Weekly Messenger - 1924 June 27

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Of WOMEN'S M E
ON H HU
Students Urged to Take Interest
In All School Activities.
The Women's League of the Belling-
. . ham State Normal held its first meeting
of the quarter on the top of Sehome
Hill from 3:30 to 5:30 Wednesday. One
group started at 3:30 from back of
E<lens Hall, up the short trail, another
left at 4:00 to go up the road. A good
rousing bonfire was waiting at the top,
everybody being requested to bring a
contribution in the shape of firewood.
Several faculty members drove up in
cars, but were also requested to gather
wood for the fire. Mrs. Hedges and
Miss Gragg obligingly packed up a good-sized
young fir tree, Miss Keeler and
Mrs. Hussey likewise carrj'ing generous
portions.
Everyone being supplied with sticks,
gently browning marshraallows (or what
was more common, scorched marshmal­lows)
were soon hanging tantalizingly
above the fire.
Business Meeting Held.
Vivian Holcdmb, as chairman, called
the meeting to order, with everyone
seated comfortably on the grass. Miss
Dorothy Shusman spoke about the Stu­dent
Body Association and the spirit of
the school. She brought out the fact
that the school is what its student body
makes it, and that a criticism or tne
school is really a criticism of its stu­dents.
Miss Holcomb then explained the pur­pose
and organization of the Women's
League; Bernice - -B»3hleyr-r.,Pe»sl~Bart-!
ruff and Cressa Vinup also speaking on
the same subject. Ruth Gill told about
the Women's Athletic Association, fol­lowed
by Vivian Gundersoh who told
about the Y. W. C. A: Mrs. Daisy How­ard
in her talk, "Clubs as a Part of
School Life," stressed the benefit the in­dividual
derives, and each girl was urged
to become a member of some club in the
school, as there are clubs here that ap­peal
to nearly every interest.
The Women's League hopes by this
; meeting to initiate an active interest in
all school, affairs, clubs and organiza­tions,
and to make new member- feel
at home in the school.
"•;•: — (Voted Yet?) —
FRIDAY—June 28.
Student Body election.
Assemblies.
Recreation hour for everybody at 4:30
in the Big Gym.
SATURDAY--June 29.
All-student hike to Lost Lake and
State park.
TUESDAY—July 2.
Miss Katherine Rice, mezzo-soprano,
and Mr. Frederick W. Wallas, bari­tone,
will .give a recital in assembly.
Hike at 5:00 p. m. Over and around
Sehome Hill.
(Voted Yet?)—
CAMPUS TRACK MEET
TAKEN BY PURPLES
Unsuspected Stars Shine in Mixer
on Lawn.
TEN MEMBERS ADDED TO FACULTY ROLL;
FORMER INSTRUCTORS RETURN FOR SUMMER
Partial List Given of New Faculty Members.
"HOUSE OF RIMMON"
PLEASES AUDIENCE
May belle Parshall Burnett, the well
known reader and dramatic teacher of
the northwest gave the reading "The
House of. Rimmon" (Van Dyke) in the
Normal School auditorium, Wednesday
evening, June 25. Mrs. Burnett was
highly appreciated by her audience. The
program was given under the auspices
of St. Mary's Guild, St. Paul's, Episco­pal
Church, and was as follows:
Vocal solo—
"The Lord Is My Shepherd" Liddle
Miss Adele Jones
Violin solo—
"Liebesfrend" Kreisler
Miss Alice Hermsen
Vocal solo—
"A Divine Redeemer" . Gounod
Mrs. Henry White
'Abide With Me" ,. Liddle
Dramatic Personal.
Benhadad King of Damascus
Rezon .; High Priest
. of the House of Rimmon.
Saballidin A Noble
Elisha Prophet of Israel
Naaman, Captain of armies of Damascus
Ruahmah....... A Captain Maid of Israel
Isarpi Wife to Naaman
Nubia :... Attendant of Isarpi
Soldiers, servants, citizens, etc.
. '.'••'•.••;••;..•••. ' ' Act; I ••:'* :
Scene 1—Night in the garden of
Naaman, at Damascus.
Scene 2—Three days later, in tne^ in-audiehce
hall of Banhadad's palace!
Act 2-—A, week later, in the fore court
of the House of Rimmon.
Act' 3—-Dawn—-4? month later, outside
"Naaman's tent, among the mountains of
/Samaria.- :'''-/•,• .".:'.'•''•,
: Act .4—Scene 1—^The interior of Naa­man's,
tent,; at night. \
'Scene 2-r-Thire days later, in the in{
; ner coiirt of the House of' Itimmon., .
