Weekly Messenger - 1919 July 9

              Devoted to the Interests of the Student Body, Washington State Normal School
VOL. XVIII. BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1919 No. 38
II
TALKS ON RUSSIA
Dr. W. D. Kirkpatrick, major in the
United States Medical Corps and re­cently
returned from ,Russia gave an
interesting flpcture on the Russian
people ajt Monday's assembly. Dr.
Kirkpatrick has seen service in Ser­bia,
Roumania, Russia and practically
all of the far eastern theatre of the
war. He took up especially the peas­ant
class and told vividly their habits
and peculiarities.
It was a fortunate and rare oppor­tunity
for us to hear Dr. Kirkpatrick's
' wonderful descriptions of the people
whose customs-we have so little chance
of learning.
A few extracts from his speech fol­low:
. . . ). .
- "In North Russia the people live along
the waterways and in any description
of village life it seems proper to begin
with a few words on the rivers of
Russia which have been from remote
antiquity the great channels of trade
and migration They flow with a gentle
gradient and many large tributaries'
collect the water, from vast areas of
low country. Boats could be conveyed
over easy portages from one river
basin to another and these portages
have been during past centuries gradu­ally
changed by a relatively small
amount of labor into navigable canals.
"The great Dwina river which empties
into the White Sea at the head of the
gulf of Archangel is formed by the
union of the Yeg and the Sukhens and
this last is connected by canals with
waterways flowing west into the Bal­tic
and by still other canals with branch­es
of- the Volga allowing boat passage
south and east even into the distant
. Caspian Sea.
Fish abound in the Dwina and its
branches and furnish much of the food
of the people along its banks, and the
extensive forests of north Russia which
are* mostly of spruce and pine, the
trees of which seldom attain a size of
more than a couple of feet in trunk
diameter, give the house timber and
fuel in plenty.
There are three features of national
custom of the Russian peasant that are
particularly marked—the wooden house,
the oven, the bath. The houses follow
one plan of construction, are two
stories in height, built of squared logs
and with partitions of logs. The front
of the building is used for living 'pur­poses
and the back, separated by log
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ALL ABOARD, WHOOPEE!
D
Next Saturday, July 11, the entire
school will depart from its abode of
dignified learning and excurse to Gla­cier,
in the foothills of the Cascade
Mountains. Step up, ladies and gentle­men,
and get your tickets.
Then some dry, petrified mummy
asks, "What's the use of spending a
dollar and a half just to travel over a
bumpy little country railroad and visit
some hot old burgh up in the foot­hills?"
"What is the use," you say.
Listen.
Glacier isn't a city. No, it isn't a
town. Its not a village either. It is
mostly a name for one end of the Bell-ingham
and Northern Railroad, witjh
ust enough stores to supply the de­mand
for ice-cream cones. If you are
going to visit Glacier, bring along some
book to read. Glacier is the nearest town
to Mt. Baker, considered by all who
have been on it one of the most beauti­ful
mountains in America. For five
thousand feet Mt. Baker raises its aged
head above the topmost tree. Those of
you who are good walkers can get to
Heliotrope Ridge, half way up the moun­tain,
and on the brink of the largest
Glacier in th'e United States. Only
those who are good hikers should tackle
it, tho.
But Glacier is more noted for its
shorter scenic trips. There is Lookout
Mt., where you can get as good a view
of Mt. Baker as may be had. There is
Skyline Ridge; rather a long hike but
one of the most beautiful. Church Mt.
has always proved a favorite with
short-winded sight seers, altho it is by
no means an easy climb. The trail is
four and a half miles long and rises
some six thousand feet. St)eep? Oh
no, worse than that. A very good view
of Mt. Baker and all the surrounding
country may be obtained.
However, if you 'do not! care for
limbing you may wander up the Nook-sack
River to Excelsior and the Nook-sack
Falls. Very little is ever said
about the Nooksack Falls for very few
people ever go there, but some day it
will be one of the best known spots in
Washington. The scenery along the
river is almost unsurpassable and the
torrent of water pouring thru the gorge
reminds one of the good old days of
Noah. It is from these falls that Bell-ingham,
as indeed, all Whatcom County,
eceives its electric light supply.
