Weekly Messenger - 1920 April 23

              The Weekly Messenger
Devoted to the Interests of the Student Body, Washington State Normal School
VOL. XIX BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1920 NO. 29
STUDENT OFFICERS ARE
CHOSEN FOR NEXT
YEAR
332 VOTES CAST AT STUDENTS
ASSOCIATION MEETING
FRIDAY
EVA BOND CHOSEN AS HEAD
The annual school election was held
Friday morning at the assembly period.
Three hundred thirty-two votes wtere
cast. The following were elected for
office for the coming school year:
President, Eva Bond; vice president,
Pearl Ingalls,* student representatives,
Herbert Yorkston, Bernice Day and
Florence Baker; faculty representative,
Mr. Bond.
Miss Eva Bond has spent her school
life in the Normal Training School and
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RESULTS OF ARMY
TESTS ANNOUNCE
BOYS DRAW THE LARGEST PER­CENTAGE
OF
"A'S "
By AllTIIUIt KOLSTAD
The students are no doubt anxious to
know the outcome of the army mental
test, Alpha, given at assembly on March
31. In giving this test, which is the
group test given to men who read and
write English, the examiner followed the
directions and methods as used in the
army cantonments where some million
and a half men were tested. The condi­tions
prevailing at the assembly were
not of the best, although outside of the
matter of silence and discipline the con­ditions
were comparable to many under
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TULIP DAY COMING
| | May 1 has been set aside as
11 tulip day in Bellingham. The
11 public schools and the normal are
| | to participate in the marching.
| | You will see more tulips that day
11 than you ever have. The object
| | of tulip day is to declare Belling-
| | ham the tulip city of America.
AT
LITERARY SOCIETIES OBSERVE
ARBOR DAY IN ACCORDANCE
WITH CUSTOM
SERVICE MEN REMEMBERED
Last Friday the literary clubs joined
by the training school children held their
annual Arbor Day celebration. The
clubs gathered in the auditorium with
their pennants and colors flying. Each
club gave its songs and yells and other
stunts.
Then marching two by two the clubs
and the training school children went to
their respective plots on the campus,
where a half an hour was spent in tend­ing
club trees and shrubs and setting
out new ones. When this was done, all
the clubs gathered about the Service
Tree, a big-leaf maple, which was set
out a year ago as a memorial for the
students of the school who gave their
lives in the great war. Dr. Nash gave
an impressive talk, expressing apprecia­tion
of the sacrifice which these stu­dents
made. He said that in time there
will be placed beside the Service Tree
a stone tablet bearing the names of all
the students of the Normal who gave
their lives in the great war. Those
names which will be included on the tab­let
are: Louis Gloman, Edward Altaian,
Albert Emery, Herman Udenberg and
Jeanette Barrows, a Red Cross worker.
Following Dr. Nash's talk everyone
joined in singing the school song, " The
Blue and White," and then dispersed.
This custom of celebrating Arbor Day
by the joint meeting of the clubs was
originated by the Ohiyesa Club. This
club plans and leads in. the program.
The clubs which took part on the pro­gram
this year were the Ohiyesa, the
Alkisiah, the Philomathean and the Ale-theian.
MRS. FLORENCE M. KRIKORIAN
TELLS OF TURKISH
MASSACRE
NOTED SPEAKERS TO COME
The whole assembly of students,
Wednesday morning, was stirred deeply
by the appeal of Mrs. Sacoreom, a na-
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"FEAST OF THE LITTLE
LANTERNS" TONIGHT
CHORAL CLUB TO PRESENT ITS
MASTERPIECE THIS
EVENING
After months of industrious work the
Choral Club of the Normal School will
render the Chinese Operetta, " The Feast
of the Little Lanterns," tonight Tinder
the direct supervision of Mrs. Florence
Fox Thatcher, head of the music depart­ment.
According to those who have witnessed
rehearsals the cast is well trained and
carried out the Chinese atmosphere of
the operetta in a very pleasing and
realistic manner.
If you fail to see this you will be miss­ing
one of the most pleasing musical
entertainments that will be offered at
the normal this year. Do not fail to be
present tonight at 8 o'clock when the
curtain rises.
LETTERS AWARDED TO
Part of Friday's usual assembly hour
was given to the bestowal of the sea­son's
honors upon the " basketball" men
who represented the school throughout
the past season. Coach Carver made a
short speech of commendation after
which the players were called to the ros­trum
individually and heartily applauded
by all present.
Captain Bartruff received the letters
from the coach and distributed them
among the mmebers of the team with a
few hearty words..
The following men received letters:
Harry Bartruff, George Monroe, Her­bert
Yoykston, Carl Sangster, Max Jen­kins,
Elwood Davis, Mac Pherson, Ir­win
Black.
Three rousing cheers were heartily
given to the men of the second team to
whom the success of the first team was
largely ascribed.
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BY
OF .22 PER CENT
EARLY BIRDS REACH SUMMIT
AT UNEARTHLY HOUR
OF 1 A. M.
TWO HUNDRED MAKE TRIP
By the narrow and semeingly un­believably
margin of twenty-two hun­dredths
of one per cent the Senior Class
won the Herald Marathon trophy cup
last Saturday. In the final.count it was
found that 126 Juniors, or 41.14 per cent
of their entire enrollment, reached the
summit and 61 Seniors, or 41.36 per
cent, thereby giving the cup to them.
Only seven faculty members were able
to make this strenuous hike.
Several groups started a little after
midnight in order to be among the
first to the top. Elwyn Bugge, Arthur
Bowsher and Kenneth Selby succeeded
in " outclimbing" other groups on the
trail and reached the top first and signed
up at 1 A. M.
Groups left the Normal at all hours of
the day, the last group signing at the
top at 4:55 P. M. One hundred thirty
Juniors, sixty Seniors and seven faculty
members signed the book during the day.
Some did not stop at the top, but
went on back to the meadows, Freygang
and Lost Lakes.
These are beautiful trips and no one
can afford to miss them. If you did
not go on the Marathon, plan a hike in
the near future.
VISITORS SPEAK AT
Y
W. C. T. U. AND SETTLEMENT
WORKERS TELL OF THEIR
EXPERIENCES
The Monday morning assembly was a
very interesting one. The first speaker
was Miss Charlotte Hammond, who is a
representative of the Woman's Chris­tian
Temperance Union. She attributed
the success of the present day prohibi­tion
law to the work of the teachers in
the public- schools of America, whose
work for the past twenty-five or thirty
years has been most noble.
She said the work of the teachers of
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