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TOL^S3^-^NO. 16 WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SGHOOL^EI^INC^M, ^ASIHNGTON Friday, February 5,; l?2fc
M'SMOLIir BOB"
:" Hooray! I just read in the paper
—of a Viking victory over—the
"Babes"—It sure looked good—This
is not—an advertising bureau—but
have you—your tickets for "Pierrot"
—Bill Mock has climbed—the ladder
to fame—He is to play opposite-
Julia Arthur in—Saint Joan—(his
other duties will be—to beat the
drum in—the afternoon street parade
—and clean up after the show)—
Gussie Edwards wants his friends—
to know that the wound—on his
temple—is from a Gillette—not a
straight edge—Have you heard—a
story of—"The Terrible Egg"—It
gets worse every day—the story not
the egg—This isn't getting anywhere
—let's do the column.
I "
GIVE W T COMEDY
"ADAM AND EVA"
Faculty Committee of Judges
Selects a Tentative Cast of
Players from Entrants.
CUPID WILL MAKE
VISIT HERE FRIDAY
REHEARSALS BEGIN SOON
Andy
seat is
a Normal girl)
don?"
FUNNY (?)
McCall (surrendering his
the Garden Street car to
"I beg your par-
N. Girl: "I did not speak to you."
Andy McC: "Oh, excuse me; I was
sure I heard you say, 'thank you.'"
Fable in Song Titles.
"Last night on the Back Porch," I
heard "Freshie" talking to "The Boot­legger's
Daughter," the girl with "The
Mont Martre Giggle." Says he,"I'm Tryin'
to Keep Away From You," but "Oh, Boy I
What a Girl!" "The Hand of Fate" has
brought me. "Magic Love," so "I'm Gon­na
Hang Around My Sugar." Give me
a "Dreaming Carolina Moan," the "Twi­light,
the Stars, and You."
She replied, "You Forget to Remember,"
"I'm Gonna Be For Myself." "When the
Farmer Took Another Load Away," "My
Sweetie Turned Me Down." So "Close
Your Eyes" and start "Headin' For Bal­timore,"
because "Big, Bad Bill is Sweet
William Now."
ADVANCE STYLE NOTICE
Comedy Will be Produced Late
in Quarter; Hopes Held Out
for Capacity House Again.
(By DOROTHY TAFT)
Stiff competition prevailed at the
tryouts held yesterday afternoon by
those desiring roles in the Drama
Club play, "Adam and Eva."
The faculty committee of judges
have selected the following tenta­tive
cast:
Adam Smith „; Robert Wagner
Eva Lulu Minkler
Julia De Witt Josephine Price
Clinton De Witt Zeno Katterle
Elmer Webster
Lily Johanson
Aunt Abby Mrs. Bisbee
Dr. Jack Delemeter
,. Chauncey Griffith
King
Corinthia
(Reprinted from Ubyssey, U. B..C. paper.
After basketball game with the Vikings.)
We're through with Varsity Women,
We're through with Freshie Fair,
We're back from the land of promise
Where each kiss is a dare.
That's why you see us pining
While both arms crave . for more
Just, ask- us where we're, going
And you'll hear the answering roar:
-Bellingham I " . _
HEY, ED!
Mr. Slocum, what did she
say tqryou the other 'day when
you fell to your knees, before
her, in front of the Normal
Grpcery? You sure,fell flat.
|z-~:-;ABALL OF YARN
^ ; T h e other Sunf ay^. Ted Logan and
•JGJIadys„ G r ^ : w e r e strolling:; along
: when they :chahced to pass "a lady
'. cari^y^g^^baby..y.•'./P:.^ u^::/_p;'*• • V
:«7p!iei^ smiled, his,- t e s t as; he -passed.
?^heh;camei'-a.responsei ta^tbasjstiniuli,
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Horace Pilgrim "Bill" Mock
Andrew Gordon Bennett Howard
Rehearsals are scheduled to begin
immediately and the three-act com­edy
will be presented in the auditor­ium
late this quarter.
