Weekly Messenger - 1926 March 19

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•8MILIN' BOB'
S« L*ac Prleadst Winter vurter to
avtr—aad vacatira i s h«n—X h*»« r«m all
>-«aj*7 a«zt T M k - u l | t t rea4y-#or
tte ftoal «•»*—HsreV to yon, graduates
—we're irottd of y«a—and will strive—to
keen oa—as you nave doae—before. as—
As ior the Kessoacet- we'll have a sur­prise—
for you in the aezt issue—Here's
to the outgoing—staffs of this paper—real
folks and real reporters—May they keep
in tones—with us—So Long!
S t f S THE LINOTYPE MAN!
Head of Normal Welcomed by
Students Upon Return to
' City After Month's Absence.
IS SPEAKER AT MEETING
Fisher Attends Educational
Conferences While in East;
Also Hires New Teachers.
Smiling Bob on a vacation,
He han't a thing to do.
He's enjoying it immensely.
I'm s u e you think so, tool
Religious Consolation to Flankers.
When you come to the end of a
perfect (?) test, perhaps you will
be glad to refer to these lines:
«'Thbu shalt not pass."-—Numbers
20, 18.
"Suffer no man to pass."—-Judges
3, 28. -
"The wicked shall no more pass."—
John 7, 143.
w 'fBeware that thou pass not."—
Kingf s 6, 9.
;ii«Nbne shall pas8;^4saih 34,1ft
"Modern education is all going to
pieces," exclaimed, a radical speaker in
an eastern city.
We can't help but agree with him. In
former years they thought a great deal
about electricity, but now they make
light of it
Mr. Aratiea: "The seventh sacrament
of the church is matrimony. Wow, here's
aa- interesting proposition—"
Bryaa Hankins: "I'll say it is I"
(ByJLORAINE SHARNBROICH)
Welcomed by a host of Normal
students, President Fisher, of the
Bellingham State Normal School re­turned
to the city last Monday after
about a month's visit in the East.
Upon his arrival in Bellingham, he
was presented with a beautiful pot­ted
plant as a token of regard from
the student body of the school.
During his sojourn in the Eastern
states, President Fisher attended
several educational conferences, giv­ing
talks and papers at some of them.
At the National Educational Associa­tion
conference held at Washington,
D. C, President Fisher spoke on
"How a~ Normal Training School
Faculty Views Method."
While in the East, President Fisher
also attended to; business matters of
interest to the school. With a view
to selecting additional faculty mem­bers
for the slimmer" session of this
year as well as a few to take the
place of those who will be on vaca­tion
during the year, he interviewed
many prospective applicants. Some
he has already completed negotia­tions
with while others are yet on a
• tentative list.
He declared that the Normal was
in high regard in Educational circles
because of the. possibility of "getting
somewhere" offered in this- school to
members of its faculty. In fact, it
is placed among the first five schools
on the preferred list for teachers,
he said.
The equitable climate of the Puget
Sound region also' favored his plans
of obtaining excellent teachers for
the coming year, as most all teachers
like to work where the climate is
mild.
Making a comparison of the East­ern
school system and those of the
West, President Fisher said that our
school system was decidedly decen­tralized
while those of the East
were very centralized.
He emphasized particularly that of
Pennsylvania, formerly a model of
decentralization was now so central­ized
that nothing could be done with­out
consent of some higher author­ity.
President Fisher pointed out that"
this fact enables the Western schools
to obtain a more progressive band of
instructors because of the opportun-
AMEBIC AN PIANIST
THRILLS AUDIENCE
Frederic Dixon, eminent American
pianist, was presented in concert last
evening by the Bellingham Normal
School in the auditorium.
Mr. Dixon's splendidly planned
program was of greatest .interest to
the audience. His selections showed
to great advantage his splendid, tech­nique
as well as his fine tone and
perfect rhythm. Mr. Dixon played sev­eral
selections by American compos-ersf"
whose work has been generally
accepted. -
An unusual feature of Mr. Dixon's
program was his delightful manner
of commenting on „his interpretation
of the selections which he played.
These comments showed his engaging
personality and the audience ~ was
seemingly charmed by it.
This is Mr. Dixon's second coast-to-
coast tour, and he arrived in town
yesterday afternoon after playing in
Portland the evening before. During
his stop here last year, Mr. Dixon
played before some of the younger
children of the town, and they, as
well as adults, seemed to enjoy his
playing.
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NEW SYSTEM USED
BY WOMEN'S LEAGUE
New Procedure Recommended
by Fellowship Committee of
the Women's League.
