Weekly Messenger - 1919 November 28

              The Weekly Messenger
Devoted to the Interests of the Student Body, Washington State Normal School
VOL. XIX BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1919 NO. 10
DATE PROCLAIMED
Washington, District of Columbia —
In conformity with custom, President
Wilson yesterday issued the following
Thanksgiving Day proclamation, fixing
Thursday, November 27, as the date of
the annual observance:
" By the President of the United
States of America.
" Proclamation.
" The season of the year has again
arrived when the people of the United
States are accustomed to unite in giv­ing
thanks to Almighty God for the
blessings which he has conferred upon
our country during the 12 months that
have passed. A year ago our people
poured out their hearts in praise and
thanksgiving that through the divine aid
right was victorious and peace had come
to the nations which had so courageously
struggled in defense Oi. human liberty
and justice. Now that the stern task is
ended and the fruit of achievement is
ours we look forward with confidence to
the dawn of an era where the sacrifices
of the nations will find recompense in
a world at peace. .
RECOXSECRATIOX NEEDED
. " But to attain the consummation of
the great work to which the American
people devoted their manhood and the
vast resources of their country, they
should, as they give thanks to God, re­consecrate
themselves to those principles
of right which triumphed through His
merciful goodness. Our gratitude can
find no more perfect expression than to
bulwark with loyalty and patriotism
those principles for which the free peo­ples
of the earth fought and died.
" During the past year we have had
much to make us grateful. In spite
of the confusion in our economic life
resulting from the war, we have pros­pered.
"Our harvests have been plentiful and
of our abundance we have been able to
render succor to less favored nations.
Our democracy remains unshaken in a
world torn with political and social un­rest.
Our traditional ideals are still
our guides in the path of progress and
civilization.
" These great blessings, vouchsafed to
us, for which we devoutly give thanks,
should arouse us to a fuller sense of our
duty to ourselves and to mankind to
see to it that nothing we may do shall
mar the completeness of the victory
which we helped to win. No selfish
purpose animated us in becoming par­ticipants
in the world war, and with a
like spirit of unselfishness we should
strive to aid by our example and by our
co-operation in realizing the enduring
welfare of all peoples and in bringing
into being a world ruled by friendship
and good will.
DAY DESIGNATED
"Wherefore, I, Woodrow Wilson,
President of the United States of
AmericPjj, hereby designate Thursday,
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What have I that most I treasure,
Hours of joy and days of pleasure,
Shady paths and sunny vistas
And a rose environed way?
Nay, hut lips, whose bloom caressed me,
And the little love that blessed me,
Tis for these I thank Thee, Father,
On this glad Thanksgiving Day.
What have I in which I glory,
Honors gained, well worth the story,
Wealth of gold to guard and cherish,
In a miser's doting way?
Nay, but hands reached up to hold me,
And a child's love shyly told me,
'Tis for these I offer praises
On this glad Thanksgiving Day.
What have I that's worth the gaining?
Laurels fade and joys are waning
Gold and honors, beauty, pleasure,
With the years, they fade away
But the sweet child-faith that bound me,
'Tis for these, oh, God, I thank Thee,,
On this glad Thanksgiving Day.
THE BUSINESS GIRLS'
LEAGUE HAS MEETING
It was an enthusiastic crowd of girls
who met recently for. the first meeting
of the Business Girls' League. Miss
Woodard led the discussion by giving
reports of conferences with various em­ployers
and representatives of business
firms, and deducted a few practical
principles which make for success in any
line of work. This was followed by re­ports
from the members which answered
the query, " Have you sufficient time
for school work, rest and recreation?"
An interesting part of the program
was the introduction of various groups
whose members were all engaged in the
same line of work. The following groups
were represented: Musicians, 2; student
helpers, 28; school cafeteria workers,
16; occasional workers, 9; stenograph­ers,
4; janitor assistants, 5; usher, 1;
waitresses, 12; clerks,. 2; manager of
cafeteria, 1; assistant in cafeteria, 1;
assistant in day nursery, 1; assistant in.
book store, 1; assistant in library, 2.
The musical part of tahe program was
a rare treat both in selection and rendi­tion.
The following numbers were
given:
Scherzando Von Wilm
Edith Kesler
Little Shawl of Blue Teshmacher
Out of the Silent Night Teschmacher
Pearl Ingalls
The league hopes to have many such
pleasant meetings which provide recrea­tion,
sociability and a better understand­ing
of the problems of the business girl.
ffirt l a Return
uHianks
That Columbus, the bold sailor, with the
aid of Isabella of Spain, discovered
America;
That the Pilgrim fathers left their na­tive
home and brought to Plymouth
Rock high morals and ideals of justice
and freedom;
That George Washington, the Father of
his Country, learned in the school of
hardship the lessons that enabled him
to lead the nation in time of stress.
That the patriot, Thomas Jefferson, con­ceived
the immortal Declaration of In­dependence
;
That Benjamin Franklin, a man of wis­dom,
represented America in France
and brought order out of chaos;
That Abraham Lincoln, the friend of the
oppressed, rose from poverty to great­ness,
through diligent application and
study;
That Woodrow Wilson's courage and
Christian manhood has been sufficient
to pilot our nation thrubgh the great
struggle for democracy, and that the
" government of the people, by the
people, and for the people shall not
perish from the earth."
— A. K. W.