Weekly Messenger - 1916 October 13

              THE WEEKLY MESSENGER
Devoted to the Interests of the Student Body, Washington State Normal School
Vol. X V I . B E L L I N G H A M , WASH., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1 3 , 1 9 16 No. 2
The Normal lecture course for the
remainder of the year, after some
changes in date, stands thus:
Cord-Rummel Co., Wednesday, Oc­tober
IS.
Dr. G. Whitfield Ray, F. R. G. S.,
Saturday, November 4.
Sir Douglas. Mawson's Australasian
Antarctic Expedition, Monday, Novem­ber
27.
Lynden-Gordon Co., Wednesday,
January 17.
Oxford Grand Opera Co., Monday,
February 5.
Edmund Vance Cook, Saturday, Feb­ruary
10(?).
Kekuku's Hawaiian Quintet, Friday,
April 13.
Edward Amherst Ott, Wednesday,
April 18.
Help Win That Game!
Saturday, October 14, the B. S. N. S. lines up ag­ainst
Everett High for the most important game of the
season. Show your school spirit by turning out that
afternoon and boosting for the best team Bellingham
Normal ever had. Make the town people realize that
it is the best team ever seen in Bellingham, and they
will adopt it for their own, as the people of Seattle have
adopted the "U" team. This would be the biggest
boost ever given Normal athletics.
YELL LEADER HEMES
A
JUNIOR CLASS TO
E A
RECITAL BY COMPANY
OF
A
A live meeting of the Elementary
Class was held Tuesday. Altho com­paratively
small in numbers, the class
has proved not lacking in live wire's
and is planning some good times, to
be held before the close of the semes­ter.
Leaders were appointed and sides
chosen for a campaign to bring in
members who haven't realized what
they are missing by not attending
class meetings.
Miss Sands and Mr. Phillipi, class
advisors, gave interesting talks.
It was decided to hold the class
mixer in the big gym October 20.
TACOMA PRAISES BELLINGHAM'S
TALENTED PIANIST.
Mrs. Irving J. Cross, head of our
Piano Department, was the leading
piano soloist in a concert given in Ta-coma,
on October 3, under the auspices
of the Ladies' Musical Club. She re­ceived
many complimentary notices.
An election of Junior Class officers
was held Tuesday, Mr. Leber acting
as chairman pro tern. A short pro­gram
was given, as follows:
Instrumental solo Ruth Eleander
Reading Marie Christensen
Vocal solo Mr. Lee
The program was short, but proved
this to be "the largest class and the
best class that has ever been in this
school." (Quoted from Mr. Bond.)
The election of officers next took
place, and the returns were as follows:
Charles Leber, president; Austin
Bond, treasurer; Malcolm Selby, yell
leader. As there was not the required
majority for vice president and secre­tary,
a new election will be held.
Committees were appointed for the
Junior mixer, to be held next Saturday
night. This is the Big Event of the
season, and we want the Juniors 600
strong.
NORMAL STUDENT TO
BE AWARDED A. M.
BRAVO, TRAINING SCHOOL!
The Normal has two winning foot­ball
teams. Friday, October 6, the
team of the seventh and eighth grades
of the Training School defeated the
Franklin School by a score of 24 to 12.
These 3roungsters have a backfield
that some time in the not far distant
future will rival that of Gaffney, South-erland,
Shobert, and Wold.
Miss Erica Nordberg, graduate of
Bellingham Normal in 1906, is soon to
receive a Master's degree from a Ger­man
university. She is already en­titled
to a bachelor's degree.
She is at present teacher of zoology
and German in the high school of Le-van,
Wash.
Wednesday evening of next week
the Cord-Rummel Recital Company
will appear in the auditorium. There
are four members of the troupe: Miss
Fay Cord, soprano; Mr. William Morse
Rummel, violin virtuoso; Mr. Henry
Kelley, baritone; Miss Yvonne Koni-ger,
pianist and accompanist.
Miss Cord is an Iowa girl and ob­tained
part of her musical training in
this country. She has appeared abroad
as well as in America. Miss Cord's
voice is described as of unusual rich­ness,
lightness and beauty. Her in­terpretation
of "songs of the heart"
are especially pleasing.
Mr. Rummel comes of a family of
musicians and artists, his great-grand­father
having been court conductor at
Wiesbaden, and his father a distin­guished
pianist of Berlin. Mr. Rum­mel
himself has toured extensively as
Nordica's co-star. An interesting cir­cumstance
is that he is a grandson of
Samuel F. B. Morse, inventor.
Henry Kelley, just beginning his
career, promises to become a well-known
figure in operatic circles. His
baritone voice is high and resonant.
Yvonne Koniger is a native of Paris
and, while still in her teens, was high­ly
praised on the continent. She is
winner of a gold medal at the great
Parisian Conservatory of Music.
The students should all arrange to
bo in attendance, for an entertain­ment
of high quality is assured.
"Abe" Hennes, our wonderfully en­ergetic
and efficient yell leader, is
making a call through The Messenger
for new yells and songs.
After seeing Mr. Hennes demon­strate
his powers as a leader last week
in assembly, every supporter of the
Blue and White should make an at­tempt
to answer this call. Cudgel your
brais and burn the midnight ail to
produce new ideas
Our football team is making good
and a loyal "rooting" section, with its
heart and lungs in the work, could do
much to help them to victory. Also,
the basketball season is approaching.
A unique yell which lately captured
the prize at the University of Cali­fornia
is as follows: "The bleachers
are divided into two sections. One
side utters a low moan while the other
gives a sharp whistle, the combination
of the two resulting in a sort of steam­boat
groan. Then one side gives a
series of three short rahs, and the-,
other follows with 'Cal,' then three-rahs
and 'Forn,' and three more rahs.
and 'Ya.' Then both sides utter three-short
combination moans and whis­tles,
and then it ends with 'Californ-
Ya, Wow!'"
Can't B. S. N. S. equal this if she
tries? The editor, with Mr. Hennes'
assistance, will choose the best and
print them as submitted from time
to time.
CALENDAR.
Miss Mabel Spencer, once of B. S. The Y. W. C. A. is a live wire—
N. S., is now teaching at Olympia. connect up and get a spark.
Saturday, October 14—
EVERETT vs. B. S. N. S. : i
Monday, October 16—
9:30—Dr. Bechdohlt speaks in as­sembly.
Tuesday, October 17—
9:30—Senior class meeting. Junior
class meeting.
Wednesday, October 18—
9:30—Miss Woodard speaks in as­sembly.
S:00 p. m.—Cord-Rummel Co.
Thursday, October 19—
4:10—Y. W. C. A. evening vespers.
7:30—Social-Dem. mixer.
8:00—Society programs.
Alkisiahs study South America.
Friday, October 20—
9:30—Miss Edens talks on Columbia
University.
Saturday, October 21—
Freshman-Sophomore mixer.