MADE BY
OF CONTROL
Norman Btnxhette Re-elected
•• •••'••.'•' '•'•"-"-}•,'•'. ' • - to Editorship of Messenger
for Second Quarter.
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Upon the recommendation of the
Fellowship Committee of the Wom­en's
League, a new procedure will
be followed for the welcoming of
new students for the spring quarter.
Since most of the new students will
come by way of trains, interurbans
and boats, it is suggested that all
former students returning make it
a point-to look after new students,
met en route. It is requested that
every individual co-operate by tak­ing
the responsibility of speaking to
new students, giving them informa­tion
about the school, and making
them feel at home. Upon reaching
Bellingham, give them definite infor­mation
about reaching the Normal
School. If they haven't a room, in­form
them how to reach the Dean of
Women's office,for a list of approved
places. If it is too late at night to
secure a room, refer them to either
Edens Hall or the Y. W. C. A.
Do you recall the day you ar­rived
at Normal School ? Did anybody
greet you? If so, weren't you de­lighted?
If not, didn't you think it
should have been done?
The League is endeavoring to give
a glad hand to every new student
who comes into this school. This is
your opportunity. The committee
has delegated a group of girls who
have been here'at least one quarter
to look after the new girls after they
arrive, particularly during the first
week of school. These girls should
AT., LAST, FOLKS! HERE IS
THE-CAR THAT MR. MARQUIS
HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
WHO IS SHE, JOE?
Joe Baxter: "I only step out once a
week, and after next week I'm going to
quit, absolutely.
Ward: "Absolutely,
name for a girl I"
that's a fanny
With Apologes to Dave.
Mr. Smith is my instructor I shall
not pass. He makteh me to expose
my ignorance before the whole class.
He maketh me to draw funny figures,
upon the board. He leadetlfine along
paths upon the scale that for me
never existed heretofore. He prepar-eth.
papers before me that are worse
than Greek to decipher. He bringeth
on terrible exams; my grades -are
running lower. He flunketh me in
music for a Cong's] sake. Yea, Though
I study past midnight I shall gain no
(knowledge for I cannot sing. Surely
flunks and failures shall follow me
all the days of my life arid I shall
(stay on it; Bellingham Normal; fori
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The quarterly election held by the
Board of Control resulted in Norman
Burchettes re-appointment as editor
of the Messenger, Bryan Hankins'
election to the position of Messenger
business manager, and the appoint­ment
of Inez Clark as the new sec­retary
t o the Board of Control. The
decisions were, made at the last meet­ing
of the board, Monday evening.
The new officers will assume their
responsibilities the first week of
next quarter.
Norman Burchette has been an
efficient editor during the past quar­ter,
being responsible for many de­cided
improvements in the campus
paper. He has raised the standards
of the Messenger, striving hard to
make accuracy,efficiency and service
the keynote of every edition. Because
of his previous experience in news­paper
and publicity work, Mr. Bur­chette
is especially well-fitted for
his responsibility.
Bryan Hankins, who i s at present
the secretary to the Board of Con­trol,
will succeed Zeno Katterle as
business manager of the school
paper. Mr. Hankins is assistant
sports editor of the publication, and
president of the freshman class. He
is well known around school, having
served on numerous committees in
various activities.
• Inez Clark has been vice-president
of the Student Body for the past
two quarters. She is a prominent,
well-liked student, and will undoubt­edly
fulfill her duties competently.
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NOTED SOCIOLOGIST
TO LECTURE HERE
Whiting Williams, Laborer
and Writer, Well Qualified
to Discuss Social Problems.
TO COME MARCH 30
Program Divided Into Three
Parts; Special Numbers, and
an Orchestra Program.
Normal Students Victims
of Two Desperate Robbers
Nine young men, Max. Stewart,
Verne Merritt, Arthur Adamson,
Ralph Nilsen, Andy McCall, Dan
Bieghle, Donald Olts, Ralph Johnson,
and Dan Brasher, students of"" the
Normal School, were held up and
robbed of their valuables late Satur­day
night and early Sunday morning,
between, the hour of 10:30 and 1:30
a, m., by two holdups, at the foot
of the steps leading up to the home
of Mrs. D. P. Day, better known as
Day's Hall. All of the unfortunate
youths except Arthur Adamson, room
at the Hall. The boys were not all
robbed at the same time.
