Weekly Messenger - 1922 March 3

              The Weekly Messenger
Devoted to the Interests of the Student Body, Washington State Normal School
VOL. XXI BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON:, FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1922 NO. 21
CAST OF "LITTLE WOMEN"
Left to Eight, Front—Jeanice Turner, Albertina Pearson, Irma Bond, Beryl Wilson, Helen Goke. Hazel Hanson,
Katherine Myers. Back—Walter Ingle, Jean Burke, Eobert Caul'.dns, Charles King, Victor Hoppe, director; Warren
Blaney, Jr.
TO PRESIDE
AT FORMAL
OF
TO REMAIN AT NIORMAL
UNTIL SUCCESSOR ARRIVES
Students will be glad to hear that Br.
Nash is not leaving now, but will remain
with us until March 31, at least. Dr.
Nash's successor lias not yet been named
by the trustees and he will continue to
act until that choice is made.
• Dr. Nash will preside at the formal
opening of Edens Hall in the very near
future. Some slight alterations will be
made in the building before the opening
takes place.
"I slipped in quietly and.it seemed to
me as if I had not been gone longer
than a day," said Dr. Nash on his re­turn
last week. "I wish to say again
that I think the Bellingham Normal stu­dents
are the finest body of students in
the state, and that I am highly appre­ciative
of the faculty and students."
Dr. Nash reports that he had an in­teresting
time on his trip. He visited
various colleges, including Pomona Col­lege,
which is located in the beautiful
Southern California region. Dr. Nash
also visited Tabor and Fairmont Col­leges
in Iowa; Kingfisher College, in
Oklahoma; Talladega College, in Geor­gia;
the Atlantic Theological Seminary,
in Georgia; the Polytechnic Intitution,
in Billings, Montana; and the State
Normal College at Dillon, Montana.
While in Chicago, Dr. Nash attended
numerous meetings and conventions. At
the mid-winter meeting of the College
Presidents, from all over the land. Dr.
Nash met Mr. P. B. Claxton, former nat­ional
.commissioner of education, and
his successor, Mr. J. J. Tigert.
B. S. N. S.:
Wade B.: "I guess I'll go down to the
office and get the mail."
Marion C: "Oh! go down to the book­store
and bring that up to, will you,
please?"
JUNIOR CLASS PLAY
ONE OF THE BEST
EVER PRESENTED HERE
ALL STAR CAST MEETS
WITH BRILLIANT SUCCESS
Hushed expectancy hung over the
crowded auditorium last evening as the
curtains slowly parted for the first act
of the charming little play, "Little
Women," presented by the Junior class.
Guided by the master-hand, Mr.
Hoppe, the Juniors did credit to their
class. It would he a difficult task, in­deed
,to point out the star of the per­formance.
Every character was made a
"star" part by the clever acting of the
student actors.
Lovable Jo (Helen Goke) with _ all
her broad-minded ideas; sweet, serious
Meg (Janice Turner); dear Beth (Tina
Pearson), and quaint Amy (Beryl Wil­son),
were well portrayed and lived up
to our ideas of Louisa May Alcott's
girls. Irma Bond, Katherine Myers and
Hazel Hanson were extremely clever in
their character acting.
John Burke and Charles .King sur­prised
their various friends by their j>ol-ished
portrayal of old men.
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—B. S. N S.
ADVERTISING MANAGER
DESERVES MUCH CREDIT
FOR SUCCESS OF PLAY
Mi-. Warren Blaney is to be congratu-latd
on the efficiency, energy and en­thusiasm
with which he advertised the
Junior play, "Little Women." The
packed house before which the play was
enacted last night was largely due to
the clever advertising th play received.
We are confident that there isn't a per­son
in Bellingham who didn't hear about
"Little Women" and didn't know the
place, the time and the price.
Congratulations, Mr. Blaney.
OPEN LETTER TO THE
L
L
HOLD HONORARY BANO.UET
EDENS HALL. MARCH 18
As you probably know, President Nash
has been chosen as President of the Con­gregational
Foundation for Education of
America, and will sever his connection
with our Normal School the latter part
of March.
Plans are being made by the AHimni
Association to hold a farewell banquet
in his honor, at the new Edens' Hall, on
Saturday, March 18th, at 8 p. m. A Very
unique and interesting program is being
arranged for the occasion.
Let us all assemble to bid our retiring
President, who has guided the destinies
of the Normal School so faithfully for
seven and one-half years, farewell and
Godspeed. He has stood as an advocate
of high standards in education. He has
given to our Alma Mater and to the
State something of everlasting benefit.
It is now our duty and privilege to
acknowledge with 'grateful hearts the
worth of services well rendered.
With one accord, let us also pledge
our continued support to the Bellingham
Normal School. We should be ready to
join with the new President in an effort
to make the institution better. The in­stitution
is still, and always will be,
ours. The people of the State and entire
Northwest are proud of it. The child­ren
of tomorrow are dependent upon it
for trained instructors.
Plan your time with March 18th re­served
tor this farewell reception and
banquet. Send one dollar for reservation
at once to Mr. Leonard Anstett, the
secretary of the Alumni Association. Do
not put-it off. Plan now to come to our
beautiful new dormitory for this fare­well
banquet.
Verv trulv yours,
" A. D. FOSTEE,
President of B. S. N. S. Alumni.
MISS GORDON LEAVES
23; TOJJE GONE YEAR
LEAVES VANCOUVER. B. C.
MARCH 23. FOR KOREA
To tea.-jh the children of the mission­aries,
Miss Gordon, Training School sup­ervisor,
leaves Vancouver, B. C, on
March 23, for a three years' stay in
Korea.
Miss Gordon plans to make the com­plete
trip alone. She has no persona]
friends in Korea, but she is not one bit
afraid. Asked if she didn't feel just a
few qualms about traveling alone thru
Japan, Miss Gordon said earnestly, "Oh,
No!" The natives are perfectly kind and
friendly. Besides, I shall be so inter­ested
in the surrounding country that I
just won't have time to feel afraid."
The Empress of Eussia will carry Miss
Gordon as a passenger on March 23,
leaving Vancouver, for Kobe, Japan. The
Empress of Eussia will be thirteen days
at sea, arriving at Kobe, April 5. At
Kobe our traveler will board a small,
boat, which will take her across the
channel to Port Fusan, in Korea, which
formerly was a port of China, but which
is now under Japanese control. An in­teresting
seven hours ride from Port
Fusan to Taiku will bring Miss Gordon
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OUR LAST BASKETBALL
GAME THIS SEASON
PLAYED TONIGHT
The question that is going the rounds
among the basketball players now is
"Will we lose to the high school?" After
having lost most of their games this
year, the Normal team is working hard
hoping to end the season with a win.
This game takes place in the Whatcom
Gymnasium at 8:15 o'clock tonight,
March 3.
The preliminary game will be between
the Normal second team and the What­com
second team. This game will start
at 7:00 o'clock sharp.
Normal Loses Both Games on Trip.
The College of Puget Sound beat ilia
Normal team very badly Friday night,
at Tacoma the score being 46 to 28. This
was a fast game, both teams scoring
almost at will, except that C. P. S. suc­ceeded
in running up many more scores.
St. Martin's evened the count with
Normal when they Avon the basketball
game 25 to 17. This game was played
at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Both
teams played hard, the home team
winning in the last few minutes.
On the way home the members of the
Normal team stopped off at Seattle and
attnded the University of Washington
vs. P. A. C. basketball game.
Open lette to Alumni