Weekly Messenger - 1926 October 22

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WXJ. XXVI—NO. A AVASHmGTONOTAm Friday, October 22, 1926
Cedar Chips
By Ted
FACULTY NUMBER
Members of the Faculty, you have
a right to demand the Faculty Num­ber.
By the way, students already
have their number.
EDITORIAL (Don't Read)
Conditions bad reached the point where
Mr. Marquis said: "We have to have
windows open in here. Why don't you
girls over there bring some clothes to
class, and if you're cold, you can put
•em on."
Dr. Miller (in psychology): "We find
that girls learn to walk and talk at an
earlier age than boys. But then, of
course, they probably have the urge to
talk earlier.
Big Events For Homecoming Planned
BE
TUSSlf TO
FEATURE OF
Serpentine and Bonfire Will
Precede Game in Rally to
be Staged Friday, the 5th.
fudge Lindsay Will
Speak at Assembly
Wednesday Morning
MIXER ON SATURDAY EVE
Banquet for Alumni to be Held
in-Edens Hall with Program
of Music and Speeches.
NOW YOU TELL ONE.
Pres. Fisher: "I'm sorry, Mr. Ar­rested,
but just state in the Messen­ger
that I had nothing to say in
Assembly.
LOCAL BOY HAKES GOOD.
Chapter 7%j
of
"She Was Just an Edens Hall Girl"
Little did Lynus Alonzo Kibbe, young
son of his father and mother, dream, as
he started on his first year in the first
grade.in a little school east of Belling­ham,
tnta someday life would recompense
him for those days bent tinder the role
of teachers... No, nor did imagination
write across his mind with the faintest
ink (using Waterman's latest product-step
into the Co-op for their ridiculously
low prices) that some day the years
wonld pay him for hours of toil spent
after school copying on his slate from
the long, dull pages of the American
Mercury.
Always a stickler for style, Mr. Kibbe
told our reporter of his personal appear­ance.
"I always tried to go to school dressed
.neatly and completely," he said, lapsing
into "rime." Mr. Kibbe drove home this
last truth by reciting two or three snap­py
pages of the State Code.
"When I was very young my hair was
light. Later it became darker. Now,"
and right here the new library building
would have rocked with laughter, "it's
growing lighter again."
A friend of Mr. Kibbe, a lady, hadn't
seen his son, Merle, late student of the
Normal, for fifteen years. At that time
Merle was four or five years old, coeval
-with other children of the same age, it
must be added.
* "My, my, how Merle has grown!" said
Mr. Kibbe's friend, a lady.
" O h , yes," returned Mr. Kibbe, "but
you'd almost expect that in fifteen
years."
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FOILED AGAIN
...."Don't think because I'm not giv­ing
you any questions about this
poem," explained Miss Sperry, "it's
fecause I can't."
• * •
"I was the best marksman in 17 coun­ties,
when a boy," said Mr. Bever, in
Sociology, as the students busily took
Botes. "Not a better man than me I"
"Gunga Din," shouted Herb Fowler, as
lie passed by on h'is way to get a drink.
" * * *
At "Disraeli," Mr. Arntzen asked
Erma Littler at'the"door, if his seats
•were good and close .to. the front.
. "Any further down,?' was Erma's
bored reply, "and you'd be in the
<cast." '••'.. '"• '•
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Passing Miss Wilson's auditorium class,
jwe believe that such popularity must be
/•deserved.
That Homecoming this year, Nov­ember
5 and 6, promises to be the
biggest and best ever, is the opinion
of Estelle Martinson, general chair­man
of the Homecoming reception.
With a personnel consisting of Miss
Edens, Mr. Kibbe, Miss Crawford,
Miss Pragst, and Miss Gragg, repre­senting
the faculty and Norman
Vance, Elsa Pearl, Roy Arnett, and
Olive Hardan, representing the stu­dents,
working under Estelle Martin­son,
1926 Homecoming will be an
event always to be remembered.
Rally and Serpentine
Friday night -will witness a pep
rally in the form of a serpentine and
bonfire. Speeches will be given by
Coaches Carver and Keeney, and an
address by President C. H. Fisher.
Throughout Friday afternoon and
evening, Normal girls will be on hand
to meet homecoming students, com­ing
by. train, interurban and boat.
