Weekly Messenger - 1928 April 27

              VOL. XXVII-^NO: 27
WASHINGTON STATE NORM/JL SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON - Fridayf April 2%. 192ft
1828 Bttl
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Clash with Washington Yearlings
at: 10 o'clock is Initial Diamond
Battle; Wingard to be on Mound
Against one of the strongest teams
t o be encountered .all year, Coach
Earl Jewell's Viking baseball outfit
/will open the 1928 season this morn­ing
at 10 o'clock when they meet
Elwood Davis' University of Wash­ington
Freshmen. The game, one of
the attractions of Washington's Cam­pus
day wiy be played as a prelimi­nary
to the Washington-Oregon State
clash this afternoon:
In Coach Davis' Babes the Vi­kings
are sure to find tough oppo­sition,
according to all advance dope.
The Yearlings are rated as good a
first-year team' as ever turned out
! at the Seattle institution; they have
several of last year's Seattle high
school stars in their line-up, and are
led by a reputable hurler from Bal­lard.
To spur them on, the young
Huskies will have memories of the
two 1927 encounters with Belling-ham.
Both games went to Harold
Keeney's undefeated nine- by com­fortable
; margins.
Davis, who coached athletics here
in 1925, and had charge of men's
physical education last summer, is
well known in Bellingham, and can
be depended on to turn out a team'
that will make a creditable showing.
Viking Prospects Good
Neither team is favored by the
»dope and either one of them may
walk off with the victory. The
Vikings are supposedly unbeatable
when their heavy artillery is func­tioning
but they have not faced much
.good pitching thus far this year.
With a strong infield and an
. exceptional outfield; tlie Vikings ap­pear
to be a real baseball team, but
have yet-to'face their big test. The
Bellingham line-up this morning, in
order of appearance at the plattei",
is doped to be: McClurken short
stop; Odell second base; Clark, cen-terfield;
Wingard, pitcher; Johnson,
leftfield; Smith, catcher; Thorlak-son,
third base; Bailey, rightfield;
Thorsen, first base. Weber and Par­ker
were taken along for reserve.
Meet St. Martin's Saturday
Tomorrow afternoon, the Vikings
meet the St. Martin's College Bang­ers
at Lacey in their second big bat­tle
of the week-end. The Bangers
are rated as favorites to take the
mix in view of the fact that they
are on their home field with a vet­eran
team and two hurlers who have
no-hit victories to their credit.
'"Sleepy" Lorang, Ranger ace, is
slated to start on the mound for the
Laceyites, with Wingard again the
probable Viking choice.
Calendar
FRIDAY, April 27—Recreation Hour,
Big Gyms 4 to 5 p.m. Leowyrtha
party.
SATURDAY, April 28.— Women's
League Informal, Edens Hall, 8:30
p.m.
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TUESDAY, May 1— Campus day;
assemblies at 8 aim. and 1 p.m.;
Viking Vodvil, Auditorium, 7 p.m.;
dance, Edens Hall following Vod­vil.
FRIDAY, May 4.—Regular assembly,
11 a.m.; Frosh Mixer, big gym, 8:30
p.m. ,»
SATURDAY, May 5.—Edens Hall In­formal,
Edens Hall, 8:30 p.m.
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Lecture on Forestry
Gives Students New
A venues for Thought
"Forest Matters and Their Import
to the State" was^the subject which
Mr. C. S. Cowan representative of
the United States government, For­estry
department, discussed before
the assembly Tuesday morning in
observance of National Forest Week.
Motion Picture Showed
His talk was first illustrated with
a motion picture showing the many
ways forest fires destroy vast areas
of valuable timber. Following this*
he cited the recreational values de­rived
from the forests. Among these-he
mentioned the. great enjoyment
and thrill hunters receive in pursu­ing
wild game which is only possible
as long as forests are maintained.
Dry weather causes 18% of the
fires during a period covering four­teen
days. These periods can be
fairly accurately forecasted twenty-four
clays in advance, which is only
a very short time. Much precaution
should be taken at this time of the
season to avoid any possibility of
fire.
