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A MERRY CHRISTMAS W'tiZ?lffi0$<0B; A.HAPPY NEW YEAR 1 Devoted to the Interests of the Student Body, Washington State Normal Schoo.1 VOL. XXTTT—NO. 11 WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, BELLLNGHAM, WASH. Friday, December 21, 1922 NORMAL DRAMA CLUB TO PRESENT PLAY FATHER OF NORMAL STUDENT KILLED S. B. WE1SER BY AUTOMOBILE GARRET BOSSENBROGE, NORMAL, DRIVER OF Death Declared Accidental . While crossing the street, -within a few yards of his home, 805 Garden street, Monday evening, Dec. 17, S. B. Weiser was fatally injured by an automobile driven by Garret Bossenbrock, of Ferndale, a student of the Normal school. The accident occurred at 5:30, and the injured man died shortly after midnight at a local hospital. Bossenbrock, who was grief-stricken, reported that he was blinded by an arc light and did not see the pedestrian until the car was almost upon him. Mr. Weiser was walking with his head down in the. face of a strong wind, and did not see the car. He was dragged about thirty feet by the machine, it is said. Stopping his car after the accident, Bossenbrock examined Mr. Weiser, and then rushed to a house nearby, where he secured help. The ambulance was summoned and Mr. Weiser was sent to the hospital where X-rays were taken. At an inquest held Tuesday after-noon, the accident was held to be entirely accidental. Bossenbrock gave a straight-forward report of the occurrence. Mr. Weiser leaves his wife and two sons, one of whom, John Weiser, is a prominent Normal student. •— (Mettnar A REVIEW OF THE CtUARTElR JANUARY 4. Drama Club will present plays in the Auditorium. JANUARY 16. Paul Althouse, Tenor, will present a musical program. FEBRUARY 7. . ( Dr. A. B. Hart, lecturer. FEBRUARY 27. Max Rosen, violinist, will present a musical program. MARCH 10. Dr. Mukerji will lecture to the students. MARCH 28. Charles Rann Kennedy and company in "The Chastening/ BOARD ARRANGES FOR NEXT QUARTERLY ABOLISH THE ALL-STUDENT DANCE Constitution Under Revision MANY VIEW EXHIBIT OF ART DEPT. SUGGESTIONS OF CHRISTMAS GIFTS MADE . An exhibit was held in the Art department Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. The center of interest in each room was a tree. The decorations for these trees, although made by students, lacked none of the charm of purchased ones. The exhibit was arranged as follows: Primary tree and art work, Miss Johnston's room. A Christmas sand table and dolls of all descriptions in this room were greatly admired by all visitors. Intermediate and upper grade tree and display, Mrs. Stewart's room. Desk sets, writing portfolios, memorandum pads, oilcloth covers for the telephone directory, were objects of isterests here. Rural work, basketry and handwork, in Miss Druse's room. The display of basketry, trays, fruit baskets, work Daskets, flower baskets and such things held the crowds in this room. The remaining room held the display of handwork: Handwork, embroidered and. with colored borders, embroidered runners. Three clever French dolls drew admiring exclamation. A great many visitors, both students and outsiders enjoyed the display. Training school children as well as the art students of the Bellingham high schools, who were escorted by their re: spective instructors, were also visitors during the exhibit. The Board of Control held a regular meeting Monday afternoon, at which time plans were completed for the Christmas party to be given December 20. Tt was decided to ask the-nlubs as well as a number of individuals to assist in the program to be given at that time. The Board also decided in order to secure a greater interest in the party, to award prizes for several competitive events. The Board also discussed the new constitution. Mi'. Bond and Mr. O'Rourke were appointed to confer with President Fisher regarding contemplated changes in the instrument. A school mixer for next quarter was also arranged for at this meeting. This mixer will take place January 25. On account of the crowded condition of the institution it was decided not to give an all student dance at this time, nor in the future. RURAL LIFE CLUB HOLDS XMAS PARTY CLUB TO GIVE ENTERTAINMENT . 