Weekly Messenger - 1925 December 4

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Devoted to the Interests of the Student Body, Washington State Normal School
VOL. XXV—NO. 9 WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Friday, Dee. 4, 192& H
Hard Lines
'SMILnT BOB"
- Sfj, Hi steppers! Would yoa like to
get in—on a good time—a delightful
change—from registration—quarter themes
—tests—and the like?—Well, your chance
—has come—Next Wednesday—from 4:30
to 5:30—in the big gym—there will be—
a "Hard Lines Dance"—There are only—
a limited number of tickets—to be on
sale—so hurry for yours—when the final
announcements—are made—There will be
good music—features—and refreshments—
and the grandest old time—that you
could ever have—anyplace—Faculty—we
want you—to.be there—please—Wow—we'll
have our—weekly get-together.,
POOR ADVERTISING
(Seen in a local Theater Sign)
PANTAGES
VAUDEVILLE,
"WRECKAGE"
LOCAL SOffiOL IS
F,
SUNSHINE RAYS
Miss Gunderaon's "smiles"
Helen Kennedy's "pep"
Inez Clark's "loyalty"
Lloyd Mabon's "efficiency"
Miss Ringman's "disposition"
ONE ACT TRAGEDY
Barber shave;
Man sneeze;
Man dead—
Next, please!
ONCE UPON A TIME
Chauneey Griffith aspired to be a
pugilist.
Dr. Miller enjoyed playing leap­frog.
Elsie Holland was never sentimen­tally
inclined.
Tom Large had straight black hair.
Mr. Arntzen kept to the subject
of History through an entire period.
Meryl Byrd didn't have Mary Mar­garet.
A book agent sold sets of his wares
to seventeen of our faculty.
Mary Hibner had nothing to say.
Sam Carver wore rompers and had
his hair dutch-cut.
I t only cost fifteen dollars to reg­ister.
Mesenger readers could see the
pqint to the paper's jokes.
FILLER
Buxom boy;
Cigarettes;
New made grave—
Violets!
A BALL OF YARN
Bennett Howard and Velma Le
Master were driving back to school
from Thanksgiving vacation. When
they passed through.. Mt... Vernon
this sign:
915
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1375
Flashed in the darkness.
Upon seeing it, the young lady re­marked.
"Well, look at that sign,
advertising a room for $9.15, that is
only in an annex."
"Humph!" replied "A I. Q. Ben,"
"Has your eyesight failed? That"
says—a 1915 model Essex-Hudson for
$13.75."
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Folks! In conclusion — let me remind
you—of the men's club smoker— toni te—
They've' got a whale—of a card—that
promises lots — of action — Ladies —
you'll thoroughly enjoy—this exhibition of
gentlemen's art \
Yours till then,
'..',>.'• "Smilin' Bob."
Bellingham Normal May Be in
a Position to Enlarge Its
Number of Faculty.
LIBRARY OUTLOOK GOOD
A Petition for the Right to
Grant the B. A. Degree in
Education Is Presented.
KLIPSUN STAFF IS
CHOSEN BY EDITOR
Velma Le Master, the editor of the
1926 Klipsun, has chosen her staff.
It is probable that several new de­partments
will be ' added, and if so
the positions will be filled this week.
The staff held its first meeting Wed-nsday,
November 31.
Quentin Rochefort is business man­ager.
The sophomore editor is El­eanor
Dodson. Richard Berghoffer,
assisted by Margaret Burke, is the
staff artist. Helen Nelson is the
music, editor. Joe Baxter will handle
the men's athletics, and Bertha
Weber, the girls' athletics. Mabel
Brooks is in charge of the depart­ments.
Winifred O'Connor will write
up the school calendar. Bennet
Howard i% the writer of the school
traditions. Meryl Bird is editor of
the organizations. Ruth Sturtevant
is editor of the recreational activi­ties.
Inez Clark will edit the de­bates.
PLAY I M S GIVEN
TO
'The Goose Hangs High" Will
Be Presented December 17th
in the Auditorium.
,. The Klipsun board, that is com­posed
of Velma LeMaster, Margaret
Black, sophomore representative;
Dorothy Irvin, the freshman repre­sentative,
and Quentin Rochefort, has
already started to work on the an­nual.