The Drama Club-has chosen "Adam
and Eva," a three-act comedy, for its
next production, which wll be pre­sented
in the" auditorium, sometime
this quarter. This play, written by
Guy Bolton and George Middleton,
reveals the troubles of a rich man
and his grasping family. As the plot
develops, Mr. King goes to South
America and leaves Adam Smith, one
of his employees, in charge of the
household management. Rare com­edy
ensues as the substitute father,
Adam, falls in love with Eva, King's
youngest daughter, and wins her
after a competition with Sir Andrew
Gordon, her intended fiancee'.
A hearty interest in dramatic
work was shown by those who took
part in yesterday's try out.
Cupid will make ! a personal
visi to this school on Friday.
A valentine box, situated on
the main landing, will receive all
valentines from youthful swains
to their admired sweeties. This
should enable all timid young
men and women to bestow some
token of their esteem upon the
unsuspecting recipients of their
adoration.
All valentines.. snould be put
into the box not later; than four
o'clock, Thursday, February 11.
The distribution will take place
during recreation hour, in the
big gymnasium at four o'clock,
Friday afternoon, February 12.
This is no club affair, but
every student in school is in­vited
to contribute to the fun.
M M BE
GIVEN T O M d !
Women's League Plan Dance
for Outside Girls to Be Held
in Dormitory Dance Booms.
JOINT RECITAL TO
BE MUSICAL TREAT
Misha Gegna, Russian 'Cellist,
and Susie Michael, Pianist,
Offer Variety of Numbers.
Susie Michael, pianist, and Misha
Gegna, eminent Russian cellist, will
appear in joint recital on February
13th, in the auditorium of the Bel­lingham
State Normal School. Susie
Michael is a young American artist
who has had the advantage of study
with great European masters, her
last being the distinguished Polish
composer-pianist, Sigismond Stojow-ski,
now of New York. Miss Michael
will play a group of Mr. Stojow-ski's
compositions at her appearance
here.
Misha Gegna came to the United
States in 1914, heralded b y European
critics as one of the most remarkable
of the younger Russian musical gen­iuses.
Both blood and environment
have given him a most advantageous
musical start. He was born in Kieff,
the son of Mayer Gegna, a concert
violinist and symphony conductor of
note. Graduating - from the Petro-grad
and Leipzig Conservatories, Mi-_
sha Gegna has been heard as soloist
with orchestras both abroad and in
this country. He has been connected
with the Petrograd and Leipzig Phil­harmonic,
and the San Francisco
Symphony and other orchestras.-
Since coming to the United States,
Mr. Gegna has toured with Caruso,
Tetrazzini, Mary Garden, Titta Ruf-fo
and other famous artists.
The Women's League will give its
annual informal for girls outside of
the dormitory tomorrow, Saturday,
evening at Edens Hall, starting at
8:30.
The committe chairmen are: El­eanor
Dodson, general chairman;
Florian Culver, music; Alice Herm-sen,
programs; Neva Rupple, refresh­ments
;v and Esther Fisher, decora­tions.
Patrons and patronesses for the af­fair
are President and Mrs. • Fisher,
Mi', and Mrs. Williams, Mr. and Mrs.
Victor Roth, Miss Jones, Miss Lam­bert,
Mr. Arntzen and Mr. iKolstad.
The Valentine theme for decora­tions
will be used, with a specially
prepared booth for the punch, which
two girls from Edens Hall will serve.
Francis Wilcox's orchestra will pro­vide
music for the sixteen dances
scheduled. The programs, which were
given out Thursday, are heart-shaped
and contain the names of the patrons
and patronesses and those on the
committee in charge, as well as the
list of dances.
FILE
Suggestions Made to Students
by Appointment Bureau to
Further the Best Results.
Muknbut
FRIDAY—Feb. 5.
"Pierrot the Prodigal," given by
Cornish Players, in Auditorium.
SATURDAY—Feb. 6.
Vikings vs. St. Martin's
there. '""
College,
(Continued on Page Four)
Women's League Dance, Edens Hall.
TUESDAY—Feb. 9.
Alaska Club program in assembly.
THURSDAY—Feb. 11.
St. Joan, at American Theater, at
8 o'clock.
FREDA Y—Feb. 12.
Men's Club banquet, Hotel Leo­pold,
at 7:15.
. Seattle-Club dance in Edens Hall,
after Men's Club banquet.
Lincoln and Washington program
in assembly.
SATURDAY—Feb. 13. -
Alkisiah banquet at the Hotel Leo­pold.