Last year the lightning played an
exceptional part in the destruction
of the forests; however, in previous
years this agent hasn't done so much
damage. Usually 84% of all the fires
started during the year are caused
by many and 66% of these started
during the recreational season. A
large number of fires are of-unknown
origin.
Humus Important to Forest
Mr. Cowan explained that no harm
would come from cutting the timber
now standing if no fire had destroyed
the humus or the covering on the
earth in the timber regions. This
humus acts as a sort of a sponge
absorbing the rain water and filter-
ARNTZEN TALKS AT
LIBERAUUNCHEON
Professor Edward J. Arntzen, of
the Social Science department gave a
talk at a luncheon of the Liberal
Club last •'Wednesday on the subject
of "The Pageant of American Civi­lization."
In his talk Mr. Arntzen
pointed out the outstanding institu­tions
and activities of the American
people, verify his statements with
figures and statistics. He pointed out
that a great* deal of money is spent
in activities and gave the reason
why. In stressing the main point of
, the talk, Mr. Arntzen- said: "In
terms of action the American peo­ple
are seekers of material things,
ndt as an end in themselves, but as a
means to an end. The tremendous
latent idealism in the American peo­ple
lacks focus.""
Arrow StaflE Solicits
Student Contributions
it seeps into the streams. This cov­ering
keeps the earth moist, pre­venting
fire and erosion.
According to Mr. Cowan's figures
there is a thirty year supply of tim­ber
in the State of Washington.
Mr. Cowan laid much emphasis
upon the fact that we could not take
too'much precaution against pre­venting
fires during th.e dry season,
otherwise if the fires continue de-vasting
great areas of timber our
country will be like China, complete­ly
deforested. .
INSTRUCTIONS v
Wear old clothes. ,.'".;
Don't wear a tie. ;
Bring every available tool, including rakes, shovels, hoes,
etc. • 'v %
Roll will be taken in assembly—SO BE ON TIME!
SCHEDULE -
8:00 a. m.-—General Assembly. s _
Instructions for the day. Find out what it's all about.
8:20 to 12:00—Campus clean up—make the place look like
the kid brother's face on Sunday morning.
12:00—Lunch at Edens Hall. A soul-satisfying meal.
1:00 p. m.—-Assembly. Get the afternoon program.
•1:15 to 4:00—Field events. Don't^miss the Faculty-Stu­dent
Baseball Game. Many other exhibitions.
VIKING VODVIL
7:00 p. m.—Featured by the Pedagogues Peppy, Peachy
Prancers, and many other acts including the Men's Club Chorus.
9:00 p. m.—Dance in the big gym. Jay Curtis and his
Jazz Band.
EVERYBODY upon the heels, down on the toes! mi 1 1, ,t,
"SPRING GARDEN"IS
OUTSIDE INFORMAL
DECORATION MOTIVE
Committee is Working on Rose and
Green Color Scheme for Informal
Held at Edens Hall May Fifth.
The Women's League Outside Girls'
Informal will he held Saturday eve­ning,
April 28, in the dining room of
Edens Hali. The decorations com­mittee
has planned a "Spring Garden"
idea to he carried out in a rose and
green color scheme. Those on the
decoration committee are the Misses
Marquis, Rose Brooks and Lenore
White. The other committeees are:
Refreshment, Miss Geraldine Warren,
Margaret Quackenbush and Jeanette
McGuire: faculty programs Cather­ine
Morse and Naomi Chase: orches­tra,
Beth Coghlan and Dorothy Gold­berg;
publicity, Miss Irene Schagel;
posters, Elisabeth Brodt, and Beatrice
Johnson: programs, Misses Leona Ed­dy,
Betty Friedman, Thelma Agee
and Florence Christiansen; dismant­ling,
Misses lone Shinstine' and Beat­rice
Sturgis.
