Weekly Messenger - 1925 February 27

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?••!••; Devoted'|e the interests of i^ie Student Body, Washington State Normal: School § S T !'':'':\'0'':;:^"^Bl>
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LOSE1ST!
IE OF TRIP TO
Frosh Cannot Be Stopped in
/ S&dncL Half.
MAN? SUBSTITUTES USED
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Weekly Messenger:
, We won from Eliensburg bas-ketball
team last night in a fast
: rough game 33 to 26. The score
i1 at the end of the first half was
.! 20 to. 9, in favor of the Vikings.
The line-up was: Bellingham— v
Matheny, Hekel, lies, Puke, Win­gard.
Substitutions — Hartley,
Leach, Pakusich, and Wilder.
Eliensburg—Seinrich, Black, E t -
tleman, Angell, Rea. Substitu­tions—
Nelson, and Webster.
Will give Cheney Hell Satur­day.
The Team.
Altho they held the University of
Washington Frosh to a 17-16 score in
the first half the Vikings slumped bad­ly
in the last half in the Seattle game,
last Tuesday and lost out 18 to 34.
This game was the first of three which
the Vikings„,arer,playing on their East­ern
Washington trip.
Hekel, high point man for Normal
in the first half was put out on personal
fouls in the second period. Brix of the
Frosh, was high point man with ten
markers to his credit.
• Many substitutes were made by both
teams, the complete line-up being as
follows:
Normal Frosh
Matheny F...... Day
Hekel F James
lies C ,. Brix
Duke ,...'. G '. Dahlquist
Wingard G Hagist
Substitutes: Normal — Pakusich for
Matheny, Leach for lies, lies for Leach,
Leach for Hes, Wilder for Duke, Hart­ley
for Wingard.
Frosh — Huhta for Day, Geehan for
James Shuh for Brix, Johnson for Dahl­quist,
James for Hagist, Hall for Huhta,
Wilson for Geehan.
FPJDAY--Feb. 27
Opera in .Auditprium.
SATURDAY—Feb. 28.
W. A. A. Hike to Normalstad. - ' ».
Freshman Mixer in Edens Hall.
Opera in Auditorium'.
TUESDAY—March 3.
Philo program in assembly.
WEDNESDAY—March 4.
W Club initiation in Little Gym.
FRIDAY—March 6.
Drama Club play "Old Lady 31" in
auditorium. '
GIVE M RECITAL
Numbers Studied in Class to Be
Given on Program.
SEASON ENDS WITH
SHAKESPEAREAN PLAY
Moroni Olsen Announcer Return
Engagement for Next Year.
The Moroni Olsen Players scored an­other
decided success Tuesday evening
when they presented their final offering
of the year, "The Taming of the Shrew,"
in the auditorium before the largest
audience of the season.'
The well known Shakespearian; com­edy
was interpreted in a splendid man­ner.
Costumes and scenery added much
to the effectiveness of the play.
. Janet Young's characterization of the
Shrew was very nearly perfectly done.
She appeared at the first of the play
as the raging daughter of • Baptista, and
at the last was transformed into the
mild' and obedient wife of Petruchib.
• -•'•• Moroni: Olsen played the part of Pet-ruchip
in a forceful manner, completely
succeeding in taming the shrewish Kath-erina
to his will.
^; Bryan Foulger, in the role of servant
' to Petruchio, was exceptionally clever,
his.pranks,being.greatly enjoy by the
audience. ;
Dorothy Adams-as Blanca; the) sweet
,'•• and dutiful daughter of Baptista, played
:hert part in a charming manner., ••'•/•y~y
Summer Chase 'Cobb was the succes-fuHBuito^^
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The musical organizations of the
school will .give a joint concert in as­sembly,
Friday, March 13. The orches­tra,
Girl's Double Quartette, Male Double
Quartette, Women's Chorus and the mix­ed
chorus will take part.
The numbers rendered will be taken
from the regular class work and will
be a recital' of the work accomplished.
