Weekly Messenger - 1924 February 15

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Devoted to the Interests ofiheStude^BodyyWa
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NORMAL DEBATE TEAMS
Will Uphold Negative on Supreme
Court Question, in Assembly.
AFFIRMATIVE TO SEATTLE
The debat, season will open Tuesday,
Febuary 19, When the Normal team
meets the team of the Badger Debate
N club of the University of Washington
in the assembly at 10 o'clock. The ques­tion
to be debated is: Resolved, That
the Supreme court shall have the power
to declare federal legislation unconsti­tutional
only when seven of the judges
concur in the decision.
The Normal team, composed of Lewis
Arnold and Edward Berolski, will take
the negative, while the Badger team will
uphold. the affirmative side.
Affirmative Team at' Seattle.
On the same day the Normal affirma­tive
team will meet the Badger negative
team in Seattle at a regular meeting of
the Badger Debate club. Charles Simon-son
and John O'Rourke will make the
trip. " .
As the Bellingham team opposed the
Badgers in a single debate last year and
won by a narrow margin, good opposi­tion
is expected.
Other Debates Scheduled.
The inter-normal debates on the same
question will be held March 6. The Bel­lingham
negative team will go to El-lensburg
and the Cheney team will come
here to meet the Bellingham affirmative
team. These debates are for the Alli­son
cup.
On March 28 the Normal teams will
meet the Linfield college teams. The
negative team will go to McMinnville
and their negative team will come here.
• >s May Take Montana Trip.
At present there are very bright pros­pects
of the Normal team taking the
Montana trip. They will probably meet
the State Normal college in Dillon, Mon­tana
and the Montana Wesleyan college
^«J^^lenawr.,^The^qu.estion',£pr.. debate, will
probably be the adoption of the English
cabinet system of government.
Feb. 15—W, A. A. Annual Attraction,
Auditorium, 8 p. m.
Song, and yell contest ends at 4 p. m.
Feb. 16—y; W.\C. A. Formal Heart par­ty,
home of Mrs. R. S. Simpson; 931
High street.
Basketball game, Whatcom gym, 8 p.
m., Vikings vs. St. Martin's college.
Everett club dance /
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Feb. 19—Assembly 10 o'clock.
Debate: Normal debating' team vs.
Badger debating club of University of
Washington.
Feb. 20—Philos.
228.
Trustees
Director
Men's. program, room
Feb. 21—Mischa Levitzki, pianist, audi­torium,
8 p. m.
Feb. 22—Thespian annual banquet. Vic­toria
hotel 6 p. m.
Washington birthday dance, big gym.
8 p. m.
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March 12—Songs-poem' contest ends.
FORMER ANACORTES MAN AND BELLINGHAM NORMAL GRADUATE TO COACH VIKING
TEAMS AND SURPRISE WORK IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION
/ S. E. Carver on Leave of Absence in June; Will Study^t University^of California.
ST. MARTIN'S COLLEGE
Expects Second Victory
Vikings.
Over
WHATCOM GYM. AT 7:15 P. M.
MISCHA LEVITZKI
NOTED PIANIST
WILL APPEAR
Levitzki "Considered Musician
Talent.
of
In the auditorium, on February 21, at
8:00 p. m., the Normal students -will
hame the privilege of hearing Mischa
: Levitzki, one of the woi'ld's great pian­ists.
Mr. Levitzki is only started on his
great career, yet his fame has already
risen to great heights.
Mr. Levitzki was born in Russia in
1898, and started his musical studies at
the age of seven. His first noteworthy
debut was made in Berlin in 1914. Since
then he has toured Germany, Austria-
Hungary, Norway, Australia, New Zea­land
and America. He made his"" first
appearance in the United States at New
York City, October, 1916, and is now on
his seventh tour of this country.
During the time he has spent on this
continent Mr. Levitzki made fifty-one
.appearances'in New York City, and
nineteen of those were with the New
York Symphony. He has also made at
least four appearances with every major
symphony orchestra in America, and his
audiences everywhere have become con­vinced
of his rare talent. '
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WARNER McNAIR MARRIES.