Saturday morning, registration of the
Alumni will take place. Mrs. Vaugh-an,
Miss Skalley, and Mr. Fowler of
the faculty, will be on hand to greet
them.
Luncheon
Olive Hardan has charge of sale of
tickets for the noonday luncheons to
be given at Edens Hall and Cafeteria,
Saturday Different clubs will pre­sent
short acts for the approval of
the students, alumni, and faculty
Vikings Play Cheney
What promises to be one of the
most interesting and thrilling games
will be played Saturday afternoon.
Normal plays Cheney, and both teams
will be out ot win. Several striking
features will be put on before and
during the half intermission of the
game.
At 6:30 P. M. a banquet will be
given in* Edens Hall and following
this a Mixer will be held at the
State Armory. Only Student As­sociation
ticket holders and Alumni
will be admitted.
A very interesting assembly pro­gram,
which includes a special as­sembly
on Wednesday, October 27,
at 11 o'clock, has been scheduled for
the next week.
On Tuesday, at the regular as­sembly,
the Artist Concert Bureau of
Everett, will present Mrs. Edgar M.
Rodgers, pianist; Mrs. Alfa Lindaas
Gregerson, soprano; Mr. Rollo Mauls-by,
tenor; and Miss Emily Smyth,
accompanist, in a musical program.
At 11 o'clock on Wednesday, Judge
Ben B. 'Lindsay, judge of Denver's
juvenile court, will, lecture, and Miss
Brown, of the Bellingham School of
Music will furnish the program on
Friday.
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W. A. A. Members
to Climb Skyline
Ridge Tomorrow
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TO BEPHHIBI
Mendelssohn's Oratorio to be
Given in Middle of the Spring
Quarter by Choral Society.
Tomorrow a trip to Skyline is
planned for the W. A. A. members.
Those going are to leave the Inter­urban
and Stage depot at 6 a. m.
They will take a 38-mile ride to Gla­cier
and then hike five miles up a
steep trail to Skyline. If the weath­er
is clear the view IB one of the
best in the Northwest. The cost of
the trip will be two dollars. Every­one
is to furnish his own lunch. This
trip is to be a one-day journey.
The party of hikers will return
home about seven or eight o'clock in
the evening. Further notices will be
shown on the W. A. A. bulletin
board.
FACULTY WOMEN TO
HAVE SOCCER TEAM
A general decoration committee
will see to that the campus, school
buildings, field, and Armory are dec­orated
to the nth degree. Prizes will
be awarded for the best decorated
house.
Bryan Hankins has been awarded
the contract for the Homecoming
Book, which will be sold at the min­imum
price of twenty-five cents.
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FACULTY STAGE BLOW-OUT
THIS EVENING
Not to be outdone by the students,
the women of the faculty are organ­izing
a soccer team, and expect to
offer some lively competition to the
student teams.
If enough interest is shown in Soc­cer,
teams may be organized in other
sports as well as classes in Dramatics
and Folk Dancing.
The Choral Society has begun the
study of one of Mendelssohn's most-popular
works, the oratorio "Elijah."
The oratorio opens with a short
recitative, Elijah's prophecy of a
drought, which leads into a short
sombre overture indicative of the
distress which is to follow:
The next scene deals with Ahab
and the prophets of Baal, followed
by the calm prayer of Elijah as he
calls for the fire to descend upon the
altar. In a dialogue between the
Prophet, the People, and the Youth,
Elijah bids them look towards the
sea as the storm approaches and the
rain descends.; -
The second part opens with a bril­liant
soprano solo, "Hear ye, Israel,"
which leads into the magnificent cho­rus,
"Be Not Afraid," Elijah com­plains,
"O Lord, I have labored in
vain," in response to which comes a
contralto aria of unexcelled beauty,
"O, eRst in the Lord."
The next scene, which is the most
dramatic in the oratorio, describes
the presence of the Lord.
The last scene depicts the coming
of the chariot, and the whirlwind by
which Elijah is caught up into
heaven.
The oratorio will be given by the
Choral Society about the middle of
the spring quarter.
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NEW COURSE GIVEN
IN GENERAL DRAWING
New Type of Work Offered
inlndustrial Arts Department
Which will Interest Students.