Following are the names of those in
the Women's chorus: Iona Barbo, Myrtle
Carlson, Esther Cooper, Frances Coombs,
Vera Erickspn, Florence Filion, Alice
Ford, Helen Fraser, Emily Hendrickson,
Elsie Holland, Edna Hopf, Margaret
Horning, Ellen Jacobson, Theora John-sted,
Bertha Kiderlen, Wilma Landreth,
Lois Lawson, Alyce June Lee, Helen
McConnel, Mildred McFarland, Bessie
McFarlane, Charlotte McNaughton, Flor­ence
Z. Noyes, Irene Palmer, Marie Pak-ar,
Ruby Pearce, Elsa Pearl, Gladys
Pope and Catherine Randall.
Members of the Mixed Chorus are:
Ethel Andrews, Margaret Alexander,
Phil Bardon, Ralph Burgdorf, Elva Con­rad,
Bradley Dodge, Elizabeth Eaton,
Sarah Farmer, Fleetwood Warren, Mer­lin
Frease, Vera French, Kathryn Holm­es,
Viola Holmes, Julius Hoversan, Edna
Hoph, Mary Alice Hoyt, Theora John
sted, Ebben Kinsey, Donna Lehmann,
Myrtle Lindgreh, Elsa Mattson, Lina
Mather, . Mildred McFarland, Marjorie
Miller, Truman Mitchell, Richard Neil,
Catherine Nichols, Ethel Olsen, Alice
Mildred Riggs, Earl Roe, Walter Sears,
Evangeline Sowers> Winifred Steele, Hoyt
Thompson, Mathilde Thordarson, Tom­my
Tucker, Constance Weddell, Chas.
Weedin, Lucie Wilson, John Haug, and
Ada De Yarma.
The choruses are under the direction
of Miss Slawaon.
DRAMA CLUB TO GIVE
'0L0 L A D Y 3 1 M 6
Action of Play Takes Place in
Old Ladies'Home.
"Old Lady 31" will be. presented by
the. Drama Club, Friday and Saturday
evenings March 6 and 7, in the audi­torium.
The action of the play takes
place in an Old Ladies' Home in New
England, 1850-1860. The so-called "Old
Lady 31" is an old gentleman who has
fallen on evil 'days and is admitted to
an old ladies' home as an inmate, so he
may not be separated from his wife,
Old Lady 30. Abe, or Old Lady 31, has
been an old sea captain. Through many
bad investments he has lost everything.
His house has been sold at an auction
and all he and his wife Angie, .have be­tween
them and starvation is $100. This
is just the sum required for entrance to
the Old Ladies' Home. Abe decides to
send his wife there, and he shall go to
the poor house, a few miles away. When
the old ladies of the Home hear this,
they decide that he shall live at the
"Home."
Abe becomes a favorite and a pet
among the women, but it gets to be too
much for him, so he runs away as a
naughty schoolboy would.
A qualified observer has said, "Old
Lady 31 is not a play constructed to
teach anything; it has no problem. It
is merely good wholesome fun all the
way thorough. It is a play of character
types. A great deal of fun comes out
of the different types of old women
brought together in the Home."
One of the most interesting parts of
the play is an old fashioned Mid-Vic­torian
tea party where all the old ladies
get out their old ball gowns. A pro­gram
is also given at the party which
is extremely amusing. Blossy, Edna
Carlyle, gives a piano solo. While ren­dering
the solo she is overcome with
emotions and falls into a heap. Eliza­beth,
Margaret McRoberts, gives the
reading, "The Curfew Shall Not Ring
Tonight," with great gestures, feelings
and emotions.
A special set is being constructed for
"Old Lady 31." The types of costumes
used during the Civil War will be used.
These will be furnished by the Brpck-linde
Company of Seattle.