The patrons and patronesses are:
President and Mrs. C. H. Fisher, Miss
Hilda Rosene, Miss Adele Jones, Mr.
E. J. Arntzen, Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Jewell, Dr. and Mrs. F. II. Salisbury,
and Mi-, and Mrs. W. J. Marquis.
WORLD POLITICIANS
TO SEND DELEGATES
TO SEATTLE MEET
The International Relationship club
of Bellingham Normal school will
send delegates to the international
relationship institute, which will be
held at the University of Washington
in June.
Delegates who will attend, will be
recommended from the members of
the International Relationship club,
by Miss Cummins, advisor. All those
interested in going as a delegate to
this institute are urged to become
members of the club.
The speakers at this International
Relationship Institute will be such
personages as Mr. Charles Evans
Hughes, ex-President Taft, and the
president of the University of Cali­fornia.
General discussions will follow the
lecture.
At a recent meeting of the Inter­national
Relationship cl»b the follow­ing
officers were elected: President,
Turner; vice-president, Viola Poyho-nen;
secretary, Virginia Bever; treas­urer,
Edwin Benedict. After election
of officers the work to be done this
quarter was outlined. Plans to re­construct
the constitution were made.
An outline of a program for the en­tire
quarter is being, planned.
Student Co-op Has Experienced;!'
Twenty Years of Rapid Growth
By VERNON V. V I NE
absorbing tnc rain water ana inter- In. 1908 the school nestled to its figurative breast the pride of its
ing it into the ground whence later heart. "The Co-op". For in 1908 the Co-op was a struggling infant,
gasping for breath behind hoop skirts and high collars. 1 he Co-op
then was managed by a part time student employee, and thought no
more of displaying typewriters, candy and compacts than it did of
carrying tennis rackets and kodaks.
Times change—the philosophers admit it. When the new Ford was
first thought of, about 1908, the Co-op started to change, and never
for any length of time, has the bookstore failed to advance itself in the
amount and quality of service it has endeavored to give the students
who own it.
A romantic history—this story of
the Co-op. Much too long to go into
now and still one which would bear
investigation. Evolution is an in:
teresting thing, not only to prove'
your worst friend the direct descend­ant
from the degenerate apes, but to
Criticism of Messenger, Good
and Bad, Offered by Students
• The staff for the Red Arrow was
.ejected at a recent meeting . of the
Scribes Club." I t consists of Irene
Schagel, editor, Lyn Hughes, business
manager and Jane L'-Eveque, circula­tion
manager.
• Contributions are beginning to
, come in, but not nearly fast enough
to suit the staff, according to the
• editor. The dead line for manu-
-•scripts has been set for May 18.
Just what is the matter with our
school paper? Everything and every­body
seems to be brought in for crit­icism
of late and the "Messenger" is
quite anxious to bear its share.
Various thinking students have
permitted a reporter to quote them
in this issue:
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"Having for some time compared
the Messenger with high school, nor­mal
school, and college publications,
T take pride in sending the Messen­ger
to friends back East to whom
this institution is unknown," says
Joel Gudmundson.
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Virginia Bever stands behind the
Messenger's present, policies. She
says: "The paper is not 'high-schoolish';
it merely "gives an occa­sional
short space to local news" of
011/ city's institutions. Society is
exceptionally well covered, and if
certain, clubs- are at any time • slight­ed,
it is their own reporter's fault."
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When the reporter asked Ray
Bright what was the matter with the
Messenger, he received the following
rebuff: "If you are going to say I
said anything against the Messenger,
out the front door .you go! It is
the finest school paper I've seen and
I've seen a lot of'them."
Beatrice Johnson speaks for Wo­men's
Sports; "Women's Sports are
oftentimes' slighted for space in the
paper, especially when intra-murals
and inter-class games are in season."
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"There is no cause for such criti­cism
as the Messenger is receiving,
and publication in the paper, is.no
place for it," says Roy Armstrong.
