Weekly Messenger - 1924 July 11

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Safe and Sane Fourth Observed
By Nature Lovers
KOLSTAD IN CHARGE
A safe and'sane Fourth of July was
v observed by a party of fourteen Normal-itesj
led by Mr. Kolstad, who hiked to
Austin Pass last JJ'riday and spent the
week-end in the mountain region.
At 5:30 in the morning two stages
containing the students • and teachers
started for the pass. "The ride of fifty
miles to Shuksan in the early morning
was thoroughly enjoyed.
The road between Glacier and Austin
Pass is very beautiful, winding through
the typical mountain scenery. Rugged
peaks, deep canons, and at frequent in­tervals,
glimpses of the rushing waters
of the Nooksack w*re causes of many
exclamations of delight.
At Shuksan a camp-fire was built and
breakfast of bacon, eggs and coffee sat­isfied
the ravenous appetites of the
early risers, and all then were impatient
to hit the trail. At nine oclock the party
started. For a few mile's the Mt. Baker
highway, in various stages of completion
was followed and then the longedvfor
trail winding up hill and down, through
the big timber, over mountain streams
—on and on to the meadows of Austin
Pass, which were reached at noon.
Noon-hour fittingly observed.
A shady knoll facing Mt. Shuksan
was selected for a resting place, and
there lunch was taken. The invigor­ating
air and wonderful.scenery soon re­stored
energy and the party started on
again to higher altitudes. At a height
of 4,600 feet a halt for several hours
was made to enjoy the, beauty of the
surrounding scenery.
The Pass is entirely surrounded by
-lngb^rtigged'^eakK^^
seen and it is reported that Mr. Kolstad
exerted himself preventing some of the
enthusiastic members of the crowd from
jumping in. The patches of, snow among
the pink and white heather and yellow
buttercups broadened into real gnow-fields
as higher levels were reached.
Later the descent to Shuksan was
made, where stages were waiting to take
the hikers back to Glacier. Riverside
Camp was chosen as the most desirable
place to spend the night and supper was
then prepared with speed.
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Preliminary Trips for Mt. Baker Climb.
These trips are one of the series of the
summer hikes on the regular^ schedule
organized with a view to getting stu­dents'into
condition for the. Mount Bak­er
climb which is to occur August 8, 9,
FRIDAY—July 11.
Recreation^hour at 4:00 p m. in large
'gymnasium. - V-.'j.- <;.'••
Women's League elections
Bellingliam Singers present "Yeoman
of the Guard" in tne auctltbrium, in
the evening.
TUESDAY—July 15.
Dean Jewell, of the .University of Ar­kansas,
will address assemblies.
Hike to Lake Whatcom at 5:00 p. m.
WEDNESDAY—July 16.
Dean of Womens meeting for all wom­en
students at 9:00 a. m.,
torium.
in audi-
THURSDAY—July 17.
r Play, time on the campus in the after­noon.
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FRIDAY—July 18.
Miss Neva Boyd, supervisor of Chica­go
school recreation, will address
assembly.
Y. W. 0. A.j Enjoy Hikes, Swims
and Games on Fourth
FRIDAY—July 25.
Meeting of Student
o'clock. '—"
o—
Forum at 10
PROF. DEALEY GIVES
SERIES OF LECTURE
Normal Students Enjoy Talks on
History and Sociology.
(Continued on Page Three)
AWKWARD PEOPLE MAY
POLISH UP THEIR STEPS
Prof. James Quayle Dealey, of Brown
University, addressed the Normal stu­dents
this week at the nine and three
o'clock periods on subjects relating to
sociology and economics. These lec­tures
were attended by ~the social sci­ence
classes and other students having
these periods vacant.
The morning lectures dealt with the
subject "Dreams or Visions of Social
Progress", in which Prof. Dealy traced
th*e"^progress'°Ir6m*tne Tje^nning "of the
The~ Y. W. C. A. picnic at Whatcom
Falls Park on the 4th, was a decided
success even if the "hot dogs" didn't ar­rive.