FOOTBALL SOUVENIRS
TO BE BETTER, CLAIM
According to Bryan Hankins, who
is in charge of the work, the football
souvenirs which will be sold for
Homecoming, will be larger and bet­ter
than, ever before.
Plans for the souvenir booklets
have been completed and the work
will be finished in about three weeks.
Individual pictures of the members
of the Viking team, and group pic­tures
of the Cheney squad will be
featured in the souvenir, while a
complete program of the day's events
and a list of yells and songs will be
included. ,
It is planned to have one thousand
copies made, and these will be sold
during the assembly hour on the Fri­day
preceding Homecoming.
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Students Confess
Reading Weekly
Mess Occasionally
Normal Gridders Undergo Strenuous Weeks Workout Previous
to Saturday's Game With Yearlings. Line Doing Great Work
and Showing Stronger in Every Position. Backs Dazzling.
Kathryn Leach, Editor
of Klipsun, Chooses
Staff for This Year
'Disraeli," Produced by
Radford Art Players,
Well Received by All
Miss Rich: "Hurry up, Mr. Bever,
we can't miss tWs "rec" hour.
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Promising to be an enjoyable af­fair
is the faculty dinner at which
eigthy-eight members and friends are
attending this evening at Edens
Hall at 7 o'clock. Hallowe'en sug^
gestions are being carried out in the
decorations and Miss Eleanor Osborn,
president of the faculty forum, will
announce the following entertainers:
Miss Adele Jones will sing "Pierrot,"
by Lilla Ofmond, and "The Lark
Now Leaves His Wat'ry Nest," by
Horatio Parker, and will be accom­panied
by Miss Edith Strange. Mr.
Herbert Ruckmick will render a
violin solo, and Mr. Harold Smith
will entertain with a piano selection/
The address of welcome will be given
by Miss Olive Edens and Miss Emma,
Erickson will respond for the new!
members of the faculty.
Later in the evening, further en­tertainment
will be given in the so-'
cial hall: ;:-•'• . ,
"Disraeli," an- English _, play by
Louis N. Parker, was the play pre­sented
lay the Radford Art Players
in the auditorium last Friday even­ing.
The play, which was well received
by the audience of students and
townspeople, was an attempt to
show a picture of the days in which
Disraeli lived, and some of the racial,
social, and political prejudices he
fought against and conquered.
The Eadford Art Players are mem­bers
of the Radford Drama School of
Tacoma and do their work under the
direction of Miss Ruth Radford.
Splendid opportunities are being
offered in the new course in General
Drawing in the Industrial Arts de­partment.
' Mr. Ruckmick feels that
many students would be greatly in­terested
in this type of work if they
had more knowledge of what it in­cludes.
He states that the course
is not designed to show the prin­ciples
of drafting, so much as it is
to use drawings for general reading
purposes in various industries.
Drawing is very necessary to shop
teachers and work that is done in
this course may be utilized in their
own classes.
The course in general drawing pre­sents
two specific phases. First,
that of enabling people to read draw­ings
and to use them in related
fields. Second, it gives them a means
by which they can express their in­genuity
on-paper in such a way that'
somebody else can work it out.
Roughly speaking the Mess­enger
Questionnaire proposition
was a success.
Everyone reads the Messen-ger,
that is question number one
answered correctly. The ex­change
column is evidently paS-se,
no one has read it of late,
probably because there has not
been any to read. Everyone
wanted the student opinion col­umn
revived. That problem
certainly must be solved for
good and all now. Those people
who do not read the editorials
are not aware of what they
miss. Only 150 wanted the back
page to degenerate into a wom­an's
page. Since 850 votes are
necessary to pass on this meas­ure
Ave'll give the majority
their say. Anyone wishing a
diversion is cordially invited to
come into the Messenger office
and read the suggestions that
were for the improvement of
the paper.
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Kathryn Leach was elected editor
of the Klipsun at the recent meeting
of the Board of Control. With the
exception of one or two members,
which may be added later, the entire
staff has been chosen. Miss Leach
has selected them with the idea of
previous experience and reliability.
