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The Weekly Messenger Devoted to the Interests of the Student Body, Washington State Normal School VOL. XX BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1921 NO. 16 DEATH CAUSED By ACCIDENT The entire community of Bellingham was deeply shocked at the sudden and tragic announcement that Ida Agnes Baker had been killed in a collision with a Garden Street car, on the evening of Saurday, January 29. The exact circumstances of the death will probably never be known. In company with her old friend, Mrs. Alice M. Biggs, Miss Baker had attended a meeting of the League of Women Voters at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Nichols, on Laurel Street, Saturday afternoon; at its conclusion she had turned toward her home, alone. The storm which caused such destruction in the entire Puget Sound district that night was then at its height, the wind driving in fearful gusts and the rain, cutting like blinding hail. Whether Miss Baker did not see the approaching car, in crossing at Laurel, and plunged directly ahead of it, or whether she was overcome by the storm and lost con- (Continued on page 2.) DISMISSED IN OF MISS BAKER On Monday,- January 31, the first assembly after the death of Miss Baker, Dr. Nash announced no school would be held Wednesday, in honor of the departed member of the faculty. Many students of the school had not heard of her death and their first intimation came when they beheld the beautiful spray of carnations over her seat in assembly, the second from the end in the second row. This tribute, so expressive of Miss Baker's love of flowers, was provided by the faculty. The flowers were transferred to her door and hung there until after the funeral. Dr. Nash, who had been in the southern part of the state, could not be reached by telephone on account of the terrific storms over the week end. He read the announcement in a Seattle paper, while in Olympia Sunday. He immediately departed for home, reaching Bellingham Monday morning. He deeply regretted the necessity of his return to Olympia, before the funeral. Rev. Marshall, who had been invited to speak in assembly, paid beautiful tribute to Miss Baker. He brought out forcefully the idea that one should so live physically, mentally and morally to meet the hour of death — and that Miss Baker had so lived. _ Although deeply moved, • Dr. Nash (Continued on page 7.) IDA AGNES BAKER, BELOVED MEMBER OF NORMAL FACULTY, WHO HAS SERVED OUR SCHOOL FOR TWENTY-ONE YEARS Ope your doors and take me in, spirit of the wood! Wash me clean of dust and din, clothe me in your mood. Take me from the noisy light to the sunless peace, Where at midday standeth Night singing Toil's release. All your dusky twilight stores to my senses give; Take me in and lock the doors, show me how to live. Lift your leafy roof for me, part your yielding walls: Let me wander lingeringly through your scented halls. Ope your doors and take me in, spirit of the wood! Take me — make me next of kin to your leafy brood. — ETHELWYN WETIIERALD The above poem, a favorite of Miss Baker's, and which she chose to be read at her mother's funeral, sounded the spirit of the simple but beautiful services held at her home, 418 High Street, Wednesday, February 2, at 2:30 o'clock. The little house, so charmingly surrounded by flowers and shrubs of her own planting, was not large enough to hold her many friends. The casket was placed in a bed of moss, surrounded by a profusion of flowers. The Alkisiah girls, dressed in white, stood in the hall and on the stairs. A quartet of Normal students, Pearl Ingals, Ethel and Marion Chisholm and Ellen Ileep, sang " Like a River." Rev. Baker, of the Unitarian Church, read " Crossing the Bar" by Tennyson and " The House of the Trees " by Wether-ald, and sj:>oke words of appreciation regarding the life and character of Miss Baker. Mrs. Vincent closed the services with a beautiful vocal solo. The pallbearers were Prof. J. T. Forrest, Cbas. Scarf, of Seattle; Mr. E. Scott, Rev. Eddy, Mr. Bever, senior member of the Normal faculty, and Wm. Boyd, representing the students. The flowers were especially lovely and largely expressive of Miss Baker's particular delights. The Normal faculty sent an immense spray of pink roses, with a background of paper white narcissi, ferns and chiffon; the Students' Association a mammoth bouquet of sweet peas and fresias; the Alkisiah Club the emblem of their society outlined in jonquils, violets, roses and ferns. Beautiful floral tributes were expressed by the Unitarian Alliance, the League of Women Voters and personal friends. OF MISS BAKER One of the rarest flowers is missing from life's garden. Ida Agnes Baker has been