Weekly Messenger - 1925 August 7

              Devotedtothe Interests of the Student Body,'Washington State Normal School
VOL XXIV—NO. 40 WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Firday, August 7, 1925
'AS YOU LIKE IT"
BPRESENTED BY
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Normal School Orchestra Gives
Selections.
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Qlalmfiar
SEATS FOR FOUR HUNDRED
In the Greenwood Theater on the
campus the Drama club is this week,
offering its fifth annual out-door play,
Shakespeare's comedy "As You lake
I t ," which has been called his play of
vacation time, was chosen because it
fits so well into the summer plans for
entertainment. Mr. Hbppe is acting as
director as well as playing a part.
Knoll an Ideal Setting
The knoll makes an admirable set­ting
for an out-of-door play. One may
easily imagine himself in the leafy for-
. est of Arden. Seats for about four hun­dred
have been provided and a large
audience has been present each night.
Special lighting features have been ar­ranged
which combine with the natural
beauty of the scene making a picture
long to be remembered.
Given by All-Star Cast
Every part is well taken. Many of
the performers have taken part in other
summer plays given by the Normal.
Evelyn Hagen makes a very lovely
Rosalind and Zeno Katterlee an admir­able
Orlando. Oliver Nelson as Le Beau
drew much praise. Really no one actor
can be said to be best for the whole
thing is splendidly done. The costumes
add. much to the play; they are typi­cal
of the Sixteenth Century.
Songs and Dances on Program
Combined with the play the physical
education department presents two
dances. They are English country
dances, given under the direction of Miss
Frank, in which fourteen girls in gay
costumes take part. Clare Mendenhall
as Amiens sings to please his coinpan-
CALENDAR
FRIDAY—August 7.
Play, "As You Like It." \
TUESDAY—August 11.
Emily Bently Dow, violinist, in as­sembly.
Trip to lumber mill. .'
WEDNESDAY—August 12.
Play hour on campus 4 p. m.
FRIDAY—August 14.
Marion Ralston Trio in assembly.
Campus Capers.
SATURDAY—August 15.
Philo Week-End.
B.
Violinist and Pianist Will Enter­tain
Students.
OF CONTROL
MET LASTWEDNESDAY
School Paper and Klipsun Were
Discussed.
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VAN VLIET RETURNS
Master Player of Cello Renders
Beautiful Program.
The Board of Control held a business
meeting at noon last Wednesday in the
office of the student association. After
routine business the meeting was de­voted
to a discussion of the school paper.
It was decided to hold a joint meeting
with the editorial council of the Mes­senger
on Monday to discuss possible
improvements.
It was decided to hold a meeting at
four o'clock Thursday to make plans
for next year's Klipsun, whereby the
mistakes of this year may be avoided.
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DR. HARRIES SPEAKS
Those who attended the concert given
by Cornelius Van Vliet, at the Normal
Auditorium Monday evening, heard a
master artist with the cello.
Mr. Van Vliet is the solo cellist of the
Philharmonic Orchestra of New York
and has filled the same position in one
of the best orchestras of Europe in Vien­na.
Beside being an artist, Mr. Van Vliet
is a man of very pleasing personality
and can keep his audience in the proper
mood to appreciate .his music.
Although a delay of a few minutes
was occasioned by the failure of his ac­companist
to arrive, Mr. Van Vliet held
his audience by playing a Bach suit for
the cello alone. Following this he made
explanatory remarks upon his program
for the evening.
Mr. Arville Belstad, accompanied Mr.
Van Vliet, and though detained by car
trouble, made up for the lateness by the
beauty of his playing. His ability was
demonstrated in the second group, the
Decamer by Th. Gouvy. This group is
really a duet for the cello and piano.
At the close of this a recall was demand­ed
and the last of the group was repeat­ed.
Several Encores Demanded
Mr. Van Vliet ranks among the best
cellists in the world. He demonstrated
his ability both in handling the in­strument
and by the choice of se­lections.
Insistent applause followed
each number and he was forced to give
several encores, one of which was the
"Organ Grinders' Song." It was of a
melancholy strain and very beautiful.