An interview with President Fisher
upon his return from a session of the
legislature resulted in the statement
that if the millage unanimously fav­ored
by the senate educational com­mittee
for the State Normal schools
is approved by the state legislature,
the Bellingham Normal will be in a
position to enlarge its faculty to
some extent.
President Fisher is still encour­aged
over the outlook for an ade­quate
library appropriation for this
school. A hearing on requests for
capital outlay will be held soon by
the committee.
A petition of the Normal presi­dents
for the right to grant the B. A.
degree in education is also to receive
action. This authority is already ex­ercised
by the Normal schools i n ' P r e s i d e n t Fisher Follows This
Production rights for the comedy
"The Goose Hangs High," have been
granted to the Drama Club by Sam­uel
French, the New York agent. The
Drama Club is required to pay a
royalty of $50.00 on this comedy.
The play is to be produced the night
of December 17, in the-auditorium.
"The Goose Hangs High" has never
been on the road outside of New
York except in moving pictures, and
will afford an exceptional chance to
see a popular comedy that has not
yet been released to stock companies.
L TO
OF
Nation-wide Movement Favors
World Court. To Be Topic of
Assembly, December 15.
DEAN BEVER TALKS
TO WASHINGTON P-T-A
thirty-six states. President Fisher
says that the granting of the degree
in education is the next logical step
since the Normal schools of the state
now have a four-year course. This
would be an encouragement to better"
preparation for teachers, principals,
and supervisors.
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With a Discussion of Gov.
Hartley's New Platform.
TO
BE
Schirrmann and His Orchestra
Will Furnish the Music at
Edens' Hall Informal.
The Edens Hall Christmas Infor­mal
will be held tomorrow evening in
the Reception rooms. The music will
start at 8:30. Advance reports from
the chairmen of the different com-mittes
show that this dance promises
to be the best of the season.
The decorations are to carry out
the holiday spirit and Christmas
greens and favors are to predominate.
Silver stars and tinsel will be mixed
with the green so that a "white" ef­fect
will be given. Two little girls
dressed as Christmas fairys will serve
the punch in the alcove adjoining the
reception rooms. The unique favors
which are being planned by Helen
Kennedy are to be a surprise to those
attending. It is thought that a little
holiday sprite will distribute these
among the guests.
Genevieve Dresser, who has charge
of the music, has secured an orches­tra,
furnished by Schirrman, to pro­vide
the music for the dance.
Lucille Forcum, social chairman,
named the following chairmen for
this dance: Miriam Taylor, Gene­vieve
Dresser, Bertha Weber, Helen
Kennedy, Margaret Black, and, Mar-cella
Lusterman. These, with the
help of their committees, will have
much to do with the success of the
dance.
Miss Skalley, Miss Rosene, Mr.
Ruckmick, and Mr. Berg have been
invited as patrons and patronesses
for the Informal. fi
MISS MONTGOMERY
COMPILES BOOKLET
Miss Montgomery, of the Educa­tion
department of the Normal, has
compiled a booklet entitled "Poems
We Like." It is composed of bits I the world. -
The mixed chorus headed the pro­gram
for Tuesday's assembly with
two selections, "Hear My Prayer," by
Mendelssohn, and the "Pilgrim's Cho­rus"
from "Tannhauser," by Miss
Slawson, of the Music department,
earied the solo part in the first
number.
Immediately following these se­lections
was assembly singing, after
which President Fisher addressed the
students in a talk concerning the is­suing
of elementary certificates. If
the Normal schools at Cheney and
Ellensburg will agree, no one-year
elementary certificates will be issued
in this state later than September
1, 192G. President Fisher predicts
that within the next five or six
years a three-year course will be
required in order to obtain even ^an
elementary certificate. By raising
the requirements and standards of
the teachers, salaries will be kept up
to standard. The pupils in the pub­lic
schools will also benefit from
this.
In Gov. Hartley's last message to
the legislature, he advocated placing
the school management on .a busi­ness
basis, instead of leaving it in
politics. This would amply provide
for the care of the five institutions
of higher learning in Washington.
President Fisher agrees with Gov.
Hartley- in the opinion that the
Superintendent of Public Schools be
appointed by a lay board instead of
Dean Bever was the principal
speaker at the Washington Parent
Teacher association meeting Tuesday
night.
In his subject "The New Movement
in Education," Mr. Bever stressed
the making of school teaching a pro­fession.