There are a , hundred other placejs
to attract the picnicer. Beautiful little
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TO
SOMETIME THIS WEEK
Klipsun, the school annual put out by
he seniors will be ready or distribution
this week. The delay in getting the
nnual out was due to the Western En-raving
Company's not having the en­gravings
ready.
This year's Klipsun is in many ways,
a distinct departure from ;the tradi­tional
book. Many new features have
been added, and no detail which would
help make the book more effective and
nteresting, has been neglected. Klipsun
this year has quite distinctly a person­ality
of its own. Marked originality" is
the notable feature of the book, which
not only fulfills the standards of the
past but rixises them as each new
Klipsun should. The Normal may well
feel proud of the '19 Klipsun, and the
Seniors are to be congratulated.
Some of the features deserving' of
special mention are the very fine en­gravings
and the page border. Each
page has a border in blue in which the
name "Klipsun" has been very artis-ically
incorporated.
The fcffective cover design is by
Gtrtrude Hodgson.
A -space in the back has been ar-onged
for snap shots and signatures.
The book has been dedicated to Dr.
Nash.
Nona Richardson, acting editor-in-chief,
who took the place of Margaret
McNaughton, is deserving of - special
mention for her faithful work in helping
put the Klipsun out. Harry Sorenson
s business manager has worked very
hard to help make the book the success
it is. The other members of the com­mittee,
who have contributed their • best
efforts in getting out the book are:
Mary Jewett, Augusta Stockton, Ruth
Schwartz, J. F. Neiswender and Fin "
Owen. There will be a few copies avail-ble
for summer school students.
'GRE'EN STOCKINGS' TO
BE TOMORROW NIGHT
Tomorrow night in the Auditorium
the Thespian Club will present "Green
Stockings." which was the Senior play,
and which has been revived with a
partially new cast for . tomorrow's per-ormance.
The production is in .the hands of
Mr. Hoppe, of the Expression Depart­ment,
and he is also to play the prin­cipal
male role in the play—that of
Col. John Smith.
It is expected that the entire student
body will attend t^her' performance.
E. GAUL TELLS
OF
Wednesday morning, in "Dr. Nash's
lass" we were delightfully entertained
by Mr. James E. Gaul, of Bellihgham,
who told of some of his adventures in
he "Land of Romance," South America.
Fe began by saying he' fell 'P:e the
Iishman who. fell down three .>,- four
stories—"not dead, but speechless." The
tory opened .with the leaving of the
steamer, amid mingled sounds of mu-ic
from the ship's band, calling of the
ship's officers and the shouts, of the
passengers and the people on the pier
TTe went on to describe very sjr'ph
i^lly the effect of the rougher water.
a-> thev passed out on tti? broad At­lantic
upon those of the passengers who
i'ere "poor sailors."
T-Ti? attributed the difference in de-elopment
of North and South America
to the difference in aim of the pioneers
vho settled the two continents.
North America was settled by the
Anglo-Saxon race—men of vision who
ame to make homes. The men who
ame to South America were adventur-rs
in search of gold and whose main
urpose was to exploit the land. The
ncas, whose civilization was an ideal
ommunistic proposition, doing away
with all originality and initiative, fell
before the strong invader as all people
with, such a civilization must.
' next part of the journey takes
one over a calm ocean, still, save where
lying fish cause ripples on the sur-ace.
The passengers appear now in
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• CALENDAR •
• Thursday, July 10.—Y. W. C. •
• A. meeting at 2 P. M. •
• Thespians present " G r e e n '•
' • Stockings" in auditorium at •
• 8: OOP. M.
• Friday, July 11.—End of first •
• term of summer quarter. •
• President Nash will give short •
• talk, which will be followed •
• by Club and Class meetings. •
• Monday, July 14.—Second term •
• of summer quarter begins. •
• Address by Dr.' He'rre. •
• Four one-act plays to be pre- •
•> sented by Expression TV •
Class at 8:00 in auditorium. •
• Wednesday, Jujly ' 16.—H/on. 4<
• Clark Savage, Public Land •
• •Commissioner, to. give address •
• on 'The Educational Endow- •
• . ment of Washington." •
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