Weekly Messenger - 1924 February 1

              Devoted to the Interests of the Student Body^Washingtoni StateNormal School
i:Srii^fiiS^:|iK ^ WASHINGTON STATENORMAL SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM, WASH. '':'• /•• S*i Vti&$j^ tf^^7i!M4lo^^<^^S^^0;
ISC11S
ERED FOR
STUDENTS TELL OF OTHER
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
Committee Appointed
To discuss the factors most needed to
meet the needs of the girls in the school,
was the purpose of the Dean's as­sembly,
Wednesday, January 30.
. The oneness" and unity that is neces­sary
for the.best spirit in a school is
lacking. There is no "tie that binds,"
said Miss Jones. To manage social ac­tivities,
one has to work through the
clubs and individuals.
Students Speak.
Students told of their impressions on
first entering formal, and experiences
at other colleges. Miss Dorothy White
spoke on the Woman's League at W. S.
C. She explained the "Big Sister Move­ment."
Miss Sara Overmeyer told of
the "Hello Spirit" that prevails at Ore­gon
university. "I thought I had dis­graced
myself when I first came here,
because I said "hello" to the girls on
the campus, but I did get smiles in re­turn;"
Others to speak were Miss Rich­ards,
Miss Markuson, Miss Kelly, Miss
Hibner, and Miss Hendrickson.
The girls were in favor of an organi­zation
and the following committee is
to investigate what other colleges are
doing and report at the next meeting:
Misses Dorothy White, Sara Overmeyer,
Constance Markuson, Mary Passage,
Pearl Bartruff,' Guinevere - Case, Miriam
Selby, Sybil Tucker, Gertrude Flanni-gan,
and Vivian Holcomb. r
/ There are too many girls in the school
who are not a part of a group Or club,
but go along by themselves. Miss Jones
wants the slogan of "An organization
.for every girl, and every girl in an or­ganization"
to be evident.
Another Dance. /
The Valentine's dance, given by-the
"Edens Hall girls was declared a suc­cess.
A ^formal may be given by all the
girls who are not of Edens Hall, if they
desire it. All those interested are to
meet in the auditorium Wednesday,
January 16. . *••'-'
DR. HART TO
SPEAK FEB. 4
I ©atetiftar
Well-Known Historian Will Ad­dress
Students.
Next Monday afternon at 2 o'clock,
Dr. Albert Bushnell Hart, professor of
American History at Harvard Univer-sityj
will speak to a special student as­sembly.
His topic will be "Uncle Sam
;:ahd the World."
During his forty years of service, Dr.
Hart has become a foremost writer and
speaker as well as a leading pedagogue.
He has found time, during his educa­tional
work, to write and publish scores
of volumes, many of which are today
standard text-books in American schools
- and colleges. - .
*-.'• : ' " ' Some of His Writings.
He has edited alone and with collabor­ators,
several series, especially the Amer­ican
Citizen Series (8 volumes); Ameri­c
a n History Told by Contemporaries (4
- volumes); American Nation (28 vol­umes);.
Cyclopedia of American Gov­ernment
(3 volumes); American Pat­riots
and Statesmen (5 volumes).
He has .written numerous books oh
the history, government and foreign re­lations:
of the United States, particular­ly'
the following: .Actual Government,
America.at War,, Formation of the Un­ion,
Monroe Doctrine, School History,
Slavery and Abolition; alsV therObvious
Orient (on ;the,Eastern, question) and re­cently
rThe War in Europe. ,,,
His ;;newspaper contriDutions appear
-frequently, in the metroppHtan papers.^
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/•-'.-/The final date- for the Authors' club
tryput has been set ahead to Friday,
^February:;; 8; (Contestants wishing to
enter comppsitiohs; must do so, before
: that time; -Poems; short stories, essays
/ o r pla^s/will/beaccepted/and,judged :by
a^ committee: composed /of stude^s and
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Feb. 1—-"Grumpy"^ presented to Normal
students-in auditorium, 8 p . m . ,-
Skagit County club dance, big gym,
7:45 p .m. v '' -_ ' '
Feb. 2.—Basketball games, Fairhaven
gym, 7:30 p. m.
