Weekly Messenger - 1927 March 18

              VOL, XXVI—NO. 23 WASHINGTONSTATB NORMAL SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON
Nam*
SverrerArestad to be Succeeded by
Bryan Hankins. Wagner
] Reappointed.
Change Made in
Hall
BRYAN H A N K I NS
Bryan Hankins was appointed edi­tor
of the Mesenger by the Board of
Control at its regular meeting Wed­nesday
afternoon.Hankins has served
four quarters as Business Manager
of the Messenger. He will succeed
Sverre. Arestad, the present editor,
with the opening of the Spring quar­ter.
At this meeting Robert Wagner
•was reappointed as Secretary of the
Board of Control to serve during the
Spring quarter.
Sverre Arestad, present incumbent
in the editorial chair, was appointed
at a special meeting of the Board of
Control last Friday afternoon to
succeed Bryan Hankins. „ .Mr. Arestad
will assume Mr. Hankin's office du­ties
in the Spring quarter.
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Eleveh Graduates
Placed Thru
Bureau
Due to the long evenings
and the call of the outdoors,
there will be a discontinuance
of the Sunday supper at Edens
Hall. However, .. for those
who wish, food may be pur-s
chased between 5:30 p. m. and
7:30 p. m., in Edens Hall.
Hereafter board will be
$ 19.20 a month, instead of
the usual price of $20.00.
Beginning with the Spring
quarter, breakfast will be
served twice every morning.
Thejirst sitting:will be at 7:30
a. m.,.and the second at 8:00
a. m.
On Saturday and Sunday,
breakfast will be served only
at 8:00 a. m.
The World's Greatest Dramatic
Soprano to Appear in
Bellingham.
Lew Sarett Will
Speak Here
Today
"Poet of Wilderness," Woodsman
Fascinating Spokesman
of the Wild.
Eleven graduates have^been placed
In schools since the first of the-year
iby the Appointment Bureau. The
Jiames of those placed and the towns
: to Which..they have gone to teach
..are:"-" Evelyn G. Kinney, Rufus
Oregon; Alta Crook, Everson; Mil"
<lfed E. Anderson, Everett; Opal
Stokesberry, Monroe; '. Paul Rule,
Olympia; Gertrude Morgenthaler,
Kent; Leah Taff, Mukilteor Eva
Johnson^ Edmonds; Lois King, Ken-necott,
Alaska; Esther -h. Anderson,
Trego, Montana y and Robbie Gaddis,
Shelton. -
Requests were sent out by the Ap­pointment
Bureau to the superin-
. tendents and school clerks in Wash-
. ington, Montana, Oregon, and Idaho,
:fbr a report regarding the vacancies
, in- schools. Since the. requests were
sent out each, days mail has brought
^ in-Trepbrts telling of the different
aiumber of openings. Candidates are
selected for those positions and the
names of the students chosen are
posted on the bulletin board. ' Miss
Jenner of the Appointment Bureau,
says that it is important that stu­dents
should watch for their names.
Spring vacation offers an oppor­tunity
for prospective teachers to
make personal applications for
schools. Some will make their per­sonal
applications after having ap­plied
for schools ..through the mail
/while others will apply personally
for the first time. '
" I t is important that those desir-
--ing schools let Miss Jenner, know how
; they may be reached during vaca­t
i o n : "All papers regarding .recom­mendations
must be handed in to the
' office >nd to,.' the faculty members
^before vacation. • :,._,/
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By June Wetherell
Hikers, athletes, woodsmen; lovers
of- literature and would-be-poets
have a common interest in the last
number of the lecture course when
Lew Sarett, known as the "Poet of
the Wilderness" will speak at the
Normal this evening. This is indeed
a rare treat, for it is only about
three months of every year that he
can be persuaded to come out from
his retreat in the wild and mount
the lecture platform .
