Weekly Messenger - 1928 February 24

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MORONI OLSEN
WEDNESDAY
VOL. XXVII—NO. 19
WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON
Friday, February 24, 1928
New Athletic Held Is planned
For Normal In Neaf Future
<Date of Completion Still Indefinite, but Work Now
Going Ahead on Clearing of Site; Separate Space
for Football and Baseball Fields to be Included.
A new athletic field that - w i l l rank with the best m the Northwest,
-will-be the property of Bellingham State Normal in the near future it
present plans materialize and the necessary funds can be provided. How
soon the field will be ready, however, is mere guesswork at present, as
the president's office will not give out even ^ tentative date for its com­pletion;
it seems highly probable however, that the fall of 1 9 2 9 will
see it finished and in use.
A s a part in the building program of the school the new field will
ife located across Sehome Drive from W a l d o Field, on t h e i a n d that
i\f n ow being cleared away and leveled. It is to cover about four acres
• J & separate football and baseball fields adjacent to each
other, with the baseball diamond farther away from the road. Waldo
Field will be reserved for track and women's sports.
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With present plans calling for tlie
completion of the new tennis courts
some time this year and the erection
of a gymnasium, two or three years
should see Bellingham Normal in the
possession of an exceptional athletic
plant. When the proposed units are
added, there will be ample space for
t h e carrying-on of a comprehensive
physical education and athletic pro­gram
for t h e benefit of a d students.
. " George A. Dack, head gardener, is
in charge of a crew of four men now
at work clearing the site of the new
field, in preparation for its grading.
The crew will be occupied for some
time in blasting stumps and slash­ing
away brush, but Mr. Dack an­ticipates
t h a t the clearing and grad­ing
will be finished this summer, if
t h e work is pushed, steadily.
The proposed site is described as
an almost perfect natural .stadium,
bounded on both sides by small hills.
where the bleachers and grandstand
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/ ohn Van Druten an
English Playwright,
Speaks Here Tuesday
VIKINGS TO CLOSE
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Hopes for Bellingham Victory Are
F e w as University Team from
Portland Has Enviable Record.
DRAMA CLUB PRESENTS "THE POOR: NUT' |
* TONIGHT AND SATURDAY IN AUDITORIUM
ENTIRE CLUB WILL APPEAR IN QUARTER'S PRODUCTION
PLAY IS HILARIOUS FARCE OF COLLEGE LIFE; HITS AT
PSYCHOANYSIS. V. H. HOPPE, DIRECTOR.'
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Moroni Okens Present OrNeiirs
"Anna Christie" Here Wednesday
Leading Northwest Players to Make Second Ap­pearance
of Year in Leading Play of Great Amer­ican
Dramatist; Young, Olsen, Nelson in Leads.
Next Tuesday morning, John Van
Druten. popular British playwright
and lecturer, will appear in assemb­ly
to address the students on "Mak-ing-
a-play Technique and Construc­tion",
a subject which has scored
with every audience to whom it has
been presented.
Mr. Van Druten is a young man
of twenty-four and a very billiant
lecturer. He has a very striking and
engaging personality which immedi­a
t e l y wins and holds the audience
throughout his lecture.
He became an international figure
in the theatrical season of 1925-26
through the success of t h e New York
stage of his f i r s t play "Young Wood-ley"
and a few months later he had
established on the American lecture
p l a t f o rm a fame that has matched
- h i s unique place in the theatrical
annals. /
Facing what is probably one of the
stiff est games of the season the Bel­lingham
Normal Vikings will do
b a t t l e with the Columbia University
five of Portland, Oregon, tomor­row
night on the Whatcom High
school floor at *S:00 o'clock, in the
last appearance of Coach Sam Car­ver's
basketeers this season. This
game will also mark the final ap­pearance
for their Alma Mater of
some of the Blue and White men.
Portlanders^ Are Good
Boasting a strong team, the Co­lumbia
University hoopsters, who a r e
a t present making an invasion of the
northern state, will be out t o estab­lish
the supremacy of the Webfoot-ers
in the land of the Oregon mist.