4 THREE ONE-ACT PLAYS ARE ON PROGRAM Mr. Hoppe Director VIKINGS WIN FIRST GAME OF SEASON DEFEAT THE FAIRHAVEN BY 42 TO 8 SCORE DECEMBER GRADUATES RECEIVE DIPLOMAS MEMBERS ENTERTAINED BY DR. AND MRS. MILLER Season's Schedule Is Announced Tulip Issues Questionnaire The Crimson Tulip, of Whatcom high / school, has recently had a questionnaire similar to that put out hy the Normal Messenger. The front page, sport page, and "minute movies," had the highest number of votes. Favorite columns were Minute Movies and School Items; with Society second. The majority of students were in favor of enlarging the paper and with ten exceptions the students stated that others besides themselves read their I expected to attend papers, and 840 said they considered the The patrons and Dr. and Mrs. Miller very pleasantly entertained the Rural Life club at their home on 16th street on Wednesday evening, December 19, 1923. The spirit of Christmas seemed to prevail in every little corner, as well as in the words and thoughts of the guests. The house was beautifully decorated with Christmas colors and trimmings. The large Christmas tree and the fireplace attracted and deserved much praise. The first part of the evening was taken u p by the program, which consisted of music by Mrs. Fisher and Mrs. Miller, and club songs and Christmas carols. Games and refreshments followed. Toward the latter part of the evening Santa Claus presented a Christmas gift to each of the members that was present. 0. OF W. ALUMNI DANCE Plans have been completed for the dance to be given at Danceland on Thursday evening, December 27, by the Whatcom County Alumni association of the State University. Tickets will be on sale next week, according to George McCush, chairman of the committee. At the two local high schools, where the seniors have been especially invited, the presidents of the senior classes will have charge of the ticket.sale. "All college graduates and present students are advertisers when they shopped. They are ; considering changing [the name of their paper to one which contains the word Whatcom. patronesses are: Judge and Mrs. John A. Kellogg, President and Mrs. C. H. Fisher of the Normal school, and Mayor and Mrs. E. T. Mathes. V The Vikings defeated the fast Fair-haven quintet on their own floor last Tuesday to a tune of 42 to 8. The Normal squad out-classed and out-played the less experienced high school squad in every department of the game. Coach Carver is very well pleased with the showing that his team made this early in the season. He expects to turn out one of the best teams in all the basketball history of the college. Vanderford and Thomas did the stellar work for the Teachers, but better things are expected of them as the season progresses. Thus far Coach Carver has been able to submit the following schedule: January 18, College of, Puget Sound, at Tacoma. January 19, St. Martin's College, at Lacey. . February 2, Cheney Normal, at Bellingham. February 9, Ellensburg, at Bellingham. February 21, Cheney, at Cheney. February 23, WJhitworth, at Spokane. March 1, College of Puget Sound, at Bellingham. The Vikings will also have a practice game with the Anacortes Elks, December 29, at Bellingham. Fifty-eight graduates of the State Normal School at Bellingham will receive their diplomas in the regular assembly hour on Friday, December 21. Fifty-five of this number are completing the two-year course, two are graduating from; the three-year course and one is to receive a diploma for the four year's work. Formal exercises will be dispensed with this year, as the majority of the class voted against so much formality. Pres. Fisher will make a brief address, after which the diplomas will be presented to the class. STATE BOARD OF CURRICULA VISIT NORMAL The Drama Club will present three one-act plays on the evening of January 4, in the auditorium. Mr. Hoppe is enthusiastic about the way the rehearsals are going, and promises fine productions. Three Pills in a Bottle, is a fantastic comedy based on a crippled boy's strange fancies and his mother's disapproval of them. The Cast. Tony Sims Dorothy Brown The Widow Sims Helen Parsons Middle Aged Gentleman Ed Berloski His Soul Margaret Newlove A Scissors Grinder Maudie Withers His Soul Clara le Soine A Scrub Woman Gretchen Wiede Her Soul Miriam Sherman The second play, "Dust of the Road," is a modern mystery play laid in the Mid-west and the characters are typical of the hard, grasping type x6f men called a "skinflint," who have no outlook upon life except a selfish one. A tramp is