Cheney Normal vs. Vikings. ' :
Edison High vs. 2nd Team.
Take South Bellingham car. Get off
•at 11th and Harris.
W. A. A. hike to Rice Lake
Feb. 4.-—Special Assembly, 2 p. m. ;
Lecture by Dr. Albert Bushnell Hart.
Feb. 5,—Assembly, 10 oclock; Dr. A. E.
Winship, lecturer.
Feb. 7.—Rural Life club program, Room
308, at 7 p. m.
Feb. 9.—Basketball game here. ....
Ellensbursr Normal vs. Vikings. -..'
MEN'S CLUB
MIXER BOUTS
PROVE FAST
PILLOW FIGHT ENJOYED;
REFRESHMENTS SERVED
Amid scuffling and yelling- the Men's
Club Smokless Smoker was carried on
Friday night in the little gymnasium.
Fast bouts were pulled off to the en­joyment
of seventy-five men and faculty
members. Two boxing matches, three
westling matches, a pillow fight, some
gymnastics on the bars, and fancy bag-punching
were-all applauded vociferously.
- Lots of Action
chief bone-erusher of Normal. Twice he
chief bone-crusher of Normal twice he
threw Strangler Beardsly of Edens Hall.
Tarzan Cole, of Day's Hall, had one of
his. lights put out temporarily during
the' shoulder-wrestling affair. Dayton
McGrew and his assistants Jones, Hoff­man,
Odle. York, and Sears, thrilled
the audience: with dare-devil feats on the
parallel bars. Katterman and Wa r ren
gained one fall each in the next .wrest­ling
bout. The men were evenly match­ed
and gave a pretty exhibition.
Perhaps the most thrilling struggle of
the evening was the pillow fight, where­in
Oscar Lindstedt and Mike Thorniley
exchanged wallops till both were ex­hausted.
Porter Hatley, substituting
for Dahlman, who was' suffering from
indisposition, boxed a fast draw with
Lewis York, the South Side demon.
"Wild Man" Crawford -was victorious:
oyer Slim Wagner in the last wrestling
match.. John O'Rourke and Ed Hanna
engaged in a three-round draw for the
last boxing event on the program, al­though
Tarzan Cole , and . Oscar Lind­stedt
decided the crowd had not seen
enough and proceeded to flail the air
with their ponderous swings. Lindstedt
won on aggressiveness, but neither land­ed
many blows. Ed and Al Hannah
topped off the "card with a fancy demon­stration
of bag-punching which the
crowd .applauded noisily.
Refreshments Served. .
The Committee then served cider and
doughnuts in large quantities and ev­erybody
went home happy. ' All who
attended the mixer voted it a success
and it is hoped that another similar one
may be staged by the men at a later
date. Organization- is- all that is
needed. -
STUDENTS
VOTE FOR
BOK PLAN
Only One-third of Normal School
Casts Ballot.
KLIPS UN
BOARD LETS
ENMAVMfc
FACULTY GIVE
FAREWELL TEA
Mr,-' and Mrs. Klemme Leave for
NfewHome in East.
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Tuesday morning at the 10 o'clock as­sembly,
the students of the Bellingham
Normal school were given' a chance to
vote on Edward W. Bok's "Winning
Plan for Peace." Whether or not the
students thoroughly understood this
plan is doubtful, only a small percentage
handing in their votes.
355 Votes Cast.
The plan was_ accepted with 316
votes for "Yes" and- 39 votes for "No."
The plan in brief proposes:
• 1. That the United States should
enter the Permanent Court.
2. That the United States should co­operate
with the League of Nations
without full membership at present. -
3. Safeguard the Monroe Doctrine.
Tfc- No Military or Economic Force
should be used.
5. No Obligations under Versailles
treaty.
6. League open to all Nations. "
7. Development of International Law.
MUSIC^TREAT
FOR NORMAL
Four Famous Artists Appear at
Normal School.