Tomorow night, on the Whatcom Hi
floor, the Normal rooters will get a
chance to look over the team which was
first to lower, the Viking's colors. The
St. Martin's college five, of Lacey, are
coming prepared for another hard game
which is exactly what they will get.
Although beaten before, the Vikings
are confident that St. Martin's is one
school which cannot beat them when
they are in their own home town. The
former- game was very close and not
decided until the last couple of minutes
of play, but luck favored the Irishmen.
St. Martin's Has Peculiar Style.
The Lacey five used very few passes
throughout the game. Every man shot
wherever he got the ball, if possible.
Several times the guards shot from un­der
the shadow of their opponents', bas­ket.
Many of the shots were good and
so they piled up quite a lead in the
first half.
In the second half, however, Normal
began to solve their peculiar style of
play and started - creeping up on them.
It was a nip and tuck affair in the final
quarter with the Vikings coming within
two points of tying them. Some of the
St. Martin's boys were so tired from
their many long shoots that they could
not hit the backboard with the ball. But
the lead could not quite be overcome and
Lacey came off victorious.
Line-up May Be Changed.
Coach Carver was not quite satisfied
with the line-up for that game and in
the last game had it shifted around a
bit, "Toby" Simonsen taking center,
"Maurie" Thomas and Lee Rankin
going in as forwards, with Wilder and
Dawson as guards.
Preliminary Game.
The preliminary game also promises
to be a; thriller, the Normal Supervar-sity
meeting the Blaine high school
team. The "Spark Plugs" beat 'them
on their own floor by two points and ex­pect
a battle royal when again they
tangle. The game will start at 7:15
sharp.
Elwood C. Davis was selected by the
trustees of the Normal school at their
last meeting, Friday, February 8, to
succeed Sanford E. Carver as coach and
director of physical education during the
latter's absence^ next year. Mr. Carver
has been granted a leave of absence ex­tending
from June of this year until
October, 1925, during which time he will
attend the University of California.
Mr. Davis comes to this school .recom­mended
by .'J. G. Arbuthnot, director of
the Department of Physical Education
at the University of Washington, and
Enoch W. Bagshaw, football coach at
the same institution. He was also pre­ferred
to the other candidates by Mr.
Carver himself, whose place he is to fill.
Highly Recommended.
Mr. Arbuthnot states in his recom­mendation:
"I recommend Mr. E. C.
Davis for the position , as coach and
physical director, and I am satisfied that
he will make good. Mr. Davis has had
all of the athletic coaching courses of­fered
here at the University; and is at
present employed by tb<e Department of
Physical Education, where he assisted
with our intramural sports program."
Coach Bagshaw states that "The en­tire
coaching staff of the University
feel that Mr. Davis is well qualified for
the Normal position."
Bellingham Graduate.
Mr. Davis is a graduate of the Ana-cortes
high school; the Washington
State Normal school at Bellingham; and
the University of Washington, where he
graduated with an A. B., degree in the
College of Education. He is also a
graduate of two schools of aviation.
During the past year Mr. Davis was
coach and physical director at Eaton-ville
high school; and the year previous
to that, at Foster. In 1915 he was as­sistant
coach at Anacortes high school,
and two years later coach at Skykomish.
In 1918 he acted as coach for the avia­tion
forces in Italy; and again as coach
for Anacortes high school in 1920.
In spite of the fact that he was bar­red
from playing football with the var­sity
, because of previous coaching ex­perience,
-Mr. Davis came to the football
turnouts regularly; and Coach Bagshaw
states that if he • had not been barred
from playing, he could have had a reg­ular
position on the University squad.
The trustees of the institution seem
confident that Mr. Davis will be able to
handle the various duties of Director
of Physical Education and the Dean of
Men of the Normal school.
Presidenty Authorized to Secure
Services of Architect. ;
REPORT ON STUDENT LOAN
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FAVORS COURSE IN
LITERATURE
Several Important Changes Are
Being Planned.
SCHOOL PAYS TRIBUTE
TO THE EX-PRESIDENT
JMr. Warner McNair, a December grad­uate,
"has just announced his marriage
•A which ,tookplace/-January 5 in Minot,
/North Dakota,' to Miss Viola Stewart, of
r that city. Mr. and Mrs. McNair have
• returned to Washington^ where Mr.: Mc-
/;Nair- is /employed in thevschbol at Sum-
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PRIZES FOR
SCHOOL SONG
AND YELL
Changes in the work of the English
department were discussed at a meeting
of the English instructors last week. Mr.
