Weekly Messenger - 1919 August 14

              The Weekly Messenger
Devoted to the Interests of the Student Body, Washington State Normal School
VOL. XVIII. BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1919 No. 43
DR. NASH IN EAST
Last Friday Dr. Nash left Belling­ham
on a trip East. He will stop to
see his mother in Canton, South Da­kota,
on his way to Chicago. From
Chicago he will go to Washington, D.
;C. There he will visit Government
bureaus of Education, and confer with
prospective teachers who are connect­ed
with the Normal schools.
From Washington, D. C, he will go
to West Virginia and enjoy himself
•by speaking at a number of County
Institutes. He will assist the West
Virginia teachers in arranging educa­tional
programs.
Coming home Dr. Nash will go by
way of New York, Philadelphia, Chi­cago,
through the twin cities over the
Canadian Pacific to Vancouver and
finally to Bellingham.
Before leaving, Dr. Nash met the
members of the Senior class and gave
them his best wishes for their future
success and happiness. He expressed
his appreciation of the fine student
body and cooperative spirit of the Nor­mal
students.
Dr. Nash expects to be back early
in September.
READY FOR
.PARISH PRESENTS
Commencement Exercises will be­gin
tonight with a complimentary dra­matic
play recital, "The Man From
Home," given by Mr. Hoppe, at eight
o'clock in the school auditorium.
Friday, the school will have its last
get together meeting of the year, with
a picnic at Squalicum Beach at seven
o'clock.
Sunday morning, at eleven o'clock,
in the Garden Street Methodist church,
the Reverend George Carrol King will
give the Commencement address.
Wednesday, the twentieth, the fac­ulty
will hold a reception for the grad­uating
class, in Edens Hall, at eight
o'clock.
. Friday, at nine-thirty the graduation
exercises will be held. Mr. N. D. Sho-walter,
President of Cheney Normal,
will give the address.
The first two classes in the morn­ing
will be held as usual, except that
the two periods will be shortened.'
This is the first graduation exer­cises
that our President has been ab­sent
from, but necessary business has
called him to the East. In his absence
Mr. Bever has taken his place.
Monday's assembly was opened by
a short devotional service lead by
Mr. Bever. Mr. Parish then conducted
the singing of a number of popular
songs by the student body.
Following this Mr. Parish gave a
number of vocal solos, this being his
program: .
"A Son of the Desert"
"Till the Sands of the Desert Grow
Cold."
A group of lullabys.
"Carry Me Back to Ole Virginny."
At the close of the musical num­bers,
Mr. .Parish discussed the "home­ly
philosophy" of Walt Mason.
He introduced the poet by giving a
short sketch of his life and the charac­teristic
marks of his rhymes. He
then read "Has Been's," a verse dis­cussing
present day homes: a bit of
advice to girls, and also to boys; the
closing selection dealt merciful sys-pathy
to the teacher.
Mr- Parish program was much en­joyed
by the student body.
IS KNOCKED
BY THE PRESIDENT
At our Friday assembly, Dr. Nash
outlined our program for the follow­ing
two weeks, which promise to be
very full and vaulable.
Dr. Pon, who has been serving the
Presbyterian chuirch in Bellingham,
spoke a word of greeting and kindly
wishes to the student body. Dr. Pon
served as minister of the Presbyteri-j
an church at Walla Walla.
This being the last assembly that
Dr. Nash would be with us, he gave
us some parting advice concerning
his favorite book on; '''slang." Dr.
Nash admonished us to eradicate from
our speech the phrase "You bet," for
it is bad taste. "Listen" and "Sure,"
we use so commonly that, the worth
and meaning of the words are lost.
Dr. Nash endeavored to impress upon
the students the value of silence, for
"silence is golden," and by silence a
truer appreciation of life is gained.
During the past week three chem­ists
and a bacteriologist from the
United States Department of Agricul­ture
have been using the Normal chem
istry laboratory for research work on
the spoiling of fish.
Last year the government purchased
vast quantities of canned salmon which
was spoiled when it was opened. Since
the process of canning prevents any
decay, the conclusion was reached,
that the fish was spoiled before it was
canned. In order to protect the can-ner
as well as the consumer, this in­vestigation
has been made by the gov­ernment.
Experiments have been made
to test the length of time the fish can
be kept after they are caught before
being canned- A series of tests were
made so that a definite conclusion
could be reached. These tests showed
that the fish could be kept for three
days, but if kept longer, they would
decay in the cans. Tests were also
made to find out what organisms were
present in the fish to cause decay.