'"•The present paper is the best type
of paper'' for a school of th,is kind and
size.'- .'•'•.:. "-
trace the ascent of such institutions
as the Co-op.
One may ask, "Why do you stock
this, or why do you carry that?" and
the answer will always be, "Because
•the students need it." Evolution
has brought the bookstore at the
University of Washington to be
everything but a clothing emporium.
Evolution has brought the Co-op to
almost the same point, and the man­agement,
serving the students, points
with pride and satisfaction •• to the
enviable evolutionary record which
the Co-op has made for itself in the
twenty years of its existence.
Twenty years have brought about
many different styles and attitudes
on the part of the students who own
and patronize the student bookstore,
but thei twenty years have also
brought about many changes in the
styles and attitudes of the book­store,
for, pledged to serve every
student need, the Co-op has made
that its goal ever since its birth in
the dim, dark days of 190S.
And so the management might
justly ask, -What if the class of 1908
came back ?" Would the old school-weary
grads "fly .off the handle" and
in shocked and horrified voices in­quire
as to the reason ^for jewelry,
stationery, candy and tennis raquets?
Hardly! For realizing that student
needs jchange, the old grads would
say, "Well, for a little shrimp, the
thing's done wonders!"
Series of Four Questions Will he
Asked of Students in Effort to
Discover College Ethics, if Any.
BALLOT TO BE TAKEN
What do the college students real­ly
think of themselves? Does the
world outside really know what the
life of a college student is. like,>-or
has sensational journalism brought
the college into ill repute by the er­roneous
and colored stories of the life
within and without the walls, of un­iversities
and other educational in­stitutions?
To answer some of these questions
for the benefit of the members of
the Normal student body, to satisfy,
in a measure, those citizens of Bel­lingham
who wall be reached by the
results, and to add something to the
Weekly Messenger which will make
it more interesting and more useful,
a series of four questions on vital
matters will be asked during the
next four weeks.
The first question, which will be'
placed before the student body is
this: Are today's collegiate morals
good or bad?
The -Question Explained
Elaborated, the inquiry assumes
this form: Does the moral eode fol­lowed
by the students of the Nor­mal
school and of other schools of
its type correspond with the code
taught the students when they were
children? Would the things done
now by tile students have met with
approval when the same students
were in high school? Do the morals
of college youth meet with the ap­proval
of the codes prescribed by
their churches? With the ideals of
their parents?
If our morals are bad, why ? Are%
petting parties as prevalent as con­temporary
journals and writers
would have the public believe ? If
such parties do exist,. tlo they stop
where the descriptions do or do they
defy description!
Does liquor flow freely among the
students on and off the campus?
Are hip flasks as much a necessity
as we have been led to believe by
"College Humor" and others? If
the men drink, do the girls also? If
they do, is it wrong?
Can a '"college boy" be such w.ith,-
out a cigarette in'his mouth and are
the girls' dormitories nothing but
smoking parlors? If it be true, is
it wrong?
Students WiU Vote '
With this explanation, the question
again assumes its initial form ,"are
collegiate morals good or bad?" Bal­lots
will be distributed in assembly
Tuesday, and will require a mere
check mark for good or bad. ••If ex­planations
or condemnations appeal
to members of the student body, such
material will be welcomed by 'the
Messenger staff.
It is desired that the student body
offer its co-operation in the mat­ter
of answering this series of ques­tions
which the staff-belives to be a
worth-while and constructive ven­ture.
Campus Da^
WM Make T^
Tuesday, May 1, will see on the campus, perhaps, the most frenzied:
activity of any collegiate day, for at that time the annual and official
Campus Day will take place. Declared to be the greatest and finest
ever, the Campus Day and Viking Vodvil promise to be the big events
of the school year and of especial interest to those who have experienced'
them before and those who have not. Andy McCall, manager o f the
Vodvil, and Professor E. J. Arntzen," in charge of Campus Day, are^
both-of the opinion that the celebration will be the finest yet .put on at
the Normal, and urge every student to exert every effort in an attempt'to
make the success even more stupendous than that expected. *~"
Rehearsals for the various acts of
the Vodvil are being held regularly,
and the show'-is taking a definite
shape Avhich Manager Andy declares
to be highly satisfactory. The faculty
has-not disclosed the nature 01 its
participation in the show, holding its
rehearsals behind locked doors.