To give the. faculty an opportunity to
bid farewell to ' Mr.: and Mrs. E; J.
Klemme was the reason for the recep­tion
tett on Monday afternoon, Janu­ary:'-
g7j" frbni; 3 -to 5 o'clock. The so­cial
/committee of the faculty forum of
which Miss Countryman is chairman,
had charge of the, reception*i ^Various
members of _the faculty, helped with the
serving; Mrs. Hoppe,'• Mrs. Fishef- and
Rlijss /Cummins, v in turn • presided at the
tea urrii.Ice-cream, cake: and tea were
served. - " /•;' :.:;/;.: "'/.:/ ":::'."/:, -/;';;.:/ ':'/•
Miss. Keeler^as in the Receiving, line
with ;?\ir^
> Mr.: a n d " ^
morniiig -for, the east. I Both;"were wel^
likedfberp|aM as ; ^
^"Mr^an ^ ^ t h e f E B e ^ p n ; • d
Four musical treats are announced by
President Fisher to be staged in the im­mediate
<, future., Mischal Levitzki,/ the
celebrated pianist -appearing in a con­cert
in the auditorium on the night of
February 21; Max Rosen, violinist," on
February ; 28; The/ All-Whitman v<51ee
club of Whitman college, Walla Walla/
from the conservatory of music ^.therei
on the night of March 11; "and Mrs. H.
H. A. Beach, composer and pianist, a
lecture recital on April 11. President
Fisher has thus far been very success­ful.'
in -securing .music of the highest
type, and the: student body as well as
the faculty will look forward to > these
numbers as performances ' to be at­tended.'
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EDiasrs HALL DANCE
The social attractipn of the week end;
Svas the Valentine's dance "given by: the
girls of Edens hall last Saturday"night:
.The hall .was effectively^ •decorated
with.- myriads of •fluttering:" hearts,
draped from the chandeliers. There were,
'little, hearts,; big: liearts, and hearts' to
fit;everyDrie. ~ > ;i :.^-'^0'i^ ?••• \\St-•• r"'':;;''
A delightful;prpgram was prepared by
the girls i inclydirig - a": moonlight': iwaltzr
and-i favor ^darice;'^Little:;:Jea^ Hough?
ton^imakjngihef t appearai^
large ;hea^
Art Engraving Company, of City,
Tp Do Work.
At its last meeting, Saturday after­noon,
January 26, the Klipsun Advisory
Board "decided to let the Art' Engraving
Companj' of' this city do the work on
this year's Klipsun.. The contract for
.the printing has not been "given yet.
All Seniors, Juniors, and" Sophomores
are entitled to pictures in the Klipsun.
These students ai-e requested to , make
appointments with Jukes Studio imme­diately;
in order to avoid the usual last-minute
rush. .
•. • - Prizes Offered.
Attention is again called to the lit­erary
contest. All Normal authors and
poets are urged to take part, for the
quality" Of literary material in the
Klipsun will depend largely on the ma­terial
obtained through this contest; Be­sides
the glory that goes with the writ­ing
of the^best poems or stories, very
substantial prizes have been offered.
For the best story $10 is offered, for
the second best, story $5, and for the
third a copy of the Klipsun. The three
best-poems, will.be awarded like prizes.
Manuscripts should be- left at the- Stu­dents'
Association room before March
.12. ••' -'
DINERS ANSWER FEW
2 QUESTIONNArRES
Anyone interviewing. Miss Schwartz
will find that she has acquired many
helpful ideas since the distribution of
the questionnaires-to the diners at Edens
Hall last Thursday night.
; Some of the suggestions were: Less
sage in the dressing, less starchy food,
smaller amounts of celery, more nour­ishing
food, and moreyquantity: This
last Miss Schwartz is sure7 came from a
boys* table.
The questionnaires were passed around
to find out whether or not the students
were eating good, healthful food; -on
Sunday^ evenings. On the whole they
shp_\ved a very good selecjtiph in. their'
choice of foods. Waffles proved to be
the most popular for Sunday night sup­per
with salad and soup ranking next.