(His life would make a most fas­cinating
biography. Born in the Chi­cago
slums of immigrant parents he
has become this interesting combin­ation
of poet and woodsman. He
is now a professor in the English
department of the University of Il­linois,
l
The poetry of Lew Sarett sings of
the wild, of the animals that live in
the big woods, of all natural beauty.
It has a peculiar and natural, charm
that is somehow different from other
poetry.
Altogether it is a most rare and
momentous occasion for the students
of -the Normal and the people of
Bellingham.
'Rosa Melba Ponselle, world's great­est
dramatic soprano, and the'first
•American to make a debut in
leading role with Caruso, will appear
at the First Christian Church, March
28, at 8:15 p.: m. The first -people
to hear Miss Ponselle's famous voice
were "tlie people in the humble little
church which she attended.
Her greatest triumph came on the
evening when she appeared as "Ju­lia"
in The "Revival of La Vestale,"
the loftiest artistic flight of her young
career. She is regarded as one of the
elect with her career now coming
into full blossom." She is called by
some artists "Caruso in Petticoats."
She sings with consummate art,
fully measuring up to the glowing
reputation which_ the critics have
given her. Ponselle is a great delight
to the lovers of music."
Her enunciation and remarkable
technique are said to be perfect.
With her first note she thrills her
auditors and they are said never to
relax their attention until the song is
finished.
'"What a gorgeous voice she re­leases;
hers is one of the most beau­tiful
organs of tone that the Metro­politan
has ever known. She is a
very rare phenomenon nowadays
and has a voice thrilling in the upper
register. Her intonation is faultless,
her breath controls easy and she
never sacrifices quality for dramatic
effect."
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ROSA P O N S E L L E;
Who will sing at the First Christian Church, Monday, March 28, at
8:15 p. m. She appears under the auspices of the Normal School
and the Bellingham Women's Music Club. "—
The Red .Arrow Is
Financially a
Success
FRIDAY—March 18.
Lew Sarett to lecture to students
in' assembly at 1:00.
Lew Sarett to lecture in Normal
auditorium at 8:15.
SATURDAY—March 19.
Beginning of Spring vacation.
MONDAY—March 28.
Rosa Ponselle in concert at the
First Christian Church at 8:15.
Beginning of'Spring qviarter.
TUESDAY—March 29. *
Sourdough Club to give program
in assembly. *
FRIDAY—April 1.
Student Association assembly.
TUESDAY—April 5.
Jean Gros French Marionette Com­pany
presents "The Adventures
of Huckleberry Finn at the
Grand Theater. '
The "Red Arrow" has been the ob­ject
of many favorable comments
from the faculty and the students
for its literary value. Figures re­ceived
from Nelson Robinson, busi­ness
manager, show that it is a fi-,
nacial success, as well.
The report is as follows:
Liabilities—
Cuts $ 21.70
Printing .....,- 114.00
$135.70
Assets—
Advertisements -.. $ 79.75
Sales 57.00
Students Want Underground Tunnel
From New Library to Main Building
When young people are as free to
walk put of a cla,S8room'vnere?'they
are bored by a dull school teacher as
grown-up people are to walk out of
a theater where they ,;are feored by
a dull playwright, the sclioois. will be
more crowded than; the tbeater81;'*"^
the; teachers far »ore^Opopulir tliari
ittoe-; store ^tors.r-^eprge^^Bernard
^Shawy^;;^, '•••0K^^ ^/V/• ;•• •'>•::•••;• ?/;U- ''}:'
_j After listening to discussions at
Harry's, Edens Hall, and the locker,
rooms] it seems that the administra­tion
lias taken over the.construction
of the new library- without first con­sulting
the students and finding out
just what the students want. The li­brary,
according to the students'
opinion, is being built solely for-the
students and their" "welfare.-.--There­fore
they "feel that it should have
been only just and right that they be
consulted on how the library is to be
built.
A few of the plans proposed by
students' will be given and it is hoped
they may - be. considered before it is
too late. (Ahe ideas of students .who
are so interested in the growth of
the Normal that they will give some
of their little spare time to the, dis­cussion
of the - library, should cer:
tainly be considered.)