He also played, by request, "Andal-usian
Serenade", by K. Kalmpf. Those
who heard Mr. Van Vliet in assembly
July 14 will remember this as it gave
the effect of guitar music. .
Mr. Van Vliet explained that cello
music is not as limited as is some times
supposed. He also spoke of the Gouve
group, composed in the Romantic per­iod,
of which he has,the only copy now
in existence.
He thinks that here in America we
think too much of the musician and not
enough of; the work which he is going
, to present; in other words we should
think first of what is on the program to
be presented and trusts to the musician
;';^>ender/ii;;;ciapably.i,:' . ..V. •:_';.;;'.•'.•',:
How Are the Millions of Dollars
to be Spent?
Dr. Arthur Harries, who up until two
years ago was pastor of one of the
wealthiest churches of London, England,
delivered an interesting address to the
Normal students, July 30, in the Normal
auditorium. The topic was: "India and
Her Needs."
Dr. Harries is a native of Wales, and
he started his address by telling about
his college chum, Watkin Roberts, who
offered himself to the Mission Board for
work in India, and upon being refused,
determined to go anyway.
"But howr can you go without the
Board behind you?" he was asked.
"There is God," was his confident re­ply.
And so it seemed.
After Mr. Roberts had been in India
for some time, he felt the need of a
printing press, and he asked the Lord
to provide it. As he was walking about
one day. he passed a building that was
being demolished. Approaching this
building, he saw an old printing press.
He asked the foreman what he intended
to do with the press. He was told that
it would have to be carried away, and
that two day's wage would be paid for
removing it. At once Mr. Roberts called
a man to help him and together they re­moved
the objectionable printing press.
So well pleased was the foreman with
the dispatch with which this was done
that he paid them four days' wages.
On this press Mr. Roberts printed
tracts in Hindustani and Bengali. The
gospel of John was also printed and was
distributed to all the chiefs of Assam.
The response was gratifying. "Come."
invited these chiefs,, "and tell us about
the One of whom it speaks."
On one occasion Mr. Roberts went into
Bhutan in northeastern India. This land
borders on Thibet, and on the borderland
tribes of headhunters 'infested the hills.
There the chiefs use the skulls of their
victims to deeorate their huts, and of
course the more skulls they can display
the more important they. are. When
making raids on their enemies, these
head hunters are careful not to injure
the women and girls, but kill only the
male members of their victims, carrying
the women and girls away into captiv­ity.
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Dr. Harries told of a Scotch tea
planter who had established his planta­tion
adjacent to these hills. One evening
he heard the drums beating in the hills';
knowing that meant an attack he
mounted his horse and hurried out to
warn his people. Too late. The planter
was, killed as were all native men and
boys while the females on the planta­tion,
including the planter's own nine-year-
old adughter, were rushed away
into the wilderness.
InV due course news of this abduction
reached the home government. England
thought it worth while to pour out her
treasure lavishly to .rescue this one
On Tuesday, August 11, Emily Bently
Dow, 15-year-old violinist of Seattle,
will play at the assemblies. Her broth­er,
James Dow, will accompany her at
the piano.
Miss Dow plays both the violin and
piano. She will give numbers on both
instruments. Mme. Engberg, formerly
of Bellingham, is Miss Dow's instructor.
She says:
"Emily Dow has studied violin with
me for the past four years. During this
time her progress has been so rapid and
the unfolding of her musical gifts so as­tonishing
that I feel justified in placing
her almost in the prodigy class. During
a part of these,four years Emily lived
•at my school thus enabling me to super­vise
her practice. Emily Dow is not alone
well equipped technically but her musi­cal
insight has been developed hand in
hand with the solving of mechanical
problems and the acquiring of repertoire
so that her playing today at the age of
barely fourteen years possesses the ma­turity
of an artist. Ensemble work and
playing with orchestral accompaniment
have contributed largely to the acquiring
of taste and expression in phrasing. En­gagements
and re-engagements with
symphony orchestras are proof of musi­cianship,
rhythmical sureness, mental
poise and breadth and quality of tone.
Besides being a violinist of such excel­lence
Emily is also a pianist of fine at­tainments
and has several original com­positions
already to her credit. Allan
B. Dow, head of the piano department of
the Davenport Engberg School of Music,
has given this young artist her work on
piano and in theory and composition."