Miss Sperry proved herself to be
an enthusiastic chaperon, seeing first
that everyone had plenty to eat, just
what a girl liked most, and that every­one
enjoyed herself .for the rest of the
afternoon. ..
Directly after lunch the girls gathered
in one of the pavilions and sang both
old and new songs. This furnished
amusement also for other picnickers in
the park. The mermaids soon left for
the swimming hole, where they swam
away the hours. Those remaining in
the pavilion played a few games with
peanuts, which slowly but surely disap­peared.
Guides took a number of the
girls over the different trails running
around the hills. Miss Sperry entertained
those who were not so anxious to roam
or swim with a game. which she had
arranged from verses of the Bible. This
proved to be most interesting and before
the party had broken up an invitation
was given those playing to meet at her
home in the near future for another
game. „
Most of the girls met again at the car,
a happy tired "lot," yet proclaiming
that they would not have missed going
for anything.
"YEOMAN OF GUARD"
PLAYS TWO NIGHTS
Gilbert and Sullivan Production
Given Second Performance.
Normal students will be given an op­portunity
to Jearn to shake a wicked
hoof this quarter. Mrs. Leota Tischer,
dancing instructress at Moose Hall, has
arranged for a class of-Normal students
to take lessons here at the school.
So far twenty-four have signed up on
the bulletin board. The first meeting
was held Tuesday to select a time and
date for regular meetings. The class will
be held in the small gymnasium, unless
Scheduled for Saturday, in which case
the large gymnasium will be used. Any
student wishing to join the class may
secure .information from Miss Long.
early religions such as Confucianism and
Buddism through the fatalistic Greek
and Roman religions to Christianity and
the modern times. It was brought out
that before the fifteenth century men
devoted themselves largely to the mat­ter
of religion, but later, after the inven­tion
of gun powder, the compass and the
printing press, they began to turn their
attentions also to' commercial pursuits,
and in the time of Bacon and Lodge to
science and government.
The lectures given in the afternoon
periods were on the subjects of "Funda­mentals
Problems of American Civiliz­ation."
Civilization, it was said, began
when the first achievement was made
the amount of achievements may be
classed as material and cultural or spirit­ual.
'
" Among the basic problems of Ameri­can
discussed were the geographical,
economic, religious, political and moral
situations. Prof. Dealy showed how
the United States is changing from a
farming nation to one in which the
commercial-manufacturing pursuits pre­dominate.
This change is followed by
a loss of the idealism of the farmer, and
a growing ..tendency towards individual­ism,
in which the present is emphasized
rather than the future. This, however,
must be and is''being regulated, so that
the welfare of future receives the great­er
emphasis.
In speaking of the racial problems,
Prof. Dealy dwelt on the problem of
the regulation of the national food- sup­plies,
conservation of resources, the im-<
megratioh problem, and the. question
of race suicide and eugenics.
Bobbed Hair Is Doomed;
;y^^%an^Tre8^B8 Get Fame
If you aspire to be a promoter of this
•;'; institution, if you wish to be a leader
Lj^on this school, don't turn to books, don't
:. 'sjieiid late hours ^poring oyer English,
;s^-p$ycKoIoigy^.br?''rinethQds;. don't try to
-.-'•* fecitk.the,, best of any one in your class
-' rioj* :?vmte -articles for the student paper.
.'In other, words, don't t r y ; t o work your
way there. Nor can your depend on a
1 pretty': face of frock to land you on that
'desired pinacle, the student council.
•;;; Powder/ paint and silks dojtioVgbbd. The
;" one and only, way- to, start ;tbward, that
VKgoaljis t o get long hair;; Yes, long hair!
Sv;No ;matter: "where"'nor how; how little
•?^jnbr?: iiow^,;much^!it;;is;: absoluielyv; the one
9. ^duiidatipn /that,'will'; kjeep •'^our head
^0^^^'l0hersi:
: WBlackVo|| redj jyellow,
' gold*
you no place—here!. Yon may be tall
or short, slender or stout, young or old,
biu> you must have long hair. ;; -:
We recently, elected three girls to
represent us on the Student^ Council.