Concert in Auditorium 8 p. m., Su-su
Michael, pianist.
In a series of meetings held this
week under the auspices of the Ap­pointment
Bureau, groups of gradu­ating
students have been enrolling
with the Bureau and learning how to
co-operate with the office in getting
positions. Besides outlining the meth­od
by which the Bureau endeavors
to l>laee students, Miss Jenner gave
the following suggestions to he con­sidered
in making applications for
any position. "Before doing so, the
student does well to consider the
situation and her own adaptability to
it. Such matters as the demands of
a highly supervised or an isolated,
school; the type of community and
one's understanding of its situations;
must all be thought of. The appli­cation
itself should be clearly and
concisely worded, and ought to give
information regarding the applicant's
education, the curriculum followed,
teaching experience, special subjects,
age, health, and references. Copies
of recommendations have been found
to be of little value. A good photo
is desirable. Students inexperienced
in making applications may - obtain
assistance at the Appointment^ Of­fice.
With the assistance of Mr.
Fowler, a pamphlet is being prepared
which gives information concerning
applications.
It is essential that students keep
in touch with the office if the best
results are to be obtained. Changes
of address or acceptance of any po­sition
should be reported immedi­ately,
in order that records may be
accurately kept. The bulletin boards
should be watched for notices which
will appear from time to time."
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ASSEMBLY PLEASED
BY WILLIAMS TRIO
The Williams Trio gave a delight­ful
musical program Tuesday morn­ing
at the regular assembly. The
trio consists of Miss Maud L. Will­iams,
piano; Mr. Paul Lusterman,
cello, and Mr. John Roy Williams,
violin. Tlie program was as follows:
1. Allegro, from Trio in E flat Ma­jor
Schubert
2. (a) Hymn to the Sun ;...
Pimsky-Korsakoff
(b) Ballet Music from "Rosa-munde"
Schubert
(c) The Swan Saint Saens
i(d) Leibesfraud Kreisler
3. (a) At the Brook (by request) I.
Boisdeffne
(b) March of the.Tin Soldiers....
'. ; Pierre
(c) Serenade (by request) Titl
4. Allegro Appassionate, from Trio
opus 49 Mendelssohn
EDITORIAL COUNCIL
MEMBERS CHOSEN
This announcement is made in
regard to the appointment of
this quarter's members to the
Editorial Council of the Weekly
Messenger.
. Elsie Holland will continue to
serve on the council, she being
a holdover from last quarter
Fern Provan was re-appointed
to her position and will hold it
for the remainder of the school
year.
Margaret Black, the third one
chosen, has previously acted on
the council and she will resume
her old duties.
Maude Muffett. the only new
member, has been connected
with the paper for two quarters,
-and is well qualified to fill her
new position.
IN GREATGAME
jymisoii
Carver's Aggregation of Bask­et
Shooters to Tangle With
Seattle College Tonight.
LAST GAME ON SATURDAY
Advance Dope on St. Martin's
Record for Season . Shows
Locals to Have Advantage.
BETTER KLIPSUN IS
FLANNED BY STAFF
Velma Le Master, Editor, Plans
to Give W. A. A., Drama, and
Music More Annual Space.
MEN'S QLUB BANQUET
WILL BE NEXT WEEK
The first Men's Club banquet of
the season will be given in the Tu­lip
Room of. the Leopold Hotel next
Friday evening.
An. interesting program will be
given by members of the club. Chaun­cey
Griffith's "Gollegiates" will fur­nish
music for the- occasion. Mr.
Griffith has promised to render sev­eral
"' special numbers on the piano.
Their will also be two or three in­teresting
talks by some of the mem­bers..';/'
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This, promises to be the biggest
banquet of the season. All members
-of the club, as well as.the faculty;
are invited to attend. Instructions
are;for/;each one to pay $1 £5-in ad­vance
jvtd; IGus Okerlurid; in - order
that a^pla^
•banquet: for „him. - / _: v
> Atv^the^
"Friday ;' atv II o'clockyin^Toom 108* it
was, decided to ap^point: a committee
to se£>ab9ut;a;;
.ture^,;They also decided-to; take *par^
TEST WEEK HAS DEVESTATING EFFECT ON STUDENTS AND FACULTY
Under the generalship of Velma
Le Master, the fourteen members
of the Klipsun staff are industrious­ly
planning a bigger, better annual
for this year. According to the pres­ent
plan, slight changes will be made
in the departments. More space will
be devoted to drama, the W. A..A.,
and music than in former years. The
calendar for the year is being com­bined
with the recreation department
in order to provide a more interesting
account of the various social func­tions.