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Compensation Sought for World
War Veterans.
Mr. Eolstad has been spending most
of his spare time recently in the inter­ests
of the $5,000,000 endowment fund
for the support of orphans of veterans
of the World War and for compensation
of disabled veterans. This fund is to be
maintained in perpetuity; only the in­come
of the fund to be used.
Bellingham's quota of this fund is
$4100, $1000 of which has already been
subscribed by Legion men. Mr. Kolstad,
as Legion representative, met Tuesday
morning and Wednesday afternoon with
a civilian committee, of which C. F.
Nolte is chairman, to arrange for the
subscription of the remainder of the
quota by citizens outside of the Legion.
Other members of the committee are
Walter Whitcomb and Hugh Eldridge.
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JOHNSON GIVES TALK
Lectures on Eugenics Presented
to Student Body.
FACULTY RECOMMEND
INVESTIGATION OF WORK
The faculty has recommended that the
departments of English, Science and So­cial
Sceince offer courses in scientific
study and investigation of work being
done in the elementary schools in those
subjects. Beginning next fall the Social
Science department will offer a five-hour
course in a survey of Social Science
courses in elementary schools.
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STATE BOARD MEETS
IN SPECIAL SESSION
T14
AS THE DATE
OF
Clubs of the School Are Busy
Preparing Stunts.
FINE ORCHESTRA COMING
Dr. Miller and President Fisher
Are Attending.
STUDENT WRITES BOOK
Illustrated S t o r y E n t i t l ed
"Vitamine Brownies".
Miss Edyth Young Cottryll, a student
of tbe Normal , in 1923-24, who taught
the fourth grade at Burlington last win­ter,
has written and illustrated a book­let,
entitled "Vitamin Brownies," which
she hopes to have published.
A copy was sent to Miss Longley, who
thinks the work is very clever and
worthwhile.
The story tells what the Brownies,
as vitamines, do for children. The Vit­amine
vegetables are illustrated as little
brownies, playing and skipping about.
Miss Cottryll also sent a poster pic­ture
of a sand table she and her pupils
had constructed, to Miss Longley.
A chapter of every' national sorority
in the United States is on the Campus
at the University of Minnesota.
Professor Roswell H. Johnson, from
the University of Pittsburgh, a member
of the Eugenic Society of America, has
been giving worthy lectures on the im­portance
of eugenics for the past week
in the auditoriumi every afternoon.
Immigration Laws Strict.
Professor Johnson urges that for
racial progress in this country the im­migration
laws should be more effective­ly
amended. They should be so strict
that those entering this country who do
not qualify according to intellectual
requirements should be barred from en­tering.
Favors Selective Process.
The limiting of defectives is greatly
urged by Prof. Johnson. This, says 'Mr.
Johnson, can easily be remedied by the
thorough application of Eugenics. The
gradual elimination of feeble mindedness
and mental defectives would help to
build a superior race.
Professor Johnson was instructor in
biology at Cheney Normal from 1903 to
1905. From Cheney he went to Carne­gie
Institution, at Cold Spring Harbor,
L. I., and later was employed as con­sulting
geologist in oil and gas at Bar-tlesville,
Oklahoma.
In 1912 he became professor of oil
and gas production at the University of
Pittsburg. He is the author of several
text books and has contributed many
articles to scientific periodicals.
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The state board of education is meet­ing
in special session at Olympia to
formulate revisions in the state school
law for recommendation to the legisla­ture
for its action. Dr. Miller has been
in Olympia several days acting as proxy
for President Fisher, who left yesterday
evening for Olympia.
The laws governing certification are
especially in need of overhauling as there
are a number of conflicting laws still in
effect. It is hoped to remedy this con­flict.
Another matter with which the board
will deal is the unduly liberal privileges
granted to teachers certified in other
states. It is felt that an unwarrantable
number of such teachers are permitted
to compete with Washington trained
teachers.
BAUMGARDT LECTURES
Noted .Speaker Discussed Many
Interesting Affairs.
In the past year 123 small rural
schools in Maine were consolidated. Two
and three teacher schools are common.