Fowler, chairman of the committee, re­ports
that a reorganization of the course
offered by the English department is
under way, and that -.several important
changes are being planned. \
The Department goes on record as
favoring a required course in Literature
in addition to English and Expression I.
This additional work along with the
other requirements will not only give
prospective teachers a larger apprecia­tion
of literature, but make them better
fitted for their school-room work.
It is felt that at the .present time
there are too few taking this branch of
the work, and considering the impor­tance
of knowledge along these lines,
the English department has started a
movement to remedy the situation;
with the development of these ideas will
come a greater interest, and it is the
hope of those concerned that this will
lead to a better equipped library in the
individual school-room.
Tribute Paid Ex-President Wilson.
An assembly was held' by the school
Tuesday morning, February 8, for the
purpose of paying tribute to Ex-Presi­dent
Wilson.
President Fisher had charge of the
program, which was as follows:
Song, "America the Beautiful"
Student Body
Responsive reading ...'. ".
The Twenty-third Psalm
Song, "God Bless Our Native Land"....
Student Body
"Life of Woodrow Wilson" '
Edward Berolski
"Wilson as an Educator" '
Rebecca Arnell
"Idealism of Woodrow Wilson"
Miss Cummins
"Comments on Woodrow Wilson"
President Fisher
Song, "Abide With Me".... Student Body
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3 - ACT SHOW
SUPERVISION
OF W. A. A.
PRESIDENT FISHER WILL
TAKE TRIP THROUG
MIDDjIWESr'
Will Attend Normal Presidents'
Convention.
Will Be Given in Auditorium
Friday Evening.
BOARD HOLDS
BUSY MEETING
Motion to Furnish Yell Leaders
With Sweaters Defeated.
Dinner at Harry Dawson's Given
, to Winners.
The Student Association opened a
contest Monday, ^February 11, for the
best poem in a short metre, that is
suitable for a school song, and for the
best yell.
/The winner of each of these will be
given an elaborate table d'hote dinner
at Harry Dawson's restaurant'.
All contributions should be handed to
any member of the Board of Control,
or placed in the basket in the office of
the Board of Control.
The contest ends Friday, Feb. 16,. at
four o'clock. ..•••: . . -
President Fisher Dedicates New School.
President . Fisher, representing the
state, dedicated the new $80,000 addition
to the high school at Snohomish^ Wed­nesday;
night; February 6. • The new,,
addition includes a .gymnasium,*audi-
.toriuni-, .class ro6ms arid cafeteria. /A
A motion to furnish the school yell
leaders with sweaters was defeated at
the Board of Control meting on Febru­ary
6. . As few basketball games remain
in this season and the baseball season
does not require extensive service of the
yell leaders, the board .considered., the
immediate purchase of sweaters un­necessary.
The yell leaders were rep­resented
at the meeting by Stanford
Clinton, yell king.
The president appointed a committee
consisting of Stanford Clinton, Lewis
York, and Clyde Cole to take charge of
the selection of new yells and songs.
Miss Dorothy Wthite was elected stu­dent
representative to the Board of
Control. • ' • • • . - '
The report of the music committee
was made. The board selected eleven
judges for the orchestra try-out from
the twenty names submitted by the
committee.
The committee in charge of the mix­ers
made a report on the tickets. A mo­tion
was carried that the committee
assume all further responsibilities of the
parties. /
It was decided to postpone the stu­dent
forum until February 15, in favor
of the Wilson memorial program.
. A suggestion was made that outsiders
assist in the forming of the by-laws.
RARE TALENT DISPLAYED
. ANNOUNCEMENT. . /;
Owing to the fact that next Friday is
Washington's birthday anniversary, the
Messenger will; be ready for 'distribution
on: :Thursday,;-;Febru^
Ax three-act show, sponsored annual­ly
by the Women's Athletic Association,
will be given tonight, Friday, February
15, at 8 o'clock, in the Normal Audi­torium.
'
The first act is a one-act play di­rected
by Mr. Hoppe.
