Weekly Messenger - 1918 April 13

              The Weekly Messenger
VOL. XVII.
Devoted to the Interests of the Student Body, Washington State Normal School
BELLINGHAM, WASH., SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1918 NO. 26^
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Announcements
David Starr Jordan will be with us
at 8 o'clock Monday evening, April
15th. No one <3an afford to miss hear­ing
him. Lecture Course tickets will
admit. 25c will be charged to outsid­ers.
The Y. W. C. A. meets on Wednes­day,
April 17, in the Y. W. rooms.
Come, girls; an interesting and help­ful
program is planned.
Sisters League meeting Monday at
7:00 p. m.
TAKES_PLACE I00AY
In assembly Thursday morning,
Wm. Edson announced the annual
Marathon race which is to be held
Saturday, April 13.
This is an annual inter-class event
contesting for a silver cup which is
kept in the registrar's office.
As the winner is the class produc­ing
the largest percentage of its mem­bers
at the top of Mt. Chuckanut, to­day,
it is up to all loyal Juniors and
Seniors to turn out for this splendid
mountain climb.
Bring your own cup and spoon and
a copy of the school songs, also your
lunch. All who have ukuleles, mouth
organs and cameras, bring them.
Be sure to wear comfortable shoes,
and boys, leave your stiff collars at
home.
'Everyone come for a good time.
Coffee will be served at the top. A
party will leave the corner of the
campus at Cedar street at 9 a. m.
Anyone wishing. to join this party is
welcome. The Marathon will be post­poned
if the weather is not suitable.
If the school flag is flying the Mara­thon
will take.place.
TO BELLINGHAM MAY 3
'All students and teachers of the
Normal will be glad to hear that
Mischa Elman, the great Russian vio­linist,
will be heard in Bellingham
May 3. This concert will be a rare
treat and everyone should plan to at­tend.
It is most unusual for an artist
of! his calibre to come to Bellingham
and it is expected that a capacity
house will greet him.'
Though now but a young man of
twenty-seven years, he has won many
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J
COMINGJO NORMAL
In assembly Thursday morning
Dr. Herre announced the coming on
Monday night, April 15th, of his old
college friend and president, David
Starr Jordan.
Mr. Jordon is a man of great ver­satility
and who has been called be­fore
presidents, prime ministers and
kings as a national representative and
arbitrator. For years he has been
president of Leland Stanford Uni­versity.
Those of you who were here last
yeai and heard him then know that
he is both a poet and an artist, but
above all a human being. You kno-v
too that if you want to ii"iibd one of
thtj greatest treats of the year just
stay away Monday night.
NORMAL PLAYS BLAINE
IN THEJNITIAL GAME
Resplendent in their new uniforms
and desirous of testing out their abil­ity,
our baseball boys go to meet
their friends the enemy in an initial
game with Blaine High School, next
Friday afternoon. As yet, no definite
team has been chosen to represent us
though the following have received
suits: Miller, Hansen, Aplin, Bart-ruff,
Whittier, Brown, Grell, Tucker,
Washke Aim, Davis, Coles and Pratt.
As- no improvements have been start­ed
on the baseball field the players
are greatly handicapped in their prac­tice
and polished team work or ac­curate
fielding are impossible. Though
most of the students will be unable to
witness the contest at Blaine their
best wishes accompany the team and
they look for the time when it will be
possible to stage games on the Nor­mal
"diamond."
THE NEW COURSE OP
STUDY FORJ 918-1919
Dr. Miller has made known some of
the main changes in the course of
study which will go into effect this
fall.
The school year is to be divided into
four quarters of twelve weeks each.
Three quarters constitutes a regular
year's work under the present sys­tem.
A student may enter at the be­ginning
of any quarter and complete
work at the end of any quarter.
In the newly planned summer
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TELLS OF
LIFE OF DR.
Dr. Nash, in Assembly, Thursday
morning told us of the life of his col­lege
president whom he held with
such high esteem.
This college .president was Dr. Jos­eph
Ward, who was born in New York
in 1838. His father on his death bed
had two watchmen by his side but
during the night they fell asleep. Sud­denly
the old doctor heard a knock
at the. door. The man came in and
said that his services were needed.
So the good doctor arose from his
sick bed to usher a new life into the
world. He returned and got back into
bed without his watchmen awakening.
In a couple of days he died.
Dr. Joseph Ward, son of this good
man, was trained early in classical
schools for the work of a teacher. He
attended Phillips Academy, then
Brown University. He served in Y. M.
C. A. work during the civil war and
later graduated from theosophical
college. He then made his way to the
pioneer state of South Dakota with
his wife. Here he began his ministry
work.
• In 1831 he established a college. He
was prominent in territory and state
affairs. He gave the state its motto,
'"Under God the people rule."
I In 1889 he died because of grief
from non-support at the time of the
divisions of the denominations. Such
a man was our president's college
president.
| GIVEN BYW H.ABBOT
• • W. H. Abbot, who is one of the
prominent attorneys of Bellingham,
gave a most inspiring and instructive
lecture in the assembly Thursday
morning on Patriotic Visions and
Americanism.
! Mr. Abbot said that we are a peo­ple
of higher visions. The results of
these visions are handed out to us by
the men who wrote the Magna Charta
and by the men who wrote the Dec­laration
of Independence. The visions
of these men were based upon the
principles of mercy, loyalty, and lib­erty.
But in some peoples we • find
another vision, the vision of conquest,
the forces representing such different
the forces representing such diferent
visions," said Mr. Abbot, "the forces
of people on the one hand entertain
a vision of liberty and Americanism.
The other forces hold as their inspir­ation
the vision of conquest. The pe­culiar
part of this spirit of conquest
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CALENDAR
MONDAY—
8 p. m.—Dr. Jordon lecture.
TUESDAY—
8:50—Assembly. Mr. Klemme will
address students on "Trials
and Smiles."
WEDNESDAY—
4:10—Y. M. C. A. Special music.
THURSDAY—
10:30—Assembly. Mrs. Haight will
speak to students.
7:30—Club meeting.
FRIDAY—
Teachers' meeting.
PLAY DATE
: CHANGEDTOAPRIL27
On account of the measles, chiefly, •
the date of the production of "Qual- r
ity Street" has been changed to April I
27. The cast are working hard, and;
a fine production is certain. It takes
more than a fine rendering, however,:
to make a successful - play. If the
audience is lacking, the finest play in:
the world is a failure.
No one can afford to miss seeing
"Quality Street." It was considered
such a high-grade play that there was
talk of producing it in the American
theatre of Bellingham. Only financial
reasons interferred with this plan.
Now, Normalites, get in line. Cross ;
off the date, April 27, on your calen­dar.
Tell all your friends about it. ;
They'll want to see it.
'•• Buy your tickets early; if you wait,
standing room will..be all you can get.
: Remember, April 27—Junior class
play.
TELL OFJEIR TRIP
The members of the faculty who
visited the Inland Empire association
meeting at Spokane last week were
requested by Dr. Nash to each talk a
few minutes in assembly and tell what
impressed him most while away.
Mr. Bever explained that he was a
day late, though he was not just sure
where he had been till Dr. Nash came
to his rescue and told him Seattle
was the name of the place. How­ever,
Mr. Bever arrived in time to be
chosen head of the History Depart­ment
and he frankly told us that
nothing impressed him more than his
job.
Miss Wilson had no chance to pre­pare
her speech as Dr. Nash called-
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