About 25 high schools were organized in
small towns in the past year. Last
year four hundred thousand dollars were
spent for transportation of pupils.
Doctor Isn *t Necessary
When Pane Is Broken
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The Oregon Sagebrush boat trip to
Friday Harbor on Sunday, August 2,
was, according to the captain of "The
Islander" the best he had ever taken.
He may tell every crowd the same thing
but, as we have very credulous dispo­sitions,
we are willing to accept his
words at face value.
The boat landed about 11:30 a. m.
at Friday Harbor where, Claude Taylor
and Mr. Reed at once organized teams
and conducted an exciting game of base­ball.
After a hard fought game, in
which the sides were very evenly
matched, Taylor and his gallant col­leagues
won the match. However, every­one
played well and the fact that Coach
Davis knocked a swift ball through the
windguard of an adjacent car did not
dampen their spirits. "Pay for the glass,
move the car, and continue the game,"
were the orders.
An appetizing dinner of potato salad,
ice. cream, nabisco wafers, coffee, and
hot dog sandwiches was eaten here.
At 3 o'clock the homeward journey
was begun Hvith manifestations of glee.
Silvery toned voices filled the air and
dancing couples swayed to the music
of strumming ukeleles. The purser sur­prised
and delighied thex girls by produc­ing
some home-made fudge, which he had
been saving for the "right moment." It
was delicious. but it was a pity his
supply was so limited when one hun­dred
hungry mouths were crying for
"More!" .
Much enjoyment was had by lovers of
dogs when Mr. Well's mammoth canine,
Napoleon, was discovered on board the
boat. Napoleon met his Waterloo in the
old man of the sea, we believe.
The evening meal was eaten at Straw­berry
Point, where a few brave students
tried the water and reported it "like
ice." Another baseball game was played
with the Oregonians vs. the Sagebrush-ers.
According to the Sagebrushers,
they won; according to the Oregonians,
the game wasn't finished. Judge for
yourself.
When the voyage was resumed the
moon came out in a burst of glory, il­luminating
the waters with a beautiful,
celestial glow.
Altogether, the moon, the ukeleles,
the ripping of the waters, and the sweet
cadence of voices made a very appro­priate
and pleasing setting, for the finale
of the San Juan cruise. Since the Ore­gon
and Sagebrush Clubs • cooperated
with each other so splendidly in this ac­tivity,
all are hoping that they may
have opportunity; to> work together again
for a. common cause. ;'. /..-..•
Professor B. R. Baurogardt proved _a
lecturer of rare versatility in the series
of lectures which he delivered last week
from the auditorium platform. The
subjects discussed Thursday evening and
Friday were "Darwin and the Theory
of Evolution," "The Genius of Shake­speare,"
"Napoleon Bonaparte," "Ein­stein
and the Theory of Relativity," and
"Jerusalem and the Hills of Judea."
"The Bible is a great moral guide, but
I do not believe that the first chapter of
Genesis was intended to be used as a
textbook of science," said Mr. Baum-gardt
in discussing evolution. He in­troduced
this subject by describing cos­mic
evolution and then outlined the de­velopment
of organic life according to
the evolutionary theory.
In concluding his account of the life
of Darwin he quoted him at some length
to prove the falsity of the claim of op­ponents
of evolution that Darwin did
not believe in the existence of God. He
further said that he was himself a
deeply religious man and also an evolu­tionist
but that he experienced no dif­ficulty
or spiritual conjflict on that
account.
Bacon Not Author of Shakespeare
Friday at ten o'clock Mr. Baumgardt
spoke on "The Genius of Shakespeare."
He averred that we know a great deal
more about Shakespeare than critics
wish to admit.
Speaking of the theory that Bacon
was the author of the works accredited
to Shakespeare, he declared that to be
a preposterous supposition, the works
of Shakespeare being incongruous to the
spirit of Bacon who was a pretender in
science and a political grafter.. Fur­thermore,
a man with the great educa­tion
and knowledge of world history
and politics that Bacon possessed could
not have made the technical errors found
in the works of Shakespeare. Genius is
the only explanation of these works and
their imperfections can only be analo­gous
to the spots on the sun.