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BOARDSHEARS BOOK/
STO^S REPORT
The;;Nprffi
.ject^vbefpre^^ ^he Board of Control at: the
^regular '•meeting, on VJanuary,; 16. ^ : >;
- JTheJ Board,^^with" J^residenfe/Fisher,
?heard ;5tep6rt^; on'f Ltlie:^m$hagement.^imd:
^dispussed:various ^phases ebneernirig ;the
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; tne^J^ra^t^ghty^rffci sLa^eSt^i^omV
I SYMPHONY PLAYERS
ADMTRE ^)UR SCENERY I fflDDFFASM
Say^ Chuckanut Drive Beautiful J
The Kansas City , Little Symphony
orchestra wasjiot only struck with the
splendid support given them/but also by
the marvellous beauty of the scenery in
and around the city. -They have trav­eled
5,000 miles during the present.tour
and declare that, the scenery along the
Chuckanut^ Drive is the most beautiful
of the whole trip. Members of the
orchestra pronounce J;he background of
the Bellingham Nocmal School to be
the prettiest yet seen -on their tour.
Others, also appreciate our wonders of
nature. .
TEACHER'S HAT
MAKES^SUDDEN
DISAPPEARANCE
MISS BELTON'S HAT
MISSING SEVERAL DAYS
To have a hat suddenly, disappear and
return after several days was the amaz­ing
experience of Miss Belton, music in­structor
in the Normal.
The mysterious proceedings began on
,the afternoon of Wednesday, January.
23. On this day, according to Miss
Belton, the hat was in its usual place
in the music_room. ^Miss Belton went
to the main office and on her return
discovered that her hat had disappeared
A search was immediately instituted for
the missing hat, a small, gray knit one
which Miss Belton was accustomed to
wearing daily. With the aid of several
faculty members including" Mr. Philippi
and Mr. Caskey, every possible place
that might harbor the-missing article
.was - inyps43gatp^^^^
up which resulted in the seizure arid
search of an innocent music company
representative, but no trace of the miss­ing
hat came to-light.
Diligent. Search Continued.
Four and one-half days elapsed but
not without diligent ^searching on the
part- of Miss Belton and her - assistants.
Especially active-were .the Clef club
members and the students in the music
classes. While' detectives were contin­ually
working, all efforts seemed futile.
As sudden, and mysterious as was the
disappearance of the hat was its return.
At nine o'clock, on Monday morning,
January 28, much to the amazement of
all present, a messenger boy with a:
package appeared at Miss Belton's room.
The parcel, which was from*the Post-office,
was stamped with a special de­livery
stamp and" five cents postage, and
bore the words "perishable" arid "open
immediately." In spite of. these direc­tions.
Miss Belton delayed-opening the
package until the 10 o'clock hour.
Great interest was displayed in the
opening of the parcel, and still greater
interest was shown in its contents: A
gray knit hat, somewhat the worse for
its experience. On the lining of the
crown, the mysterious abductors had id-scribed
ominous symbols suggestive ' of
the black art. " ' 1- "
Messenger Claims: Ignorance.
After,: a hard search, an enterprising-
Messenger reporter succeeded in locat­ing
the messenger boy who delivered the
hate from the pOstoffice. The, messen­ger
l'ecalled receiving the hat and de­livering
it, but could not remember any
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MANY ATTENDi.
BOOK OF JOB
About 400 From Normal School
:-:-.--: Are Present. - :';U
FAIRHAVEN HIGH SCHOOL
GYMNASIUM TO BE USED;
Opener Starts at 7.-30
Saturday night, in the .Fairhaven
gj^mnasium, two of the fastest small
college teams in the state will clash-when
the Normal Vikings play the
Cheney Normal Savages in a .game hav­ing
a direct bearing on the champion^,
ship of the state normal : schools and
small colleges. It has air the aspects
of the best game of the year for Bel­lingham
and a.large crowd is expected
out to root for both teams.
