Weekly Messenger - 1919 April 12

              Devoted to the Interests of the Student Body* Washington State Normal School
VOL. XVIII. BELLINGHAM, WASH., SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1919 No. 27
IN SEATTLE
Two representatives of Bellingham
Normal, Dr. Nash and' Mr. Kibbe, at­tended
the meeting of the Puget
Sound Schoolmasters' Association,
held last Saturday at Seattle. Mr.
Kibbe has already told us in Assembly
of his own experiences and impres­sions^
The speech made by Dr. Nash
at the convention is well reported in
the following item which we copy
from the Seattle. Times of Saturday,
April 5, 1919.•
Elementary school teachers should
be paid $1200 a year when they start
work, and' their salaries rapidly in­creased
until they reach $1600. This
was the suggestion made at the na­tional,
conventaion of school superin­tendents
and teachers, according to
George W. Nash, president of the
Bellingham State Normal School, who
reported on the convention before
the semi-annual meeting u.' the Pugei
Sound Schoolmasters' Association, in
session.Jiere today in the auditorium
of Frederick & Nelson's store.
Salaries was one of the chief topics
of the Chicago convention, according
to Dr. Nash's report. He declared it
was frequently stated by speakers
that an adequate salary in both the
elementary and normal schools is
necessary if a high standard of teach­ing
is to be maintained.
In computing "salaries of teachers
it was declared that many expenses
not formerly considered should be
1-rovided for. Among these are con­tributions
to war funds, social life,
books, theaters, medical and dental
attention, life' and health insurance,
adidtional schooling, travel and a re­serve
fund of at least $300 a year
placed at interest or invested in some
dividend paying securities.
Dr. Nash's report dealt particularly
with that branch of the convention
devoted to Normal School activities.
He said the great subject uppermost
in the convention was that of the ef­fect
the war would have on conditions
after the peace treaty is signed. He
said some of- the country's greatest
educators believe educational systems
will be revolutionized, while others
dclare there will be few changes.
(Continued on page 2.)
BY FACULTY
In Assembly Monday morning, Prof.
Bever briefly reviewed his visit to
The Inland Empire Teachers' Associa­tion
at Spokane.
Two speakers he mentioned as im­portant
were Dr. Geo. D. Strayer, of
the Columbia University and Dr. J.
R. Jewell of the University of Arkan­sas.
Dr. Strayer was radical in want­ing
to upset the present school sys­tem.
He said that the present system
is an autocracy, and that he would
like to see it revolutionized. He de­clared
that there is a feeling that we
are not developing initiative and in­dividuality.
Dr. Jewell pictured in an intensely
interesting fashion, the mountain life
of the South, as it was several years
past. He told of its backwardness.
Finally, however, a school house was
erected and things improved until
finally the light of day is shown in
the valley. :- /
Pro£~Bever mentioned a:rgbod talk
on . reading and one on tests. and
scales,' in the sectional meetings.
Miss Anna L. . Bur dick spoke of how
the training of sales ladies was going
to be taken up by educational insti­tutions,
that the hiring of the four­teen-
year-old girl for this position was
practically a thing of the past. Sell­ing,"
she said, would soon become an
art in itself. .
Mr. Kibbe was called upon to tell
about the semi-annual meeting of the
Schoolmasters' Club, . which he at
tended. He commented on several of
the addresses which were given. One
thing which he thought was especially
emphasized was that vocational edu­cation
is being demanded by the peo­ple
and that that demand must be
met.
The remainder of the Assembly
period was given over to the students,
for the purpose of showing their ap­preciation
to the boys' baseball team,
for winning the game at Mount Ver­non.
School yells were given and
several members of the team gave
speeches.
FORESTRY LECTURE
Last Wednesday, Miss Baker intro­duced
to the student body,.the super­visor
of National forests, Mr. Parks,
who gave a very interesting lecture
on the forests of Washington, par­ticularly
those of Whatcom and Oka­nogan
Counties.