The Campus Track Meet, held during
the Friday recreation hour, was reported
a success by all who attended. The
program was in charge of Miss Long,
head of the physical education depart­ment,
and was carried out in a snappy,
efficient style. The students were di­vided
into four groups, the Reds, the
Oranges, the Purples and the Blues.
Mr. Bond, Mr. Salsbury, Mr. Kolstad
and Tarzan Cole were the captains.
Some of the events were as follows:
Circle Relay
Grapevine Relay.
Crab Race;
Basketball Relay
Clothesline Relay
Balloon Race
Magazine Race
Tug of War. „ .
- - Unexpected" stars shone in a highly
creditable manner. W, F. Brown, and
Tarzan were the notables among the
men. The girl stars were too numerous
to mention. The Purples under Tarzan
carried the meet and received a fitting
reward. Refreshments were served after
the events. The final score was as fol­lows
: ,
Purples 30
Reds 24
Blues 19
Oranges 18
Miss Long has copies of the program
which ought to be of interest to those
who are expecting to teach gym next
year. She will be glad to see anyone
interested from 8 to 9 a. m., in her of­fice.
She expressed the. wish that, we
should have a larger turnout next time,
especially of those not interested in
dancing.
(Voted Yet?)
Ten new members have been added to
the faculty for the summer quarter be­sides
two former members who have re­turned.
One of the,_regular staff, Mr.
Philippi, is now attending the Universi­ty.
Three of the new members, D. S.
Hartline, Hilda Rosen, and Ruth Piatt,
are now at Friday Harbor. Mr. Hartline
will come to Bellingham the last six
weeks of the quarter.
Following is a partial list of the new
teachers:
(Voted Yet?)
Mr. Arthur Kolstad, one of our fac­ulty
members, who has been away on a
year's leave of absence, is back with us
again and is teaching in the Education­al
department. Mr. Kolstad says that
he spent a very enjoyable as well as a
profitable year at Stanford University,
doing graduate work, but is very glad
to be back again.
(Voted Yet?)
Mr. Irwin, one of the new members
of the Educational department, comes
to us from the Bloomsburg State Nor­mal
school of Bloomsburg, Penn. He
has been connected with educational
work for a goodly number of years, and
promises to" be a valuable asset to our
school. While here, he will give instruc­tion
in the Junior High' School work.
He says that a week is a very short
time in which to judge a city and senpol,
but what little he has seen has . ado
a very favorable impression. He thinks
that perhaps one of the most out­standing
features of the West is its
young people. They seem to him to be
so big, strong and wholesome. He is
expecting to enjoy his stay with us and
is surethat Mrs. Irwin, .who. stopped, of f
in Indiana but who expects to join him
later, will be perfectly at home here.
Mr. Irwin will be with us for the
summer session; he then expects to go
East to take a position in Mt. Clair, N.
J.
—r(Voted Yet?)
Miss Marion Johnson comes to the
Physical education department this
summer from the University of Wiscon­sin,
where she was instructor in physi­ology.
Miss Johnson received her Mas­ter
degree in the Department of Hygiene
at Wellesley College this year. She has
charge of folk-dancing and of scouting, a
new course in playground work, and is
also connected with gymnastics and the
coaching of sports.
(Voted Yet?)
struct prospective teachers about Pri­mary
curriculum.
Miss Barton carries about with her
the dignity gathered from a B. L., from
IKnOx College, A. M. from Columbia
University, and advanced work at Chi­cago
University. *-•
Contrary to all expectations, enthus­iasm
and human interest have not been
crushed by the weighty load. Indeed,
they are her most apparent character­istics.
Her admiration for our climate
and scenery knows no bounds. She de­clares
them to be surpassed in grandeur
only by the spirit of our people. While
humbly acknowledging her praise as
the climate due, we can not help but
reflect that perhaps it is because she
has brought a ''smiling visage' to the
mirror of Puget Sound that she has met
so many kindred spirits. She assures
us that for her this is a '"big oppor­tunity."
• --(Voted Yet?)
Mr. John A. Kinneman, a new member
of the faculty in the Social Science de­partment
during the summer session,
comes to us from the State Normal
School at West Chester, Pennsylvania.
This is Mr. Kinneman's first visit to
the State of Washington, and he is very
enthusiastic about the country, and the
Bellingham State Normal.
Mr. Kinneman holds his B. A. degree
from Dickinson College, and his M. A.
degree from the University of Pennsyl­vania.