Whom did we choose ? Out of the 1.072
girls, most of whom have bobbed hair,
we .chose three that w.ear long tresses.
Think of it—three, three with long hair!
Oh, everyone knows though he hates to,
.; admit: it' ••..- ;-'/• ' > ':.'.- :':'"':'.-•'. ••• •
The brain stays best where there's hair
to' protect:it. '-•''..'// '•',/-.•-•"•':'.'. ••">'•
The tresses of lasses were mean^ $o be
.:;." ; . ' : . ' w o n i '•'.i"-^^::>:•].:•• " ^•~:;.--:':':-^'Z':': ':•'••:":
While the 'hair of the men it was meant
r-i^'v to bV shorn. -;"; ^* :Z.:£p\-:;C-'^i;'?:,.
S; Ambitious^ $ r i ^ :buy it,; cultivate;: it/
make> it, oii steal-lt£but;get long; hair;
J»fbf,i$£tKe^
The Bellingliam Singers presented
'The Yeomen of the Guard,' last even­ing,
July 10, in the Normal school audi­torium.
A second performance Will be
given tonight, July 11, at eight p. m.
.Everybody loves light opera, and
Gilbert and Sullivan were- past masters
in the art of knowing what discriminat­ing
audiences wanted. Sir Arthur Sul­livan's
melodies are so pleasing to the
ear, and suggestive of the emotions they
portray that his name has become im­mortally
linked with the greatest and
most successful in this phase of music.
With the smart, witty, and subtle.lines
which Gilbert fits to Sullivan's tuneful
music, the result is a classic indeed.
This rare combination of beautiful lilt­ing
music to gems of literary art al­ways
brings unstinted praise wherever
a Gilbert and Sullivan light opera is pro­duced.
A very famous and noted London
company have just completed a most
successful revival of this beautiful opera.
The story is laid in the Tower of Lon­don,
that grim old fortalice that has
been the scene of many a song and
story.
The cast of singers includes .some of
Bellingham's best talent. Mr. Charles G.
Cotterall, director, has produced a num­ber
of light operas in Bellingham. The
conductor, Mr. Eugene Field Musser, of
Seattle, ranks among the best musicians
of the Northwest. - "
Dramatis Personae.
Sir Richard Cholmondeley—Lieutenant
of the Tower Mr. Mehl
Colonel Fairfax-—Under sentence of ~
death,.. Mr. R. Norman
Sergeant Meryll—Of the Yeoman of
the Guard Mr. G. McOaddon
Leonard Meryll—His Son..Mr. W. Haines
Jack Point—A Strolling Jester ......... -
..; Mr. C. G. Cotterall
Wilfred Shadlott—Head Jailor and
Assistant Tormentor ..Mr. G. Bernstein
First Yeoman ...„.....:: Dr. E. A. Wickens
Phoebe Meryll—Sargeant Merylls
Daughter Miss D. Smith
Elsie Maynard—A Strolling Singer ... -
...;..I. ...:..-.... Miss H. Yule
Dame Carruthers—Housekeeper to the
Tower ...„.^.......„......^;...„ Mrs. C^ Yule
Kate—-Her Ni'ece„:...-.Mrs. G. C. Cotterall
Chorus of Yeoman,. Citizens, etc. >
ySceneV Court Yardi;in the Tower of
London'•'•-";/..•,-•'-•,'.: . ~A-:--\ •:.-.*•: ^.V.:.-'"
Date: Sixteenth Century. ;
Music—Sir* Arthur 'Sullivan"" .
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-AifNOUNCEMENT A
; All students who graduate from sum­mer,
school thiS';' quarter' are, requested
to luive their, pictures.: taken at JukesV
before the duaiter-ends. ..;,;.•;.
