Weekly Messenger - 1924 March 28

              Devoted to the Interests of the Student Body, Washington State Normal School
TOL. XXTTT—NO. 22 WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM, WASH. Friday, Marches, 1924:
President Fisher Returns From Eastern
Normal Holds Two Debate
NORMAL TO DEBATE
UNFED TONIGHT
McMinnville College Apt to be
Strongest of Normal's
Opponents.
The honors of the Normal will again
be at stake tonight, when the debating
team of this school will meet Linfield
college of McMinnville, Oregon.
The question to be debated will be:
"Resolved, that the Federal government
should establish a National Co-operative
Marketing Association for the distri­bution
of farm products."
The negative team will go to Mc­Minnville
and meet the affirmative
there Friday evening while the affirma­tive
team will meet Linfield's negative
team in the auditorium at 10 o'clock,
during the assembly hour.
Close Debate Expected.
Last year when the Normal debated
with Linfield college both teams lost.
This year the debaters have been work­ing
very diligently with the hope of
turning the tables.
The negative team of the Normal con­sists
of Lorena Wiester and Stanford
•Clinton, while Mary Hibner and Philip
Clapp will take the affirmative. The vis­iting
team consists of Carmelita Wood-worth
and June Schlauch.
""•~Presidenir*Fishcr \viir preside and" two
of the judges will be Percy Hood, of
Ferndale and G. A. Ellsperman. assis­tant
customs officer, of Suinas. The
third judge to be selected by the vis­itors
has not yet been named.
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MUSIC CLUBS ARE
GUESTS OF NORMAL
FRIDAY—March 28.
Charles Rann Kennedy company
in "The Chastening." Audi­torium
3 p. m. Student Ac­tivities
Tickets Admit.
SATURDAY—March 29.
Seattle Club Dance, Big Gym.
FREDAY—April 4.
"The Intimate Stranger," Aud­itorium,
8 p. m.
SATURDAY—April 3.
Girls' Formal, Edens Hall.
FRIDAY—April 11. -
"W" Club Dance.
APRIL 24, 25, 26—
Silver Anniversary Celebration
of Bellingham State Normal.
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STUDENT BODY HOLDS
EXCITING ELECTION
RANN KENNEDY PRESENTS "THE
r TO E
EDITH WYNNE MATHISON, CHARLES RANN KENNEDY
AND MARGARET GAGE APPEAR IN DRAMA HERE
Performance for Students at 3:00 p. m., Outsiders at 8:15 p. m.
Dewey Bowman Elected President
by Thirty-two Votes.
Officers of the student association for
the year 1924-25 were elected on March
14. The new board, comprised of six
students and one faculty member elect­ed
by the student body is as follows:
President—Dewey Bownian.
Vice President—Edgar Hannah.
Spring Quarter Representative—War­ner
Poyhonen.
President Fisher Gives Talk on
Educational Value of Music.
On Tuesday afternoon, March 18, the
delegates representing i clubs affiliated
with the Washington Federation of
Music clubs were guests of the Normal
school. Features of the program were
demonstration lessons with pupils of the
second and fourth grades, given by Miss
Belton of the 3Iusic department. Other
numbers on the program were an ad­dress
on the "Educational Value of
Music," by President Fisher and music
by the different organizations of the
school. .
Following the meeting the faculty of
the Normal gave a tea at Edens hall
in" honor of the delegates.
WILLAMETTE GLEE
CLUBPAYS VISIT
Give Snappy Numbers at Special
Afternoon Assembly.
Spring and Fall Quarter Representa­tive—
Mike Thorniley.
One Year Representative — Philip
Clapp.
Faculty Advisor—Mr. Caskey.
Ten candidates for office were pro­posed
by petition. Upon the disquali­fication
of one nominee for president,
two sticker candidates were nominated
on March 14. The candidates for office
were:
President—Catherine Watts. Sticker
nominees, Lorena Wiester and Dewey
Bowman.
Vice President, Edgarr Hannah, Pearl
Bartruff.