However, with all the efforts be
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i Student Opinion
I
I Almost everyone h a s some |
f pet grievance against an insti- I
f tution no matter how efficient- I
I ly it may be run. I have mine. |
i And I believe that I have the j
i support of the majority of the f
I students behind me when I say |
I that the drinking fountain op- '
I posite the main entrance should ]
I be turned on further. For three I
I quarters I have been forced to |
1 drink from t h i s dribbling ]
I streamlet. In a state which has f
I one-sixth of the waterpower of |
I the nation it seems unnecessary I
I to keep such a strategically lo- I
f cated drinking fountain running j
I so slowly. Besides it is not }
I sanitary to do so. Now, I hap- |
I pen to know that by the aid of j
1 a locker key properly applied, |
j this fountain can be turned onv s
I farther. But' this is hard on I
f locker keys. So why not have j
I the janitor instructed to at- J
i tend to the matter properly in j
I the first place? Therefore let j
*i us hope that henceforth this lit- !
j tie fountain will be found to 1
I distribute its sparkling liquid I
j more bounteously to the thirsty- |-
j students. I
(Editor's Note: We are glad to an­nounce
that as a result of this ar­ticle
the above-mentioned evil has
already been corrected.
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Contracts Are Signed
By Ten 'Students for
Next Fall Positions
Miss Hopper, secretary of the Ap­pointment
Bureau, says that, ten peo­ple
have reported signing contracts
during the week past. Four of
these people have been directly placed
by the bureau. They are: Olga,
Rude, Aberdeen, departmental work
in the upper grades; Marjorie Leslie,
Aberdeen, primary; Dorothy Proud,
Silverdale, fifth and sixth grades;
and Agnes Lakow, Carnation, third
and fourth grades. %:"
Tlie other six who have signed con­tracts
are: Florence McKenzie Fri­day
Harbor, Primary;.. Clifford-Dun­can,
Lakewood, upper grades; Esther
Pallas, Lakewood,. primary; Ethel
Arness, Silverdale, first and second
grades; Anna. Hicklin, Mabton, third
grade: and Frances Notz, Orient
School, Multinoniah County. Oregon,
third and fourth grades.
Name Contest to Close Today;
Winner Made Known Campus Day
Names, names, names, big names
and little names, short names and
long ones, common names and queer
names, solemn names and names with
facetious turns as all flooding it to
the Messenger name contest. Some­where
among them is a prize winner
but.no one yet knows just where.
Many of the names are built upon
the Viking idea with such names as
"The Viking," "The Viking- Sun,"
"The Viking News Leader," "The
Viking Saga," and "The Saga of the
Norsemen."- The mysterious name
of which President Fisher spoke in
assembly proved to be of the Viking^ > More entries are coming in hourly,
list is "The Puget Papoose," closely
followed by "The Weekly Dictator,"
"Viking Vernon," and "The Blue Bul­letin."
"Fisher's Blend," seemed to
be in a class by itself, until Randy
entered "The Sehome Sardine." v
To date' the choice of -the people
seems to be "The Bellingham Bugle."
Four people have entered it. Sec­ond
choice is "The Viking World,"
with two entries. Out of the thirty-two
names which have been entered,
these two are the only two which
have been duplicated. '
variety. It is "The Viking Herald."
Location plays a large part in the
ideas for names. Some which stress
it, are: "Tlie ''Northwest Tribune,"
""Pacific "Northwest Mountaineer,"
"The Bellingham: Chronicle," "The
Puget Sound -Siren," " T h e Sehome
Press," and "The Mt. Baker Pin­nacle."