The mystic wonder for the second act
is a popular vaudeville juggler.
The third act entitled, "Up-to-Date
and Otherwise," includes a mass of
Normal talent. There are the old-fashioned
and modern sheiks, Warren
Granger and Walter Vanderford, re­spectively.
It is rumored that Anne
Peronteau, the Vamp, does her "stuff."
Valentinoes on Program.
The Valentinoes are going to give
their famous dance if they are not di­vorced
before the performance. That's
not all. There is a real Midnight Rose,
a Flapper and a Merry Widow.
The entire program is under the di­rection
of the following people: •;
Director ..: Regina Frank
Chairman .".. Winifred He.rmsen
Business Manager......;;: ..Doris Turner
Stage Manager Franklin Lock
Director of Orchestra Emily Pratt
President Fisher will leave Sunday on
a two or three week tour of the middle-western
states, during which time he
will attend a- convention of the Ameri­can
Association of Teachers' colleges, at
Chicago, and visit a few of the Normal
schools in -that- section of the nation;
At the meeting of the American Asso­ciation
of Teacners' colleges in Chicago,
February 22 and 23, presidents from
Normal schools throughout the country
will be in attendance. Problems such as
the control and management of Normal
schools, courses of study, and the set­ting
up of standards will be discussed.
Mr. Fisher will attend a part of the
convention of the National Department
of Superintendence, which will meet
Feb. 24-28.
Both in going and on the return trip,
President Fisher will visit with Presi­dent
Black, of the Ellensburg Normal a
number of the Normal schools and
Teachers' colleges of North Dakota,
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Kansas and per­haps
Michigan. He will also look for
teachers for the summer and next year.
AUTHOR'S CLUB
IS ORGANIZED
The Board of Trustees of the.Bell­ingham
Normal school, at a meeting last,
Friday evening, took a big step in the
formulating of adequate plans for the
school's future. Acting on the sugges­tion
of President Fisher the members-of
the board authorized the President of
the Normal school to secure the services
of a competent architect to plan the
Normal for its growth in the next 25
years.
President Fisher placed the matter
before the board in a clear-cut manner.;
He stated that many of the students
were able to do work of a college or
university standard, and courses should
be introduced to fit the ability of the
students. These facts are born out by
the recent intelligence tests, which
showed that a very high percentage were
of college caliber. It is the-problem of
a faculty committee recently appointed,
to reorganize the present courses to in­clude
work of college standard, and af
the same time to keep" within the scope
pi Normal school work.
Report on Student Loans.
A report was given by Miss Gertrude
Longley at the meeting Friday on the
student loans. As chairman of ' this
committee she reported the sound fi­nancial
condition of that department.
The trustees voted to discontinue
March and December commencement
exercises, upon recommendation, of the-.
faculty and the approval of the student:
body. Hereafter, commencement will be
observed only in June and August, in­formal
exercises being held by '. the •
classes of other quarters.
Other members of the Normal school
faculty who attended the meeting of the
trustees Friday were Miss Leta Brooks,
Miss Leona Sundquist, Frank Salisbury
and. N. P. Lawson. Wa&er^B.^ Whit-comb,
chairman, Noah Shakespeare and
Dr. W. D. Kirkpatrick were the trustees
present at this meeting.
BLASTS BY DODO
There's danger in every good thing
Dodo says. Aye, aye, Brother. Prexy
has it down pat. ,
Next Wednesday Set as Time for
First Meeting.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Miss Sperry
Miss Sperry will be glad to have any­one
who is planning to take an advance
course in Browning to see her. It is
hoped that many of the old Browning
students will respond to this call arid
come in and see her within the next few
days.
Enrollment
Diie to an error in the last issue of the
Messenger, the enrollment of the school
was represented as 1160, instead of
1060, which is the correct number of stu­dents
now enrolled in the Normal.
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Music Dept. Recital
Monday, Marrch "17, has been selected
as the date for tlie Music department re-;
cital. The program is to be presented
-by the'. Clef: club^Boys'^Glee; club,V$uar'
tet, and: Orchestra
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Next Wednesday, February 20,. at 4
o'clock, in room 216, are. the time and
place set for the first meeting of the
20 successful candidates of the Auth­or's
club. This is to be only a short
meeting for the introduction of all the
members, and for a discussion of plans
for the club. At all other meetings fol­lowing
this, however, each member will
come prepared to read some original se­lection.