He spoke of the increased
standards in training persons to be
teachers and expressed a desire to
see the profession rank along with
law, medicine, and the others.
In referring to Junior High schools,
he said, "It is not a mere case of
separate schools but separate studies.
The students would be segregated
with regard to what they were most
fitted for, academic, technical, or
scientific training." He indicated
that it would make the distinction
clearer in the two courses of higher
education, university and technical
schools.
Several musical numbers and light
refreshments also featured the ev­ening
meeting.
FACULTY ORGANIZE
SOCIAL DANCE CLUB
Nearly thirty members of the fac­ulty
met last Monday evening to or­ganize
a social dancing club. This or­ganization,
which will meet every
Monday evening, is similar to the
faculty dancing club of last year.
being elected.
In order that the students might
get an idea of the workings of the
state legislature, President Fisher
outlined all the steps that must be
taken before any bill can be passed.
Gov. Hartley recommended the ap­propriation
of $130,000 for a ,new li­brary
for the Bellingham Normal
This, however, will not be sufficient,
as the present library plans call for
$250,000. The property for the li­brary
is now being purchased, as the
rsult of the $30,000 appropriated for
that purpose by the state.
Are American students thinking
beyond the borders of the campus?
There is a nation-wide movement
sweeping over the different colleges
to create a united and active student
opinion favorable to the immediate
entrance of the United States into
the World Court. This problem has
now reached Belloingham Normal
school.
A speaker will be appointed to
speak on this subject in assembly,
December 15, and it will also be dis­cussed
in classes and groups.
The World Court committee of the
Council ' of Christian Assoeations,
whose members are appointed by the
different colleges of our country, are
working to push this interest. The
representative from this district is
Elizabeth Richardson of the Univer­sity
of Washington. Some of the
college presidents, who give their
hearty endorsement of the World
Court committee's work are: K. L.
Butterfield, of Michigan State Col­lege,
John G. Ilibben, of Princeton
University; H. Holt, of Rollins Col­lege;
E. R. Lindley, University of
Kansas; H. N. MacCracken, Vassar
College; Mary E. Woolley, ,'of Mount
Holyoke College, and E. A. Alder­man,
of University of Virginia.
The C. C. A. has published this
literature on the World Court: Kirby
Page and "Students and America's
Foreign Policy."
The admittance of the United
States in the World Court is now
before the Senate. In China, Tur­key
and India, the students are
greatly influencing international and
national policy The World Court
committee hopes the student body of
America will help influence the
Senate in voting the United States.
a member of the World Court.
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W. CLUB INITIATION
PLANNED DECEMBER 11
MESSENGER BANQUET
TO BE AT "THE SHELL"
The Shell, situated on the beauti­ful
Chuckanut drive, is the place
chosen for the annual Messenger ban­quet,
Thursday evening, December
9. This banquet is in honor of the
six students ranking highest in the
Messenger Literary Contest. "* These
students, together with the judges,
guests and Messenger staff, will mo­tor
to the Inn early Thursday even­ing.
An interesting program has
been planned for the banquet. How­ever
the main feature will be the an­nouncement
of prize winners and the
awarding of prizes.
Starting in next week's Messenger,
the prize stories will be published.
The stories, which have received hon­orable
ffiention, will also appear in
print.
Judges in Action.
Mr. Williams is acting as chairman
of the judges committee.
Miss Johnson of the English de­partment;
and Mr. Berg, of the
Science departments are serving on
this committee. At present this
committee is busily engaged consid­ering
the numerous manuscripts which
were submitted.
L
IS
Banquets, Football Game, and
Dance Are Features of An­nual
Normal Affair.
FIVE COMMITTEES ACTIVE
Elks Band, Men's Club Funer­al,
Pep Squad and W. A. A.
Add Color to Classic.
The W Club "has planned a big
initiation for Friday, December 11,
at the Normal. At that date all
those who earned their letters play­ing
football this fall, or who won
their letters before but failed to be­come
initiated, will be victimized.
The initiation plans and the process
itself are enshrouded in mystery, but
word from the W Club proclaim a
dire and doleful time in store for
the initiates. Students are asked to
watch for the date, one week from
today.
EXPRESSION CLASS
DISPLAYS TALENIS
Unusual Scenes and Tales Are
Given by Students in Re­creation
of Responses.