Those on the staff are:
Assistant Editor Margaret McCoy
Sophomores Idabelle Ritchie
Organizations and Activities
.' .............-;..... June Wetherell
Art Editor „: „..Margaret Burke
Dramatics Evelyn Tawlks
Debate ....................... Helene Wright
Men's Sports..... Bernard Sullivan
Women's Sports Phyllis Crabill
Humor „ Essie Groves
Snaps ;„...„; ..., Lyman Phifer
The office of business manager of
jthe Klipsun will be filled next Mon-
] day, by the Board of Control if a re­liable
applicant.can be secured. .
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"DEAR BRUTUS" IS
COMING ATTRACTION
Mr. Olsen Says Story is One
of Most Amusing and One of
Bitterest in English Drama.
SATURDAY—Oct. 23.
Football game between Normal and
U. W. Frosh, at Seattle.
TUESDAY—Oct. 26.
11 a. m., assembly by the Everett
Artists.
WEDNESDAY—Oct. 27.
Special assembly at 11 a. m., Judge
Ben B. Lindsey will speak.
Women's League tea at Edens
Hall, from 3 to 5 p. m.
THURSDAY—Oct. 28.
Drama Club initiation, room 308,
at 7 p. m.
FRDDAY—Oct. 29.
Program by Miss Lois Holt Brown,
of Bellingham School of Music
' and Art, 11 a. m.
W. A. A. initiation in big gym at
7:30 p. m.
'SULLY" SALLIES OUT TO SURROUND
SERENADERS STRUGGLING IN SONG
SA V1NG SAD& SUFFERING STUDENTS
Dancing to be Given
A class in social dancing, for
all students who aer interested in
learning to dance, is being organized
by Mrs. Tischer.
The first class will meet in the
big gym at a date to be set by Mrs.
Tischer.
Scholarship Society
At the first regular meeting, last
Monday, October 19th, the Scholar-,
ship Society elected the following
new officers: President, Lyman Phif­er;
vice president, Louis Bassett;
secretary-treasurer, Alice- Parkins.
Mr. Arntzen was unanimously . re-ejected
sponser.
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.On that memorable Monday moon­light
night of-this week, a quintet
of husky male voices was heard,
pouring forth its mirth with songs,
laughter and noise on the steps of
W. S. N. S. beneath the library win­dows.
Many hardy Vikings, who
were buried in their books, yea to
their very eyebrows (possibly sleep­ing)
were annoyed by the confusion,
and with courage that would make
Lief Erickson look sick, they set
forth to conquer the unfortunate
annoyers.
The scene of action then shifted to
the rear of. the dormitory.'--Shiek
Lindsay .and Bernard Sullivan, who
recently resigned as reporter of the
Shuttie's Times in order that he
might become columnist for the Mes­senger,
rounded up a gang to plun­der
and murder those dauntless en­tertainers.
It was thought that too
much, bloodshed would occur, thereby:
causing": members; qfJ;the fairer sex;,
who'^ere/ perched en masse on the
fire escape of Edens Hall, to faint,
so a cup of water was procured.
The fire escapes were filled with
ardent backers of the choral move­ment.
A lad, Dale by name, received
unusual applause from across the
chasm for rendering most beautifully
a solo, entitled, "Oh 1.1 wish I hadn't
come out tonight!". A southpaw, for
the benefit of Freshmen only, his
name is withheld, made himself con­spicuous
by his absence, for all the
women in the hall were mourning
him. , ." • ;
As. the reporter was' called home,
because of the new house rules, he
heard the musical strains die on the
soft evening air. The serenaders
had won the right < to sing,. so hence­forth
if you hear them sing, think
twice before you attack them.
Bryan Hankins, unaware of all this
prolific indulgence, was busily occu­pying
.himself finishing his sweeping
beat in the grand'stand . . . or was
When the Moroni Olsen Players
present "Dear Brutus" one week from
tomorrow evening, they will bring
to the Normal the effects of a sum­mer
spent in diligent study and prac­tice.
The cast has been getting much
pleasure fromits rehearsals. Of the
play, Mr. Olsen says:
" *Dear Brutus' is too fantastic
and careless for realism, too tumor­ous
for romance, too serious for
farce. It could never possibly have
happened and yet it is all true. It
is true because the peolpe in it are
alive, not only when good actors take
up the wordsj but when we visualize
them on the printed page. The story
is one which is at once one of the
most amusing and one of the bitter­est
in all the range of English
drama. - — ..