More space will be devoted to
the joke section than was given in
last year's Klipsun.
Most of the members of the Sopho­more
class have made appointments
with the phohographer for their in­dividual
pictures. The club pictures
will be taken next week.
Miss Le Master reports that more
snapshots are needed. All students
having any clever original snaps are
urged to leave them in the- Klipsun
office in the Art room.
BIG GYM SCENE OF
COURAGEOUS STUNTS
Thirty-seven Girls : Initiated
into W. A. A. Last Friday,
Show Fine Sportsmanship.
Normalites Cram For Mid-Quarter Tests By Pursuing Dates And Names
And Clubbing Them Into Submission, But They Escape While Student
Is TryingTo Subdue Others. Virtuous Pldns To Study Don't Materialize,
"Recovery, doubtful." Many Nor­mal
studejits are convinced that this
verdict would be given were they to
undergo a medical examination as a
crowning feature of Test Week. The
sight of the Prof, entering *the room
-with, a cumbersome load of papers
tinder his arm and'.aHodk>of grim
determination: upon his j f a c e , ; has
caused audible groans to arise from
the classroom, and acute attacks - of
mental paralysis to be. prevalent. In
some . instances the,'1 papers were >to
be written upon—in Others their fair
surf aces had already been disfigured
by: thestudents' -conjectures and the
correctorls zefo^In.either, case antic-:
ipations were'fearful;-.^ :; ; ! ' ::. ^
" Hasty inventoriesoftheknowledge.,
in stock on the eye of a test revealed
to:everyone" that judicious cranimingl
would; -be advisable; ^consequently^
stoial eh|^gem^
next: dooro w'ere: virtuously 3 <cancelled
M ^ / t h e . ; a u ^
boolcs y":.Tlien; jensued=; a ;perl6d^o^iin«
sive facts of history and science were
pursued through the maze of knowl­edge
and, in a few instances, clubbed
into submission and led protestihgly
into captivity. : Assurance seemed
fairly certain that they would remain
conveniently: within call should they
be; required. But one had np sooner
-left them in search of others, than
tliey. fled tauntingly away, and the
chase: was begun again.^ The Dates
were, particularly refractory, and
Names behaved in a similarly unruly
manner. -Many, a Normal student
had fair dreams of conquering nobly
these formidable Pacts, arid receiv­ing
a heroe's reward,: a fat A, but be­cause:
the attack was perpetrated
only7in dreams/and not in;jreality,fan
a^allriglyllegible ciphervwas •the aa-.
'tuajiawardv; ]• P'"--;fi^v-;-:::-:i^:'}• ;•':
UcEach;: student ' h a s hia v QFU pet
iaetbod of rpi^parlng^forantest. ;The;
iriost - ^minon; as^beiqjeSsaid^ ;isSto"
do^jwrai^^butia^
scribed notebook. Then there are
those whov insist upon preparing
yards of otutlines, and strewing
them over the table and flooiv A
few can accomplish .nothing without
repairing to the library with at least
ten -volumes, comfortably establish­ing
themselves, a coat, hat, umbrella,
rubbers, and brief case on and about;
one or^wo tables, arid proceeding to
watch minutely the actions of every
entrant. - '""• •"
Finally, everyone considers the five
minutes preceding the test an ideal
time to "review orally the: items he:
chances to know and to search through
the text -for a number of things
which others have indicated will be
sure: ;to^:be asked. "Much discussion
as to the hopeless- state of ignorance
they are: >iri, y prevail^; interspersed
with.couim^nta^^'ottforriier^tests o^f the
day, and frantic last minute endeav-
Thirty-severi girls proved them­selves
worthy of membership in the
W. A. A. at the initiation held last
Friday night in the big gym. After
they had gone through the many
stunts, all of the new, as well as the
older members made caps of blue and
white paper, which were worn at the
Cheney-Bellingham basketball game.