1st Plan.—The library should be.
three stories high, to conform with
the main building. On the first floor
there should be a large gym so
that, all games could be played on
the 'Normal campus. This would al»6
make the gym classes mucli more in-teresting^
arid much better supervised.
There should be two large ' swim­ming'"
tanks,' one at;each end of the
building,,;so^ that .boys' and girls'-
swimming classes could be conducted
on the. campus. A set of rowing ma-cliines'
should be installed so boys in-:
terested -in;erew could' riractice in the
gym; This;- would be//a; big drawing
- ; $135.75
Approximately 355 copies have been
sold so far and there are 500 more
copies, some of which are expected to
be sold to the.Alumni.
Quality of Styles
Displayed in
Concert
NearlyS 1,000,000
Appropriated
ForB.N.
card for the men of the state also.
The library itself would be on the.
second floor. (All plans for the sec­ond
floor are to-be left with Miss
Wilson.)
The third floor would be a large
dance floor. There would be cloak
rooms, two billiard rooms and one
card room. An elevator from the first
floor to the tnii'd floor, that does not
stop at the second floor should also
bc^in the plans.
2nd plan.—This plan is practically
the same as plan one except that the
second and third floors would be
changed around. It is argued that
this would be cheaper=as the elevator
would only have to run between the
first and second floors.
3rd plan—An underground tunnel
should be dug from the main build­ing
to the library so that none would
•have to get out in the cold chang­ing
from gym classes to the main
building. This tunnel should be pro­vided
w i t h benches so that students
who are extremely tired from a
strenuous gym class can rest. No
snooper vision (we beg your pardon
we meant 'supervision') should be al­lowed
in this tunnel; -This tunnel
would also be very useful during in­itiations
of the various clubs.
These are but a few of the plans,
that have: been discussed by tire more
interested; s^udents^ arid/ it^ is honed
thev will be takenV under": cohsideraVr-brary
.is started.
(By Edna Wise)
Music, "sheer music alone was the
objective and the attainment of the
Elshuco Musicians who played in a
concert at the First Christian Church
March 14.
Two hours of richly, satisfying har­mony
presented in the lofty tone of
cultured musicianship offered beaii-ties
of the true music alone. The
Elshuco Players are individual ar­tists
of high attainment: yet it was
more than mere individual musician­ship
that went to make up their en­semble
effects. It may be said that
all of the music was new to the ma­jority
of Bellingham ears and for
that reason doubly delightful.
Quality of style was displayed
which marked each composition as an
interpretation, which stimulated and
satisfied aesthetic appetites. Added
to this was a repose which bespoke
technical mastery keeping company
with understanding.
Music of different types from dif­ferent
times in .trio form /was, pre^
sehted in three numbers. ?The period
of 1861 ot 1906 was presented in a
group of Anton- Stepanowitch. Arenc-ky:
that of; 1797 to 1828 in a group
by Franz Schubert, and from 1660 to
1723was. presented, in a series^, by
Jean Baptiste Toillet. Thus - it jifaB
possible _for the music student to
make an interesting comparison of
the rnasteiiulrrenditron. %- -:, •_•>;'j\.
?TheP'f*ppr«citf(;ion *oif_ .the audience
- Close< to a million dollars will be
spent by the Bellingham Normal
School during the next two years
as a result.of the legislative appro­priations
of the last two sessions at
Olympia. $886,900.00, the total, in­cludes
several items. Operating ex­penses
of the school will consume
$584,500.00 during the next two
school years. $40,000.00 wras appro­priated
for the purchase of addition­al
land while $2,400.00 more was al­lowed
to cover a deficit in the pur­chase
of the new library site. In
addition to the $180,000.00 previous­ly
appropriated for the construction
of a new library building, the leg­islature
included an item of $80,000.
to be used in completing the building.
The total of $260,000.00 will enable
the biulding to be completed in one
unit and as according to original
plans. •"'"..