He assisted in writing "'Social
Science for Teachers," by Martz and
Kinneman, which is used as a textbook
in this school.
-(Voted Yet?)—
DREAMING NORMALITES
RUDELY AWAKENED
At.5 a. m., one morning last week, a
long drawn, tremulous wail, as if some­one
were in terrible agony, arose from
somewhere on the side of Sehome, and
aroused the entire community. Students
in Edens Hall, Jenkins Hall, Days HalL
arid on 21st Street turned over and asked
their room mates who it could be that
was choosing such an unseemly hour to
murder somebody. It rose and trembled
on the air like the shriek of the fabled
banshee, and then dropped the rumb­ling
tone of a bull seeing red. Up and
down it wavered until finally it took
semblance to something familiar. Where
had they heard that before? For the
benefit of those wkp have wondered, it
has become known that it was Bill Lam­prey
practicing on his saxaphbne behind
he grandstand. He wasn't satisfied with
waking those .in Day's Hall; he broad­casted
to the entire community.
POOS ID OPEN I
TWELVE AND aOSE
AT
President and Three Members of
Board to Be Elected.
-(Voted Yet?)-
INSTRUCTOR'S FAMILY
BACK FROM NEW YORK
Bond Family, Who Spent Winter
at Columbia Now Here. .
Balloting for the four Student
Body offices to be filled has al­ready
begun and will continue
until 4:15 this afternoon. The
voting will take place on the
landing and each ballot will be
carefully checked up. Every
student is eligible to vote.
EDUCATION TEACHERS
MEET AT DR. MILLER'
The teachers from the Department of
Education spent a very enjoyable and
worth-while evening at Dr. Miller's
home, Monday, where they met to hear
reports on the Educational Measure­ments
conferences, recently held at
Pullman, Wash., and San Jose, Cal., and
to have a socia) good time.
Dr. Miller's.residence is beautifully
situateu overlooking the bay._ From his
porch the guests enjoyed the wonderful
sunset.
Mr. Salisbury gave an interesting re­port
on the conference at Pullman, and
Mr. Kolstad on the one at San Jose,
where he heard Dr. Thorndike speak.
After the short program, Dr. Miller,
assisted bj[ Mr. balisbury, served re­freshments.
——(Voted Yet?)
MISS MEAD AFFIRMS
STUDENTS HUSKY LOT
Flint, Michigan, is the home of Miss
Nellie E. Barton. When at home, she is
supervisor of the Kindergarden and Pri­mary
department of the city system.
This quarter she is in Bellingham at the
Normal. Her work while here is to in-
The home of Miss Wiggins, our new
instructor in the Social Science depart­ment,
is in Flint, Michigan. She is as­sistant
superintendent of the city
schools of Flint, being personally respon­sible
for one hundred thirty-nine (13D)
teachers. She is a student of the Uni­versity
of Michigan and Columbia.
Flint, Michigan, is purely an indus­trial
center, and has none of the wonder­ful
scenery which Miss Wiggins is "en­joying
here.
(Voted Yet ?)
Miss Margaret Gray is a Bellingham
resident and many of the students know
her as an instructor of Art and Oral
Expression at Fairhaven High School.
She attended the Normal from the time
she was in the Training school second
grade until she graduated from the two-year
course. She taught at the Nor­mal
last summer , and enjoys it here
because she has so many-of her old stu­dents
in classes.
/ ••
It
••' Miss Mead, the school nurse, reports
the usual number; of colds, sore throats,
home-sickness and other minor ailments
among the incoming student body. How­ever,
she has us sized up as a pretty
husky, lot in the average.
Miss Mead recommends .that all ladies
wearing diamond rings oh the third fin-,
ger of their left hand take the Red
Cross course under Miss Mary Barnes,
which meets in room 203 on Monday,
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. It
is to be;inferred that all ladies taking
the course before procuring the said ring
will'be'recommended; for. such a decora­tion;
by Miss Mead '.upon-, completion ...of
the course'. 7v;v.v^;-;.-.;3.uVv-y" ::'••:'
CHILDREN'S ORCHESTRA
SCORES BIG SUCCESS
Tuesday evening, John R. Williams
presented his Junior Orchestra and Juv­enile
Violin class in a joint recital to a
large crowd in the Normal School audi­torium.
The following program was
rendered: - !
March Militaire . ; Schubert
Orchestra
Adoration Borowski
Irene Wifler • -
Danse Rustique Borowski
Alita McDaniels
Serenade Schubert
William Fisher
Gavotte '........ , Gossec
John Yost, Jr.
