Weekly Messenger - 1921 November 4

              The Weekly Messenger
Devoted to the Interests of the Student Bodv, Washing-ton State Normal School
VOL. XXT BELLINGHAM, WASHINTON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1921 NO. 7
NOVEMBER
November skies are dull and gray
Sobre as dying lame—
But bright on yonder wooded hill
The fire ofAui um n ila me. —A. B.
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DETAILS OF CAMPAIGN
OUTLINED BY COMMITTEE
Certain devices and machinery are
needed in the carrying out of any cam­paign.
The committee in charge of
"Better English Week" has this in mind
when it gives ns the following instruc­tions
for the use of tags. Next Monday,
in assembly, each student will receive
a blue and white tag bearing the
words: "I use good English." This he is
to wear until someone detects him in
an error of speech. The student ob­serving
the error will take the tag of
the one making the error and write
upon it the following:
1. The error.
2. The correct form.
3. His own name.
This being done, he will place the tag
in a box on the door of the President's
office. This will furnish material at
the end of the week for the compilation
of statistics upon the campaign. If a
student is not detected in an error dur­ing
the whole week, he will wear his
tag to the Friday assembly, where some-recognition
will be made of the fact.
Students unable to be present at the
assembly at which the tags are given
out will secure them by special arrange-
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CITY OF BELLINGHAM
DAVENPORT EXPRESSES
OPINION IN HOME PAPER
Cordial appreciation of Bellingham,
of Bellingham Normal, and of Doctor
G. W. Nash, pervades an article by Mr.
N. C. Davenport, on the W. E. A. con­vention,
published in the Seattle P.-L,
of Sunday last.
"We nominate Dr. George Welcome
Nash, of the Bellingham State Normal,
to be the genius of hospitality. His per­suasive
smile, his warm and generous
hand clasp, his cordial words of welcome
simply engulfed one in a sea of wel­come,"
said Mr. Davenport.
"Three cheers for Dr. Nash and his
Normal, which turns out so many splen­did
teachers."
Mr. Davenport expresses the univer­sal
feeling that this convention of the
W. E. A. has been the greatest of the
thirty five which have been held in this
state. He feels that a new spirit is
abroad in education—a spirit which is
broadening the scope of our vision, mak­ing
us dare to place our ideals with
those of other callings • and to fight for
them. World order, good citizenship,
friendship between nations, is our bus­iness.
The hope and purpose of. the W. E.
FACULTY'S OPINION
OF "GOOD
WEEK" AI
MEMBERS GIVE BOOST
TO COMMITTEE'S WORK
President G. W. Nash—.Better Speech
Week and the preliminaries leading up
to it as inaugurated and carried on by
the students and the English Depart­ment
is bound to be productive of much
good during the particular week in
question and thruout the year. This
campaign for better English ought to
develop an alertness on the part of
students and teachers that will result in
more accurate speech and it should also
give to all of us a larger and richer
vocabulary. I commend the movement
as one calculated to do the institution
great good.
Earhart—I believe in making every
week Better Speech Week.
Klemme—I think that Better Speech
Week is a splendid idea. Wie need it.
Carelessness is the sin of the American
people. Other nations aren't as care­less
as we are in our speech. Our lan­guage
is a "slanguage." So why not the
whole year instead of just one week.
Watrous—"Good English Week" is a
movement which should be met with the
keenest interest, not only for its edu­cational
value but also for the sport and
"get together spirit" which will ensue
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ELEVEN MEETS
U. OF W.
BOTH TEAMS HAVE
STRING OF VICTORIES
This afternoon at 3:15 the unbeaten
Normal team will mix with the "Wonder
Eleven" of the Freshman class of the
University of Washington. The "Frosh"
have played many games this year and
so far have left behind them only beaten
teams. This may be a case of an ir-resistable
force meeting an immovable
body. At any rate we hope so. The
Freshmen have an unusually strong
team. Most of last year's Everett team
is playing on it.
We, too, have a good team, and the
game will be one of the biggest events
of the year in Bellingham. Classes will
be dismissed regularly, but students can
get to the field in plenty of time to see
the game. We want a good representa­tion
of students at the game.
Last Saturday the Normal showed
her teeth against the hopefuls of the
College of Puget Sound of Tacoma.
Altho the field was a pig pen of mud,
the game was filled with thrills, a new
one every minute. Macpherson was the
outstanding figure for the Normal, with
"Hag" Gaasland a close second. The
C. P. 6. boasted a hero when he ran
seventy yards for a touchdown directly
from a kickoff. Macpherson's thirty-five
yard place kick was especially thril­ling
considering the conditon of the
field and the ball. At the start of the
game Tacoma elected to receive and for
a time it seemed as tho the Normal was
to be whitewashed. But soon the Nor­mal
got the ball and soon after the be­ginning
of the second quarter Macpher­son
pushed the ball across for the first
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FRIDAY—Nov. 4.
7:30, Senior Mixer.
MONDAY—Nov. 7.
10:00, Dr. Edward T. Divine, "Prob­lems
of Pacific and Disarmament."
8:00, Lecture Course, Gregory Mason
on "Mexico."
TUESDAY—Nov. 8.
9:00, A. J. Craven, of Bellingham,
"The Scholar."
WEDNESDAY—Nov. 9.
10:00, Mr. Thomas B. Cole, "Over­seas."
THURSDAY—Nov. 10.
11:00, Frank I. Sefrit, editor of
Herald, "Culture."
2:00, Y. W. C. A. Missionary Meeting.
7:30, Ohiyesa, general program.
Alkisiahs, social meeting and ini­tiation.
Thespians two plays, Room 208.
FRIDAY—Nov. 11.
10:00, Prof. C, B. Chihester of What*
com High, "English from the Clas--
sical Standpoint."
Afternoon, Armistice Day celebration.