Work On Library Soon
According to President Fisher, bids
for the construction of the building
will be ready by the end of this week
and the actual wrork . olf breaking
ground will start within three or
four weeks': The preliminary work
of clearing the site for readiness for
building has been completed.
Architects Bebb and Gould, of Se­attle,
are putting the finishing touch­es
on the plans and specifications of
the new building. "The building
should • be finished and ready for
occupancy by January 1, 1928," said.
President Fisher.
. Norman Vance, a graduate of the
two-year course from the Bellingham
Normal at the end of this quarter,
has been elected by the Board of
Education of this city-i;o fill the va­cancy
created on the Fairhaven High
School faculty through a furlough
granted to Coach Washke, present
incumbent in the physical education'
department there.
Norman Vance has had consider­able
experience in Physical education
while here. He has served as coach
in football and baseball for the
Training School. His qualifications
were considered by the Board of
Education to be adequate to warrant
his acquisition of the position.
Mr. Washke will study for the
next six months at Kalamazoo, Mich­igan.
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Marionettes To
ear Here
April 5
Fm
Huck Finn, Uncle Wiggily, and
Many Other Characters
to Perform.
"The Adventures of Huckleberry
-Finn", played by the puppets of Jean
Gros' French Marionette Company,
will be at the Grand -Theater, Tues­day,
April 6, in the evening. A spe­cial
matinee for children will show
the adventures of Uncle Wiggily at
the Circus." Both plays are under
the auspices of the American Asso­ciation
of University Women.
Jean Gros has earned for himself
a decided reputation for his work
with puppets. The tiny marionettes
are able to do many of the things
real people can do, including dancing,
laughing, talking," sitting down at a
table and smoking, and they perform
tricks of the acrobats. In the play
of Huck Finn the puppets show the
audience all they are capable of do­ing.
Behind the scenes the skilled
workers are pulling the strings talk­ing,
laughing, singing and playing
the instruments for th e marionettes
who are on their.own specially de-.
vised stage, delighting the audience;
with their life-like actions; '7 '
When Jean Gros was si boy and
first saw the. Punch and Judy "show
his ambition was to own-some of
his own. Years later he^had a small
theater "in his French home, for his.
friends. He- came to America and
began his career as a musician but
the lure of working w i t h puppets
was so strong that he began produc­ing
plays. . He first^ produced Leon-cavallos'
"II Pagliccio" but the ven­ture
was too new and too big and* it
failed. He later, made his ^appearance
with Sarah Bernhardt on her. last
trip to America. - -..' ' ^
He won success later with his
plays of "Uncle Wiggily"; "Huck
Finn", Thackeray's "Rose and the
Ring- and others.
Although the play of "Huck Finn"
is for adults, children will enjoy it
equally as well.
To Have Both Campus Day and
Sneak Day Is Impossible
This Year.
- At recent meetings" the Board of
Control has been considering the ques­tion
of Campus Day. The undeni­able
success of last year's efforts
caused the Board to pass a resolu­tion
to the effect that Campus Day
become an annual school tradition.
It will be impossible to allow both a
Sneak day and Campus day this
spring, the faculty decided. The Board
therefore passed a resolution favor­ing
the substitution of Campus Day
rather than a Sneak day, the" latter
they feel being moi'e of a high school
type of affair. . -,
Approval of the Board's action was
given by the faculty at its meeting
Tuesday, March 9. The Faculty
passed a resolution backing and ap­proving
the movement to substitute
Campus for Sneak Day.
School authorities have also been
approached upon the subject" of the
Normal entering a Tulip Queen can­didate
in the annual contest. The
matter was taken up by the Board,
who, having conducted last year's
campaign were not in favor of en­tering
a Normal candidate. A reso­lution
was passed stating that the
Board would not favor the Students'
Association entering a candidate for
Tulip Queen as experience had taught
them that the - support of the Bel­lingham
people swung to the High
School candidates. The faculty again
passed resolutions approving the
Board of Control's stand on the mat­ter.