Carmen Selection Bizet
Orchestra (
Song of India Rimsky-Korskow
Dorothy Smith
Mazurka ;........ j : DeMuth
Stella Lindberg
Berceuse from "Jocelyn" Godard
Virginia Bever
Spanish Dance .'. Moskowski
», Llewellyn English
Tres Jolie Waltzers Waldteufel
• Orchestra
La Brunette I.........:.......... Severn
Helen Harlow
Kuyawiak Mazurka ...:........ Wieniawski
V Francis Fegley ,» '' "
Serenade ;;..„. .....:...............: .....;... Drigo
Irving Easton
La Cinquantihe • ...„..:., Gabriel-Marie
>*.'.'. :/.;•.. Billie Malmquiat
Sixth Aire ^..^.:.:..i..l..: Dancla
CHAPERON NEARLY
LOSES REPUTATION
About fifty students hiked to Lake
Padden Tuesday evening at 5 o'clock.
Mr. Kolstad chaperoned the party, but
from all reports, his watchful eye failed
to keep the more bold ones out of mis­chief.
It seems that several hungry
girls could not. resist the temptation
to pluck cherries from a farmer's cherry
tree, but in the midst of their party, the
farmer called a halt. The bold ones
suddenly grew shy. Several ran for
shelter while -others were too panic
stricken to run. For the moment Mr.
Kolstad's reputation hung in the bal­ance,
but the party did not end as dis­astrously
as was to be expected. The
farmer extended an invitation to the
students, one and all, to revisit the" tree
when the cherries were ripe.
Mr. Kolstad has recovered from the
shock caused by his fair charges being
caught in the act.
Miss Eva Bond, and the Messrs. Aus­tin
Bond, Guy (Bond, Elden Bond, and
Mrs. Bond have returned to Bellingham
from New York, where they have been
attending the Columbia University.
Mr. Austin Bond graduated from the
Bellingham Normal in the summer . of
1923. He was enrolled in the Teacher's
College at Columbia, and expects to re­ceive
his B. S. degree from there this
summer. -
Eva Bond graduated from the Normal
in 1921. She was enrolled in the Teach­er's
College. in Columbia. She is at­tending
Normal this summer, and in­tends
to teach commercial subjects in
the Whatcom High School next fall.
Guy Bond has also been attending
college. He is enrolled in the Normal
Summer School.
The Bond family made the trip from
New York by auto, leaving New Yoik
on May 25, and arriving here June 21.
They visited many places of interest in
Washington, D. C, then drove south
through Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas,
to El Paso, Texas; on to California, and
\ip the coast to Bellingham.
Their experiences were many and
varied. On one occasion their trip was
interrupted by high water due to a
cloud burst. They were forced to halt
until the water lowered enough so
they could cross with the aid of a mule
team. Bridges, we are informed, are
scarce in Tennessee, and the oid mule
team is a welcome asset on the land­scape.
(Voted Yet?)
RED CROSS AIDED IN
PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN
William Phillips
'"II Trovitore" Selection _;.„......... eVrdi
. Orchestra
Souvenir .• Drdla
Arlene Neher
Duet for Violin and Flute Libitzky
Ethel Boynton,' violin f
Geneva - Erholm, flute
Serenade Drdla
, Joseph Ponti
March, National Honour ....,.....: Brooks
/.'-''.•.'/•'/..J,'' .... Orchestra/'...
Orchestral accompaniment to solo
•.'.:. '-.-'/' :.-:i': •.••'• numbers - ' •':...
The Normal is now aiding the local
chapter of the Red Cross to put on'aj
publicity campaign. This is being done
in the person of Miss Mary Day Barnes,
who is one of our faculty members for
the first six weeks of this quarter. Her
classes, which meet each day excepting
Tuesday, are instructed in what to do
when members of their family are ail­ing
but not in need of a trained
nurse. Both" practical andJ theoretical
methods are used.
Miss Barnes, who is a graduate of the
Illinois Training School for Nurses at
Chicago, and the Public Health course
of the Western Reserve University of
Cleveland, Ohio, has been loaned by the
Pacific Division of the Red Cross to the
Bellingham chapter, of which Mrs. Sam
Hawkins is president and President
Fisher is one of the executive board, for
the purpose of interesting the public in
the peace time program of the order.
