Weekly Messenger - 1924 October 10

              Devoted to the Interests of the Student Body, Washington State Normal School
VOL. XXTV^NO. 2 WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM, WASH. Friday, October 10, 1924
TWO B H E RS
TO BE ELECTED
OF L
Student Body Elections
Friday.
Next
MB. MARQUIS APPOINTED
: Besides Mr. Marquis, who was re­cently
appointed by President Fisher,
there will be two new members to be
-elected for the Student Board of Con­trol
on Friday, October 17. The nomi-nations
which have been posted on the
bulletin board remain there for five
•days from the time they were posted.
The candidates will be presented to the
assembly Friday, October 17, and will
be voted upon by the students immedi­ately
after assembly.
The nominees are to be one student
elected for one quarter, and one faculty
representative for two quarters.
The election board handling the com­ing
election for representatives to the
Student Board of Control consists of
Milton Blonden, Gordan Allen. Theresa
.Murphy, Margaret McRobert, and Hel­en
Parsons.
FRIDAY—Oct. 10.
Pep rally with Daisy Howard presid­ing,
in assembly at 11:00 a. m.
Y. W. C. A. reception for all Normal
school students at Edens hall, from
8:00 to 11:00 p. m.
TUESDAY—Oct. 14.
John Roy Williams, violin; Paul Lus-erman,
cello; Harrison Raymond,
baritone, in assembly at 11:00.
FBJDAY—Oct. IT.
Normal mixer at Armory for entire
student body.
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PLANNED THIS YEAR
FOWLER'S TESTS
ARE POPULAR IN
Student's Knowledge of English
Is Tested.
REPORTS TO GO TO O. A. C.
GET CHANCE TO SEE
Three Plays to Be Given Daring
Season.
Entertainment Is of Interest
Everyone.
to
Y. W. G. A. RECEPTION
TO BE HELD TONIGHT
Everyone Urged to Come
Get Acquainted.
and
The reception given tonight at Edens
'hall by the Young Women's Christian
Association, to which all students and
faculty members are invited, will be one
-of the best opportunities of the season
"to get acquainted.
Five committees have been busy for
the past week under the supervision cf
Miss Sperry. They have made plans for
helping people to get acquainted and
for the entertainment of the guests. The
program will consist of a reading by
Miss Madden, vocal solos by both Miss
Headrick and Miss Slawson.
In the receiving line will be Dr. and
Mrs. Fisher and the cabinet members
consisting of: Frances Deniston, presi­dent;
Sybil Tucker, vice president; Hul-da
Nelson, secretary, and Vivian Hol-
«omb, treasurer.
This is time for the "Big Sisters" to
bring their "Little Sisters" and intro­duce
them to the faculty and the young
men.
NATURE STUDY HIKES
BEGIN AT NORMAL
Assemblies this year are going to be
highly worth while. Several numbers
by the Affiliated Lyceum and Chau­tauqua
Association have been definitely
planned and the dates fixed. The first
of these will be an illustrated lecture
"Hunting Big Game in the Rocks," by
Arthur S. Coggeshall. Mr. Coggeshall
is director of education of the Carnegie
Museum, one of our foremost paleontal-ogists,
and is known the world over for
his study of dinosaur life.
Pictures of excavations and giant fos­sils,
together with motion pictures of
dinosaurs made from thousands of
photographs and the use of rubber
figures will be used in illustrating "this
lecture which will be given in assembly
November 17.
On December 11, Ruth Bryan Owen
will lecture on "Modern Arabian
Knights" and "Opening Doors." Mrs.
Owen has traveled extensively and will
tell something about different parts
of the world as she has seen them.
January 19, Dr. D. Thomas Curtin,
journalist, author, and lecturer, will dis­cuss
present day world problems. He
knows Europe as few others, and he
knows America. His lectures should be
an inspiration to all people interested
in present day affairs or in history.
Lathrop, a Harvard man and an au­thority
on world affairs, will speak be­fore
the assembly March 30.
One number of this lyceum course
will be given the evening of February
10. Noah Beilharz will then present
"The Hoosier Schoolmaster," by Eg-gleston.
Wigs and costumes for sev­eral
characters will be used by Mr. Bul-harz
in giving this. He is widely
known for his readings, and is billed
simply as an "entertainer."
PICK ACCOMPANISTS
FOR MUSICAL CLUBS
According to the Portland Telegram,
all the colleges and universities of Ore­gon
besides many others throughout the
Northwest have adopted the test in
correct use of English prepared by Mr.
