Weekly Messenger - 1921 October 28

              Devoted to the Interests of the Student Body, Washington State Normal School
VOL. XXI HELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1921 NO. 6
THE BLUE
WHITE TAG;
IS
GOOD ENGLISH" WEEK
TO BE OBSERVED HERE
Since 1550, modern English should
have been the language spoken by Eng­lish-
speaking people, but in our Alma
Mater, as well as in most places of Amer­ica,
we have developed what is known as
the American "Slanguage." This is a
poor form of discourse for teachers to
use, and as students of a Normal school
we should endeavor to place ourselves
above the high school standard of audi­ble
expression. We are to be given an
opportunity to correct our common er­rors
of speech, prune our slang, increase
our vocabularies, and in general dignify
our speech.
"Good English Week" is a new under­taking
at this institution; nevertheless
the idea has met commendation from the
faculty and unsurpassed good will from
the most influential students of our
student body. One week of emphasis
upon perfected construction will be an
agreeable taste which ought to induce us
to continue the ideals of the English fac­ulty.
The plan, as was bared by the Good
English Committee, is to present each
student with.a blue and white tag Mon­day,
Nov. 7. This tag reads, "I Use Good
English." He is to wear this tag until
someone arrests his attention to the fact
that he has made a grammatical error.
The tag is then taken, the error written
upon it, and thus put in a box in the
hall, provided for the same.
Speakers to Address School.
The week of November 7-11 will be en­livened
by some remarkably fine ad­dresses
in assembly, all bearing directly
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SATURDAY—Oct. 29.
2:30, Football game, St. Martin's col­lege,
Community Field.
7:30, Ohiyesa Hallowe'en Party.
MONDAY—Oct. 31.
10:00 Mrs. Clara Ketchum Tripp,
"Products of Washington."
WEDNESDAY—Nov. 2.
10:00 Training School Play for Bet­ter
English Week.
8:00, "Victorian Artists," Musical
Concert, Normal Auditorium.
THURSDAY—Oct. 3.
2:00, Y. W. C. A.
7:30 p. m. Philos, room 288, General
Program.
Studio Art Initiation.
Alethians' Hallowe'en Party.
Rural Life, general program.
FRIDAY—Oct. 4.
10:00, "Pronunciation Contest," led
by Mr. Hoppe.
A. Hackett Sings Tonight;
Splendid Concert Promised
The time has past when one hears the
question, "Who is Arthur Hackett V" To­day,
few artists of the concert stage are
so widely known and are so universally
popular as this young New England ten­or.
There was a time, however, when lie
was quite unknown and even discouraged
to the extent of almost abandoning the
thought of an artistic career and going
back to law. But it is often at such
points that the unexpected happens
which effectually decides one's course.
And in this case, Fate took the guise of
Mme. Melba.
The diva happened to be singing in
Boston at the time and a friend of Mr.
Hackett essayed to interest the great
singer in him. But the Madame was su­premely
bored by the idea that a tenor
from Portland, Maine, could possibly
possess the requisite temperament ever
to be an artist.
"I don't want a tenor," she parried,
"so why waste my time hearing one."
Besides, I have the feeling already that
he is like all the others I've heard who
grow red in the face when they reach
for the high C.
But Mr. Hackett's friend was a man
of resource. Interviewing the manager,
of the hotel where Mme. Melba was
stopping, he arranged for Mi-. Hackett
to occupy the adjoining room to Mine.
Melba's sitting room.
And so it happened one morning, that
Melba heard a tenor voice of rich and
beautiful quality, singing the aria,
"Salut, demeure chaste et pure" from
Faust. It arrested her attention and
she listened with growing interest while
Mr. Hackett sang thru various arias
and songs. It was not many hours later
that Mr. Hackett received the mandate
to appear before Mme. Melba. As a
result of the interview, he was engaged
forthwith to join her concert company
and thus was a great tenor saved from
becoming a mediocre lawyer.
Should Arthur Hackett ever decide
that it was becoming wearisome, being
a feted tenor, he could very easily join
the Musician's Union,- tuck a fiddle
under his chin, and become a million­aire
within a few months as member of
one of our. symphony orchestras.
Violin playing, however, is not the
only other artistic gift which Arthur
Hackett possesses besides his voice
Had he so wished, lie could have become
a sculptor, tho how good a one, Mr.
Hackett does not say. Perhaps after
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T
NORMAL SQUAD TO MEET
COLLEGE OF PUGET SOUND
At 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon
at the Community Field, opposite What­com
High School, the Normal takes on
the powerful team of the College of Pu-get
Sound, of Tacoma. The college team
is one of the best in the state. The last
time the two institutions met upon the
gridiron, he Normal squad was victor­ious.
Tomorrow may tell a different
tale.
Last Saturday, in our first home game,
the Normal showed her true spirit when
she trounced the "Gobs" of the Keyport
Torpedo Station, to a lively tune.
Before either team had a chance to
show its hitting power, "Little Lonny"
Kepplinger, our buxom right end, had
romped across the goal line during the
first minute of play, after a thrilling
seventy-yard dash.
The "Gobs" elected to receive on the
next kick off, but the Normal got the
ball on a forward pass and a few min­utes
later "Keppy" had jogged across
the line for another seven (7) points.
The first quarter ended 14 to 0, in the
Normal's favor.
Soon after the beginning of the second
quarter "Keppy" again "knocked 'em
dead" by breaking away on a pass and
tallying seven more points for the Nor­mal
"gang."
The second half began more auspi­ciously
for the "Gobs." They com­menced
a line plunging game and two oi
three times they made their yardage, but
the Normal line held and we got the bal<
when the "Gobs" were forced to punt
With the ball on the 60 yard lin%
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LEADS IN
T
Yes, Normal heads the list when it
comes to doing things. Eleven thousand
bulbs were purchased by our trustees
recently. This is the largest single,
purchase in Bellingham. Mr. John
Gibson, city park superintendent, has
been engaged'to assist Mr. Hendershot,
our gardener, in planting the bulbs,
and we may rightfully expect to see
our campus'in most gorgeous attire
next May.
Why not add a touch of color to
your own room or give some corner of
the lawn a chance to be a part of a
trulv "tulip town"? • Now is the time
to get bulbs for both indoor and out­door
planting. Tulips, lilies, narcissus,
hyancinths and daffodils, if planted
indoors now, will be in bloom by
Christmas. Follow your school's lead
and have a tulip in your window, to
show that.jou.are a.tulip town booster
too. ----••.