If Your Name Isn't Ruth Johnson
You Can't Be Popular Here; Sorry
tiori before the eonstruction of the lft was gauged_ by the applause which
was vigorous'and enthusiastic.
One who glances down the long
lists of common ~ and uncommonly
common. names in the Registrar's
office, is caught by the celebrated
names of Ethan Allen and George
George Eliot; or started to see Dale
Annis and Talmadge Gray listed as
women. ' .'•:
The Smiths are. all back in search
of their old enemies, .the Johnsons,
who rank first in numbers.this year.
"Yaa! Rank is right," yells a
Smith,, and the battle is bri.
The letter Q received three last-minute
"votes. All those,:who urged
its entry deserted-,,at the crucial-mo­ment,
excepting these faithful three.
Their names: Quaife, QuaCkenbush,
and Quesenbury—arei mentioned, to
correct1 any impression held ; by the
upper-clajsmen,"that they are.related
to the terrible ' tys^ of the -;; Ed v? 21
course. ^Z:Z:LJ-- z-..:\:::'ZirZ:-::.
;SThe thr^e; m o ^
women are Ruth first, and Helen
second; with Alice and Edith tied for
third place. John and Ray each hold
seven votes, tying the best score for
the men-. William or "Bill", which
ordinarily, far outstrips - the others,
has fallen behind. Perhaps-this ex­traordinary
dearth of "Bills" may
account for the , cheerful financial
outlook in the school.
The Methodist Episcopal church.js
the most, popular of the twenty; de-nomiations
mentioned, over 20O
students haying expressed a prefer­ence
for i t . It..- is : closely • followed
by the 'Presbyterian church, with 165
adherents. Most of the students are
scattered. about in small groups
among the various denominations.
.. Bellinghami leads,;>the surrounding
cities ^by^; supplying. 224 of our ' Nbr-
.-mal - /students../}:.Wliatcom ? outstrips
thV ptjier• 38 ^counties/ in ;the state!
iwith^a; >tp1»l;^pf';•' 289: representetives;
A T R I B U TE
Victorio A. Velasco, popularly
known as V. A. V., has stated his
intention of returning to the U. of
W. next quarter. Victorio came to
the' Normal :last fall and-ever, since
his • advent >" here :'•• has ^worked dili-gentlyr
for the good of the school.
Ahiout the first of the fall quarter
he submitted a manuscript, to the
Messenger stating that he desired to
write a column of impressions. T&£
result of that manuscript was the
column "The Passing Week,"
which has appeared in the Messen­ger
since last quarter. Victorio
wrote his column for the Messenger
last quarter without credit. It was
an evidence of the interest he has
shown in bur school activities.
At the beginning of the Winter
quarter Victorio called a meeting
asking those to.come who were in­terested
in literary writing. The
result was . t h e formation of the
Scribes Club. In the face of many
difficulties, Victorio promoted the
publication of a literary magazine.
The success of that venture, which
required countless hours' of diligent
work, is the Red ArrpWt which
was. distributed to the students last
week. -.'
Much.of the" success'of the-liter-_
ary publication sponsored by the
Scribes Club is due to the untiring
efforts of Nelson Robinson, who
a t . the last moment, consented to
take the financial matters into his
hands. He succeeded beyond all
expectations with the result that al­most
eighty dollars worth of adver­tisements
were produced within the
remarkably shOrt;i;periodv of /two
weeks. Robinson is new here, and .
his interest was only too .plainly
manifest when he sacrificed his time
to devote it in the interests of the
Red Arrow. :-'/'-'-'..:
And last, if" not first, _we proclaim
Washington the winner; oyer; the 16
states and territories represented/in
the school. ' ; .:;,-.//.'v-.i"/" - --/ k,^^'/.
I He: whip would:;: be : popuiar"U Jiere
must ^fe a^/l^fiodist girl narn^dg
Ruth Jfohnw^;Jiving; ^|BeJ^ghan»;^
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