Are the students at the Univer­sity
of Washington going to dance
the Charleston? They say they are
if (1) A course in acrobatics is
taught first; (2) If all sorority and
fraternity dances will be given in
the Armory; (3) If students sudden­ly
develop a desire to work.
SIXSFAST BOUTS PROMISED FOR MEN'S CLUB SMOKER TONIGHT
Biggest Aggregation Of Boxing Stars Ever Brought Together To Be
Seen In Action. Accomodations For Large CrowdfAssured. Re­freshments
Are Expected To Boost Smoker Attendance.
Lots of speed and action is promis­ed
for the annual Mens Club smoker,
to be held tonight in the little gym
at 8:30 and one of the biggest crowds
in the pugilistic history of the school
is expected to be present.
. Flo id Van Etten president of the
Mens Club has been fortunate in
lining up six fast bouts from the
mens gym class that is learning the
boxing art. The primary object of
the smbker is to sho'w the art of
self defence but many future Demp-seys
will no doubt be presented to
of verse from the newer poets that
have never been enjoyed by the
children in the training school. Miss
Montgomery's purpose is collecting
the poetry into one volume is to
acquaint the primary teachers with
newer children's literature.
The books are on sale at the Nor­mal
book store, the price being twen­ty-
five cents. • \.. •. ,%.' -
In the bantam weight division,
Johnny Sentz will meet William Jen­nings
Bryan Hankins and Kirvin
Smith will mix with "Kid" Earl
O'Grady the fast. Irishman. In an
exclusive interview, Mr. Hankins
stated that if he could not win by
the usual method, he thought he
could talk his opponent into submis­sion.
In the light weight class Ralph
Johnson "The Fightin' Parson" will
meet "Knockout" Edgar Stuart and
"One Round" Vance Mormon will
fight "Terror" Loren Gray as welter
weights.
Four, of the country's best middle
weights will be seen in action with
'"Beefy" Bill Perry versus "Battler"
Floyd Reed and > Harold Hawkins,
the wildman from Snoqualmie ver­sus
"Slippery" R&lph Smith.
It is rumored that the Associated
Press and the Ferndale Gazette have
been granted exclusive news rights
for the smoker and are now at work
installing their telegraph instru­ments,
but the management refused
eo say anything as to the price paid
for these 'rights. All special trains
are due this morning and a committee
headed by John FitzGerald, the fam­ous
prompter, has been appointed by
the Mens Club to welcome the many
thousand followers of pugilism to
our fair city.
Word was received this morning
to the effect that Mickey Walker
and Bernard "Sully" Sullivan would
be unable to attend owing to the fact
that they are both attending the ded­ication
of" a library in the east.
From all box office reports the
entire house will be sold out/ by to­day
noon. Ticket scalpers are doing
the biggest business in the history,
of their profession although the
police are both working hard to
stop them.
As an added attraction (this is
serious) an effort is being made to
line up two or three bouts from the
down town boxers. Quite likely
Vance Wampler, middle weight from
Whatcom High School, Russel Brock,
Frankie Repoz, and Kid Carter will
be seen in action. \
Walter vKelley who instructs the
boxing class will give a short talk
on the principles of boxing.
Literary talent was recently dis­co
vered in an Expression I class,
when Mr. Hoppe requested that his
students give a re-creation of some
sense response. A number of the
students dscribed unusual scenes of
beauty, while others gave accounts
of odors, sounds, or tastes. One of
the best of these descriptions is giv­en
as an example.
Interlude.
Lost or abandoned in a pock-marked
stretch of country that has been un­til
recently No Man's land! Four of
us had been dumped off with a car­load
of Hdg. impedimenta which we
were escorting on the outfit's move
from Argonne to Belgium. The train
men had deposited us there in the
night and said it was our destination
according to their orders. Ours were
to stay with the stuff. But" no out­fit
showed up, nor did we receive
any word from it.
One by one the others had started
out to scout for the outfit, but re­turned.
Only I was left to guard it.
Lost! But did I worry? Not a bit.
Things moved fast in those days and
we fellows eagerly si,pped what tri­fles
of honey we could from the
flower of life.