taken. Our friend was deeply interested in life and inspired her students to understand and appreciate the wonders of nature. She loved dumb animals and labored to protect them from abuse, but she loved more her fellow being and endeavored to widen the circle of human happiness. She believed in her school and gave her best talents to aid in its advancement. She was industrious and never spared herself when there was work to ba done. She showed herself friendly and was surrounded by myriad friends. She was wise in giving counsel and commanded the confidence and respect of her associates. She lived a beautiful life and has earned a rich reward. She is gone but will live in the lives of those she ljas left behind. (Continued on page 2.) PASSED BY FACULTY Trie faculty of the Bellingham State Normal School, wishing to express their grief and their sense of loss, both personal and professional, in the tragic death of Miss Ida Agnes Baker, and also to convey their sincerest sympathy to her relatives and friends, have ordered to be prepared and published the following memorial: In the twenty-two years of her connection with the work and life of this school, Miss Baker made an indelible impression upon the lives and memory of its host of teachers and students. Her position may be filled by another, but her place we feel will always be vacant. Yet we are glad to testify to the conviction that the spirit and ideals of her life will continue to live and to bless this school. In all her professional relations, Miss Baker was marked by unchanging love of the school and unfailing loyalty to its best ideals and traditions. She stood for high standards of scholarship and of professional achievement, and these standards she enforced in her own professional life. We gratefully remember her for her broad sympathies, which included every living thing. She understood young people and enjoyed the beauty, the freshness and the zest of their lives. She (Continued on page 7.)
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Title | Weekly Messenger - 1921 February 4 |
Volume and Number | Vol. 20, no. 16 |
Date Published (User-Friendly) | February 4, 1921 |
Date Published (machine-readable) | 1921-02-04 |
Year Published | 1921 |
Decades | 1920-1929 |
Original Publisher | Students' Association, Washington State Normal School, Bellingham, Washington |
Publisher (Digital Object) | Digital resource made available by Special Collections, Western Libraries Heritage Resources, Western Washington University. |
Editor | Catherine Shepherd, Editor |
Staff | Arthur E. Bowsher, Business manager; Staff: Viola Sturman, Assembly notes; Iva West, Faculty notes; Lois Osborn, General news reporter; Arthur Huggins, General news reporter; Doris Erickson, Society; Armeda Fjellman, Club notes; Arthur Bowsher, Exchange; Lillie Dunagan, Training School notes; Margaret Zurbrick, General brief |
Article Titles | Death caused by accident (p.1) -- School dismissed in honor of Miss Baker (p.1) -- Ida Agnes Baker (p.1) -- Appreciations of Miss Baker (p.1) -- Resolutions are passed by faculty (p.1) -- Miss Baker / by H. C. Philippi (p.3) -- Miss Baker's last evening was spent with Alkisiah girls (p.3) -- Miss Baker / by Maude Merritt Smith (p.4) -- In memoriam (p.4) -- As I have known Miss Baker / by Eva Bond (p.4) -- What Miss Baker has meant to me / by Kitty Bragg (p.4) -- A suffrage worker's tribute / by Alice M. Biggs (p.5) -- How I became a teacher / by Ida Agnes Baker (p.6) -- A bit of Miss Baker's home life / by Mrs. E. E. Scott (p.6) -- Miss Baker, a friend to all / by Cassie Cale (p.6) -- An appreciation by an Alkisiahn / by Eunice Montague (p.7) -- History of the Alkisiah Club (p.7) -- Mr. Hendershot pays tribute to Miss Baker (p.7) -- Tramping together / by Catherine Montgomery (p.8) -- Bird sanctuary may be established (p.8) |
Photographs | Ida Agnes Baker (p.1) |
Subjects - Names (LCNAF) | Western Washington University--Students--Newspapers |
Subjects - Topical (LCSH) | College newspapers--Washington (State)--Bellingham |
Related Collection | Campus History Collection |
Program | Special Collections |
Geographic Coverage | Bellingham (Wash.) |
Object Type | Text |
Original Format Size | 35 x 26 cm. |
Genre/Form | Newspapers |
Digital Reproduction Information | Bitone scan from 35 mm silver halide, 1-up negative film at 600 dpi. 2010. |
Identifier | WM_19210204.pdf |
Contributor | The digitized WWU student newspapers are made possible by the generous support of Don Hacherl and Cindy Hacherl (Class of 1984) and Bert Halprin (Class of 1971). |