introduced into their midst and teaches them the charity and kindness to others that is symbolic of the Christmas spirit. - Cast Peter Steele '. John O'Rourke Prudence Steele.. ;... Mrs. Sam Carver An Old Man Franklin Lock A Tramp Harold MacTaggart MISS DAWSON TO BE BURIED ON SATURDAY ACCOMPANIED PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES Dean Waller Greets Students FORMER ART INSTRUCTOR AT NORMAL DIES Interment At 2:00 P. M. FRESHMAN MIXER The third of the series of • mixers given by the JFreshman class, D^c. 14, was the most successful of the season. Games and old dances, such as the Virginia Reel, and Portland Fancy, furnished entertainment until about nine-thirty, when dancing began. Sherman's orchestra furnished the music. Thes,funeral for Miss Lulu B. Dawson, a former member of the faculty of this school, will be held at 2 o'clock on Saturday afternoon at the O. R. Hollings-worth Funeral Home./ Miss Dawson served as instructor in the Art department from 1914 to 1917. She was taken very ill before leaving the Normal and suffered an extended illness of 18 months. For the last two years she taught in a settlement house in Dayton, Ohio. The art work that was done there under Miss Dawson's, instruction was considered extraordinarily good. Mrs. Frederick Abbott, of Brooklyn, N. Y., sister of Miss Dawson, brought the body here for burial. Members of the faculty and former students who were acquainted with Miss Dawson are much "grieved at the ^news of her ideath. Her friends remember, her for her. sunny, cheerful disposition and for the indomiriable courage she displayed in spite of .her suffering. The State Board of Higher Curricula visited the Normal Tuesday. The members were present at the morning assembly and later they inspected the school with President Fisher and W. B. Whiteomb and Dr. W. D. Kirkpatrick, of the board of trustees. Dean Waller of the State College, as representative of the board, greeted the students. The board members present were: E. B. Stevens, executive secretary of the Washington State university, who represented Henry Suzallo; Dean Waller, who represented Dr. 0.--;.E.' Holland, president of the state college, now in Europe; L. D. McArdle, head of the state department of efficiency and chairman of the board of higher curricula; Judge Dudley G. Wooten, of Seattle; Fred K. Jones, of Spokane; and the secretary of the board, Mr. Watson, who is deputy to Mr. McArdle. W. H. Abel, of Montesano, and Dr. N. D. Showalter, president of the Cheney Normal. The other members were unable to attend. 0- "Spreading the News," Irish farce, by Lady Gregory is typical" of her writings. It is an excellent portrayal of the common people of Ireland, their superstitions and neighborhood gossip. Such stories as these have made Lady Gregory an author- of merit and given her world-wide fame. ' Cast. Bartley Fallon Horace Walker Mrs. Fallon Mary Reep Jack Smith Francis Clausen Shawn Early Oliver Nelson Tim Casey .1 Don Tunstall James Rian Sheldon Bajema Mrs. Tarpey Ida Price Mrs. Tully Corrine Beaudry A.Policeman ; Gordon Broadbent A Magistrate Franklin Lock THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS HAS ARRIVED QUARTERLY TESTS ARE OVER Everyone May Rest HOME ECONOMICS DEPT. HOLDS EXHrBIT ' The Home Economics department of the Normal School held an exhibit of work done in the classes in sewing on Wednesday and Thursday, December 1!) and 20, in the sewing room. „ The work, which ranged f rom, tea towels to elaborate afternoon dresses, was done by girls in the beginning sewing class and advanced dressmaking class, and by training: school girls of the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth grades. A great many students and faculty members took advantage of this opportunity to • view the work of the Home EconomicSi department. : Faculty.