Weekly Messenger - 1919 April 5

              Devoted to the Interests of the Student Body, Washington State Normal School
\*OL;XVIXI. BELEINGHAM, WASH., SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1919> No.,26
;\At the inter-class debate which was
given^ last... Wednesday in- Asembly the
) question for .argument was as follows:,
fResblved, that "the United States Govr
ernment shpuld permanently retain' the
control' and operation of Railroads, con­stitutionalitywaived..'.
The Senior team,
composed of Ruth Ldndbury, Helen
SeKwartze, and William Edson, spoke for
the? aff|rmative. The Junior team, com­posed
pf Anna Taube, Enid Shumway,
and Harold Marshall,; spoke for the
negative. The' Junior team; was awarded
the decision.;
"The first speaker for the affirmative
was. 'jR-uth. Lindbury.' Miss Lindbury
said 'tbiat out of sixty-five countries
having extensive railways, sixty-one of
thepe were operated, by the Government, 0f -the .teachers, of., the. -United, .States
and they were successful. She men­tioned;
the ways in which-government
ownership has proved efficient and
economical,.. _and.. personal, .ownership
inefficienti by citing that in time of
wajry : t h e ; privafiely owned-railroads
failed- us. in - getting supplies to our
soldiers, ^ahdrthus showing the lack of
unity in efficiency. Waste is multi­plied,
and the cost of ^building
• amprints to from forty to sixty per
cent of transportation charges. Also,
w^ter traffic has been discouraged by
private v.: [ownership. Another thing
against the private ownership of rail­roads
is-that way in which they have
bjjeji regulatdi ; /
?The first speaker^ for the negative
w^JMiss-Taube. She declared that,in
the: case of -private ownership the aver­age
wage paid to employees was higher.
That Europeaah second class rates were
i tb be compared vto American first class
rjites, anaV that; one hundred dollars
buys more transportation. in the U. S.
thai; in Europe, and much better ser­vice
is received i-for lit.' The contrast
with the imperfect cars of Europe to the
modern and comfortable cars of the
IJni^d Statesi^was-\made. ;
<Th6 ^second speaker for; the - affirma-tiye
was Helen" S c h w a r fcz e . Miss
Schwartze proved^ that government con­trol
and operation of railroads was
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In Assembly Wednesday, Dr. Miller
-told the'students'about-bisftrip to Ever­ett
.one day last week.. Dr. Miller went
as one. of the speakers at an Institute
held there. './.'"'
While in 'Everett Dr.r Miller took oc­casion
;-Jfc'o visit the 'Normal Students
who are doing • cadet work? in ?that • city:
He especialy commended their alertness;
and-the:good work our cadets are do­ing
and showing, and he also mentioned
the very, efficient --school system of
Everett.
At the asnie assembly Dr. Nash re-some
very good lectures. One lecture,
given by Prof.-Roberts of Chicago, was
especially interesting and practical.
Prof, Roberts^ said that only ten percent
;;:; j ^ i l l the new club, and; organization
reporters please put their names in
t^£: Messenger; box. a t ' pnce;rso that
tjjlj r§adjustnierit can be made in the
were professionally trained, whereas
forty percent of the teachers in Chile
had profesional traininng. Dr. Roberts
declared ,that there was .a new day com­ing,
for -teacherSj where there would be
a reduction of competition with" un­trained
teachers,. and the 'trained teach­ers'
salary would rise accordingly.
"\ At the same tsembly. Dr. Nash re­marked
upon the editorial published in
last week's Messenger, on school spirit.
He said that students ought fco take time
to show their... devotion: .to., .their school.
There are many >ways in which we can
do this—by turning out for athletics,
inter-class debates^-and-.the like.
Dr. Nasfr says that it would be well
to have student rallies,-in which to have
our school sOngs; and yells, and he ap­pointed
Mr. Ernest: Kbbelt to take charge
of these affairs, and see that they arg;
put - through.' Let .•• us > all rally to Mr.
Kobelt?s" support, and, now that .the flu
scared is over, andthe war is won, let us
show a little of that necessary product
known to all good students everywhere
as School Spirit.
I •-'Mr; Coughlin told t h e students about
the Achievement Club rally he at­tended
at "Van Wyck a short time ago.