Miss Frank'presented the initiates
with their certificates of memberhip
at the initiation party ,and then they
adjourned to the cafeteria dining
room where ice cream and cake were
served. During refreshments the
awards for last. quarter's work were
given.put by Evelyn Clark, president
of W. A. A. Those who received W.
A. A. Insignia are: Margaret Black,
Leslie Brown, Dorothy Eryin, Gene-;
vieve Gemmel, Evelyn. Hafno, Mary
Hoyer,:-Vera Kreisher, Vesta Larson,
Alice-' Lingley, Mamie Manberg, Or-lena
Moore, Dorothy Norris, Esther
Palas,__- Elizabeth : Scott, Josephine
Smith, • Vera - Templeton, Horterise
Mac _ Master,.; Fomia Wakin, Jessie
Whitten, Elizabeth v Campjy.Benecia
Genther. Those who received:the; let­ters
B were: Jessie 3Kirby, '." Elsa
Scliubert, arid Evelyn Clark: Those
who ^received..the class numerals
were:; Jessie iKirby, Olive Bairialia,
Elsa Schubert; Bertha; Weber arid EyV
:elyir--;Clark.:':'" ^^^-p^ ppy-, PP-^Pi'
'•-•:':Thi2^tte^/members:'firiished^heir; in-
(By SVERRE ARESTAD)
Last night a »quad of determined;
Vikings handed defeat to the highly
touted University of Washington
Freshmen by a score of 38 to. 35.
The first stanza was decidedly
"Frosh". With a smooth working
outfit they made things look black
for the Bellingham team, and the
score board read 20 to 12 in their
favor at the erid of the half. -"".'
It was a different story from then
on. The Northern cagera ran wild
and tossed baskets from every angle.
The c,ount was about evened up
when the time keeper, shouted,
"Three minutes to go." v
Five sons of the Blue and White
made a final rally. One rangy son,'
Rhodes by name, cut loose and led
his teammates to a well earned vic­tory
that disgraced a, chesty "year­ling"
mob playing on its home floor.
A squad of happy hoopsters is now
resting until this evening when an­other
mark will be. sought for the
win column in the Seattle College
game.
Coach Sam Carver and his fast
stepping aggregation of basket ring­ers
left yesterday morning on their
first trip of the season.
The schedule-calls for games with
the University of Washington Fresh­men,
Seattle College, and St. Mar­tin's.
The "U" yearlings are fast and
play a furious and clever game as has
been shown by their previous games
this year. Their slate is clean with
victories over St. Martin's and the
'U. of Oregon frosh.
Seattle College Strong.
Seattle College has made an en­viable
record so far this season. Com­parative
scores show that St. Mar­tin's
suffered as great a defeat from
the Queen City squad as it did a t
the hands of the locals.
The last tilt of the journey will be
at Lacey, against the ill-fated Irish­men.
Advance dope has it that this
game should be a walkaway for the
locals, who have one win to their
credit against this team already.
Assistant Coach Keeney is accom­panying
Carver and the squad com­posed
of O'Dell, Rhodes, Reed, Tid-ball,
Keplinger, Benson, Stickney,
Hoggatt and Eawkirigs.
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JULIA ARTHUR HAS
LEAD IN ST. JOAN
Bellingham will get its first view
of George Bernard Shaw's play,- :
"Saint Joan" next Thursday night at -
eight o'clock when the Englishmen's '-.;'.'
drama of the maid of Domremy will ":•;/;.:'";''
be presented next Thursday night at
the American Theater by an interest­ing
casti headed by Julia Arthur.
Shaw's idea of the French heroine ~
will be presented in four acts and an5
epilogue beginning sharply at eight; ;
and ' lasting until eleven. Normal
students have been given first 6 p p o r T ; . ;
tunity to avail themselves of the r ; : ^
balcony seats; .Tickets are now.: -.on 'p:r. p,: ;.,::-•
sale =• at the Registrar's office at the v p regular price o f $1.10 each: - :
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iprial reputation for herself "in<:'thepJ~'ppjp
theatrical ;. world,' having :'-JP^^p^:ptl0M
Shakespeareari roles in London*. w i t hPpP00$
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take :.the;'; part:-,of ^heiinshop,;; aii^A^ippp§0^
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