. ? They ^fe also: expected to Jfill but'; a
Credentfel;4)lank;at;tfle: Students'Assp^
icia^on-ropih',>(2^)S;--:'::;;;*';V:^:^;^
!iv:'^hQse'i';wjiff;;:^
takeri^ifbr -i'tne: ^li^unttesC^sp^rig^may
haTO^thjgirV,;taken;:;hbw?:'^-"-
MISS EATON .'SWn
CHANNEL ONOE
/
Time for Swim is Four Minutes
Less Than Last Year.
-"Mary Eaton, student at the Normal,
swam Guemes Channel at Anaeortes,
on last Friday evening, July 4. in thirty-two
minutes. This is four minutes un­der
last years record. Taking off on
the opposite side of the channel at 7:36
P. M. Miss Eaton landed on the U. S.
Destroyer Percival, which was docked
on the Anaeortes side at 8:08 P. M.
The swim was made more dif­ficult
by a strong north wind,
the waves' covering the swimmer a por­tion
of the time. The tide was running
out strongly when she neared the Ana­eortes
side.
Alfred Beller, in-a row boat, accom­panied
Miss Eaton, while the "Elk"
official launch of .the water sports, fol­lowed
closely behind.
A hydroplane circled overhead, a sloop
and several launches followed her,
while several Indian canoes added to the
picturesque scene by paddling v around
her. Crowds of people watched from the
docks and from the three1"!!. S. destroy­ers
nearby. The Victoria Kiltie Pipe
band gave her a send off with the bag
pipes. - '• •
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FOUND FOB NORMAL
Demonstration Given
To First Aid ^Classes
Miss Betty Jean Clearwater, five
months, was guest of honor at Miss
Barnes' demonstration class, from ten
to eleven, Wednesday, July 0. Indeed,
she was the demonstration, for without
her Miss Barnes could not have shown
her class and the two ,first aid classes
of Dr. Hughes just how to bathe and
dress a baby like her.. She cooed and
smiled at the class some of whom were
on stools on top of the tables, the better
to view Miss Barnes and Betty: Jean.
She was .so' entirely pleased--with her
first day at the Normal that- it is al­leged
she will- always be its bobsterj. by
her nurse, yv •••'••;.:<•• '.',.Z:''-y^:': r^" •-
". Miss Jacqueline Toner, .daughter of
Mr; and Mrs. John Toner, of Soiith;Jiel-iingham,
-one year, was. the; subject of
demonstration for the - .8:00 • and I 9:00
o'clock'..'classes,."•'• Jacqueline enjoyed ;• be'-,
Ing theicenter: of•. attra^tipnjibut she ex­pressed
spine displeasure at the general
ruin of things; ' All together^: ?Miss ^Jac-quelihe^^
lhmks^being .a Wpyie; stayfioxighi
bV pref erableytbii attending'NoiTOaij^that
i^iffali^d^s" are ilike^er;^
wos|e'^lip^the«^
was ^hpwlingS su(?ce|8VT
^OMEN^S LEAGUE WILE gj
7'- ELE^T OFFICERS TODAY
The Women?s League elections have
been held: over from Tuesday, July 8;
until Friday^ July .11, because of un-avoidabler
circumstahces. The , change
was necessary first because, there were
not sufficient signatures on the sheets
to nominate an adequate number of can­didates
and, second, the League desired
to have .the nominees for office appear
before the assembly on Friday.v
The officers being elected at this time
are .to hold office for the summer quar­ter.
Eiectipns were held last spring, but
the only officer now attending the sum­mer
session is the secretary, so the new
election was necessary.
Those nominated are: President,
Gladys Goss and Eva Carruthj vice pres­ident,
Wilda Smith and Heien Fleming;
treasurer, Pearl Baftruff and Vivian
Hancock; Freshman representative,
Genevieve. Parr.
Mr
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Rahskopf Accepts P^sition^igS
at Willamette.
MISS GALES TAKES
MISS RICE'S FLAG
Is Graduate of Normal and Also
President of Alumni.
WH,L3E HEAD OF DEPT.