The son-inHaws of Ezra Meek­er
are rated on a par with the Col­lege
of Puget "Sound and other strong
quintets of the south, having de­feated
Conzaga and the St. Martin
lads.
Last Game of Year
With many of the Vikings playing
their last game for the Blue and
White, it will probably be their
best, and t h e ' t u s s l e • h a s all indica­tions
of being a real battle.
The probable starting line-up for
the Vikings will be Keplinger and
McClurken, forward: Isaacson and
Benson guards; and Thorscn, s t a r t i ng
center.
"The game s t a r t s promptly at S:00
o'clock. There will be no prelim­inary
contest.
CARRIE TUCKER
With headquarters in the Auditor­ium,
"The Poor Nut" arrives for a
two-night stay, tonight and Satur­day.
The Drama Club is presenting
as its quarterly dramatic offering
this comedy of modern youth and of
college life in what is probably its
initial appearance on the amateur
stage.
When t h e - c u r t a i n rises at 8:15 p.
m. this evening, those who will see
the opening performance, will be
greeted by a play about people 'with
whom they arc familiar, for it is"* a
story of college life, with a college
seting, and about college people. It
is a farce to all intent and purposes,
i t s aim is to produce laughter, and
such must be accomplished ere the
play can be termed successful.
Authors Have Scored
J. C. Nugent and Elliott Nugent,
co-authors, have scored heavily with
the vehicle on the professional stage.
The part of the '-Poor Nut" was
played by Elliott Nugent thus hav­ing
given the original production the
advantage of having the part de­signed
for a specific character. The
play combines many elements of
pure farcical nature with some, clev­er
takeoffs on Freudian psychology
and psychoanalysis and succeeds on.
the whole in having a great deal of
fun with the subject.
In direct contrast is "The Poor
Nut," with "The Children .of the
Moon" offered last quarter, and of
the general type of play'' so often
encountered nowadays. Don Mar­quis,
New York critic says of i t : '"The
Baughman to Build
Large Addition
on Present Store
Cleo C. Baughman, proprietor of
Baughman's, Incorporated, just
across from the new library, received
a building permit last Saturday to
build a $12,000 addition to his pres­ent
building, corner of Garden Ter­race
and High street.
. When the new annex is completed
t h e Baughman building will have a
frontage of 116 feet on High street.
The plans will include somewhat the
same features which the present
building contains except that there
will be a much larger booth room
and an additional 4,000 square feet
of floor space, for a confectionery
and drugs.
Mr. Baughman is a former student
of the Normal" a n d was for a time
manager of the student's bookstore
here.
"ABRAHAM LINCOLN"
TO APPEAR MARCH 5
President C. H . Fisher Secures the
Famous Work of the English
Playwright, John Drinkwater.
Cabinet Meeting Held
Miss Frieda Aasey, Y. W. C. A.
president and cabinet members of
t h e Y. W. C. A., of the S t a t e Normal
school held a business meeting Mon­d
a y evening. y
' N ew members were voted to help
with the work of the various depart­ments.
Reports by the chairman
.of''•' the various departments were
r e a d and approved. ''''•'-'
President C. IT. Fisher, of the
Bellingham Normal school, announ­ces
that he has booked for presen­t
a t i o n at the American theater on
Monday, March 5, one performance
of John Drinkwater's "Abraham Lin­coln."
The cast will comprise a
group of New York a r t i s t s appearing
under . t h e management of the As­sociated
Artist's Bureau, of Denver,
Colorado. The play will be given
under the auspices of the Normal
school. There are six scenes, cov­ering
the period between !S(i() and
1865.
Management of the company is in
the hands of A. M. Oberf elder,' who
as head of the Associated Artists'
Bureau at Denver during the past
few years has brought that city to
the front as ;one of the leading cen­t
e r s in the Middle West for patron­age
of better class music and drama.