The tickets will be sold in advance on
the landing for 25c. Those sold at the
door will be 35c/
Members of the cast are as follows:
Angie Katherine Schupp
>Abe (old Lady 31) Sidney Smith
Nancy , ..' : Wilda Smith
TWO PERFORMANCES
0 P E | t BE GIVEN
Local Singers to Present Caval-leria
Rusticana Tonight
CHANGE TO BE MADE
IN ROOM AND BOARD
Eleven Week Quarters1 Call' for
Adjustments in Pay Days.
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In the Auditorium tonight, when the
curtain rises for . "Cavalleria Rusti­cana,"
a local audience will, for the first
time, have the opportunity of bearing
Opera sung entirely by a local cast.
The scenes of "Cavalleria Rusticana"
(country chivalry) are laid in a small
Sicillian town.
Turrido, the village dandy, loves the
maiden Lola, but he is called away to
war. On returning he finds that Lola
has married Alfio, the village waggoner.
Piqued at this Turridu makes love to
Santutza. Lola who has become very
jealous, arranges clandestine meetings
with Turridu. On Easter morning ev­eryone
excepting Santutza goes to
church. Santutza is seeking Turrido,
whom she sees walking along with Lola.
They are having a violent quarrel in
which Lola is victorious. Santutza is
filled with jealousy and informs Alfio
of the perfidy of Lola and Turrido.
• Wine Drinking Scene.
Act II opens with the populace drink­ing
wine in front of the tavern. Tur­rido
offers a glass to Alfio, who knocks
the glass away and bites Turrido on
the ear, a challenge to mortal combat.
Turrido having a premonition of his
death acknowledged his guilt to his
mother, Lucia, *" and. bidding fare\well,
entreats her to be a mother to Santut­za.
The curtain goes down as Lucia
and Santutza fall in a faint on hearing
from behind the scenes that Turrido is
dead. For this highly dramatic opera,
Mascangi has written a wonderful col­lection
of melodies.
Comic Opera as Curtain Raiser.
Due to the shortness of "Cavalleria
Rusticana" the comic opera, "The Mis­tress
Servant" by Pergolesi, in one act
will be given as a curtain raiser by
three of M. Jou-Jerville's pupils from
the- Cornish. School of Seattle.
In the characters are Zervena, em-,
ployed as a maid by the old Doctor
Pandolpho, who also has a valet, and
Scapin, a mute. Zervena rules the
house and is anxious to marry her mas­ter.
She has a violent temper and
quarrels continually with Scapin, who
torments her. Pandolpho, tiring of the
strife,-tells Zervena to get married. She
agrees and offers to be his wife, but is
refused.
Zervena resorts then to strategy, and
dressing Scapin as a Captain, intro­duces
him as her fiance. This makes
the old Doctor jealous; he finds he can-
NEW TREE ON CAMPUS AS
MEMORIAL TO MISS LONG
As a tribute to Miss Long the-child­ren
of the training school are going to
plant a tree on the campus. The tree,
a Japanese Beech will be planted on the
left side of the walk, to correspond with
one which was recently put on the other
side. The children are going to defray
the expense and the tree will be pro­cured
as soon as possible. The pupils
chose the Japanese Beech because its
sturdy uprightness will be symbolical of
Miss Long's tireless and unfaltering
zeal for all things that would better
this school for the student body and the
pupils of the Training School.
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Final Score Is Bellingham, 4;
Cheney, 3; Eliensburg, 2.
ALLISON OFFERS NEW CUP
Dance to Be Held in Dining Room
of Edens Hall.
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Boost for Normal Literature
Classes Given by Pamphlet
A good time is promised to those at­tending
the Frosh mixer, which is to be
held Saturday night, February 28, in
the dining room of Edens Hall. The
committees in charge are preparing a
royal reception for all.
Foley's six-piece orchestra has been
secured for the evening, so good music
is assured. The dancing will be from
8:30 to 11:30.
The decorations will be carried- out in
green because of the proximity of St.
Patrick's Day. Two little girls dressed
in appropriate costumes will distribute
the favors and serve the punch.
The treasurer asks that all Freshmen
pay their dues of twenty-five cents im­mediately
so that the committees in
charge can go" ahead with their plans.