" Miss Cassie Cales, the pleasant lady
who is taking Miss Rice's place in Pres­ident
Fisher's outer office, is a gradu­ate
of the Normal. She finished here in
1918, taught in Geneva in '19, and when
school closed in the spring took a trip
across the country in an automobile, ar­riving
in New York City with $75.
She entered Columbia, working during
the day and attending school at night.
In this way she paid her own expenses
and gained one-half years credit at Co­lumbia.
Since then she has been Travelers' Aid
for the Y. W. C. A., advertising manager
for the Washington Educational Journal,
and is still insurance agent! for the New
York Life Insurance Company. She has
always been very fond of Bellingham,
and when she took up this insurance
workj located here. She is doing this
"filling in" work at the Normal because
insurance work is slack during the sum­mer,
and this Normal work affords her
an opportunity to renew old acquain­tances
and form new ones.
Miss Cales was -recently chosen pres
ident of the Alumni association.
RED CROSS LIFE SAVING
IS OFFERED NEXT FALL
A course in Red Cross Life Saving
will be offered the girls of the Normal
school at the Y. W. C. A. next quarter.
Miss Weythman, instructor of swim­ming,
is a R. C. L. S. examiner and
will teach the advanced^ swimming class.
Before enrolling for the course one must
have passed the beginner's test, which
includes swimming 100 yards free style;
50 feet back stroke; plain front dive and
duck dive from surface of water; re­covery
of object from bottom of tank. A
R. C. L. S. button is given for passing
these tests.. At least six hours instruc­tion"
in Life Saving is required before
taking the final test. " -..'.;•
New .equipment for Swimming Class.
There are 176 girls enroliedvthis quar­ter
in the seven swimming classes.
Two new hair dryers, for which the
need has long been^felt, are in use and
a new diving board has been installed
recently.
Mr. H; G. Rahskopf:\has turned/:-m:;bi3^fe;:SS|||-|
resignation as instructor of oral>e^re^j|>^|i|^
ision, to take effect '-this ;;fail^ . ^ d - 'has;S^lgfl
accepted a position as head of; ^el)e^S5l?;ftjS||
partment of Public 'Speaking: of I'WQW"&$s!$£^
mette University at '^alem,\'^e^i^>E%yy^^'^^
Mr. Rahskopf graduated:-froni;-; Wii-^;l:;Sp^|
lamette four years ago. Smce^hif ^ a p ^ ^ ; ^ ; j § |^
uation he has. spent one year' studyingv;?^¥S|^
in the East and has;'taught;:here';f<^'the;;S^|;^
past three years. .'During;the;;last tyroJ^^JQM
years of his stay here, he -has'; i a t f *t&^0-£$0fc
tire charge of the debate :-work;/;; :-y^-&.:#^ft|f
teams he has coached hay^ m a d e " "^
splendid record and have twice ^brpiugnt'i?\£ifl$$
home the Allison cup.'.:"One;of-;iiis^''cluef;^>|w^|f
regrets at" leaving here is:that^"he^wijyi:;^';:.;.;§?|
not be able to 'coach :"the ...team ' C ^ i c h ^ v ^ S ^
will have the opportunity'1 to wihr ^at;;0^.§||g
permanently . hext ';sprmg.^.::;'--''.-;;!:'.':'^
Mr. Rahskopf' has been"; ;an^ .actiYe'v:f*'^#?|
worker here, both, for school,:and:''c6^-^uS(:Sft$,
munity. As one of the leading actbra i ^ ^ 0 ; ;|
in the Players, Bellmgham'sLtttleThe^v^
ater Company, he has appeared in )'sey^,j:^:ffM
eral strong roles and is wejl knownV'td:sv'y.^M
the people of Beliinjgbani. 'He''iias read:;:;;S;%£*g
several plays in tPwh and; at .'''schdoli-'•':£:,.^jl|
Chief among these is "The;/•'Temple^^;.'®
Meek," which he read last Eas^r time, : -.'^|;3;
He has been active as a reader for;the^ ;: s^jg
Extension Department throughout the-^ / • H-^fl
western part of the state. People whoVcV|;'c|f
have heard him will join with the peo­ple
of Bellingham and the Normal in,
regretting that the state is to. lose -Mr.