' Besides her . Normal classes, Miss
Barnes meets classes for, home-keeping
at the Y. W.\ C. A. daily and gives in­structions
in first aid each afternoon at
four lumber/mills of this city. •
• ;';;••.:. —4-r(Voted /Yet?)., ;.;::;:;•'' '."•• :';
t Milton Blonden, publicity manager for
the Klipsun, is' taking. a: week^;vae>tibn
at Silver Lake. ^".'••- ..':'. «:"^;;:''>v'* -•. ••-/ '••.' -1
A Student Body president and three
members of the Board of Control will be
elected today, owing to the- absence of
three of the former officers and the ex­piring
term of the fourth. The complete
list of the nominees is as follows:
President—
Don Tunstall. J '•. ;
Board Member for four'quarters—
Vivian Holcomb.
Stanford Clinton.
Board members for one quarter— '
(The two with the most votes to be :
elected.)
Warner Poyhonen. (
Pauline Hutchison./
Frank Katterman. ••
Candidates Introduced.
At the Tuesday assembly Vice Pres­ident
Edgar Hannah called on each of
the nominees^ for a short speech. The
first man called on was Stanford Clin­ton,
nominated for president. He spoke
briefly in appreciation of Don Tunstall'rf
record and ability and withdrew his own
name in favor of Mr, Tunstall's.
Don Tunstall was thefnext to be called,
upon the platforim^^ He expressed his
thanks to those who had nominated him
and promised to*do his best if elected.
Vivian Holcomb, nominated for Board
member for four 'quarters, was then
called on. She disclaimed any prepared
platform, but announced her intention
of serving each group at Normal, if
elected.
Stanford Clinton was then nominated
from the floor.. He deplored his poor
luck in running against' a girl, but'
promised to give his whole souled sup­port
to student affairs if elected, and
his co-operation to the Board of Control
at all times if • not.
Smiling Faces Admired.
Frank Katterman was the first of
those nominated foiJ one quarter to
speak. He declared himself delighted to
see so many bright and shining faces
before him and modestly admitted he
was one hundred percent for the stii- .
dents.
Pauline Hutchinson gave as her plat­form
a desire to serve the best interests
of lac school whether elected or not.
Warner Poyhonen was last to be*
called on. Although running ; for re-­election
he said it was impossible for
him to prepare a regular platform, so :
many things coming up in the Board of
Control-which it was impossible to know
a bout beforehand.
--(Voted Yet?)- • '[ •'
NORMAL "YACHT CLUB"
HOLDS GREAT PICNia
On Saturday afternoon, June 21, ten /; ; ;
members of the "Yacht Club" . w.ent • ' . '
"down to the sea in a ship," with Skip- - ; '
per Garland, in command on the good * - ?
ship Garland. A fair wind blew and the -^^
officers under the Skipper demonstrated / / -;':--f-f^
their skill at handling the sails as well ' ^ ^ ^ i
as their skill in mind reading—-a, faculty - :. ^ i.
which is necessary in order ;to under-'•-• -•;/•']-v." .'t-l
stand Captain Garland's directions for ''•••]
sailing. The rest of the crew enlivened(-;'''':-j-i.:".:.:'/:'.';S
the work with -,rhythmic, sailor's chan- ^V ; ^ •?
teys. .•;"•" •'..*-. .'•.•• -"'••'-':\;'£|i
After the sail, mess was served: on 7 '3
the rocks on the beach at South Belling-•'.•^'^\'A---:t'^M
hani. Towards the end of :the evening a-.,-•£/^*!4^'vi-!i
real tragedy?, almost occurred. So- e n - ' ^ ^ ^ ^ i l ^ / S ;
grossed were the sailbr8.,;;with •: the/ e y e n ^ ^ p ^ ^ ^ ®
ing's hilarity and entertainment 1 * i | ^ ^ ^ i ^ l | i ll
they did'nofr'note'the-inebming/tide^u^^
it lapped up on their feet and drove titi^(ffi]K*M&§^
up the' side of the steep bank,."/over/J-/''y^';V:r>^j^f,
which, .they- were? fprced ':;.±o ycjimb.-':to//^;.; :E '• 'I0'$&
escape, from the mad waves; \ - ?; . ••' :.'>f<-;!; -;-'/;/';r./'^H%:5
. ^Miss' Lillian George, sponsor of vthe 4 ? ;:''PWt$S%
clulvis, caiiing\forv;='h^
deep-sea. Vchanteys^:/.v;^nyone /Intere^e^ii^'l^nv^^W^
see Miss George < for 'particulars.; /''% ['•. ''$•&•$, $'$?M?$:$M'4. S^liUiilMIMSiMs^^^^ft^^