The two days I had lain there had
somehow dispelled the dead-weight
tired feeling I knew would never leave
me. This morning I awoke early,
and crawled from the dug-out to the
crest of the heap of mud thrown up
by some bomb. My nose was as­sailed
by the stench from the green-black
water in the ; shell hole. A
smell that was death, darkness,' and
the insistent mould of cellars all
called into one. But it wasn't so
bad; just a bit more than the smell
of the dug-out. That odor can only
be described by saying it was a smell
like the dull aching of a tooth.
(Continued on Page Four)
(Bitleit&ar
FRIDAY—Dec. 4.
Recreation Hour, big gym, 4 to 5.
Boy's smoker, little gym, 8:30.
SATURDAY—Dec. 5.
Fprmal dance, 8 p. m., Eden's Hall
reception room.
TUESDAY—Dec. 8.
Fifth grade training school pro­gram-
at regular assembly.
WEDNESDAY—Dec. 9.
Jeanice Turner, dramatic soprano,
gives recital at assembly. 8 p.
m. Student tickets admit.
FRIDAY—Dec. 11. .
Drama Club program. One act
play. 11 o'clock assembly.
TUESDAY—Dec. 15.
Moroni Olsen. Players (The Ship.)
THURSDAY—Dec. 17.. >
Normal Drama Club presents play,
• "The Goose Hangs High," at as­sembly,
8 p . m.
From the pep rally Friday night
to the Home Coming Dance Saturday
night, the second annual Home Com­ing
celebration of the Bellingham
Normal School, held November 20-21,
can be said to have been a huge suc­cess.
Practically every student in school
was in front of Edens Hall at 6:30
Friday evening ready for the serpen­tine
down town, and the bonfire
afterwards. Proceeding in a long,
fantastic line, to the tune of several
peppy chants, the serpentine wound
down High street to Holly street,
and from there, down Holly street to
the business section, where school
yells were given on the four principal
corners of the city. Again serpen­tining
back up the hill, the students
proceeded to the south end of Waldo
Field, where a huge bonfire had been'
prepared. Several enthusiastic talks
by prominent people of the school
made the students more determined
than ever to do their share at the
football game on the following after­noon,
by their interesting talks.
After the bonfire, the students
went to the Auditorium, where a de­lightful
reading of the play "The
Tailor Made Man" was given by
Mr. Whitney. '
Saturday morning was devoted to
the registering of the Alumni. All
faculty members - were in their of­fices
during the morning to welcome
back their former students and talk
over old times with them.
Many interesting facts were dis­closed
by the registration booklet.
For instance, Mrs. Thilda Jensen
Marth, a graduate of 1917, traveled
all the way from Chehalis to be
here. Many other alumni made al­most
as long journeys to be here for
the event. J \ .
'' Practically every class from the -
year 1900 on was represented during
the celebration, Miss Pauline J. Camp
being the one representing this class.
Miss Camp is now teaching school i*
Bellingham. Mr. 'Kibbe represented
the class of 1905.
After registration came the all-school
luncheon at 12:15, when 500
students ate lunch at Edens Hall and
the school Cafeteria. After the-luncheon,
a short, but keenly inter­esting
program, was given at both
places.
Pep Rally Before Game.
A pep rally in front of Edens Hall
followed the luncheon, after which
the students marched in a body
around the track on Waldo Field to
the strains of a march played by the
Elks' band. Yells during the game
were especially well; given.
A good-looking bunch of blue and
white balloons were let off into the
air at the first .kick-off, by the '•'
W-A. A. The Pep Squad, composed of ,
seventy girls dressed in white sweat­ers,
spelled out the word 'Wikinga"
in blue and white, between halves.
The Men's Club also staged a very
sad funeral for Ellensburg at this
time.
The alumni, banquet held.at 6:30
in Edens Hall was well attended, the
dining hall being very comfortably
crowded. Ellensburg and Bellingham .
football men were guests at the ban­quet,
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At 8:30, the alumni left Edens
Hall to go to the Armory, where an
all-school dance was^ given in their
honor by'^he student; body. One'of
the features'of the evening was a ^
torch serpentine given by the alumni; i
to show how their light of loyalty •'
had been rekindled, as it were, by '
the spirit of the day. Another feature :;
was the prize waltz, in which one of ; -
the winning couples was composed of •
alumni.. . • '.\y-.^'...-. .•••.,':-A'y-U.;^
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