Rights | This resource is displayed for educational purposes only and may be subject to U.S. and international copyright laws. For more information about rights or obtaining copies of this resource, please contact Special Collections, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225-9103. USA (360-650-7534; heritage.resources@wwu.edu) and refer to the collection name and identifier. Any materials cited must be attributed to Western Front Historical Collection, Special Collections, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University. |
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Language | English |
Language Code | Eng |
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Title | Weekly Messenger - 1921 February 4 - Page 1 |
Volume and Number | Vol. 20, no. 16 |
Date Published (User-Friendly) | February 4, 1921 |
Date Published (machine-readable) | 1921-02-04 |
Year Published | 1921 |
Decades | 1920-1929 |
Original Publisher | Students' Association, Washington State Normal School, Bellingham, Washington |
Publisher (Digital Object) | Digital resource made available by Special Collections, Western Libraries Heritage Resources, Western Washington University. |
Editor | Catherine Shepherd, Editor |
Staff | Arthur E. Bowsher, Business manager; Staff: Viola Sturman, Assembly notes; Iva West, Faculty notes; Lois Osborn, General news reporter; Arthur Huggins, General news reporter; Doris Erickson, Society; Armeda Fjellman, Club notes; Arthur Bowsher, Exchange; Lillie Dunagan, Training School notes; Margaret Zurbrick, General brief |
Subjects - Names (LCNAF) | Western Washington University--Students--Newspapers |
Subjects - Topical (LCSH) | College newspapers--Washington (State)--Bellingham |
Related Collection | Campus History Collection |
Program | Special Collections |
Geographic Coverage | Bellingham (Wash.) |
Object Type | Text |
Original Format Size | 35 x 26 cm. |
Genre/Form | Newspapers |
Digital Reproduction Information | Bitone scan from 35 mm silver halide, 1-up negative film at 600 dpi. 2010. |
Identifier | WM_19210204.pdf |
Contributor | The digitized WWU student newspapers are made possible by the generous support of Don Hacherl and Cindy Hacherl (Class of 1984) and Bert Halprin (Class of 1971). |
Rights | This resource is displayed for educational purposes only and may be subject to U.S. and international copyright laws. For more information about rights or obtaining copies of this resource, please contact Special Collections, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225-9103. USA (360-650-7534; heritage.resources@wwu.edu) and refer to the collection name and identifier. Any materials cited must be attributed to Western Front Historical Collection, Special Collections, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University. |
Format | application/pdf |
Full Text | The Weekly Messenger Devoted to the Interests of the Student Body, Washington State Normal School VOL. XX BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1921 NO. 16 DEATH CAUSED By ACCIDENT The entire community of Bellingham was deeply shocked at the sudden and tragic announcement that Ida Agnes Baker had been killed in a collision with a Garden Street car, on the evening of Saurday, January 29. The exact circumstances of the death will probably never be known. In company with her old friend, Mrs. Alice M. Biggs, Miss Baker had attended a meeting of the League of Women Voters at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Nichols, on Laurel Street, Saturday afternoon; at its conclusion she had turned toward her home, alone. The storm which caused such destruction in the entire Puget Sound district that night was then at its height, the wind driving in fearful gusts and the rain, cutting like blinding hail. Whether Miss Baker did not see the approaching car, in crossing at Laurel, and plunged directly ahead of it, or whether she was overcome by the storm and lost con- (Continued on page 2.) DISMISSED IN OF MISS BAKER On Monday,- January 31, the first assembly after the death of Miss Baker, Dr. Nash announced no school would be held Wednesday, in honor of the departed member of the faculty. Many students of the school had not heard of her death and their first intimation came when they beheld the beautiful spray of carnations over her seat in assembly, the second from the end in the second row. This tribute, so expressive of Miss Baker's love of flowers, was provided by the faculty. The flowers were transferred to her door and hung there until after the funeral. Dr. Nash, who had been in the southern part of the state, could not be reached by telephone on account of the terrific storms over the week end. He read the announcement in a Seattle paper, while in Olympia Sunday. He immediately departed for home, reaching Bellingham Monday morning. He deeply regretted the necessity of