.Representatives for one quarter, War­ner
Poyhonen, Pauline Hutchison, Don
Tunstalh
Normal students and the general pub­lic
will be given a chance to witness the
work of three of America's stellar per­formers
when Charles Rann Kennedy,
Edith Wynne Matthison and Margaret
Gage appear in "The Chastening," at the
Normal auditorium, Friday, March 28.
There will be two performances, one at
3 p.. m. for students, and one at 8:15
p. m. for the public. At the latter en­tertainment
a nominal charge of 75
ents will be asked.
This vehicle, written by Mr. Kennedy,
is said to be his masterpiece. It is de­clared
by some critics to^be the nearest
approach to the spirit of the Passion
Play of Oberammergau that has yet
been developed.
Miss Matthison is regarded as one of
the greatest dramatic stars seen on
either side of the Atlantic. With her
have been linked the names of Ben
Greet, Sir Herbert Tree, Granville Bark­er,
Winthrop Ames, Sir Henry Ames and
Charles Frohman.
Miss Gage is a pupil of Mr. Kennedy,
and Miss Matthison. Besides her high
professional training she is gifted with
a natural genius. In the play Miss Gage
takes the part of the son and gives the
part a really picturesque touch.
SCHOOLS NEED BETTER
PUBLICITY IS PLEA
OF CONFERENCE
NORMAL TEAM WINS A
L
EDUCATION ASS'N
Visits a Large Number of Eastern
Normal Schools.
SECURES NEW INSTRUCTORS
Good Work_of Schools Should,Be
Advertised-
Representatives for one year, Mike
ip Clapp.
Representatives for one year, Mike
Thorniley. Mr. Caskey, the faculty
advisor.
SCHOOL BUILDINGS
UNDERGO CHANS!
Noticeable Changes in Features
of Normal.
At a special assembly held Wednesday
afternoon, March 26, the Willamette
Glee Club entertained the student body.
This was but a fore-taste of what was
in store for those who attended the con­cert
at the Garden Street M. E. Church
that evening. The Glee Club was en­thusiastically
received by the students
Mr. Rah'skopf, an alumnus of Willa
mette, in speaking of the club stated
that he is personally. acquainted with
several of its members. "One of them,"
he said, "has a queer philosophy of hum­or,
but is just as likeable a chap on the
campus as on the stage."
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John O'Rourke Leaves.
John O'Rourke, a prominent student
in administrative and social circles, has
been ordered by the Veteran's Bureau to
report at the government hospital in
Portland, Ore? He will leave school this
week, and hopes to return for the sum­mer
quarter. His many friends wish
him va complete recovery and a__speedy
return to schooL
Startling changes have taken place
since we left for our Spring vacation.
Several dozen Bon Ami wrappers were
deposited in one of the garbage cans
behind the school and upon close inspec­tion
it was revealed that the school
windows had received a much needed
shining.
Indirect lighting has been installed in
the basement hallway, where twelve
globes, twenty feet apart, have been
placeftl. Hereafter we do not need "to
obk for the couples who usually braced
hemselves against the basement walls.
sTew light globes have also been placed
n several of the school rooms.
Floors, all over the. building, have
)een oiled, and judging from the spots
)n some of the clothes last Wednesday,
"some of us have been doing the light
'ahtastic on" them. In Miss, Mead's of-ice
the linoleum has been shellacked,
md throughout the whole basement the
»vhite window curtains and shower room
mrtains have been -laundered. Looks,
ike the Gold Dust Twins have been
busy, doesn't it? .,,/'•
At the twelfth annual Newspaper In­stitute
held at the University of Wash­ington,
on March 13-14-15, which Mrs.
Hussey and Warner Poyhonen, of the
Journalism department of the Normal,
attended, several topics of interest to
schools and school papers were discussed.
An address of particular interest was
that of Mr.. Worth McClure, assistant
superintendent of the Seattle schools,
who spoke on the subject of "School
News the Schools Want," in which he
showed the progress and importance of
journalistic work in the schools and
what school papers should strive for.
Schools Need Publicity.