The Cheney Normal has an exception­ally
good record this year. Their best
feat to date -is holding the Washington.'.
her of field goals although losing the
State College varsity even in the num-".„
ha,rd-fought game on fouls. Asio^e from
this they have won eight games fronir
the other higher schools of Washington
and Idaho including the U. of W. and.
W. S. C. Frosh teairisi ,,T v-•.%>•' ^
. H a v e Experienced Team. ."••, ;
Jack Piekeririg, .the high- point mail '
on the Savage, team, is from the Lincoln
high, of Seattle. He also played tyro
yeai-s ago on the W . S . G . Frosh yar-"
sity but this is his first year on the
Cheney five. It is. also, the first year
for. Burpee, one. of Cheney's first string;
guards". wThe rest ave^ll letter^^efttiHIifei
expenence"d}Ffirst- stpam;,;riflatef j&te-'^'a,l&i%i
"playing the bench" ready to go in .on
a moment's notice. .
However, the Vikings are fresh from
their second victory over the University
of British Columbia and expect tp show
some real class in their game with the .-.••
southern, team. A good game is a s -\
sured. v .
Coach Carver announces the Opener,
between the Normal "Spark Plugs" and
the-speedy Edison High team, will start ^
at 7:30. Oh their own flOor EdisonTbeat
the Normal Seconds by a close score, but
the "Sparkys" promise revenge . i n a
neutral gym. . .s' > , .;
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VICTOR ^HrttOPPE
A powerful dramatic effect was scored-when
the- Stuart' Walker players pre­sented
the • Book of Job at the Armory
Monday evening, January 28. ,
From 7:15, - when "•• the doors were
opened, until.';8:30, when; the chimes-an-,
ripunced the beginning of the 'production
crowds thronged . t he
were usheredto their seats; Of the 2,500
that filled/the building; it isj.said /that
about 400 were Normal students. '~ •
^ DraniaticallX Pprtraye^ : ; : :? ;
The/simple yet dramatic Biblical story
held the attention / pf / the[,••:audience:
Lighting effects produced on /the stage
"and/ dri / eleetrical/istoVm;.;/in ;.(;the;.-Jlatjer:
part: were;/realistic.->/'/¥ />/'/''-':;t.'/::v:;'':?'';-/.;i
/XMany Sparts/of ithe/draniia/;W?i*e/beau­tifully
accompanied
siting^/pf/ a; piahp; ; ^ e l l b ^ ;a^/lmrp^ :/S
/iTiie^-Business/and/^rb^
«^lflVteYKAT//ii
A i ^
Will Make Eighth Performance
/:: '/./•••/fbr- Play^./'-^H^-:^/->
Grumpy" will te pre^
Normal -school auditorium/.Friday/ evefi^f
mg by The PJfayers/ Theip^rfennanceriis/i^
exclusively for. NprmaF people,;- and" stii^f;/
dent activity tickets must/be presented^//
at';the door.;•.;•, ^^'::%^^y>^bS;r:;^^^-^^
This/ eveningV'/p^^
the eighth^one for.^^he\J?^j^B^$^ow^:[
straight:; evenings in BeiliB^am^6ne;/iii;|//
Lynden, anothejr/in/jSiunaSjT a n ^ / i ^ i t t f es
night's run in 'Bellmgh&y:^
recc»-d:pf "Grump^'-thus far/ *;/'^;/;i|*|;;
J/-: t i:^A'rtis'try i o £ ^ ^ r ; ^ a e r S | f ^ ^ E f ' f S i f l S -
;//?'Grumpy^;-'; 'h^]i^^ja^^:^)kn^^n^§^^^^
being, '••so,-i 'the/. pri^p^:;:'role/<5^s^/beyii^s?^^|
s^lh^d/Qferids/7pfe -t^e^play;: jS^ifrf |^to(Bc*Sflo!^*
|That^i?ifc^:was / a/:succesB ^ i s / l y e r y f ^ | % ^ l y ^ ^ p^
due/to ;rthe"sj^endidj- ae^g/;bTEpJ^
&qppe/!%n'p;^made'"^f-\^
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