Arthur Adamson, Max Stewart,
and Verne Merritt were coming home
from a show down down and .were
accosted at the top of the steps by a
lone bandit. He frisked the scared
young men but found nothing, so
told them to beat it into the house
and stay there.
Dart Beighle, coming home a few
minutes later was also chased up the
steps by a robber, (supposed to have
been -the same one. Ralph Johnson
also had the experience of being
held (up but something attracted the
robber's attention and Johnson es­caped;
(Mr; Day, just off.iduty (from
his night watchman's job, came home
soon after but was not molested..
Ralph Nelsen, returning from the
College Club dance, some ten or
twelve pace's behind Mr. Day, was
held up by two bandits. From all
appearances one bandit had been hid­ing
while the other had been robbing.
Nelsen. took courage enough to run
up the steps because Mr. Day was
not far ahead but he did not have
the courage to yell for help. He
rushed into the house slamming the
door in their faces, telling the other
excited boys that he had been chased
up the steps by some robbers.
Andy McCall, coming home a few
minutes later from the same dance,
was also held up. He did not run,
so the robbers took,what money and
jewelry the frightened boy had and
told him.to beat it. He ran into"
the house, meeting Nelsen and told
him of his robbery.
Dan Brasher was hcld^up a few
'minutes later at the bottom,of the
step and robbed. The bandits took
his; wallet containing several dollars.
The robbed (then~.Tan;^up(;..ih'e-.-s^eji8:
into (the house to the telephone; wftli(
(((Contihuea^qn? Page;Four);
Whiting Williams, who is receiving
international recognition as an in­vestigator,
of labor conditions, will
speak in a special assembly, Monday
afternoon, March 29, at 2 o'clock, on
'•'Mainsprings of Men; What My
Pick Turned Up About People."
Because he was determined to dis­cover
what prompts the common lab­orer
to behave as he does, Mr. Will­iams
left his position as vice-presi­dent
of a well-known steel corpora­tion
to become an unskilled worker
in the mines and factories of this
country. For a period of nearly four
years he has been a laboring man,
hunting jobs, working at them, and
at all times noting the ideals and
opinions of the worker. "He returned
from Europe only a few months ago,
where he worked as a miner in the
Ruhr basin. His syndicated articles
following his trip to Germany and
Italy were exceedingly interesting,
and were published by one of the
largest newspaper syndicates in
America. -
He is particularly well qualified
-to discuss the interesting facts he
has discovered. He received his A.
B. degree from Oberlin in 1899, and
his A. M. degree from the same col­lege
in 1909. He attended the Uni­versity
of—Berlin in 1899 and 190(V
and the University. of Chicago in
1900 and J901. From 1904 to 1912
he was assistant to the president of
Oberlin College; from 1912 to 1917
he was executive secretary of the
Cleveland Welfare Federation. He
is a member' of -the Academy of Po­litical
and Social Sciences, the Nat­ional
Municipal League, and the Nat­ional
Conference of Social Workers.
The country is tremendously inter­ested
in the work he is. doing, as is
evidenced by the demands: for lec­ture
engagements, and the wide­spread
interest. i^(. h i s " books and
magazine writings; /; His (series ^n
Colliers/ bri ^What's} on;" the Work-ferte
Mind ?'? was- well received byfthe
publicinnd;^^tfdely;:^c^m6hdedV|-:"(;(// ,'
t h e Whitman All-College Glee Club
will appear in the Normal auditor­ium
Tuesday evening, March 30. The
club, which has a personnel of thir­t
y men and women students selected
for their musical -ability, is under
the direction of Mr. Howard G. Pratt,
head of the Whitman Conservatory
of music.
The program contains some real
thrills, plenty of humor and college
pep. It is divided into three parts,
one section containing choral num­bers;
another composed of an or­chestra
program, and the third part
consisting of specialty numbers. The
club sang several of these numbers
over the broadcasting station K- O W
W. of Walla Walla, February 16.
The program is as follows:
Quin Quin Qually..Whitman war song
Sparkling Sunlight Arditi
Backsliding Rider-Meyer
Swing Along Cook
Sons of Men .^ Cadman
Oreole Lover's Song Buck
Dawn Curran
May Come Laughing Strong
A Gipsy Night v. Ganne
Poet and Peasant . Suppe
To Spring Greig
Marche Miniature Kreisler
Caprice Viennios (Kreisler
Spanish Dance Moszkowski
Valse Bluette Drigo
L'Ete .T..( Chaminade
Le Fete De Seville . Tavan
Caprice Espagnol Moskowski
Cantata, Village Blacksmith
Longfellow
Readings with piano accompani­ment.
