Weekly Messenger - 1923 January 19

              The Weekly Messenger
VOL. XXII
Devoted to the Interests of the Student Body, Washington State Normal School
BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1923 ~ NO. 16
MAY TRY
As was stated in last, week's Messen­ger,
a new club has been organized in
the school, known as the Bellingham
Normal Drama Club. This club will
combine study and interpretation of the
drama. No regular meetings will be
held by the club as a whole; but from
a membership of fifty, casts will be
selected for the study and presentation
of some drama every quarter. In doing
this the club is taking over the forma]
class plays, as it has been authorized
to do by the faculty organizations com­mittee.
No drama will be given this
quarter, but the time remaining will be
used in organization. Tryouts occur
next week, Thursday and Friday, from
3 to 4:30 in room 308.
The membership of this club is open
to all, regai-dless of club or class af­filiations.
Each person appearing will
be allowed three minutes in which to
present some humorous or serious dra­matic
poem, sketch, story, dialogue, or
scene from a drama which will give the
committee a hint of his abilities. No
manuscripts will be allowed, and no
singing or pantomines will be substi­tuted
for the reading of lines. Several
people may, if they desire, work toge-
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ST
Mrs. Frank J. Shuler, of the National
American Woman Suffrage association,
has written Miss Woodard, the Dean of
Women, to the effect that the association
is planning to give Volumes 5 and 6 of
the History of Woman Suffrage, hand­somely
bound in leather, to the woman
student who writes the best essay on
the subject, "How can woman best ef­fect
good citizenship." Miss Woodard
hopes that a large number of the young
women of the school will enter the con­test.
It costs nothing but the effort and
time. The books are valuable since they
cover the period from 1900 to 1920, just
the time when the women of the North­west
were putting up the strongest
fight for suffrage. Mrs. Ida Husted
Harper spent three years in the prepara­tion
of these two volumes.
Unlike some contests, .the very work
involved is very much worth while. Not
only are benefits derived from the prac­tice
in formal expression, but the read­ing
and investigation required open up
rivers of interest and value.
Miss Woodard states that a committee
of faculty women will act as judges
and formulate the rules of the contest.
It is thought best to launch the work
immediately in order that the contest
may close before the heavy rush at the
end of the quarter.
All young women wlio are interested
are asked to see Miss "Woodard at once.
MAY PETERSON,
Who Will Sing at the Normal Wednesday Evening, January 24.
IS
YELL LEADER
Angus Bowmer is our new yell leader.
He was appointed by the Board of Con­trol.
Monday, and was authorized to
choose his assistant.
Mr. Bowmer was elected to fill the
vacancy left by the resignation of Du­bois
Rhine.
As acting yell leader, Mr. Bowmer ex­ercised
his ability at the games last
Friday and Saturday. After witnessing
his antics there, everyone felt confident
that he will successfully conduct the
yelling end of the games during our bas­ketball
season.
B. S. N. S.
NOTICE, STUDENTS!
At 10 o'clock, all typewriters are oc­cupied
by members of the class in type­writing.
Plan your outside typing for
some other hour. You are welcome at
any time but 10 o'clock.
E
To Bellingham:
We wish to thank the Bellingham stu­dents
and express our appreciation for
the entertainment provided us during
our stay. The friendliness and hospi­tality
of the Bellinghamites made this
visit the most pleasant trip we have
had. Even your team gave us the warm­est
sort of a reception. We wish to
thank all of those who contributed to
our excellent time and we promise to
do everything we can to give your team
the same sort of a welcome when they
come to Ellensburg.
B. S. N. S.
All indications seem to prove that
the Seattle club dance will be the
greatest social affair of the quarter.
Contrary to the usual manner the girls
are arranging the programs for the
dance. Schirrman's orchestra will fur­nish
the music.
TO
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May Peterson, noted lyric soprano of
the Metropolitan Opera Company, is
singing here the evening of Wednesday,
January 24. Miss Peterson, who is
making her second trip to the coast,
is well 'known here.
Miss Peterson is die of nine child­ren,
daughter of a Methodist circuit rider
who died when she was but a child. She
worked her way thru high school and
entered the Oshkosh normal which Miss
Roberts was at that time attend­ing.
Miss Roberts remembers her as a
charming, but unassuming girl with a
very pleasing personality.
Her first appearance was at Oshkosh.
This was to raise funds for her training
in Europe. When she had $300 more
than passage money she sailed for Flor­ence.
There she studied under Mmc.
Barroechia while at the same time earn­ing
a difficult living. She then went to
Berlin where she studied under Fer-gussen.
She came to America but was told to
try opera, and returned to Europe to
work under Jean de Reszeka. Miss Pet­erson
made her debut at the Massenett
festival at Vichy, singing the title role
of "Alanon." This was one of the most
nerve racking events of her life as" the
cast of this opera is always supposed
to be experienced and so no rehearsal
was held. Altho she was a novice, her
success was complete.
In 1914 the war disrupted the "Opera"
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BELLINGHAM NORMAL TO
PLAY CHENEY
The Blue and White, having tasted
victory at the expense of Ellensburg, are
working hard to get in condition to meet
the hoopsters from the Cheney Normal,
Saturday night.
The Cheney delegation is reported to
be much stronger than that of Ellens­burg.
having held the team from the
University of Idaho to a score of 18
to 20.
Coach Carver feels that the game will
be a hard fought battle, and plans on
showing them some real basketball.
The game will be played in the What­com
gymnasium, Saturday evening.
Starting at 7:30 sharp. A preliminary
game will be played between the Normal
second team and Nooksack high school
previous to the beginning of the big
event.
The team is expecting the same- loyal
support given them by the- faculty and
students during the Ellensburg series.
A record-breaking attendance is pro­phesied
as interest over last week's
games with Ellensburg is still at high
pitch and students will be there to com­pare
the playing of the two sister nor­mals.