\'.members were • especially invited^ to/attend between , 4 ^ and 5 on Thursday and have a cup of chocolate. Who was the bird that said: "God rest you, merry gentlemen, let nothing you dismay . . ?" We know several merry gentlemen who are wishing just now that they had rested, themselves a little less during the past quarter, and who are decidely lacking in the merry • and festive spirit commonly, ascribed to the good old Yule-tide season. Of course there are the wise, foresighted holders-down of front seats in classes, whose calm assurance is the least bit tiresome just now—at least to the rest of us. No, taken as a general thing, "God rest you, merry gentlemen, let nothing you dismay" is an inappropriate motto for the Normal during this last week. Very few of us could have carried it out with much sincerity. But now that all the tests are finished and everyone breathes normally • again, Christmas is certainly the most wonderful season of the year. Things are never as bad as they seem, and hair-raising grades aren't half as prevalent as one might be led to suppose by well-meaning professors and upper classmen. . The Chirstmas holidays are here, and with them, the spirit of Christmas as it has been from the beginning. Wie cannot but be caught in its tide and swept on through the ten days before school begins on the second. May you all be as light-hearted as you were when you believed in Santa Claus; may you fbid exactly- what you wanted most in ^your. capacious stocking; may you .stay upflate and get home late every anight,: and never get up till noon. i
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Title | Weekly Messenger - 1923 December 21 |
Volume and Number | Vol. 23, no. 11 |
Date Published (User-Friendly) | December 21, 1923 |
Date Published (machine-readable) | 1923-12-21 |
Year Published | 1923 |
Decades |
1920-1929 |
Original Publisher | Students' Association, Washington State Normal School, Bellingham, Washington |
Publisher (Digital Object) | Digital resource made available by Special Collections, Western Libraries Heritage Resources, Western Washington University. |
Editor | Warner Poyhonen, Editor |
Staff | John O'Rourke, Business manager, Staff: Robbie Gaddis, Education: Anthony J. Persky, Training School: Vivian Hancock, Alumni: Lorena Wiester, Sports: Charles Hurlbut, Sports: Marjorie McRoberts, Normal notes: Eda Williams, Normal notes: Betty Riley, Club notes: Ruth Miles, Club notes: Marjorie Lawson, Exchanges: T. Benny Mitchell, Calendar: Kenneth Greer, Jokes: Eda Williams, Jokes: Charles Hurlbut, Rewrites: Mamie Wollertz, Rewrites |
Faculty Advisor | Burnet, Ruth Axtell |
Article Titles | Father of Normal student killed; S. B. Weiser struck by automobile Monday (p.1) -- Many view exhibit of Art dept. (p.1) -- Tulip issues questionnaire (p.1) -- Calendar (p.1) -- Board arranges for next quarterly mixer (p.1) -- Rural Life Club holds Xmas party (p.1) -- U. of W. alumni dance (p.1) -- Vikings win first game of season (p.1) -- Freshman mixer (p.1) -- December graduates receive diplomas (p.1) -- Miss Dawson to be buried on Saturday (p.1) -- State Board of Curricula visit Normal (p.1) -- Home Economics dept. holds exhibit (p.1) -- Normal Drama Club to present play; Drama Club to give entertainment Jan. 4 (p.1) -- The spirit of Christmas has arrived (p.1) -- Sports (p.2) -- Cagers turn out (p.2) -- Ray Hill may play (p.2) -- Volley ball tourney to be held Saturday (p.2) -- Gonzaga admitted (p.2) -- Fairhaven five ties Alumnae quintet 16-16 (p.2) -- Crimson Alumnae defeats Whatcom Alumnae 26-1 (p.2) -- Maroon and Gray beat Alumni five (p.2) -- U. of W. hoopsters defeated by Hall College quintet (p.2) -- The sugar lumps / by B. L. Thomas (p.2) -- Alumni (p.2) -- Training School (p.2) -- Assemblies (p.2) -- The world owes us a living / by Gertrude Nelson (p.2) -- Edens girls enjoy party (p.3) -- Cheney chooses a team name (p.3) -- A corner on education (p.3) -- The first hundred / by Angelo Patri (p.3) -- Appropriations for compulsory education in Japan (p.3) -- Education in New Zealand (p.3) -- Have you passed? / by Caroline S. Thawley (p.3) -- Blonden wins contest (p.3) -- The old fight / by P. M. Thorniley (p.3) -- How many apples (p.3) -- Before Tuesday morning (p.4) -- Our presidents (p.4) -- Blasts by dodo (p.4) -- Normal notes (p.4) -- Normal nuts (p.4) -- Student opinions (p.4) -- The talkative clock (p.4) -- Exchange (p.4) |
Cartoons | A review of the quarter / by Pearl Bartruff (p.1) |
Notes | Ruth A. Hussey, remarried and became Ruth Axtell Burnet. |
Subjects - Names (LCNAF) | Western Washington University--Students--Newspapers |
Subjects - Topical (LCSH) | College newspapers--Washington (State)--Bellingham |
Related Collection | Campus History Collection |
Program | Special Collections |
Geographic Coverage | Bellingham (Wash.) |
Object Type | Text |
Original Format Size | 55 x 37 cm. |
Genre/Form | Newspapers |