The Washington National forests
cover one 1,490,000 acres, and in
these forests are many mountains,
swamps.arid lakes, and this-comprises
some of the most beautiful scenery
ou! the Northwest. The Geological
Survey maps are not very detailed, so
6nly a few of these interesting points
are shown. Everything that is built
in the National forests, are put there
for the convenience of the campers
who go to these places for their vaca­tions.
All that is asked is that these
people do hot leave fires, or. do any­thing
that may cause danger to the
forests.
In reserving timber, the govern-
'Baent- is looking toward the future of
its people. Timber is fast being cut
off, and soon there may be a short­age
of lumber, owing to the exhaust­ive
methods of lumbering now being
practiced. Twenty-five per cent of
the. gross proceeds of forest taxes go
to the maintenance of the roads and
school fund of this state.
Mr. Parks contradicted the popular
belief that no mining could be carried
on in National forests. This is not
so, forest service has nothing to do
with mining. Mining in National for­ests
is controlled by the Department
of the Interior.
In connection with his lecture, Mr.
Parks showed some interesting pic­tures
of Washington forestry, par­ticularly
that of Northwestern Wash­ington.
He. also had manyr beautiful
views of the mountains in the Mount
Baker region.
STUDENTS RALLY AT
.Friday, morning, p r Nash intro­duced
Miss Mary E. Brown, president
of Western Washington state Wo­men's
Christian Temperance Union,
who spoke on " The Golden Jubilee "
of the W. C. T. U. that is now being
celebrated.
Miss Brown said that many people
are losing their interest in the W.'C.
T. U., thinking the work is done, when
it is not.. There is still much to do
even now that the national liquor pro­hibition
bill has been passed. She
spoke of the steps being taken to
protect other countries, such as
China, who was being overrun with
breweries, saloons and distilleries, and
that the W. C. T. U. must co-operate
with the workers in China so as to
protect the Chinese.
She also told how the W.-'C. T. U.
is carrying on the work started by
Frances E. Willard to improve7 moral
conditions in this country. In clos­ing,"
she said that the W. C. T. U.
wanted the co-operation of the teach­ers
in explaining to the student some­thing
of the past, present and future
of the W. C. T. U.
Miss Brown was accompanied by
Mrs. Amy L. Prouty, Whatcom Coun­ty
chairman of the publicity commit­tee.
The Assembly was then turned over
to Ernest E. Kobelt, Student Body
(Continued on page 2.)
%* *2* •£* ••* *** *$• *2* *3* *$* *$• *I* *•• *J* **• •$*
C A L E N D A R
A L U M N I NOTES
'l Will the girls who take :physical
training .please meet in the gymna­sium
Saturdayr April 12, at 2 o'clock. •
Mr. Kenneth Lewis '15 of the U. S,
N., has just returned to Bellingham
from France. Miss Maud Reardon
'16, teaching at Anacortes, was in
town for the week end. .
Mr. Herbert Johnson '17, late of
the U. S. Army, was in town Satur­day,,
looking up some business oppor­tunities.
"
L CO-OP TO
.C.
At the meeting of the Student Board
of Control on Friday, April 4, C. C.
Baughman was offered a two-year con­tract
as manager of the " Co-op"
Bookstore, which is owned by the
Students' .Association.
Mr. Boughman has acepted the new
terms, and will enter on the two-year
period beginning June 1st. He has
acted in his present capacity for the
(Continued on page 2): .
• Monday, 10 A. M. — "Punish­ment
and Reparation; How
Far Can Germany Repair the
Wrong She Has Done," Dr.
H. H. Powers.
• Tuesday, 9 A. M. — " Natural
Resources; the Economic
' . Basis of Nation-hood," Dr.
"H. H. Powers.
• Wednesday, 10 A. M. — "The
New Nations; Self Deter­mination
and Self Mainten­ance,"
Dr. Powers.
Clubs that meet usually on
Thursday. will convene. on
Wednesday night.
Thursday, 8 P. M. — " The
New Wards; World Trusts
and World Trustees," Dr. H.
H. Powers.
Friday, i o A. M:—"The New
Guarantees; the League of
Nations and Its Sponsors."
•?• «J» «J» •£• «S» •?» • «J» •£» •?• #J» A A iS» *£• '<