The final experiment was to keep
fish for various lengths of time and
can it. This is to be taken to the
east, where the cans will be opened
and ..therf i sfc analyzed;. • This, will-prove
the conclusions of the experiment
made here, so that in the future the
department can tell by analysis if fish
has been kept too long before canning.
The men performing the experiment
greatly appreciate the use of the Nor­mal
school, as it was the only place
in the city where the accommodations
were such as to make the experiment
successful. • They have extended an
invitation for Dr. Nash to visit the
chief department while he is on his
trip in the east. The Normal school is
glad that it can give assistance to the
government work.
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FROM H O I " TONIGHT
NORMAL TO EXHIBIT
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• GENERAL SCHOOL MIXER
: • Tomorrow night the entire
• school will have its last-get to-
• gether mixer at Squalicum
• Beach. Plans are all prepared
• for a grand time, and anyone
•$• who can afford to miss it needs
• immediate; sUrgical attention.
• Good eats, a fine -beach, and a
*$• wonderful time. Come on out.
•;• It's the last social event of the
•»• year.
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Miss Marie ' C. Druse will have
charge of the Bellingham State Nor­mal
exhibit to be given at the State
Fair in Yakima in September. The
department has been given ample
space in the Women's Building, where
such phases of art as posters, toys,
weaving and basketry will be dis­played.
It should be gratifying to this in­stitution
to know that although both
Ellensburg and Cheney were asked to
exhibit, neither felt able to do so.
Miss Druse has also been asked to
be judge of the fine arts and "needle­'
s* • • I work# exhibit at the fair.
Mr. Hoppe will read the four act
play, "The Man From Home," by
Booth Tarkington and Harry L. Wil­son,
Thursday evening at 8:15, in the
Normal auditorium.
The play is a clean, wholesome com­edy,
full of interesting situations, re­plete
with the genial humor and quaint
philosophy of the American lawyer.
Daniel Pike.
The scene is laid at Sorrento, Italy.
The comedy enters in the introduc­tion
of a Horsier to the conventiali-ties,
the customs and ruins of the
country. Pressure is brought to bear,
upon him to allow his ward, Ethel
Simpson, to marry into English nobil­ity.
He is not bluffed by titles.
Mr. Hoppe calls it a play of Demo­cratic
idea.
PRESTON TALKS
BILLS
Mrs. Josephine Corliss Preston, state
superintendent of public instruction,
and president of the National Educa­tional
Association, addressed the stu­dent
body at Wednesday's assembly,
on national educational questions. The
state of Washington is greatly honored
in having Mrs. Preston at the head
of educational affairs of the nation.
Some of the questions which have
come before the national. government
are vocational education, club work,
public health, and' child labor laws.
The latest bill, and one which^is of
vital importance, is the Smith-Towner
bill, which asks for a department of
education in the national government,
and a secretary of education in the
President's cabinet. It also empha­sises
the following points: Better com­pensation
for teachers, better qualifi­cations
for teachers, better system for
rural schools, education fos adult illit­erates,
Americanization of foreigners,
and a public health department for
rural schools.
In speaking of the bill, Mrs. Preston
said that teachers' compensation had
not increased in proportion to the ad­vanced
qualifications, and that teach­ers
receiv&T small-wages;~in~-comparir;
son with the expense of education for
obtaining the required qualifications.
The bill asks for $100,000,000 a year
from the federal government to supple­ment
the state apportionment for
teachers' compensation.
In closing, Mrs. Preston made an
appeal to the teachers to measure up
to the ideals .which the National Edu­cational
Association has set for them.
Following Mrs. Preston's address,
Dr. Nash introduced the other mem­bers
of the party. Mils. Preston's
mother, her nephew, and Miss Dickin­son,
deputy state superintendent.
Dr. W- L. Mellinger, one of the Chau­tauqua
speakers, said a few words on
the great need of education in Mexico
to make that country one of the influ­ential
nations of the world.
Miss Bertha Crawford's brother and
his family visited her over the week
end.
CALENDAR
• Thursday, Aug. 14.—Y. W. C.
A. meeting at 2 P. M.
Mr. Hoppe will read "The
Man From Home" at 8 P. M.
• Friday, Aug. 15.—Mr. Lowman
and Seattle teachers will
have charge of program.
Faculty-Student picnic in af­ternoon.
Sunday, Aug. 17.—Rev. George
Carol King will preach to the
graduating class at Garden
Street M. E. church at 11 A.
M. ,
Monday, Aug. 18.—French Play
made under direction of Miss
Beardsley.
Wednesday, Aug. 2u.—Lecture
by Thomas Cole.
Faculty reception to graduat­ing
class at Edens Hall in
evening. -
Friday, Aug. 22.—Graduation
exercises. Address by Presi­dent
Showalter of Cheney
State Normal School-
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