Digital Reproduction Information | Bitone scan from 35 mm silver halide, 1-up negative film at 600 dpi. 2010. |
Identifier | WM_19231221.pdf |
Contributor | The digitized WWU student newspapers are made possible by the generous support of Don Hacherl and Cindy Hacherl (Class of 1984) and Bert Halprin (Class of 1971). |
Rights | This resource is displayed for educational purposes only and may be subject to U.S. and international copyright laws. For more information about rights or obtaining copies of this resource, please contact Special Collections, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225-9103. USA (360-650-7534; heritage.resources@wwu.edu) and refer to the collection name and identifier. Any materials cited must be attributed to Western Front Historical Collection, Special Collections, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University. |
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Language | English |
Language Code | Eng |
Description
Title | Weekly Messenger - 1923 December 21 - Page 1 |
Volume and Number | Vol. 23, no. 11 |
Date Published (User-Friendly) | December 21, 1923 |
Date Published (machine-readable) | 1923-12-21 |
Year Published | 1923 |
Decades |
1920-1929 |
Original Publisher | Students' Association, Washington State Normal School, Bellingham, Washington |
Publisher (Digital Object) | Digital resource made available by Special Collections, Western Libraries Heritage Resources, Western Washington University. |
Editor | Warner Poyhonen, Editor |
Staff | John O'Rourke, Business manager, Staff: Robbie Gaddis, Education: Anthony J. Persky, Training School: Vivian Hancock, Alumni: Lorena Wiester, Sports: Charles Hurlbut, Sports: Marjorie McRoberts, Normal notes: Eda Williams, Normal notes: Betty Riley, Club notes: Ruth Miles, Club notes: Marjorie Lawson, Exchanges: T. Benny Mitchell, Calendar: Kenneth Greer, Jokes: Eda Williams, Jokes: Charles Hurlbut, Rewrites: Mamie Wollertz, Rewrites |
Faculty Advisor | Burnet, Ruth Axtell |
Notes | Ruth A. Hussey, remarried and became Ruth Axtell Burnet. |
Subjects - Names (LCNAF) | Western Washington University--Students--Newspapers |
Subjects - Topical (LCSH) | College newspapers--Washington (State)--Bellingham |
Related Collection | Campus History Collection |
Program | Special Collections |
Geographic Coverage | Bellingham (Wash.) |
Object Type | Text |
Original Format Size | 55 x 37 cm. |
Genre/Form | Newspapers |
Digital Reproduction Information | Bitone scan from 35 mm silver halide, 1-up negative film at 600 dpi. 2010. |
Identifier | WM_19231221.pdf |
Contributor | The digitized WWU student newspapers are made possible by the generous support of Don Hacherl and Cindy Hacherl (Class of 1984) and Bert Halprin (Class of 1971). |
Rights | This resource is displayed for educational purposes only and may be subject to U.S. and international copyright laws. For more information about rights or obtaining copies of this resource, please contact Special Collections, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225-9103. USA (360-650-7534; heritage.resources@wwu.edu) and refer to the collection name and identifier. Any materials cited must be attributed to Western Front Historical Collection, Special Collections, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University. |
Format | application/pdf |
Full Text | A MERRY CHRISTMAS W'tiZ?lffi0$<0B; A.HAPPY NEW YEAR 1 Devoted to the Interests of the Student Body, Washington State Normal Schoo.1 VOL. XXTTT—NO. 11 WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, BELLLNGHAM, WASH. Friday, December 21, 1922 NORMAL DRAMA CLUB TO PRESENT PLAY FATHER OF NORMAL STUDENT KILLED S. B. WE1SER BY AUTOMOBILE GARRET BOSSENBROGE, NORMAL, DRIVER OF Death Declared Accidental . While crossing the street, -within a few yards of his home, 805 Garden street, Monday evening, Dec. 17, S. B. Weiser was fatally injured by an automobile driven by Garret Bossenbrock, of Ferndale, a student of the Normal school. The accident occurred at 5:30, and the injured man died shortly after midnight at a local hospital. Bossenbrock, who was grief-stricken, reported that he was blinded by an arc light and did not see the pedestrian until the car was almost upon him. Mr. Weiser was walking with his head down in the. face of a strong wind, and did not see the car. He was dragged about thirty feet by the machine, it