Whitman hymn Penrose
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ELK'S BAND WILL
PLAY FOR NORMAL
Local Band Boasts Forty-two
Pieces; Director Poole Prom­ises
Present Good Program.
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FRIDAY—March 19.
Vacation begins 5 p. m.
Library closes 5 p. m. .("
Cafeteria closes- 4 p. m.
Dining room in Edens Hall closes
7 p. m.
MONDAY—March 29.
Classes begin 8 , a. m.
Library oens 8 a. m.
Whiting Williams, a writer and
sociologist, lectures in auditor­ium,
at 10 o'clock.
TUESDAY^-Mareh 30.
Harriet Monroe, editor of the pub­lication,
"A magazine of poetry
and verse," in assembly.
Whitman College Glee Club, in the
auditorium at 8 p. m.
FRDDAY—April 2.
Elks' band program in assembly.
SATURDAY—April 3.
Colorado College debate, on child
labor question.
Three Students Are Awarded
the Three-year Diploma; 66
Finish Two-year Course;
RECITATIONS A FEATURE
Training School Pupils Give
an Interesting Program of
Spring Poems at Close.
PLEASING PROGRAM
IN FINAL ASSEMBLY
Singing by Double Quartet
and Spring Program by the
Training School Featured,
Friday evening, April 2, has, been
chosen for the Bellingham Elks' band
concert that is to be given in the
Normal auditorium. This will be the
first entertainment of the sort to be
presented this season by this well-known
group.. of musicians. Admis­sion
for students will be twenty-five
cents.
The Elks' band is composed of for­ty-
two members of the Elks lodge,
and is supported and guided by the
entire lodge in this city. Each musi­cian
has had extensive musical train­ing,
thereby meriting recognition as
an artist on his own particular in­strument.
For the past five years
the band has been sent to the state
convention of the Elks' lodge, to
appear in concerts and to lead'proces­sions.
After winning honors at the
state conventions, these musicians
made an excellent showing at the
Elks' national convention in Port­land,
Oregon, last June, where. they
were engaged to play for five suc­cessive
days. Their manager is now
contemplating a possible engagement
in Chicago next July, besides various
others the band fills annually. These
include the trip to Victoria for
Queen's Day, June 24th, and Vancou­ver
celebrations.
The members of the Elks band
have constantly supported civic
movements, always generously offer­ing
their services.-.The Normal School
functions receive their enthusiastic
praise and aid,-as was shown last
Homecoming Day when this band led
the Normal serpentine before the big
footbalPgame.
Director Joseph Poole is well fitted
for this position, because of exten­sive
foreign experience. He was con­nected
with orchestras in London for
six years, besides four years spent
overseas m the government, service
during the w^r.
.The program .that'-'(mil((be.-''offered
for the recital will consist of 'various
standard and classical selections, in­terspersed
(with; folk -spngsV (V j(;;^
Today's assembly, the closing one
of the quarter, enjoyed in addition
to several selections by the double
quartet and the granting of diplomas
to.graduating students by President
Fisher, a Spring program, prepared
by the fifth grade. Groups of
literary selections and songs center­ing
about the nature theme were ren­dered,
the booklets from which they
were read having( been, mad^by^the
pupils themselves, including the'pap:
er to the work of binding.
The program follows:
Song, The Robin :.... Walter.Aiken
-Poems of Cpring—
Song Amy Lowell
An April Morning. Bliss Carmen
Spring's Saraband .... Bliss Carmen
April ;. Sara Teasdale
Silver Walter de la Mare
The Wind Elizabeth Randall
The Rain ................... W. H. Davies
The Brook Song .... James W. Riley
Song, The Shadows.... Frank Sherman
Out of Doors with Emily Dickenson:
Perhaps _
The Spider
The Bee —
The Snake
In the Garden _
Songs—The Frog
Waiting to Grow Walter Aiken
Makebelieve—
In the Garden
On the Playground
At a Picnic
Song, Clouds..... Frank D. Sherman
(By RUTH STURDEVANT)
Sixty-nine students graduating
from two and three-year courses were;
awarded diplomas in assembly/Fri-:
day morning, March 19. Of this num­ber,
three have completed the three-year
course. Preceding the granting
of diplomas, the fifth grade of the
training school presented an inter­esting
program of Spring poems. Pres­ident
Fisher read the names of the
graduates, who are as follows:
• Those graduating from the three-:
year course: Helen M. Beck, (and
Esther Edna Reddick, Bellingham;
Ella Clarissa Evanston, Seattle. /(
Two-year graduates: Agnes Eliz»-(-
both Aitken, Ruth E; Anderson,
Kathleen B. Atkins, Ray W. Brem-mer,
Arlene Carter, Vera Agnes
Doane, Marie Louise Dopp, Emile
Hagen, Palma Irene Jensvpld, Ernes­tine
Lyon, Tony. Mustacich, Lloyd
Ritchie, Elmer Webster, all of Bel­lingham;
Helen L. Case, Faith H.
