Weekly Messenger - 1923 May 18

              The Weekly Messenger
Devoted to the Interests of the Student Body, Washington State Normal School
VOL. XXII BELLINGHAjM WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1923 NO. 32
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A tulip queen, a silk flag and a cup—
such were the triumphs of B. S. N. S. as
a result of the tulip festival.
While at the outset members of the
student body realized the wisdom of
the Normal committee's selection of lia­ble
Hickson as representative of the
Blue and White, pleasure was in no way
lessened by that fact upon receipt of the
news that she had been actually coro­nated.
Miss Hickson's gracious manner in rul­ing
over loyal subjects throughout the
festival only serves to re-convince every
one that she was well suited to the of­fice.
Four blocks of blue and white in the
afternoon parade won for the Normal a
large and beautiful silk flag. Nearly a
thousand students mrched in the Normal
school section. The large turnout and
regularity of the color scheme caused
much favorable comment and gave excel­lent
advertisement for the school.
Bellingham Normal was further
awarded the challenge cup by Mrs. Cyrus
Gates for the best display of tulips on
school grounds during the festival.
On the whole, the students of Belling­ham
Normal may feel proud of their
participation in the tulip festival of this
year and may look forward hopefully to
the next celebration.
-B. S. N. S.
ARE TO BE GIVEN
The annual program arranged by the
Music Department is too long to be
given at one assembly, and an evening
date was not available. So it has been
decided instead to form two assembly
programs next week.
On Monday the numbers are to be
given by the Clef Club and the two quar­tets.
The ladies' quartet will give "The
Music Master," which has been very
popular on their extension programs.
On Wednesday the Choral Club will
present an operetta by Frederick Roote,
"Miss Doremifasolasimi's American Op­era."
The principal characters are the fol­lowing:
Miss Doremi Ozona Ordway
Eose Katherine Myers
Violet - Verna Novell
Lily Dorothy Robertson
Jasmine Edna Lindstrom
Myrtle Dorothy Shafer
Flora Ivine Alexander
Pansy Vivian Johnson
M2SS MABEL HICKSON,
OUR QUEEN.
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The Alumni banquet will be held at
Edens' Hall, May 26, at 7 p. m.
There will be a business meeting and
election of officers at 6:15, preceding
the banquet.
Invitations have been sent out to all
alumni members and it is hoped that
as many as possible will attent.
All June graduates are invited to at­tend,
not only the banquet, but also to
vote at the business meeting.
President Waldo will speak, Mr. Hop-pe
will give readings and several music­al
numbers will be given by students
and graduates of this institution.
All alumni are urged to make reser­vations
at once or to communicate with
Paul R. Washke, 2119 A Street, Bell­ingham.
The price of the banquet is $1.
Dorothy Miller
Mr. Titan Sheldon Bajena
Henchman Clifford West
Mr. Ward Heeler Angus Bowmer
Others in the cast are the remaining
members of the chorus.
The story tells of a group of girls who
are trying out for roles in an American
opera written by Miss Doremi, who is a
very superficial person, assuming super­ior
education and ability. She says that
she believes in the divine right of kings,
but forgets how they call it in English.
The girls appreciate this attitude and
all make merry at her expense. •
MISS ROBERTS
TO VISIT E
Miss Roberts, of the Education De­partment
of the B.'S. N. S., is planning
to spend the late summer and the early
fall in Europe. She will leave Belling­ham
at the close of the first term of the
summer quarter, and will sail from New
York about July 21. She will spend
the month of August at Oxford Univer­sity
attending a course of lectures being
offered for teachers of the Empire, but
open also to American teachers. At the
close of this work Miss Roberts will
visit relatives in England and Wlales.
When the schools open, Miss Roberts
will visit the elementary schools of
England and Scotland and in one or
two countries on the continent. She is
especially interested in seeing the work
of the pre-primary schools of England,
the vocational work of Holland and Den­mark,
and the rehabilitation work being
done in France. "Work in these French
schools," states Miss Roberts, "should be
of real help to other countries in their
attempts to adapt education to the
special needs of unusual children, for the
problem being worked out there is how
best to make up for time lost during
and immediately after the war."
Asked about her return, Miss Roberts
said, "I shall stay as long as my money
holds out. I expect to be back about
the last of October."
About two hundred beautifully hand-painted
invitations were sent out to
prominent people in the city for the
spring exhibit of the three big arts
departments of the Normal.: Home
Economics, Art and Handicraft and Man­ual
Training. These departments held
all-day sessions Saturday in rooms 1,
2, 3 and 5 for Home Economies; rooms
302, 303, 304 and 305 for Arts and Handi­craft,
and room 108 for the Manual
Training exhibit.
An opportunity is afforded all stu­dents
to see the work of these depart­ments,
for the rooms will be open after
the Pageant today. Work in these de­partments
in majors or minors will be
very useful to students working toward
a Teachers' College degree, because spec­ialists
in these lines, as departmtntal
teachers or as supervisors, are always in
demand.
Students not including some one of
these arts as a major or minor need to
be acquainted with the work done in
each line.
B. S. N. S. • .
I I HUBETT"
READY TO PRESENT
"Miss Lulu Bett," first production of
the Bellingham Normal Drama Club,
will be presented May 28 in the audi­torium.
According to Bob Ttrnstall,
chairman of the publicity committee,
"Because the cast is exceptionally
strong and because Mr. Hoppe is director,
the play is guaranteed to be a success."
—B. S..N. S. :
Lucien Loring Proud Father.
Of interest to students of the Normal
comes the news that Mr. and Mrs. Lucien..
Loring are the proud parents of a seven-pound
baby son, born May 15.
Mrs. Loring is a graduate of the Uni­versity
of Washington, and Lucien will
be remembered as a popular student of
last quarter's graduating class.
Upon interview, Mr. Loring made the
following statement as to the state of
his feelings: "It's a great sensation to
see one of your own!"
B. S. N. S.
NOTICE.
Work and preparation for the pa­geant
is now completed. The program
is to start promptly at 1:30 p. m. All
those who are to take part, be ready on;
time.
There are tickets on sale in the stu­dents'
Co-op. at the Normal. Students,
25s; others, 35c.
SEE "MISS LULU BETT," MAY 28
RECEPTION TONIGHT, EDENS HALL, 8 P. M.