is said. Stopping his car after the accident, Bossenbrock examined Mr. Weiser, and then rushed to a house nearby, where he secured help. The ambulance was summoned and Mr. Weiser was sent to the hospital where X-rays were taken. At an inquest held Tuesday after-noon, the accident was held to be entirely accidental. Bossenbrock gave a straight-forward report of the occurrence. Mr. Weiser leaves his wife and two sons, one of whom, John Weiser, is a prominent Normal student. •— (Mettnar A REVIEW OF THE CtUARTElR JANUARY 4. Drama Club will present plays in the Auditorium. JANUARY 16. Paul Althouse, Tenor, will present a musical program. FEBRUARY 7. . ( Dr. A. B. Hart, lecturer. FEBRUARY 27. Max Rosen, violinist, will present a musical program. MARCH 10. Dr. Mukerji will lecture to the students. MARCH 28. Charles Rann Kennedy and company in "The Chastening/ BOARD ARRANGES FOR NEXT QUARTERLY ABOLISH THE ALL-STUDENT DANCE Constitution Under Revision MANY VIEW EXHIBIT OF ART DEPT. SUGGESTIONS OF CHRISTMAS GIFTS MADE . An exhibit was held in the Art department Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. The center of interest in each room was a tree. The decorations for these trees, although made by students, lacked none of the charm of purchased ones. The exhibit was arranged as follows: Primary tree and art work, Miss Johnston's room. A Christmas sand table and dolls of all descriptions in this room were greatly admired by all visitors. Intermediate and upper grade tree and display, Mrs. Stewart's room. Desk sets, writing portfolios, memorandum pads, oilcloth covers for the telephone directory, were objects of isterests here. Rural work, basketry and handwork, in Miss Druse's room. The display of basketry, trays, fruit baskets, work Daskets, flower baskets and such things held the crowds in this room. The remaining room held the display of handwork: Handwork, embroidered and. with colored borders, embroidered runners. Three clever French dolls drew admiring exclamation. A great many visitors, both students and outsiders enjoyed the display. Training school children as well as the art students of the Bellingham high schools, who were escorted by their re: spective instructors, were also visitors during the exhibit. The Board of Control held a regular meeting Monday afternoon, at which time plans were completed for the Christmas party to be given December 20. Tt was decided to ask the-nlubs as well as a number of individuals to assist in the program to be given at that time. The Board also decided in order to secure a greater interest in the party, to award prizes for several competitive events. The Board also discussed the new constitution. Mi'. Bond and Mr. O'Rourke were appointed to confer with President Fisher regarding contemplated changes in the instrument. A school mixer for next quarter was also arranged for at this meeting. This mixer will take place January 25. On account of the crowded condition of the institution it was decided not to give an all student dance at this time, nor in the future. RURAL LIFE CLUB HOLDS XMAS PARTY CLUB TO GIVE ENTERTAINMENT . 4 THREE ONE-ACT PLAYS ARE ON PROGRAM Mr. Hoppe Director VIKINGS WIN FIRST GAME OF SEASON DEFEAT THE FAIRHAVEN BY 42 TO 8 SCORE DECEMBER GRADUATES RECEIVE DIPLOMAS MEMBERS ENTERTAINED BY DR. AND MRS. MILLER Season's Schedule Is Announced Tulip Issues Questionnaire The Crimson Tulip, of Whatcom high / school, has recently had a questionnaire similar to that put out hy the Normal Messenger. The front page, sport page, and "minute movies," had the highest number of votes. Favorite columns were Minute Movies and School Items; with Society second. The majority of students were in favor of enlarging the paper and with ten exceptions the students stated that others besides themselves read their I expected to attend papers, and 840 said they considered the The patrons and Dr. and Mrs. Miller very pleasantly entertained the Rural Life club at their home on 16th street on Wednesday evening, December 19, 1923. The spirit of Christmas seemed to prevail in every little corner, as well as in the words and thoughts of the guests. The house was beautifully decorated with Christmas colors and trimmings. The large Christmas tree and the fireplace attracted and deserved much praise. The first part of the evening was taken u p by the program, which consisted of music by Mrs. Fisher and Mrs. Miller, and club songs and Christmas carols. Games and refreshments followed. Toward the latter part of the evening Santa Claus presented a Christmas gift to each of the members that was present. 