He-said' that the-whole rally was a fine
example - of county spirit • and coopera­tion.
About two hundred-boys and girls
participated in this rally. These child­ren
have alll been engaged in some sort
of farm activities, such as raising pigs,
chickens arid gardens. For this, they
were "awarded the Boys' and Girls'
Achievement Club pin. On Arbor Day
they gave a fine demonstration of
community arid school spirit, by
planting tres and flowers, and clear*
irig up ia wood lot in their vicinity.
Great spirit was shown • throughput
the " r a l ly in their club' arid school
songs and yells, * arid the -good 4 will
with which all was given; ' ^; ":
- Dr. H. H. Powers, of Newton, Mass.,
will lecture a t the Normal the week
of. April 13th. He will be remember­ed
by many who. heard, him lecture
last, year on the .war. .This year. he.
will lecture on " The. Pfohleins of! t he
Peace Conference" dealing in pun­ishment
and reparation, ^hiow far can,
^Germany repair the wrong she has
done; natural resources, the econo­mic
basis of nationhood; the new na­tions,
self determination and self-riDainteriance;
the new wards, world
trusts and world trustees, the guar­antees,
the league of nations and its
sponsors'. Among other problems
which-he will discuss in this connec­tion
will be France and Germany,
Germany and Russia, the Hapsburg
States, the Balkans arid the Adriatic,
the Far East. '
; His other series of lectures will be
on the league of nations, discussing
the Paris compact, the organization
ofJ theLV^
omissions and its difficulties and dan­gers;
the league as administrator,
the German colonies, the Turkish
territories, the international trade
routes, the; league as arbitrator, quar­rels
and their settlement, the pledge
of delay on investigation, the league
as enforcer, the league and its back­ers,
helpful and non-helpful members,
who are the really responsible parties
in the league.
; It is expected that Dr. Powers' lec­tures
will be well attended and of in­terest
to^ all.
As members pf the faculty wiU gen­erally
concede, this forum dinner held
on Tuesday of this week was the most
elaborate and interesting one of the
year. . Credit for this success belongs!
chiefly to the members of the conl-;
mittee on organizations, Miss Ederis,
Miss Charlton, Mr. Hunt arid Mr.
Hughes.
The guest of honor and chief
speaker was our Dr. Nash. With that
earnestness-arid humor that we: know
so well, Dr Nash recounted Ms ex­periences
of the recent trip r to the
East. He spoke of experiences, social
and . professional, of 'wonderful the­atrical
performances^ and-speeches,- of
interesting personalities that he h id
met.
After this talk,; a "short1 period^ <*£
discussion was engaged' -in >by Ethe;
faculty. Another enjoyable^ part "of!
the program was music ^ by John Roy
Williams, violinist/ who is 'well -known
a t Normal,.-. :X'".' .." .••-'.;•'•.;•-. ."'. -^,.'.;':'-
Abpve all, however, the meeting
was a dinner! This part of the pro­gram
was served iby the domestic
science department in the cafeteria.
It proved welcome to all, and did: i ts
part to make the forum most success­ful.
MR. HOPPE IS KEPT
Last Wednesday night Mr. Hoppe
read the popular play " The Fortune
Hunter" at the meeting of the par­ent-
teachers at Marietta. ' Tonight he
reads " The Man. From Home" as a
regular number of the school lyceum
course at Birch Bay.
During the month of April Mr.
Hoppe will be kept busy . giving his
excellent entertainments. Some of
his engagements include the follow­ing
places: Blaine High School, Lyn-den
High School, Maple Palls Schools,
Acme, . Nooksack, Lake Stevens in
Skagit County, Parent-Teachers' As-sofciatioh?
of Des Moines, King County;
kirklarid; fKing"County. : " - -;
On a recent trip, Mr. A. F.
Fritscher, who travels for the Kinney
Company, out of Providence, R. I.,
paid the Normal a great compliment
by saying that we h a v e the best " co­op
" book store of any Normal school
in?the United States.
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Monday—'Mr. Bever and Miss
Earhart, reports: on 'Inland
Empire Teachers' Associa­tion.
Wednesday —• H, ',C. Park, -il­lustrated
lecture.'on nature
study; programs by various
clubs.
Thursday, 11:00 — Dr. E. A.
Winshipi of ^Boston. •
Friday— General school rally.
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