Weekly Messenger - 1919 February 1

              The Weekly Messenger
VOL. XVIII.
Devoted to the Interests of the Student Body, Washington State Normal School
BELLINGHAM, WASH., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1019 NO. 17
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Through letters received recently
from Miss Mabel Zoe Wilson, our li­brarian,
it is evident that the work
which she is doing in the Camp Lewis
Library is extremely important and
most worth while. It is stated that
the Camp Library is well organized
in spite of its extreme newness and
the difficulty in having trained help.
Bight librarians have been donated
to the government for special lines of
assistance, one of the eight being our
own Miss Wilson. It is not a mean
task to organize the subject matter of
a library of 52,000 volumes in a
racnth, but this is the work to which
Miss Wilson has .set her hand.
WEDNESDAY ASSEMBLY
WAS A PLEASANT ONE
The faculty and Student Body were
entertained at Assembly on Wednes­day
by Mrs. Spratley, who sang sev­eral
of the familiar interesting chil­dren's
songs, written by Eleanor
Gaynor.
Dr. Nash made the announcement
that he had received a telegram ask­ing
him to come to Olympia. He is
to confer with the legislators con­cerning
the appropriations for a new
dormitory, and the need of a new
gymnasium will also be mentioned.
Dr. Nash gave a few remarks con­cerning
interviews with boys at Camp
Lewis who had recently returned
from France. His remarks were in
substance as follows:
We might look at Belgium as being
first in importance in the world's war
because they held back the Germans,
or England might be considered first,
they Were the first in defense. Again
we think that Prance might have first
place — they fought and resisted, al­most
defenselessly. Then the Ital­ians
came in for their share of glory.
They even climbed the mountains in
order to hold back the German lines.
But we are inclined to think that the
Americans were the decisive factor
in winning the war. The incident
referred to was the battle at Chateau
Thierry. The French who had been
in the war four years were now giv­ing
up. They were losing hope. The
Yanks were sent to help them hold
the Germans back. The Americans
sang " Ov,er There " and brought new
hope and new life into the French
army. The marines, the first Ameri-
(Continued on page 2.)
A Novel Photograph
of Dr. Herre Found
DR. ALBERT HERRE (In the Center)
This picture was taken more than thirty years ago.
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Through the kindness of Mr.
Thompson, instructor in penmanship,
we were able to have this picture re­produced
in the Messenger. The fol­lowing
excerpt is taken from " The
School News and. Practical Educa­tion,"
a book belonging to Mr. Thomp­son:
" This is a picture of three boys
taken 32 years ago. They were
then attending the Springfield high
school and getting out of bed at 3
o'clock every morning to deliver
morning papers. A year later they
were graduated.
" The boy in the middle, Albert C
Herre, soon after graduation, became
a reporter for the State Register, and
a little later was appointed clerk of
the board of education of Springfield,
which position he filled most satis­factorily.
After several years, he was
appointed a teacher in the high
school, all of which positions he fill­ed
with credit to himself.
" During these years he was a hard
student and pursued correspondence
courses prepared by the University
of Chicago. Few persons of his age
possessed so wide a knowledge of
books and subjects. When the head
of a- family with several children he
removed to California, and entered
Leland Stanford University. He has
received two degrees from that in­stitution.
He has been elected to
membership in one ^r more scientific
associations of which only persons
who have done original research work
of a high order can become members.
He was appointed assistant to the
United States fish commission. He
worked with David Starr Jordan, the
highest authority upon fishes in the
world, and in collaboration with him
published 'A Review of the Herring-
Like Fishes of Japan.' He has made
a most careful study of the flora of
a part of California, and, as a result
of his labor, his work entitled ' The
Foliaceous and Fructicose Lichens of
the Santa Cruz Peninsula, Cal.,' was
published by the Academy of Science,
Washington, D. C"
This, in brief, is an account of our
Dr. Herre's early life, who is now in­structor
in the biological department
of the Normal. A copy of the book
entitled " The Foliaceous and Fructi­cose
Lichens of the Santa Cruz Pen­insula,
California" is in our library.
DR. MILLER EDITS
Dr. Irving Miller in collaboration
with Dr. Paul Monroe of Columbia
University, edited a book entitled
" The American Spirit." How the
varied traits of the forefathers have
blended to make the American spirit
a basis for world democracy is briefly
told in this volume.
" The American Spirit" is a book
that will help to strengthen the tra­ditions
of our own republic while fur­thering
the cause of world demo­cracy
—
1. Besause it brings together the
best thought and the most inspiring
utterances of patriot leaders from the
Colonial period to the present day.
2. Because it is carefully prepar­ed
for study, as is shown in the or­ganization
of contents, in the helpful
footnctes, and in the subject index,
which touches nearly every question
cf the day. It is admirably suited for
use as a reader to supplement courses
•n government.
3. Because it is not narrowly na­tional.
It emphasizes the fact that
the democratic movement is univer­sal—
a world movement, that in this
movement America must continue to
tear the resonsibility that events
have thrust upon her; and that it is
her duty to transmit to all peoples
that spirit which is a complex of the
aspirations of men of every walk of
life from every land — the American
spirit, which is a basis for world
democracy.
CALENDAR
Monday, February 2.
8:00 — General teachers' meeting.
10:00 — Assembly.
"An Hour With Walt Whit­man,"
Prof. W. F. Parish.
Tuesday, February 3.
1:00 —Choral Club.
Wednesday, February 4.
1C:00 — Assembly.
Community singing and a mu­sical
program in charge of
Mrs. Thatcher.
11:00 — Dean's hour.
Meeting of young housekeep­ers,
room 308. Special
music and topics of gen­eral
interest.
Thursday, February 5.
2:00 — Y. W. C. A. meeting.
2:00 — Y. M. C. A. meeting.
Friday, February 6.
10:00 — Short assembly followed by
club meetings.