Fowler, head of the Normal English
department. These tests are for en­tering
students, to see the extent of
their actual knowledge of the use of
the English language. It is hoped they
will form a basis for co-operation of col­leges
and universities with the high
schools in bringing about better English
standards.
The institutions in Oregon which have
already signified their intentions to
adopt this test plan are; the University
of Oregon, Oregon Agricultural College,
Oregon State Normal, Williamette Uni­versity,
Reed College, Pacific College,
Philomoth University, Eugene Bible
University, and St. Mary's College.
These same tests will be used by many
other instituitons in the Northwest, in­cluding
the Washington State Normal,
which already has used them'.
Reports on these examinations are to
be sent to Dr. M. Elwood Smith, dean
of the school of basic arts and sciences
at the Oregon Agricultural College, Cor-vallis,
Oregon.
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STUDENTS ATTEND
CHURCH RECEPTIONS
Welcoming Address and Musical
Program Given.
FIRST GOMES NOVEMBER 1
Classes Are Instructed to Wear P i r s t C o n s i d e r a t i Q n G i v e n T h o se
Old Clothes for Hiking.
Nature-study classes began last Sat­urday
under the instruction of Miss
Lundquist and Miss Rosene. Both
classes took hikes. Miss Rosene's stu­dents
climbed the Sehome-hill and the
students of Miss Sundquists class fol­lowed,
the Sunset Trail.
"If you see people around the school
togged up in old clothes, you will know
that they are not tramps but students
of the Nature-study classes," say the
Nature-study instructors.
Saturday morning the students re­ported
at school and were sent home to
get some old clothes for hiking. When
they returned they were taken on a
hike to study the out-of-doors, and
gather flowers and insects.
This is the first year that Nature-study
classes have ever met Saturday. I
With Free Time for Practice.
About a dozen girls tried out as ac­companists
for Orchestra, Men's Glee
Club and Assembly, Monday afternoon
in the Music Room. The girls played
from memory and from sight before
Miss Lawson and Mr. Newdall.
In making the selections, Mr. Newdall
and Miss Lawson state, "We chose the
accompanists from the standpoint of
which one was free to play at the time
these organizations met. Of course, we
judged them on their sight reading,
expression and rhythm, too, but the
time element was given first considera­tion.
Kathryn Holmes and Catherine
Randall were chosen for Orchestra;
Catherine Randall for Men's Glee Club,
and Kathryn Holmes for Assembly. The
accompanist for Girls' Glee Club has not
been chosen."
Various churches of this city held re­ceptions
Friday evening, October 3, for
the incoming Normal students.
Several hundred students accepted the
cordial invitations sent out by the Bap­tist,
Presbyterian, Methodist and Luth­eran
churches. Every church announced
a fine attendance.
Students report that fine entertain­ment
was provided for them. In every
church programs of welcoming addresses
and music were given. Lively games
and contests formed a part of the even­ing's
good time.
Nor were students disappointed as to
refreshments. Delicious lunches were
served at every church.
The receptions were greatly appre­ciated
by the students since they af­forded
the opportunity of making many
new friends and acquaintances.
DAUGHTER OF NORTHWEST
AUTHOR AT EDENS HALL
The three plays to be put on this fall
and winter by the Circuit Repertory
Company of the Maroni Olsen Players
offer opportunities for worth-while en­tertainment
which no student will want
to miss.
The first, "Kempy," a comedy by J. C.
Nugent, will be given November 1.
This is a delightful play, full of amus­ing
human incidents and whimsical
imagination. What matter if Kempy
does forget his wrench? He takes the
daughter.
iKempy must be a very modern young
man after all, tho some say they always
did it.
"You and I" is just as delightful as
Kempy, but not like it. Philip Barry
wrote "You and I." It took the Har­vard
prize in 1922. Others like it. Hey-wood
Brown in the New York World
has said of it, "If 'You and I' were elig­ible,
it would merit much consideration
as a candidate • for the best American
play of the year."
"You and I" comes January 17.
The last of the Moroni Olsen plays
this season will be given February 24.
It is Shakespeare's "Taming of the
Shrew."
The actors in this have been greeted
with applause in various Eastern cities.
And as for the play—it speaks for it­self.
Recreation hour will be held in
the large gymnasium every Fri­day
afternoon, from 4 until 5
o'clock, unless otherwise an­nounced.
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WILL COME TODAY
'Let's Get Acquainted" Is to
Be Slogan.
"Let's get acquainted," will be the
feature of the social hour in the big
gymnasium this afternoon from four
until five o'clock.
Miss Long, Physical Director, is in
charge and hopes to let nothing inter­fere
with her plans for the recreation
hour.