The dues are a quarter now but if paid
on entering will be thirty- five cents.
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Los Angeles, California
February 25, 1925
Dr. C. H. Fisher:
Business pressure prevents my
attendance at the final debate
for the cup. May the best team;
win. Please advise your stu­dents
that I am ready to offer
a bigger and better cup begin­ning
next year. Shall be pleased
to be advised of .the outcome.
Make this your motto: Bite off
more than you can chew and
chew it. Assume a bigger task
than you can do and do it. Hook
your wagon to a star and> sit
tight. . ' -
Guy S. Allison. •
TUDENTSTOPAY
DOCTOR AND NURSE
Board of Trustees Decides
Economize Stringently.
to
Miss Jones, Dean of Women, sends out
the following announcement in regard
to. room and board: "Owing to the fact
that both winter and' spring terms have
been shortened to eleven weeks this year,
it has been necessary to make an; adjust­ment
in the matter f room rent which
ment in the matter of room rent which
mothers. . r
"It is therefore ruled that students
will pay by the four week month in­cluding
vacation week whether they re­main
in town during the vacation or
hold their rooms for the spring quarter.
This will mean .that the last payment
of the spring, quarter vVilllfiover three
weeks instead • of,four; ,:ln cases\where 'all of the following questions though
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That a charming personality can be
obtained by peering into the dusty ar­chives
of bygone classics is the state­ment
made in a pamphlet sent to the
Messenger office. The advertisement
was sent by the publishing house of
some "revised edition" of the classics.
Does the study of General Literature
repay the students to the extent of the
time and effort that is put into the
course by their instructors and them­selves?
The students are often heard
to complain about studying things writ­ten
hundreds of years ago, which do not
seem to have much to do "with present
day topics,, at least not until cross­word
puzzles came into being. How­ever,''
it of ten is desirable . t o know
whether Copernicus was -a town on the
Salonika Peninsula,. an Athenian "man-about-
tpwn" with headquarters at the
Club Cigar store, i>r an afternoon game,
synonymous.with Mah Jong:
One literature class answered nearly
students either leave Sjshoplatjthe close
of:•'•thei • winter quarter^ or enter for- the
spring quarter;V paymenti \yill coyer eleven
a n 4 : a ^ b a ^
Wsp^hold ivh^
to .move! from one; house i b another." ;
knowledge acquired after .covering about
half ^of the threerquarter course.' •'•'.
vThe best list of answersI'-tq/thei. fol­lowing
list of questions. Will',be printed
next •week.; I t , i s h hoped that ;aV^ large
number win-ayaUthem^
portunity to "pit their intellect against;
an encyclopedia.
Who wrote "The Prince?"
Who was Beatrice?
Who wrote "The Odyssey ?"
What great epic, poem did Virgil upon
write ? _
Who wrote "The Divine Comedy?"
What old poem refers to the Lotus
Eaters, the Cyclops and Calypso?
Wrho is called the father of English
Literature ?
What great philosopher was con?
demned to drink the poisonous hemlock?
What are the dialogues of Plato?
Of what country was Pliny a native ?
.What is the "Song of Roland" about?
Who wrote "Paradise Lost V "Cross­ing:
the Bar ?". "The Canterbury Tales ?"
Was Dante a Greek?
Who was Aeschylus? Sophocles? Eu­ripides^?
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; What/was the: "House of ^Atreus?" r
Who was King Priam and his. son
Paris?: '••• '--;:.\;v
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Who; wrote the story of the .Wooden
Hprse,of.,.Troy?;;,';;;',': ':';
Who wasvFaiist? .;Michael Faraday?
"\ Who ;; was H Copernicus V Sir'; Joseph,
At a meeting of the Board of Trustees,
Monday evening, several matters of vital
importance to. all students were acted
upon.
In view of the fact that next year's
appropriation will be smaller than this
year's, the trustees have found it neces­sary
to economize in every way possible.
It was therefore decided that the ex­pense
of maintaining a school nurse and
school physician should be assumed by
the students, as in the other institu­tions
of higher learning in the state.
