Weekly Messenger - 1923 November 2

              The Weekly
Devoted to the Interests of the Student Body, Washington State Normal School
VOL. XXtll BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1923 NO. 5
« ™ ARE YOU A MILLIONAIRE
ELEVEN CAN YOU USE FIVE DOLLARS?
"Normal, 19; U. of W. Frosh, 6."
This is the way the score read at the
end of the game and it pretty well ex­pressed
the merits of the two squads.
The game was played on the new Uni­versity
stadium under almost ideal
weather and ground conditions. The
writer happened to be in the dressing
room just before the team took the
field, and the Blue and White coach,
truly a man of few words, said to the
team: "We Tiave tried or years to get
this team and we must get them today.
I want every man to do his best," or
words to that effect. "How about it
men?" The answer came from the entire
squad of eighteen men, "We sure will."
The game started promptly at two
o'clock. Bruland, the Normal captain,
won the toss and elected to defend the
north goal. The Freshmen kicked off
to the Normal 30-yard line. Beardsley
That is what the Messenger will pay on November 9 for the best
500-word article on the subject, "The Messenger I'd Like to See."
Don't worry about the form. Concentrate on ideas. Read the fol­lowing
questions for a starter:
1. What change, if any, would you make in the name of the
I H I M E N TRY OUT
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paper?
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Would you prefer a larger paper of four pages only?
Do you wish the Normal Notes column to be continued?
Do you think any phase of shool life is being over-looked ?
What department that we now have would you like to see
further developed?
6. Can you suggest any other changes that would improve the
paper?
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B.S. N. S.
DR. DEVINE ADDRESSES FOOTBALL SQUAD BRINGS
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PARTY
The second annual Sophomore "Punkin
Party" was held in the big gymnasium
of the Bellingham Normal on Friday
evening, October 26, 1923.
The members of the Sophomore class
as well as all the men of the school
were present. All who did not appear in
costume were masked.
Some of the girls imitating the men,
outshone the boys in good looks and in
attention paid to the ladies. Many
witches and other Hallowe'en attrac­tions,
as well as all the black cats in
the neighborhood were portrayed in the
various costumes of the guests.
The gymnasium was decorated in a
very fitting manner with orange and
black streamers.
The first part of the evening was
spent in mixing games such as Pig in
the Parlor, the Miller Boy, etc. The
program which followed the games con­sisted
of a vocal solo by Alice Coff man,
a solo dance by Helen Hightower, and
a reading by Delia Anne Reid. The re­mainder
of the time was spent in
dancing.
Punch and wafers were served during
the latter part of the evening.
Awards made for the different con­tests
were won by Agnes Hendricks for
the most beautiful costume. Dorothy
White for the most clever costume, and
Mabel Hickson and Maurice Thomas for
the best waltz.
NOTED EDUCATOR HERE TWO DAYS
A one nundred percent American pro­gram
in relation to education, social
work, industry, and foreign affairs, was
the subject for lectures by Dr. Devine
in the auditorium Monday and Tuesday.
Dr. Devine's first lecture of his series
was on one hundred percent American
program, as applied to Industry. In
opening, he stated that everyone has a
right to life, that is.' all have the right
of being well born; that children should
be properly cared for during the neg­lected
age; that during the adolescent
period the child should attend school and
not be forced to work. Everyone has
the right to work an earn the means
of supporting himself and his family.
During the working period conditions
shoul be regulated and cared for. Some
of the facts mentioned by Dr. Devine
were very interesting, some of which
were:The United States mines one-half
of the coal used by the world; there
are one million miners at work in coal
mines, yearly; Pennsylvania prouces
from her mines ninety million tons of
hard coal; each year there are mined
fifteen hundred ton of soft coal. At
present the problems facing the anthra­cite
business are those of concentration,
and stabalization while the soft coal
organization has to deal with cut-throat
competition and lack of publicity.
The problem confronting the situation
of the coal industry in our own state
of Washington is mostly of organization
and competition. About fifty percent
is organized while the other fifty per­cent
isn't, so as matters stand, things
are unstable. We must overcome the
SIDE LIGHTS ON THE TRIP.
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(1) The way Wilder and Bailsch
cleaned their plates at the Sigma Alpha
Epsilon house.
(2) Graham holding up traffic—just
a few street cars, the Interurban, and
a few hundred autos, while he cranked
the Ford.
(3) Yes, the boys slept quite well,
thank you. One of the boys got locked
out. Kicking on the door, yelling and
phoning didn't wake his room mate; so
he was forced to call the night clerk.
But as the door was bolted on the in­side
that didn't work. The hated jani­tor
tried a while, but our friend finally
had to give it up, and either went to
another hotel or slept in the public
bath.
(4) Mr. B. paying for that T-bone.
(5) Telephone calls—for instance,
•'I've waited on the corner 45 minutes
and am going home. If you have any
excuse pressnt it at the house." And
after taxi-ing all over the city he got
there and found he was seven blocks
from where he started. The taxi driver
probably needed a little extra money.
Anyway, he saw the town and the girl.
(6) John O'Rourke and (her) little
bank book. She gave him $5.00 for leav­ing
her alone. Good business, Johnny.
(7) That little trip to Tacoma:
Beardsley: "I went to see my widow
last night."
Sam: "I always knew you were a
dead one."
(8) Bowman's nose in the garage for
repairs. You ought to see McPherson's
leg and Goodman's foot.
The outlook for debate for the coming
season is gloriously hopeful, states Mr.
Rahskopf.
With the new material in store and
the unusually splendid number of old
*'vets" back again, never before has the
outlook for the Blue and White appeared
so bright.
From last year's debaters, we have
with us, Miss Arnell, Charles Simonson
;ind Frank Henderson, who were victor­ious
in the Inter-Normal Triangular de­bate
with Cheney; Lewis Arnold, who
debated with the victorious team
against Ellensburg; and John O'Rourke,
who debated in the Linfield dual debate.
Not only is the outlook for the debate
squad hopeful, but a schedule of debates
that has so far been arranged, promises
to be one of unusual interest.
Mr. Rahskopf says that visitors to the
tryouts will be very welcome provided
that they come before the beginning of
the work and remain until the end. Vis-
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At the meeting of the Board of Con­trol
John O'Rourke was elected perma­nent
business manager of the Messen-
. ger. Mr. O'Rourke has been temporary
manager for the past five weeks.
The Board of Control, desiring to fur­nish
the student body with the largest
and best paper it can afford, decided at
the meeting of the Board on Tuesday, to
print a trial issue of the Messenger on
regular newspaper stock. This will
probably be the size of a daily pa"per,
six columns wide. The Board of Control,
working with the Editorial staff, con­sidered
the matter very seriously before
deciding upon this experiment.
As soon as possible after the paper is1
out all students will be given an oppor­tunity
to express their opinion of the
trial paper. The Editor and staff earn­estly
request all students to give' the
trial issue more than usual attention
so they will be prepared to furnish con­structive
criticism on blanks that will
be provided for that purpose.
-B. S. N. S.-
BOYS, THIS. IS ENCOURAGING!
One of the fellows at Day's is so very
popular that he was seen Monday even­ing,
just after dinner, being escorted to
his very door step by two of the most
charming young ladies on the campus.