He expressed the views of the Wash­ington
Educational association publica
tion committee inadvising the appoint­ment
of one member of every school
faculty to handle the publicity of the
school.
It is the hope of the committee to get
trained people in this work who realize
the importance of the following points:
What school news is; how to prepare
it; to have all news handled by one
person, and to shun anything like per­sonal
aggrandizement.
School News in Demand.
School news is becoming more in de
mand by the public. This is evidenced
by the publication of school news in
the Worlds Work and Colliers.
The American taste for news has
improved notably in the last ten years.
There are fewer livid details expressed
and clippings used in schools are proof
of better papers.
The kinds of news are tending to less
use of extravagance, the printing of all
of the news and not limiting it to
scholarships, athletics or society. Much
harm has been done by the exploitation
of athletics. It gives the idea to high
school students that nothing else counts.
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Seattle Club Dance.
BeUmgham._ ..„ JPtebaters.__ .Defeat
Cheney at Ellensburg
BREAK TIE FOR CUP
The Bellingham Normal debating
team won its second leg on the Allison
cup, Tuesday, March 18, when it de­feated
the Cheney Normal at Ellensburg
two to one. This is the second year in
succession that the Bellingham debaters
have won the cup and if they win it
next year it will belong to Bellingham
permanently.
The tri-Normal debate between Bel­lingham,
Ellensburg and Cheney, March
7, ended with Bellingham and Cheney
tied for first place. As they each made
four points to Ellensburg one, it was
necessary for Bellingham to hold an­other
debate with Cheney. The result,
which brought with it the Allison cup,
was a two to one decision in Belling-ham's
favor.
The question debated was, Resolved:
That the Supreme Court have power to
declare federal legislation unconstitu-tional
only when seven of the judges
concur in the decision.
The Bellingham team took the nega­tive
of the question. Those making the
trip were Ed Berolski, Rebecca Arnell,
and Lewis Arnold, accompanied by
Miss Cummins and Coach Rahskopf.
CANDIDATE FOR TULIP
QUEEN TO BE CHOSEN
Contestants to be Nominated by
Petition; Committee of Six
Makes Selection
Men's Club Dance.
Seattle club members are busy with
preparations for their dance, which will
be given Saturday,- March 29, in Edens
hall dining room; at 8 o'clock.
The program committee promises
something individual in store, but is
keeping silent on, that score.
The dining room has been recently
renovated and will be made as homelike
and .cozy as possible. •-•-'•
Margaret -Forner is in ehai'ge of the
arrangement for the dance. "
The informal dance, given by the
Men's club, Friday, March 14, was voted
a great success by all who were fortu­nate
enough to attend it.
Green paper 'streamers, Irish sham­rocks,
also cut from green paper, and
green shades about the lights furnished
the decorations. The music, supplied by
the mens' four-piece orchestra, and the
floor, which was in splendid condition,
partially accounted for the pleasure
which all present derived from the
party.
""""AtTits'"meeting^neRL 'Wednesday after­noon
at 1 o'clock, the Board of Control
decided that candidates for the Normal
representative for Tulip Queen shall be
nominated by petition, the final selec­tion
to be made by a committee of three
faculty members and three students.
Twenty-five signatures will be required
for nomination.
Lists for candidates will be posted
Friday, and will be,,on the bulletin
boards until 12 o'clock. The committee
will make its selection Monday after­noon.
Tuesday morning the successful
candidate will be presented to the stu­dent
body.
Faculty members on the committee
are: Mr. Hoppe, Miss Wilson and Miss
Jones. The student members, appointed
by President Fisher and Miss 'Jones,
were not yet known, Thursday.
This year the Normal school and the
two city high schools are each offering
one candidate for Tuiip Queen. A com­mittee
consisting • of the Normal school
president and the principals of the two
high schools will choose the Queen.
President Fisher has just returned
from an extended trip to Chicago and
New York, where he was looking for
teachers forth e summer quarter and the
following year. He was very success-.
ful in securing a number of competent
teachers who have been trained at the
University of Chicago and the Teach­er's
college of Columbia university.
Attended Many Important Meetings.