Each student is to pay a quarterly fee
of one dollar, effective in the spring
quarter of this year. ,.\
Board and Room Raised
Another matter acted upon was the
cost of room and board at Edens Hall.
A uniform rate of $8 per month for any
room in the dormitory in place of the
$6 $8, and $10 heretofore, was decided
The assignment of the rooms will
be made by the Dean of Women or Soc­ial
Director. The / students being; hiere
the longer will probably receive the
better rooms while the new; students
receive the others.
Because of. the increased cost of food,
and in order to conform to the principles
taught in the Nutrition classes it will
be necessary to raise the board at, the
Edens Hall from $4.50 to $5 00 per week.
This is the same rate as. is charged for
board in the pother institutions of r the
state. •'•'-''"
The Normal Debate teams, by taking
the decisions from both Cheney . a nd
Eliensburg last night, won for Belling­ham
the Allison Trophy This cup, a '
donation of Guy S. Allison, Normal
graduate, now business man of Los An­geles,
was to be^ competed for by the
three Normal Schools of the State. The
Normal winning it three consecutive
years was to become its owner. .
The fact that a Normal won two out
of the tri-Normal debates did not make.
this school the winner it was necessary
to win the "most points in all three de­bates.
Last night, when the t w o ' to
one decision came from the platform,
and when a two to one reply came from
Cheney, much anxiety was felt until '
word came from Eliensburg disclosing
the; fact that Cheney won there with a
two to one decision also. ,:
Argument Hard to Meet.
The Normal Negative team> Myra
Leonard, Floid Van Etten, and Velma
Le Master, presented argument that
could not be shaken, however hard the
affirmative tried.
The Affirmative held that if the U.
S. permitted Japanese to come into
America, economic conditions would be
bettered. They endeavored to show
where 150 Japanese immigrants would
tend to promote the welfare of this
country rather than retard it, because
in excluding these people the IT. S.
would lose the trade of Japan, and that
commerce makes a nation.
TRYOUT FOR VIKING
VODVIL NEXT WEEK
A new department known as the Bu­reau
of Recreation has recenty been cre­ated
by the Chicago Department of Ed­ucation.
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The ne\v;Iy made; bureau has t;wb di--
visions: ^ the•••. departments pf Play-,
grounds, and a division ^hich; has'\2I
community centers J i n t e r e s t
'tion;;;aetivities.v ••• •.;'" -';' :• ypyy^y :""£'^$£-
Clubs Urged to Pteparu
.Without Delay.
Acts
The try-outs for the Viking -Vodvil ; >
will'be held next wek, -the date to be\ ;
announced in assembly and posted, on
the bulletin board. Time is very limited v
and the-board urges the, clubs to prepare :
their acts without further, delayi :• Every ;
club is expected to have a represehta- :!
tiye on the. board even,though it does :v
not have an aet,in the shbwVw y|;;?; '.r'-'.^ ;i>4-
The following persons have,; beenr a p - ; : ^.:
pointed by • thelmanager. of ther.Viking : (?
Vodyii: Zeno Katterle, business'] roan- ; ;\i
ager; JackM^Uihiey,' assistant f b ^ ^ v ^ l
ness manager;^ and; Bennie;. .;'i^cheil^;f|:;;p
stage manager;• -: • - v ' ^/•;^^'r--\r^yr;y
-The success of thel show depends :eii-^ij^M
tirely';.:•; vn ;tte'studfents. •'•• :The •; chairmSn^f111
Of'-.' the-': b^ard^jMatlowe vVParr^^y/saysj-;!.^;!?
"The' clubs -must prepare .'tnJBirr5^ts^;im^sJ;'lri.j
.mediately; and; be yijsaiy\j,tor'^bfie"-try^ioutSlal
^n^yWelBK.-;:-^
should^ irespond' t6 ;tile ?^call and:;ma^itn^|vt&
.s'hbw^^suctess."^^^:^';^^
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