BOB WAGNER
contribution of this play is t h a t it
shows several millions of young men
and women, from Maine to Oregon,
a t a glance, living joyously and
youthfully in the midst of this for­t
u n a t e environment and breathing
and floating in this atmosphere and
shows them truly, and with an un­derstanding
that is both penetrating
and genial. It is not uncritical to
their obvious faults, but it does not
falsify their essential spirit. The
particular problems of the hero are
in themselves a criticism of the life
in which he finds himself: it would
have been possible to predicate the
same set of facts and t u r n the story
i n to a soul's tragedy—but it would
have been no truer to things that
are. Personally I like it better for
not ending with a vista of wreck
and ruin, or having anywhere in it
the suggestion of the corpse of an
illegitimate baby carried out in an
ash-can."
The story itself concerns one John
.Miller, an awkward, bashful, serious-minded
chap, who aspires to do great
things and be a big man in college,
but who is only referred to by asso­ciates
as "the Poor Nut." With this
s t a r t add a track meet, the arrival
of the opposing team's captain and
his fiancee, who is a beauty contest
winner, and things begin to happen.
This play is different from the us­ual
Drama club play, also, in t h a t it
utilizes the entire membership of the
club. Further attraction is furnished
by the appearance of a part of the
Viking track team.
EVELYN EDWARDS
The cast for the play in the order
of their first appearance is' as fol­lows:
,
"Colonel Small Boy Arnett
Marjorie Blake Peggy Edwards
John Miller Robert Wagner
J u l i a Winters Carrie Tucker
"Spike" Hoyt Barney Chichester
TO DEBATES ARE
•'Dub" Smith
"Magpie" ' Welch .
Coach Jackson
"Wallie" Pierce ....
Professor Doming
"Doc" Spurrey
.Don Stickney
....Foster King
Ray Bright
Henry Durr
...N. Burchette
Fred Lagger
A Freshman Norman Bright
Official Starter ;.:.:Roy Arnett
Peggie Esther Broadwater
Betty Lenore White
Helen Helen Stine
Runners:
Wisconsin—Frank Everndon, Earl
Hemmi, Paul Howell.
Ohio—Harry Darby, Frank (iallenger.
The publicity is being handled by
J e a u n e t t c McGuire and Esther Broad-w
a t e r . ' w h i l e Frank Lock has charge
of the stage work.
According to Don Stickney ticket
sales manager, the. reserved seat sale
is uoino- fast for both evenings. Stu­dents
arc admitted to the unreserved
section on their activities' tickets
arid reserved scats are open to them
at twenty-five cents. To the general
public, seats are thirty-five cents for
both unreserved and fifty cents for
reserved seats.
Victor H. Hoppe is director of the
play.
Homecoming Banquet
in Honor of Alumni
Given by Thespians
Members- of the Vanadis , Bragi
club made a trip to the Skyline
Ridge last .Wednesday. The. p a r ty
left at six o'clock i n . t h e morning in
private ears for Glacier. Then fol­lowed
a five'-mile hike to the top
of the ridge, where they enjoyed re­freshments.
A; great deal of snow
wasRencountered by the party. ';
With Barney Chichester as master
of ceremonies, the Thespians held
their annual Homecoming dinner
dance Saturday evening, February
18 in the banquet room of Monta­gue
& McHugh.
Covers were laid for t h i r t y people.
A number of alumni returned for
this reunion and renewed their ac­quaintance
with their favorite club.
The table -decorations consisted of
orange candles .and black candle­sticks
and daffodils.
Members of the. faculty who were
present were Miss Priscilla Kins­man,
Miss Alnui'G. Madden: and Mr.
James Bever.
After the banquet, dancing was en­joyed
until 10:30. A portion of the
Rec Hour orchestra furnished the
music.
HANSEL AND GRETEL
BY
P l a y Represents two W e e k s Work
in the Various Second Grade
Subjects. Audience Is Pleased.
New Library Roof
Nears Completion
With the tile, roof nearing comple­tion,
construction work on the new
library is. being rushed ahead with
the. hope of having the new building
ready for occupancy sometime dur­ing
the latter part of the spring
quarter. A carload of tile flooring
arrived last. Monday and work start­ed
immediately on laying the floor
and' the marble border. •
The plastering force has -been
doubled in order, t h a t . t h e plastering
will be finished by' t h e end of this
.quarter. . . . ,, <•:•
Talented Violinists
To Appear in Next
Friday's Assembly
This morning at Viine o'clock the
second grade of this school gave a
play, "Hansel and Gretel" in the reg­ular
Friday morning training school
assembly.