his return to Olympia, before the funeral. Rev. Marshall, who had been invited to speak in assembly, paid beautiful tribute to Miss Baker. He brought out forcefully the idea that one should so live physically, mentally and morally to meet the hour of death — and that Miss Baker had so lived. _ Although deeply moved, • Dr. Nash (Continued on page 7.) IDA AGNES BAKER, BELOVED MEMBER OF NORMAL FACULTY, WHO HAS SERVED OUR SCHOOL FOR TWENTY-ONE YEARS Ope your doors and take me in, spirit of the wood! Wash me clean of dust and din, clothe me in your mood. Take me from the noisy light to the sunless peace, Where at midday standeth Night singing Toil's release. All your dusky twilight stores to my senses give; Take me in and lock the doors, show me how to live. Lift your leafy roof for me, part your yielding walls: Let me wander lingeringly through your scented halls. Ope your doors and take me in, spirit of the wood! Take me — make me next of kin to your leafy brood. — ETHELWYN WETIIERALD The above poem, a favorite of Miss Baker's, and which she chose to be read at her mother's funeral, sounded the spirit of the simple but beautiful services held at her home, 418 High Street, Wednesday, February 2, at 2:30 o'clock. The little house, so charmingly surrounded by flowers and shrubs of her own planting, was not large enough to hold her many friends. The casket was placed in a bed of moss, surrounded by a profusion of flowers. The Alkisiah girls, dressed in white, stood in the hall and on the stairs. A quartet of Normal students, Pearl Ingals, Ethel and Marion Chisholm and Ellen Ileep, sang " Like a River." Rev. Baker, of the Unitarian Church, read " Crossing the Bar" by Tennyson and " The House of the Trees " by Wether-ald, and sj:>oke words of appreciation regarding the life and character of Miss Baker. Mrs. Vincent closed the services with a beautiful vocal solo. The pallbearers were Prof. J. T. Forrest, Cbas. Scarf, of Seattle; Mr. E. Scott, Rev. Eddy, Mr. Bever, senior member of the Normal faculty, and Wm. Boyd, representing the students. The flowers were especially lovely and largely expressive of Miss Baker's particular delights. The Normal faculty sent an immense spray of pink roses, with a background of paper white narcissi, ferns and chiffon; the Students' Association a mammoth bouquet of sweet peas and fresias; the Alkisiah Club the emblem of their society outlined in jonquils, violets, roses and ferns. Beautiful floral tributes were expressed by the Unitarian Alliance, the League of Women Voters and personal friends. OF MISS BAKER One of the rarest flowers is missing from life's garden. Ida Agnes Baker has been taken. Our friend was deeply interested in life and inspired her students to understand and appreciate the wonders of nature. She loved dumb animals and labored to protect them from abuse, but she loved more her fellow being and endeavored to widen the circle of human happiness. She believed in her school and gave her best talents to aid in its advancement. She was industrious and never spared herself when there was work to ba done. She showed herself friendly and was surrounded by myriad friends. She was wise in giving counsel and commanded the confidence and respect of her associates. She lived a beautiful life and has earned a rich reward. She is gone but will live in the lives of those she ljas left behind. (Continued on page 2.) PASSED BY FACULTY Trie faculty of the Bellingham State Normal School, wishing to express their grief and their sense of loss, both personal and professional, in the tragic death of Miss Ida Agnes Baker, and also to convey their sincerest sympathy to her relatives and friends, have ordered to be prepared and published the following memorial: In the twenty-two years of her connection with the work and life of this school, Miss Baker made an indelible impression upon the lives and memory of its host of teachers and students. Her position may be filled by another, but her place we feel will always be vacant. Yet we are glad to testify to the conviction that the spirit and ideals of her life will continue to live and to bless this school. In all her professional relations, Miss Baker was marked by unchanging love of the school and unfailing loyalty to its best ideals and traditions. She stood for high standards of scholarship and of professional achievement, and these standards she enforced in her own professional life. We gratefully remember her for her broad sympathies, which included every living thing. She understood young people and enjoyed the beauty, the freshness and the zest of their lives. She (Continued on page 7.) |
Language | English |
Language Code | Eng |
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