New Light on Napoleon
Mr. Baumgardt's lecture on Napoleon
is considered by many to be the out­standing
one of the series (with perhaps
the exception of the lecture on astron­omy.)
Mr. Baumgardt would attach the
blame for the terrible carnage of the
Napoleonic wars to the enemies of Na­poleon
rather than to him. The world
is indebted to Napoleon for the democ­racy
which we now enjoy. It was
through fear of the success of democracy
1;hat the monarchs of Europe declared
war on Napoleon thus forcing him to
take the measures which he so effec­tively
did.
I t was Napoleon who established the
The stage is all set, and the plans are
completed for the big Campus Capers
that is to be given August 14, beginning
at 7:30 p. m.," on the school campus.N
There (will be three divisions of the
program.
The opening event of the evening will
be a big "free-for-all" track meet, in
which four sides will be chosen, and
all will have a chance to engage in
the many events that are scheduled.
Next will be the circus, with all kinds
of trained animals, the big parade, the
chariot races in real chariots. The big
surprise of the evening will be a new
kind of race that the faculty will put
on.
The climax of the whole affair will be
when the side shows and cabarets open
their doors, so that the crowds can
flock into the big tents.
There will be booths to guess and win
prizes, dancers, exhibits and wonders
from all lands.
One of the best orchestras obtainable
has been secured so that couples may
dance on the side walks or over, the
green campus. , j
Brightly colored lights will be strung
through the trees and over the campus.
Refreshments will be served all evening.
Everything will be free.
Campus Capers is being made an an­nual
event. It was first started last
summer, and proved such a great suc­cess
that it is being put on again this
summer.
All of the clubs have been invited to
give their own acta and have responded
loyally. .. -.
Students are asked to dress for a good
time, and not to come in party clothes.
The committee is still working hard,
and hopes to perfect the plans in order
to make, this year's Campus Capers the
biggest and best entertainment that has
been given this summer.
NATIONAL MEET HELD
Northwestern and Olympic Stars
Make New Records.
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A swimming and diving meet with
many Olympic stars aiid practically all
the Northwestern stars was held in the
Lake Washington Canal, July 27, 28, 29
and August 1. y
The meet was.arranged by the Young
Men's Business Club of Seattle under
whose direction the national and North­west
swimming and diving champion­ships
were staged.
Six new Northwest swimming records '..
were established during the four days
of the meet.
A list of all the events, their winners
and time, showing the new records made,
follow:
150-yard backstroke, men, by Spriggs ••'..'.
Wascher, Crystal Pool, time 2:03 4-10.
100-yard free style, men, Weiley Lam­bert,
Spokane, time 1: flat.
50-yard free style, women, by Lois
Murfin, Multnomah club, time 28 2-10;
new Northwest record. ,
100-yard breast stroke, women, by
Neva Brownfield, Crystal Pool, time,
1:31 4-10; new Northwest record. ,
100-yard breast stroke, men, by James '.,/•
Eagan, Walla Walla. ..
300-yard medley, men, James Eagan,: M
Walla Walla, time 4:37 8-10; new
Northwest record. <
220-yard free style, men, Geo. Horsfall, ?
Multnomah club, time, 2:47 8-10.
100-yard back stroke, women, Coral H^1;
Moran, Spokane Y. W. C. A; •••;
220-yard free style, women, Katheryne v^^
Brown, Tacoma, time, 3:15 4-10; new v j ^/
Northwest record. : is
100-yard free style, women, Coral : ; ;!
Moran, Spokane Y. W. C. A.,< time I §
1:10-6-10. ;.oV.'|3
Weissmuller Sets New jUirk'''y''•'•. ^ - - - i^
Johnny Weissmuller the human fishj ";.:.-'/;^i
who holds every record from 50 yards••;^«;<!;!
to one mile smashed his previousree-;';U5:-V$!
brds when he made 100 yards ;free style:? ;Hf'^
iii 52 flat. He swam against /"time, arid "ti:-M§$
lowered this mark to' :50 4-10.>s-\;"':v;,'^;::\'%\^
Bob Skelton, Illinois "A. C.; champion v ^ ; J8
breast stroke of the world also set ;»;
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