President Fisher attended the meet­ings
of the National Association of
Teachers' Colleges in Chicago. There
were splendid meetings of which the
best feature was the opportunity to
meet the presidents of Normal schools
from all over the United States.
He also attended some sessions of the
National Superintendence meeting;
There were a number of other edu- *
cational organizations which coftlucted
meetings "at the same time, thus giving
him an opportunity to attend some of
their meetings.
Visited Other Normal Schools.
In order-to -obtain new ;*viaws8i. and--,
ideas for bettering our school, President
Fisher visited at the Normal schools
of Valley City/North Dakota, St. Cloud/
/Minnesota; (Kalamazoo, Michigan, and
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, of which he
was President, before coming to Bel­lingham.
Enthusiastic Over Future.
ell was very must interested in the
buildings, organization of the different
schools, and the policies they are
working out, especially in the Training
School of the University of Chicago,
and Wisconsin. --.
He is very much encouraged with
what we are doing and enthusiastic over
our possibilities of-future development.
NORMAL STUDENTS
ENTERTAIN CHAMBER
NUMEROUS CHANGES
MADE IN OFFICE
Social Science Office on First
Floor; Business Department
Gets Y. W. Room.
DRAMA CLUB
TO GIVE PLAY
"Intimate Stranger" will be present­ed
Friday, April 4th,\at 8 p. m., by the
Normal Drama club, in the Auditorium.
TJie play is filled with Tarkington's
humor and his delicate satirical touches
make it a thoroughly delightful and re­freshing
production. The well chosen
cast have been ^working faithfully for
over six weeks and April 4th promises to
be a red letter day in the history, of
the-Drama club. v
In order to put all offices on the same
loor with the department classrooms,
many have been changed.
The Social Seience-'room formerly at
210, has been changed to 104; The De­partment
of Education, formerly at
104; has ben changed to 121;.the De-jartment
of English, formerly in 121,
las been changed to 204; Miss Wilson's
)ffice has been changed from the library
o room 210; Mrs.-Lovegren, of the Ex­tension
department, formerly in 204,
has taken room 309.
The Typewriting room has been
hanged to the Y. M. C. A. room from
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Expression and Music Department
Students Talk and Sing to
Chamber of Commerce.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
More jokes and snaps are desired for
the Klipsun. Will those who have any
; lease hand themT to some member of
the Klipsun staff or leave them ;in room
204 before April 11. ; : :
Students from the Music and Oral
Expression- departments of the Belling­ham
State Normal school had charge of
the program at the bi-weekly lunch|pn
of the Chamber of Commerce held'
Thursday noon, March 20, in the Hotel
Leo])old.
The speakers were introduced by Pres­ident
Fisher. George Sherman spoke on
the Growth and Development of " the
Normal, emphasizing its phenomenal
record of achievement in its brief exis­tence
of twenty-five years. He men­tioned
Ella Higginson, local poetess,
who lives directly across the street from
the Normal school, as one who had wit­nessed
the unfolding of the institution's .
future.
The second speaker was Theodore ^Ce-derberg.
Mr. Cederberg spoke of the
advantageous location of the Bellingham
Normal, and showed how it was an
asset to the business men of the city.
The concluding address was made by
President Fisher, who praised- the stu­dent
body, declaring that he had not ;
seen its equivalent among the student
bodies of the Eastern schools-he had
recently visited. President Fisher out- :
lined some of the urgent needs of the
school in the way of a library,* gymha-. >
sium, and tennis courts. By contrasting,
the clock hour basis cost at the local ;
school with that of other institutions in ^
the state, he showed how economically '
the local school was run.
Miss Laura Loree recited a humorous V"
reading entitled, 'T>ooley On Travel." f
Accompanied on the piano by Miss Jes- ,v
sie Ames Beltonj head of the. "Music; ';
Department, Mrs. JEdna Griff in a n d J l i s s^
Sadler, appeared;,in vocal solos, Mfs>>S
Griff in singing two numbers and ;Miss;^
Sadler one. j i " <,'.•'•• •;''- :v^.:;::;:;^.;.>"'#.S
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