The second grade, as a result of
reading the book, came to the re­alization
t h a t it would make a good
play: The children therefore sent
representatives to see Miss Rich,
who invited them to present t h e play
in assembly. They made a collection
of all the. books on the subject in
order to- get different versions of
t h e story. This resulted in wide
reading and comparative studies.
Play Organized
The organization of the play,be­came
necessary. ' To settle on the
number of scenes, stage properties,
and eostunies caused picture 'studies
and discussion. ' -
An interesting feature., of the pre­paration
of the- play was t h a t no
lines were memorized. During the
two weeks >.of preparation many
children played different parts. Each
person. supplied . his. own -dialogue.
This, of course,, eliminated ;all of t he
Next Friday morning in assembly,
Master Sol Thai/ violinist, pupil of
Arthur Thai, and Master Harry
Thai, pianist, pupil of Maude L.
Williams, will appear in a joint re­cital
in the auditorium.
These youthful and talented musi­cians
are 15 and 14 years old, respec­tively,
an'd show much promise of
being leaders in their respective
fields. Sol has made many public
appearances and draws a tone with
the depth and feeling of a finished
a r t i s t .
Harry, who shows marked talent
a t the piano, displaying a technique
and brilliance which is remarkable
for one his age, will render several
piano solos. Both have won much
praise and favorable comment wher­ever
they have appeared.
A very interesting program has
been arranged and will include the
difficult Polonaise in A by Wieniaw-ski,
for violin, and Beethoven's noted
Sonata Pathetique, for piano.
• ' -. _ O——; :
"Anna Christie", the most famous play ever written by the greatest
American dramtist, >Eugene O'Neill, will be presented by the Moroni
Olsen Players when they appear in Bellingham for the second time this
year—next Wednesday at 8 : 1 5 p. m„ in the auditorium.
The Olsen P l a y e r s , now in their fifth season here, have established
an enviable reputation in the Northwest for their fine interpretations of
the highest type of modern plays. Their greatest effort of the 1 9 2 7 - 28
season they have chosen what is probably the outstanding American
p l a y _ _ t h e play which brought Eugene O'Neill from poverty and ob-scurity
to fame and the Pulitzer Prize for his outstanding work.
"Anna Christie" gives the Olsen
Players their greatest opportunities
t o do great things for it is a truly
finished play which requires excep­tional
handling for i t s success. Janet
Young will have the title role the
most difficult she has yet assayed,
for by common consent, the part of
Anna Christie is the finest role ever
written in the history of the stage
for an actress. Gordon Nelson, one
of the more recent additions to the
company, will play the p a r t of Matt
Burke, the Irish stoker. Moroni Ol­sen
himself will have t h e t h i r d heavy
p a r t , that of the famous Chris
Christopher-son.- Bryan Foulger will
be absent from the cast for t h e first
time in many years, but will be with
t h e company as director.
(Note: Mr. Hoppe, head of the
Speech department, has contributed
the following concerning the play,
and its author, which the Messenger
is presenting with acknowledgment.)
"Anna Christie joins her father,
Chris Christopherson, on his coal
barge, after 15 years of separation.
The old barge c a p t a i n ' t a k e s her to
his heart as a sweet symbol of t he
p u r i t y he has missed in his undisci­plined
life. Along comes Matt Burke,
an Irish sailor, who falls impetuous­ly
in love with Anna. To both men
she is the one ideal in their r6ugh
living. A struggle wages between
t h em for' her possession. Anna,
driven to desperation by their arro­gant
assumption t h a t they - own her
life, tells14them of her past. She h as
been a common prostitute. The fath­er
and. lover, long familiar with the
details of this sordid story, finding
her identified with the only women-kind
they know, are terribly
shocked. They leave lier for a pro­longed
spree of forgetfillness.. When
they return Anna gives such" elo­quent
proof of her regeneration
through pure love, that they for­give
and begin their dreams again
on the basis of the new Anna.