Rahskopf and in wishing him^success in
his future work." :.'"':•"•':.. -"v ..':.!S"}••'"••?:':'%.£-
The offer from his :Alma :Mater came
as a surprise to Mr. Rahskopf and at
first he hesitated to accept. He sayV
that he is reluctant to leave Bellingham;-
that his work has been both pleasurable'
and profitable here, but that he felt that
he could not refuse this opportunity to
go into what seems a better^ field' of;
work. The department of which he is i
to take charge will emphasize oratory
and debate rather than dramatics. He;
will take up his duties at Willamette,
September 15. /
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FLAG OVERLOOKED ON^
MORNING OF FOURTH
'^•f:'
Through some oversight on the part of
those in charge the flag was not put upi
on the campus July 4th, and two pat­riotic
citizens of Bellfngham caused tf lis
to be remedied. They were very miich;:;
concerned that this should happen two •
years in succession and when they did,;
not see the emblem floating from the ":;
staff they decided to investigate.^ .' ; r
They were unable to get any response -;
from the main building and on inquiry
learned that the only one on duty was./
the engineer, who offered to get the flag
if they would get the key for him. This •
was ^secured by driving to the^ janitor'B ;
home. After they had helped raiseithe>
flag they expressed the hope that it ^
would not happen again. - :'
It is difficult to trace the responsibil- -
ity to its source. No one was there'tb;
put the flag out, and no special orders ;:
were given, so it Avas through some Lpver-:;.
sight neglected, . ...,',.• .'-'y:^':y^.
S
BoysGetScare::'Of^:Thei^^M
Lives When Gobs ArWoM ir»«3t
When the first grey boat came slip­ping
through the waters of Bellingham
Bay many hearts were aflutter. Some
Of the inhabitants of Bellingham had
such important persons aboard ship -as
husbands, uncles, brp.thersK;fianees,>\ etc.
The Normal men say the 'fleet-has no
special effect pn^th^ir" sentiments. Let's
wait and see. When .a.couple of: strol­ling
lovers turn their 'footsteps'.- tpward
South Bellingham and consequently / to
"Moonlight > TraiF;:aIl: eyes^; are turned
toward . thehiw : But/ now; that the fleet
is in, the men. have some excuse for tbe
stroils/tbthev'iLpv1ef s'.;•LaneH^verlopkihg
tlie bayv;- Their, rpvihgsVare'explained by
sayin^;that4tbey;^are.^ to
prove i i^at^tliieh^ale^istuden^ \-bfcjB^S^
N;A;,S.:^ai^::^ffe^d^
they would if the sailors were, not^herei v-c
In many other ^ways; thei men, vareJeateivi';
ing to the: idiosyncrasies>; bf^ the-;faw; j :
'sex. • .'"..-K^;"'^-^:,*^-:".-'''^''"Tv'r-.:;r-'-'vS£?
:y:y£0i
woh't.;^^'th^^nl^c^ice':;:a^^
before^^g^^j^a;^-':'".' y-;:: yy yy:f^^0i0000A
(.'Eveii -w^ejaMi^ingCJat^tfc
ner of dress; it,:^.i.t:lbe^^^^
they; are enyious of ;-the'^fltfflb^;j?-;pJJi|^:^|^^pS
why;. shpuld.'';the^:t^--Sb':^opj;'^
dress. .;•;•;When; bn^^ees%;inMernS^eTph|^
flashing-up '-ithe^str«ei-'%ith:-^1fieir^fia^^
'bottomed;;; ^;trou^eri^;6n^-|^
thinks SbB";th^':;^b'|inMis%am^
>:^m .;;e;l(>8ihgi:;'. it:- '^i^^^^^&j^^i^i^^^^^
tionvthat^the •^NornteI'j3rlsr-u^nbt!^ig^^
ansthe;bpy«/tp;jpin^he^a