Arrangements have been made for
music by the orchestra. Each person is
to be tagged with his name and former
residence. This is to be carried out by
a committee composed of Lucie Wilson,
Lorena Wiesier, and Louise Beasley.
A special invitation is being sent to
the Faculty and all of the student body.
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FOR SCHOOL YEAR
IS
Woman's Music Club Co-operates
With Normal.
STARTS NEXT MONTH
TELEPHONE BOOTH IS
LATEST IMPROVEMENT
Departmental Offices Are Now
Lettered.
LARGE TURNOUT FOR
SCHOOL DRAMA CLUB
Last Chance to Try Out Comes
This Afternoon.
Dizzy Students Testify To
Efficacy Of Mental Tests
Tuesday morning, classes were dis­missed
so that the students might take
the intelligence tests, given in the audi­torium
at two different periods.
These tests were given in order to
• examine and determine the superior in­tellect
that our students are most un­doubtedly
endowed with, according to
Isadora Inkwell. "When the papers are
-corrected," says the school sage, "we
are certain that the examiners will
profit by the advanced ideas and ans­wers
givem to some of the questions,
and doubtless many scientists will also
be interested."
'The instructor assured us that we
were not expected to finish everything,
and we certainly didn't care to disturb
his expectations, ho gave heed his
words." i
Altogether, the students had two de­lightful
hours of recreation and will as­sure
others of the fact. Also, we are
certain of breaking all other records,
either one way or the other.
I t is interesting to note that among
the officers elected at the House meet­ings
last Wednesday, October 1, at
Edens Hall, Miss Mary Woodbridge was
chosen reporter. Miss Woodbridge is
the daughter of W. W. Woodbridge, of
Seattle, the author of "That Some­thing."
This is a selection especially
known to every Normal student and
resident of the Northwest, through the
readings- of Mr. Hoppe, of the Expres­sion
and Dramatic Departments. Miss
Woodbridge is a graduate of the Lin­coln
High school of Seattle. This is
her second quarter at the Bellingham
Normal.
Tryouts are still in progress for the
Drama Club. The last opportunity for
membership, which is based on dra­matic
ability, will be this afternoon,
from four to five o'clock, in Room 308.
The selection to be read before five
judges must not exceed three minutes.
There were approximately twenty-five
students who tried out last night
and so far fourteen have signed up for
this afternoon. A notice will be post­ed
on the bulletin board in regard to
the results.
The main object of the club is to pre­sent
plays.
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BOARD OP CONTROL MEETS
FIRST TIME THIS YEAR
Students returning after their brief
vacation have noted with pleasure the
improvements which were made in the
building during the month of vacation.
Chief among these is the telephone
booth on the first floor which any stu­dent
may use for all but long distance
calls free of charge. This booth is as
nearly sound proof as possible.
Phones have been put into several
new offices, and a switch-board in­stalled
in the office.
Another improvement noted is that
all offices of departments, the Dean's
office, the Messenger office, and the
Registrar's office now have letters
painted on them designating what
rooms they are. This is a great help
to students and teachers as it prevents
the student from* blundering unwitting­ly
into an office when seeking a class­room.
The Messenger box, on the door of
the Messenger office is hailed by all
students interested in the school paper
as a worth-while and timely improve­ment.
DON MARQUIS STARTS
POPULAR ORCHESTRA
Through the efforts of Donald Mar­quis
an orchestra has been organized
consisting of Normal students, calling
themselves "The Collegians." They will
play for the recreation hour this after­noon
and again this evening at the re­ception
given by the College Club.
• The following are members of
orchestra:
Don Marquis, clarinet.
Chauncey Griffith, piano. .
Charles Rothweiler, saxaphone.
Arthur Dever, traps.
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With enough to constitute a quorum
the Board of Control met last Monday
in Room 218 for the first time this
year. It was decided that the regular
session would be held every Monday at
three o'clock.
Because it will be necessary to elect
a faculty member for two quarters and
a student representative for one quar­ter
the Board appointed an election com­mittee.
Warner Poyhonen, who was
elected last quarter to fill the vacancy
made by Phil Thornily, will hold office
until his term expires in March.
The facts about the Student Mixer and
the election of Klipsun officers were dis­cussed
and the meeting adjourned to
meet next Monday, the thirteenth. -
STANDARD TESTS
GIVEN NEW STUDENTS
Continued Each Saturday Until
All Take Them.
In view of the fact that the Normal
and the Women's Music Club of Belling­ham
are co-operating to get the best
talent available for this winter's musical
entertainment it was necessary to pro­cure
a larger hall than the Normal Aud­itorium.