Hauck, Helen M. Kennedy, Seattle.
Lucy Allen, Tacoma; Sophia An-;
derson, -Point Roberts; Serena Ar-mentrout;
Lulu M. Minkler, Centra-lia;
Edwin N. Baileyj Mineo; Bertha
Begler, Grand Mound; Florence L.
Blomquist, Helen A. Harrison, Fern-dale;
Anna Belle Boothe, Blanche
Raine, Aberdeen;. .Angusi J^vingston
Bowmer, Oak Harbor; Fannie^M.
Brink, Burton; Grace Viola Brown;"
Eyerson; Virginia Catherine Carlson,
Flb-Ena Chamberlain, Bremerton,
Gladys Scott, Portland, Ore.; Daisy
B. Clawson, Annie Laurenson, Se-quim;
Minnie Dissett, Philopgburg,
Montana; Stella Edson, Carbonado;
Verna Emond, Esther E. Sears, Cas->
tie Rock; Hildur "Engdahl, Myrtle
C: Thompson, Mt. Vernon; Helen
Fountain, Friday Harbor; Raymond
Frick, Dayton; Ruth Hawk, Huna,
Ida.; Bessie L. Heard, VollieM. Sills,
Guinevere C. _. Stanton, Everett;
Gladys Jensen, Goldendale; Mary
Sigrid Johnson, Arlington; Mayme
Kosola, Rochester.
Nina Minton, Winlock;Wilma An­derson
Moore, Pinehurst; Ruth Violet
Nelson, Kirkland; Louisa A. Pike,
North Bend; Ward E. Prigg, Vashon;
Clara M. Roop, Benton City; Freda
ity offered them to advance.
He said that he was extremely;
glad to be back and that one never
(Continued on Page Four)
Hooray/ A Few Coming
Back For Next Quarter
Hooray! School for this quarter is
iinished—almost! One week—maybe
ten days of relaxation before the
quarterly grind claims us. If we were
sure of passing these last heinous
tests we might really enjoy vacation
instead of waiting for the daily mail
and preparing the family for a shock.
But oh, what Ave can do after
those few grades are satisfactorily
.explained and accepted. With the
burden lifted the round of dates we'll
accept before the return to. school.
Then— we'll come back to the fa­miliar
halls and places, studies and
faces, and above all, rest from the
strenuous vacation.
We hope tha all our. dear teach­ers
will lie here to welcome us next
quarter, and: that familiar couples,
and interesting friends will return.
Truly 'twould break our hearts to
see the, magazine : section of .the li­brary
Unoccupied by congenial par­ties,
and Baughman's void qf famil­iar
decorations. Even Sehoine would
lose- its . atractions if some ("of our/
friends neglected^ to return. ;(-;
Let's hope that, Joe Baxter doesnft
lose his versatility during vacation
or Hawkings forget to bring back his
marcel. Rumor has it that George.
Littlefield is going to dig coal during
vacation. Ah-ha! Another gold—no
—coal digger. Bryan Hankins is try-;
ing to get his better half a job so
students may enjoy his presence at
school next quarter. Thats the Vi­king
spirit, Bryan...
The girl are also filling up vaca-..;(
tion—with' dates. One girl said she •
could always get a date with a hut
at Bellingham, but she's going home
to get a date with a man— Should-we.
let her come back, after that
dirty;dig? Who cares? ^ ':-
Taking all in all, we hope that the
teachers; have as exciting a vacation :v
as we/-do.-: (We have^our donbts about/]••
some of thenij especially: those;;^ho( (
tried tb flunk lis, and failed;;/ May;?
it rest heavily oh their consciences^/
•As fpr; the ;rest, we .wish?-them^aj?;
joyous vacation, and that they (wiU^
be•• ready'(. for;>us n&Li }• quarter^^/Jil/^S;
:• • /£(• ;.'•. .::.:(v•'.'>(;J(((-~Happyv;(Da^'^:|(