Barrie writes frankly for actors
and actresses rather than - readers.
He gives to all his players something
more to do than merely to repeat his
dialogue. In fact, he * hands the
whole play over to them."
The Moroni . Olsen players have
proved popular with the Normal
audiences for the past three years.
The plays, such as "Candida," "Tam­ing
of the Shrew," "The Ship," and
"Friend Hannah," have established a
reputation for this company which
Mr. Olsen endeavors always to ex­cel.
The choice made in "Dear Brutus"
will bring to these players new
friends who will follow them in all
their future productions.
The Viking warriors have been go­ing
through stiff training this past
week in preparation for tomorrow's
contest with the University of Wash­ington
Freshmen in the Stadium at
Seattle, at 10 a. m. The Normal
team is getting stronger every'weekj
showing greater power and better
teamwork and is expected to make
the tough yearling squad go to the
utmost to capture the victory.
The two teams appear evenly
matched. The .Vikings having lost
to St. Martin's, while the Frosh
dropped their initial game last Sat:
urday to the strong Ellensburg squad
6-0. The Washington babes have al­ways
put out strong teams, often
going through the season undefeated.
They have a strong line-up and are
slight favorites to take the contest.
The Vikings, in late years, have ac­quired
the habit of upsetting the U.
of W. team, winning in 1923 and
again conquered last year coming
from behind in the last quarter to
win 13-10.
The Frosh line-up is composed
chiefly, of former Seattle high.school
stars, coached by Wayne Sutton.
These aspiring future greats are
tough nuts for any team to crack;
and, having lost their first game,
are sure t o . b e out. for Bellingham
blood, tomorrow.
With a desire to win over the
Freshmen, the Vikings have been
looking forward during the iast two
weeks for this game.
In. this week's turnouts, great
strength has been exhibited by the
aspiring gridders. The line has been
functioning better than ever. Both
Hyde and Don Stickney, at center,
have proved bulwarks of defense,
while each has shown accuracy at
passing.
The guards and tackles, before
playing unsteadily, have^ shown pow­er,
endurance, and team work in
scrimmage that will make them
tough opponents of the Frosh line.
Baxter, Blizzard, Iverson, Shelton,
Christman, and Beighle will bear the.
brunt of opposing line plunges. With
a good sub for each good regular, the
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HA£i,OWE'EN PAJAMA
PARi'Y TO BE GIVEN
Plans for a Hallowe'en pajama
party to be given Wenesday evening,
October 27, are being made- by the
Edens Hall girls.
Those in charge of the affair,
which will have all the requisites of
a Hallowe'en party are: "General
chairman,' Helen Babcock; program,
Elsa Pearl, chairman; Irene McKen-na,
Olga Kristofferson, and Lucille
Youngbluth; refreshments, Gwendo­lyn
Shakespeare, chairman, Eileen
Galloway, Agnes Tierney, and Mary
Luch; decorations, Inez Ebert, chauv
man, Josephine Markham, Madeline
Bosshard, and Bernice Marvin.
ART DEPARTMENT TO
GET NEW PICTURES
DO'S AND DON'TS
Co-operate with your yell leader.
Attend all rallies, and stir up in­terest"
for the coming game.
Keep your eyes on the leader.
Follow his motions.
Applaud yells for other schools and
for individual, players. .-
Applaud, goal plays made by op­ponents.
Do not hiss or hoot opposing play­ers.
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Be courteous 'to the public; they
judge you by your" conduct at the
games. - r : . ; . ••: . . ' . . . , , ...^ -•
Good sportsmanship is/required of
the Rooters as well as of the play­ers.'
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Next week, a committee, under the
chairmanship of Miss Druse, head of
the Art department, will purchase
new pictures for the Normal school.
The pictures in the building will be
rearranged and the new ones hung
where they will be seen most favor­ably.
HORACE
ON
MENUS
Should it occur
to the^ manage­ment
of the Cafe­teria
that it would
be., profitable to
have a ...two-faced
menu they may
make use of the
following advice..
There are only two menus to take*
into consideration—today's and yes­terday's...
One painted on each side
will enable a menu to be changed by;i
a turn of ' t h e w r i s t ; s o v^sgeidc?!^!:
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