
camp. He had finished his training
in the signal corps and was awaiting
orders to go over seas when peace
came.
For the sake of convenience and ap­pearance,
will ah reporters please
write on one side of the paper and use
a size of the same at least 8x10 inches.
The Messenger wishes to express
its thanks for the many fine contribu­tions
it has received. Owing to lack
of space in this issue, many of the
•house notes have been cut, and only
the actual news items published.
Harrison Raymond, the popular
tenor of Bellingham,, delighted the
faculty and student body at Wednes­day's
assembly by singing three
charming solos and an encore. Miss
Horst accompanied him on the piano.
The Normal looks forward each year
to these recitals of Mr. Raymond's
and feels each time he appears that
the last concert is the best. That
seems doubly true this year.
THANKSGIVING
It has long been our custom to turn in the autumn of
the year in praise and thanksgiving to Almighty God for His
many blessings and mercies to us as a nation. This year we
have special and moving cause to be grateful and to rejoice.
God has in His good pleasure given us peace. It has not come
as a mere cessation of arms, a mere relief from the strain
and tragedy of war. It has come as a great triumph of right.
Complete victory has brought us, not peace alone, but the con­fident
promise of a new day as well, in which justice shall
replace force and jealous intrigue among the nations. Our
gallant armies have participated in a triumph which is not
marred or stained by another purpose of selfish aggression.
In the righteous cause they have won immortal glory and
have nobly served their nation in serving mankind. God has
indeed been gracious. We have cause for such rejoicing as
revives and strengthens in us all the best traditions of our
national history. A new day shines about us, in which our
hearts take new courage and look forward with new hope to
new and greater duties.
we render thanks for these things, let us not for-the
divine guidance in the performance of those
divine mercy and forgiveness for all errors of act
and pray that in all that we do we shall strength-of
friendship and mutual respect upon which we
to build the new structure of peace and good will
nations. WOODROW WILSON.
While
get to seek
duties, and
or purpose;
en the ties
must assist
among the
CONTRIBUTORS 10
The year 1918 will always be mo­mentous
in Normal history, not only
for the effects of the great war on
the school and its splendid response
to various war activities, but it marks
the increase of the Students' Loan
Fund to the mignificent sum of about
$15,000. Last year there was in the
Lean Fund approximately $1,800, and
in the Girls' Aid, established through
the generosity of Mr. Allen, $2,000.
Adding to this sum the liberal contri­butions
from citizens of Bellingham,
faculty and employes of the Normal
School, from Normal students and
alumni, we have a grand total to be
drawn upon by worthy students, of al­most
$15,000.
Upon Mr. Allen's challenge early in
the school year, that he would double
any sum the school might raise, Dr.
Nash, while realizing that the war was
a great drain on the finances of most
people, felt he could not neglect, in
the interest of the school, Mr. Allen's
offer. So he set to the task of so­liciting
donations. Dr. Nash, in be­half
of the school, cannot speak too
highly of the generosity of the citi­zens
of Bellingham, of the loyalty of
the alumni, of the splendid spirit that
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OR. KMG ADDRESSES
On Wednesday, November 27, the
students and faculty were favored
with a talk by Dr. King, minister of
the Garden Street Methodist Church.
Mr. King, who has been engaged in
the Y. M. C. A. work in France for
the last year, chose the educational
phase of the work for his topic.
Dr. King said that the spirit the
boys showed in the great war was re­markable,
and their thoughts were
centered on two things, first the win­ning
of the war and second, their re­turn
home.
As his time was limited it was im­possible
for him to go into details
concerning hiu work, but he explained
how the huts were made and how the
men were taught.
Dr. King's speech showed plainly
the gratitude of the allies for the
service that the United States has
rendered in winning the war.
S TO BE
Dr. Wilson, a returned Y. M. C. A.
worker, from France, gave a splendid
address on his work over seas at the '
regular Y. W. C. A. meeting last Thurs-,
day afternoon. A large number of stu-1
dents were present to hear, his inter-'
esting talk on conditions abroad.
Courses in occupational therapy,
which has been designed to aid the
wounded soldier and sailor, are to be
undertaken by the Bellingham State
Normal School. After extended cor­respondence
with Dr. R. L. Kelly, ex­ecutive
secretary of the American
Council on Education, and Mrs. Ger­trude
S. Martin, executive secretary
of the Association of Collegiate Alum­nae,
the school announces that it will
offer twelve-weeks' courses of inten­sive
training to prepare reconstruc­tion
aides in occupational therapy.
These courses, says President G. W.
Nash, will be put into operation on
January 6 and continue through the
remaining quarters of the year.
The Normal will print announce­ments
telling something of the work
offered and the requirements and ex­penses
of the course. It will also in­dicate
the need for women trained in
this work, both the need arising from
the military situation and the perma­nent
need for such women, iiarticuhvr-.
ly in cases of nervous and mental 'dis­orders.
The woman's committee of
the National Council of Defense is of­fering
the service of their units all
over the country to assist in the work
of recruiting.
Courses Outlined
The courses required, with the
length of study period per week, are:
Basketry, two hours; knitting, four
hours; weaving, two hours, commer­cial
art, two hours; psychology and
mental hygiene, three hours; coping
saw and knife work, four hours; handi­craft,
four hours. All the courses will
be twelve weeks long.
The Normal, like other institutions
undertaking occupational therapy,
feels that some practical attenion is
due disabled soldiers and sailors aside
from the valuable aid given them by
physicians, surgeons and nurses, there
being phases of the reconstruction
of disrupted lives and minds that call
for other forms of aid.
Scientific physical therapy, involv­ing
massage and other forms of phy­sical
treatment, reaches many cases
not susceptible to medicine or surg­ery,
or which can be only partially
cured of relieved by these means. Oc­cupation
of the mind during. the; per­iod
of convalescence together/* with
the cultivation of the right mental at­titude
on the part of the patient, is
another important aid to recovery and
complete restoration to health. In
this latter field, called by the experts
occupational therapy, there is likewise
an urgent demand for women qualified
by health, training and life experience
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