"This play is of no uncertain tex­t
u r e . Going below the suave sur­faces,
it digs deep into human de­sires
and drives. It reveals O'Neill's
fine scorn for old, false codes. Al­though
it is very realistic in talk
and situation it has a spiritual theme
of importance—the cleansing power
of unselfish love.
"Eugene O'Neill is the rover,, t he
wanderer and the watcher, the little
brother of the lost and nameless.
I n t o this simple group of characters,
OIHEHOLLEGES
W e b e r College of Ogden, Utah
and College of Puget Sound
Promise Competition for Debate.
Two dual debates have been ar­ranged
for the Bellingham. Normal
debate teams for the near future.
One has been arranged with a tour­ing
team from Weber College of Og­den,
Idaho when the men's team
from this school will uphold the
negative side-of the question, Re­solved,
That the United S t a t e s should
cease to protect by armed force, cap­i
t a l invested in foreign lands ex­cept
by formal declaration of war,
in the Normal auditorium on Thurs­day,
March 8. -
The other debate scheduled will be
held with the College of Puget Sound
iii Tacoma on March 30, when, the
women's and men's teams of . t h is
school will make the tour together
to have a double debate with that
school. Negotiations are also taking
place for a debate with Parkland
College which will be making a trip
through here around March 30.
Both the women's and men's teams
of this school have been working-hard
preparing for tlie stiff schedule
they have before them, according to
Miss Alma Madden, debate coach.
TWO NEW PROJECTS
TO BEBUILT SOON
Puget Sound Biological Station
W i l l Have T w o Lab. Buildings
at a Cost of $ 1 4 , 0 0 0.
Two new buildings to cost $14,000
will be erected soon at the Friday
J J arbor biological station of the Uni­versity
of Washington and the Nor­mal
school. This was the announce­ment
made by Dr. T. G. Frye, direc­tor
of the station and Herbert Con­don,
comptroller of the university,
who visited Friday Harbor a week
ago. Work will be s t a r t e d at once
on the buildings which are to be a
laboratory and a research building.
Frank Griff en, of Sedro-Woolley, is
the contractor.
Bellingham Normal co-operates
with the University in offering ex­tensive
courses in marine-biology
and zoologv at the station.
Two New Vidrolas
Placed in Training
School for Study
(Continued on Page Two)
Plan to Aid the
Student Teacher
by Outline Work
usual prompting:
Represents Two Weeks Work.
' I t was not put "On for the sake of
givin" a play, from the standpoint
of the teachers it represents two
weeks work in language, reading,
numbers, a r t including picture stud­ies
and music. The children, how­ever,
were interested ni the. play it-
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Two new orthophonies Victrolas
have been placed on each floor of the
t h e training department to be" used
in connection with studies and
amusements. An interesting feature
of the new phonographs is the two
wheels by which they can be trun­dled
to any room t h a t wishes to use
them.
*,The Victrolas were obtained thru
Sherman Clay Music Company of Se­a
t t l e , and, have been received with
much enthusiasm ,by the students of
the training school.
Five calls for English 100, "Shake­speare"
have been filed by Mrs. May
Lovegren, Extension department.
This course is third year work/and
is one of the extension courses given
by Herbert E. Fowler, chairman of
t h e English department.
Plans may be made in the future
to aid the student teacher in Out­line
work, announced Mrs. May
Lovegren, of the Service department,
yesterday. Scores of mimeographs
on various-subjects such as plays,
readings, and maps are carefully
filed by Mrs. Lovegren for future
use and can be used to great bene­fit
by the student instructor. The
Service -department'- expects to : c o ­operate
soon -with Miss Mary Rich.;
I in pasting samples of the filed ma­terial
on a bulletin for student in-;
structors who can. p u t in requests
for the filed matter intsead of do­ing
the same outlines repeatedly.
This, claims Mrs. Lovegren, will save
much''-time*;-and work", for both deV
piartmehts. •"/<-./;' ;>.' r''--:"!";1;--,