As a consequence the new
Christian Church was selected It will
easily hold 1700 people.
The first number of the program will
come November 14, 1924 and the last
one on May 7, 1925. It is exceedingly
well balanced consisting of seven num­bers
in all, a baritone, a pianist, a con­tralto,
a coloratural soprano, a harpist,
a string quartet, and a lyric tenor in
the order of their naming.
Baritone Here Next Month
Louis Graveure, world renowned bar­itone,
will give the opening number on
November 14. Mr. Groveure is known
the world over for his remarkable facil­ity
in arranging varied and interesting
programs as well as for his voice. He
was born in Belgiunij -but now makes
his home in New York.
The first instrumental selection comes
December 12, when Mieczyslaw Munz,
sensational young polish pianist, will
furnish the attraction. Altho he made
his debut in New York as late as 1920,
Mr. Munz has already been adopted into
the heart of the musical world in Amer­ica.
Sophie Braslau Coining.
Another number to which students
will look forward impatiently will be
given January 7, 1925. Sophie Braslau
will be heard for the second time by
many who heard her in Americanus,
given in Seattle last year, where she
took the part of the Indian woman, Sa ;-
ajawea.
Mary Ivogun, coloratura soprano s >-
prano, is another singer who has deligl fc-ed
local music lovers. Several enth l-siasts
have been trying to arrange f >r
her to appear in Bellingham ever sin se
they heard her in Seattle last yea r.
She will be here January 21.
Perhaps the most unusual of the < n-tertainments
offered will fall on Fc t>-
ruary 15, when Alberto Salvi, wuihrs
greatest concert harpist, will appear.
FRIDAY NIGHT IS SET
FOR ALL CLUB EVENTS
At the faculty meeting last Tues­day
it was decided that the time for all
club events be set for Friday night.
Heretofore most of the clubs have met
Thursday night, altho a few made the
change last summer. ' -
In view of the fact that their meeting
on Thursday night was thot to serious­ly
interfere with the forty-four hour
a week schedule, Friday night for club
affairs was made compulsory. •
Standardized examinations were giv­en
in English, History and Geography,
to all new students, Saturday, October
4th.
The exams lasted one hour for each
subject, but undoubtedly some of the
subjects will not quit the students until
the end of a quarter. It is surprising
how little points, that really are im­portant,
will escape the mind. If
teaching is the chosen profession, it is
not harmful in the least, to review these
subjects which are after all the funda­mental
basis of our education.
These examinations will be contin­ued
on Saturdays until all new students
have covered them.
The fact that Signor Salvi is tgnly
sensation was proved by the Metropo
tan Music Bureau when they desired
advertise him as such in the Musickl
Digest. The editor of the Digest i l-formed
them that it would be necessa
to prove this by the writteS approijal
of at least twenty concert managers
where he had played before the ad could
be
of
be run. Seventy-five wrote
decidedly was a sensation, mafty
them amplifying their approval of lis
wonderful playing. Needless to say 1 he
advertisement was printed.
Stringed Instruments Coming,
For twenty years one stringed inatiu
ment quartet has been supreme in this
country. Bellingham will get a cH5*ce
to hear them April 16, when the Flin-zaley
Quartet will provide the enter­tainment.
This quartet has appearaed
in more than four hundred Ameriqan
cities and has made more than five
hundred appearances in Europe in Ihe
last twenty years. Despite this length
of service it has suffered only one
change of personnel.
No well rounded program such as the
Normal is offering could be complete
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Sad Tale Of Bashful Boy
And Three-Mile-Scare Told
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This is the story of a bashful youth
who avoided the girls to such an extent,
that he had heart failure every time he
saw a girl coming in his direction. This
bashful youth's name was Edward
Arntzen, whom perhaps some of you
know.
One day when Eddie was a freshman
in high school, that is when he was a
child, he found himself in the company
of his two school chums, Ned and Dick.
It happened that Irene, a pretty little
girl of fourteen, the sister of Dick, was
also in the party. How little did Eddie
know what this encounter would mean.
Ned and Dick had formed a plan by
which they could embarrass their friend.
"We are going for candy," explained.
the rascals as they went into the candy
store, leaving the blushing Eddie with
the giggling girl.
It soon became apparent to the youth,
and the maid that they were stranded,
or so it seemed to the stammering boy, •'
for it meant a three-mile walk into the
country. The walk wouldnt be so bad
but, Oh! such company.
The disturbance was. traversed in com­plete'
silence. We wonder if thisi bash-;
ful lad is stijl bashful. If so,,we also-wonder.
how"; he, happened to come toA S
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