0. OF W. ALUMNI DANCE Plans have been completed for the dance to be given at Danceland on Thursday evening, December 27, by the Whatcom County Alumni association of the State University. Tickets will be on sale next week, according to George McCush, chairman of the committee. At the two local high schools, where the seniors have been especially invited, the presidents of the senior classes will have charge of the ticket.sale. "All college graduates and present students are advertisers when they shopped. They are ; considering changing [the name of their paper to one which contains the word Whatcom. patronesses are: Judge and Mrs. John A. Kellogg, President and Mrs. C. H. Fisher of the Normal school, and Mayor and Mrs. E. T. Mathes. V The Vikings defeated the fast Fair-haven quintet on their own floor last Tuesday to a tune of 42 to 8. The Normal squad out-classed and out-played the less experienced high school squad in every department of the game. Coach Carver is very well pleased with the showing that his team made this early in the season. He expects to turn out one of the best teams in all the basketball history of the college. Vanderford and Thomas did the stellar work for the Teachers, but better things are expected of them as the season progresses. Thus far Coach Carver has been able to submit the following schedule: January 18, College of, Puget Sound, at Tacoma. January 19, St. Martin's College, at Lacey. . February 2, Cheney Normal, at Bellingham. February 9, Ellensburg, at Bellingham. February 21, Cheney, at Cheney. February 23, WJhitworth, at Spokane. March 1, College of Puget Sound, at Bellingham. The Vikings will also have a practice game with the Anacortes Elks, December 29, at Bellingham. Fifty-eight graduates of the State Normal School at Bellingham will receive their diplomas in the regular assembly hour on Friday, December 21. Fifty-five of this number are completing the two-year course, two are graduating from; the three-year course and one is to receive a diploma for the four year's work. Formal exercises will be dispensed with this year, as the majority of the class voted against so much formality. Pres. Fisher will make a brief address, after which the diplomas will be presented to the class. STATE BOARD OF CURRICULA VISIT NORMAL The Drama Club will present three one-act plays on the evening of January 4, in the auditorium. Mr. Hoppe is enthusiastic about the way the rehearsals are going, and promises fine productions. Three Pills in a Bottle, is a fantastic comedy based on a crippled boy's strange fancies and his mother's disapproval of them. The Cast. Tony Sims Dorothy Brown The Widow Sims Helen Parsons Middle Aged Gentleman Ed Berloski His Soul Margaret Newlove A Scissors Grinder Maudie Withers His Soul Clara le Soine A Scrub Woman Gretchen Wiede Her Soul Miriam Sherman The second play, "Dust of the Road," is a modern mystery play laid in the Mid-west and the characters are typical of the hard, grasping type x6f men called a "skinflint," who have no outlook upon life except a selfish one. A tramp is introduced into their midst and teaches them the charity and kindness to others that is symbolic of the Christmas spirit. - Cast Peter Steele '. John O'Rourke Prudence Steele.. ;... Mrs. Sam Carver An Old Man Franklin Lock A Tramp Harold MacTaggart MISS DAWSON TO BE BURIED ON SATURDAY ACCOMPANIED PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES Dean Waller Greets Students FORMER ART INSTRUCTOR AT NORMAL DIES Interment At 2:00 P. M. FRESHMAN MIXER The third of the series of • mixers given by the JFreshman class, D^c. 14, was the most successful of the season. Games and old dances, such as the Virginia Reel, and Portland Fancy, furnished entertainment until about nine-thirty, when dancing began. Sherman's orchestra furnished the music. Thes,funeral for Miss Lulu B. Dawson, a former member of the faculty of this school, will be held at 2 o'clock on Saturday afternoon at the O. R. Hollings-worth Funeral Home./ Miss Dawson served as instructor in the Art department from 1914 to 1917. She was taken very ill before leaving the Normal and suffered an extended illness of 