The club membership is limited to
twenty-five and it has been filled to
capacity. /
The following contestants were those
reported successful: Flo Ena Chamber­lain,
Eunice Davis, Pauline Hutchinson,
Lucretia Rodell, Mary Hibner, Gertrude
Nelson, Mabel McMichael, Anne Huller,
Helen Hightower, Helen Rogers, Hazel
Lewis, Warner Poyhonen, Benny Mit­chell,
Ray McGuire, v Thomas Jensen,
Lelwyn Algyer, Dayton McGrew, Don­ald
Tunstall, Stanford Clinton, Milton
Blonden, Theodore Cederberg, Maurice
Ware, Gerald Betman, Tony- Mustacich,
H. A. Woolford. . '- '
MR. FOWLER SPEAKS
TO PARENT - TEACHERS
• Mr. Fowler spoke to the parents and
teachers of Geneva, Tuesday evening,
February 5, oh "Democracy in Educa­tion."
His talk brought out'many points
of interest in the inside story of Wil­son's^
life at Princeton-—points which
few had ever stopped to think about.
Mr; Fowler is especially able to speak
on our - deceased executive, because he
was , himself a student at> Princeton,
takmg several subjects under Mr- Wil-som;
^ Mr. Fowler^ graduated • from
Princeton- in1908, at which time/ he re­ceived;:
an A.' B.Vdegreed ;>-;:\ :^-;':^;•:•(>''^- ' . '^
KIDNAPPED — THE CHAMPION -
FUSSER. NEVER CAN TELL WHO'LL !
BE MISSING NEXT. '•
Lonely women wander aimless­ly.
Searching' eyes scan the cor- ^V .-•'-;
ners. ^
JO AND HER MUSICS IN WHITE ^
AND BLUE ARE TO BE CONGRATU­LATED.
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The Music Committee did appre­ciate
the orchestra turn-out.
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If we have talent, let's''hear from it—? . ; i
If we have pep, display it—? .
If we have spirit, proclaim it—? ' .
What we need is a Pandora, to " ;
open the box and let the bugs out.
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B. S. NL S. has more pep and *;
patriotism. Too much for its own-•"•••;;-->
good.
LUKIE SAYS HE MAY LEAVE US ;%
SOON. GOD BLESS YOU. LUKE. BLASTS ; ;'
WILL ERECT ITS FIRST CORNER \
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Speaking of spirit—Dodo hopes that .,
the folks that tore down hearts Friday :>
evening last-—enjoyed it.
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YOUTHFUL SPIRITS GO TOO FAR ;
AT TIMES. '•'.• V:..\.>;^.
Philo Initiation revealed the best in their :
new members.
Such magnificent features— , ^ -
Michael and his green bows. ; ir
-Clyde and the appropriate ear rings. •"•
Harold with his stripped sleeves. V , V>
...Tag and his shirt hind to fore.
....You could hear Don coming. \--;i
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Sights for sore eyes—yes U
And the "W" club initials came out in.':•'}•')
war paint. • i ;. ".'•'_,-. •''•'•; :\ :'!'£ ••:[>'-y^%;$
Dodo says, civilized-^-? No—just ciil- ^^••::;u$&
tured! -.-••' •:'-,;: •'•'•-.'•..••^•i:'/':--:^:/}-r:':-fty^'^iA$
Yes, the College clubV_Wftn_^''-^^f|
are spectacular and sig_aflks_ntiv;'^^?^il
Wonder .where;vthiey::fou_td.:"t-fe^isr^
old spring hat 11 •'>-•' i?z&M$^
;\;;Leap/;;-year;- t ag :'dance;/;-'::las^:;;^;ErW^v*5^;|||^
frightened- the,.'hoys :;into;^dancihgV^v;.^si®^^^l
' '•['• Do^o:; considers /the^ girls;; excelled
getters.V"' .'-."o ll.^.^''"'^^^\•V^7^•:';';'i'^•v!i^S^:S^^iS§^
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