Some students, whether intention­ally
or not;!, is. not known, have hand­ed
in facetious, names. Heading the
and there is still a possibility that
the winner may. not have' shown
itself.- • * ' . . : .
The name contest is to close today,
with the winning title to be selected
by a committee appointed by the
Board of Control. It -.-will be an­nounced
in the opening assembly on
Tuesday, Campus Day. The prize is
$5.00 in trade at the Co-op, to be
awarded to the student submitting
the most appropriate caption^^ .
ing put forth by the'pedagogues, it
is thought that the demonstration
will be a worthy one. -
Faculty-Student Clash Feature?
As an annual feature of the Cam­pus
Day celebration, the Faculty men
will play a selected team from the
non-varsity baseball playing men of
tlie student body. While the line­ups
have not yet been announced it
is said that strong forces are in each
camp. Star of the faculty squad is
Dr. Frank Salisbury, local rival for
Babe Ruth's crown.' Whether his
recent appendicitis operation will bar
him from playing, is not known. If
this occurs, the faculty will be hard
pressed to replace him, Salisbury also
holding down the difficult third sack.
The engagement of the Ray Curtis
six-piece jazz band for the Vodvil and
the dance to follow has been an­nounced
by McCall. This band, ac­cording
to Andy, was the best avail­able,
and will add much to the enter­tainment
of the evening.
Assembly Opens Activities
Campus Day will start out with an
assembly in the auditorium at 8:00
o'clock; from there the actual clean­up
work will commence, and last
throughout the morning. A bigger
and better lunch will be served at >
noon with plenty of entertainment.
In~the afternoon there will'be a field
day featuring May Day events; this
will be followed by baseball games.,
and stunts on the field. In the eve-ning
the Viking Vodvil will-start a t '
seven with all the talent of the school .
available and some that comes under
the heading of "near talent." The
last and closing event of the "great
day" will be a big dance in the gym­nasium!
Professor Edward J. Arntzen, Gen­eralissimo
of the day, says the work
will include cleaning of the athletic
field, trails, campus, streets adjacent
to the campus, tennis courts, and
work may be done around the new li­brary.
The lunch, according to Mr.
-Arntzen, 'will be better than any
previous spread offered on such a
day.
The following are taking care of
the committees:
Generalissimo—Edward J. Arntzen.
General student chairman and •
chief of staff—Barney Chichester.
Filed general and director of work
-Stanley Thompson. .
Chairman of dance—Pbiilis Neher.
Chairman of recreation program
and Field Day events—Eldred Becfc
tel and Iraiii Littler. _v
Manager of Viking Vodvil—Andy
McCall.
Men's paddle squad—Andy McCall.
Girls' paddle squad—Irene Schagel.
Foster Kirk will lead yells during
tlie, day.
The admission tickets which went
on sale Thursday, are priced, at fifty
cents, and adroit to the luncheon, the
vodvil and the dance following.
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Y.W.C.A. OFFICERS
FOR YEAR ELECTED
At the annual business meeting of
the Y. W. C. A., held last week, the
election!of officers took place. They
will hold their position for one. year,
beginning with the next meeting. The,
following were elected:.
President, Florence Sutherland; vice
president, Frances Ragge; secretary*
Julia Brand; treasurer, Rowena Tar- -
box; representative to Student Coun­cil,
Alice Anderson j representative t o .
Woman's League, Vera Hem bury. •
After the election reports from the
following committees were given:; '
Secretary-treasurer, G o r a May:•';.
Squires; Membership, Nina 'Barton ; •
Meetings, Constance Frieling; WprW
Fellowship, Mrs. Margaret Freeborg;
Social, Margaret Galfey: ScVcial Sev>'
vice, Vera Hembury: Bible Study,
Mary Armour; ^ Publicity, Rowena^.
Tarbox; Finance, Lillian Jncobsoni;!
Delegate to IndustriainCommitteerofji
Local. Y. M. C. A.,Giace Lytel; Rep-',
resehtative!to Student Council/OJga.-
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