18 months. For the last two years she taught in a settlement house in Dayton, Ohio. The art work that was done there under Miss Dawson's, instruction was considered extraordinarily good. Mrs. Frederick Abbott, of Brooklyn, N. Y., sister of Miss Dawson, brought the body here for burial. Members of the faculty and former students who were acquainted with Miss Dawson are much "grieved at the ^news of her ideath. Her friends remember, her for her. sunny, cheerful disposition and for the indomiriable courage she displayed in spite of .her suffering. The State Board of Higher Curricula visited the Normal Tuesday. The members were present at the morning assembly and later they inspected the school with President Fisher and W. B. Whiteomb and Dr. W. D. Kirkpatrick, of the board of trustees. Dean Waller of the State College, as representative of the board, greeted the students. The board members present were: E. B. Stevens, executive secretary of the Washington State university, who represented Henry Suzallo; Dean Waller, who represented Dr. 0.--;.E.' Holland, president of the state college, now in Europe; L. D. McArdle, head of the state department of efficiency and chairman of the board of higher curricula; Judge Dudley G. Wooten, of Seattle; Fred K. Jones, of Spokane; and the secretary of the board, Mr. Watson, who is deputy to Mr. McArdle. W. H. Abel, of Montesano, and Dr. N. D. Showalter, president of the Cheney Normal. The other members were unable to attend. 0- "Spreading the News," Irish farce, by Lady Gregory is typical" of her writings. It is an excellent portrayal of the common people of Ireland, their superstitions and neighborhood gossip. Such stories as these have made Lady Gregory an author- of merit and given her world-wide fame. ' Cast. Bartley Fallon Horace Walker Mrs. Fallon Mary Reep Jack Smith Francis Clausen Shawn Early Oliver Nelson Tim Casey .1 Don Tunstall James Rian Sheldon Bajema Mrs. Tarpey Ida Price Mrs. Tully Corrine Beaudry A.Policeman ; Gordon Broadbent A Magistrate Franklin Lock THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS HAS ARRIVED QUARTERLY TESTS ARE OVER Everyone May Rest HOME ECONOMICS DEPT. HOLDS EXHrBIT ' The Home Economics department of the Normal School held an exhibit of work done in the classes in sewing on Wednesday and Thursday, December 1!) and 20, in the sewing room. „ The work, which ranged f rom, tea towels to elaborate afternoon dresses, was done by girls in the beginning sewing class and advanced dressmaking class, and by training: school girls of the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth grades. A great many students and faculty members took advantage of this opportunity to • view the work of the Home EconomicSi department. : Faculty.\'.members were • especially invited^ to/attend between , 4 ^ and 5 on Thursday and have a cup of chocolate. Who was the bird that said: "God rest you, merry gentlemen, let nothing you dismay . . ?" We know several merry gentlemen who are wishing just now that they had rested, themselves a little less during the past quarter, and who are decidely lacking in the merry • and festive spirit commonly, ascribed to the good old Yule-tide season. Of course there are the wise, foresighted holders-down of front seats in classes, whose calm assurance is the least bit tiresome just now—at least to the rest of us. No, taken as a general thing, "God rest you, merry gentlemen, let nothing you dismay" is an inappropriate motto for the Normal during this last week. Very few of us could have carried it out with much sincerity. But now that all the tests are finished and everyone breathes normally • again, Christmas is certainly the most wonderful season of the year. Things are never as bad as they seem, and hair-raising grades aren't half as prevalent as one might be led to suppose by well-meaning professors and upper classmen. . The Chirstmas holidays are here, and with them, the spirit of Christmas as it has been from the beginning. Wie cannot but be caught in its tide and swept on through the ten days before school begins on the second. May you all be as light-hearted as you were when you believed in Santa Claus; may you fbid exactly- what you wanted most in ^your. capacious stocking; may you .stay upflate and get home late every anight,: and never get up till noon. i |
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