Weekly Messenger - 1923 May 28

              SPRING FEVER
Devoted to the Interests of the Student Body, Washington State Normal School
VOL. XXII BELLINGHAM,WASHINGTON, MONDAY, MAY 28, 1923 NO. 33;
SEVERELY WOUNDED
With a piercing shriek,• followed by
agonized moans, Miss Hazel Johnson
sank to the ground. It happened in
this way: .
Miss Johnson was descending Chucka-nut
Mountain last Sunday afternoon, in
such precipitous haste that she did not
have time to properly control her feet.
Suddenly • her foot struck . against a
sharp rock and the injury aforesaid re­sulted.
The abused member, we are glad to
state, is gradually recovering from the
shock. received.
B. S. N. S.
IN THE B. S. N. S.
A visitor to the school opened a class
room door and started back in astonish-
Tlie students were standing around the
room with mouths open' and expressions
of imbecility on their faces. The teacher
put his finger on a key on the piano
then on another key. The visitor stood
transfixed in blank amazement as she
heard the instructor say "Come again"
Ignoring this broad hint completely the
class remained standing with mouths
open. Then the class discovered the
visitor and as^they looked at her they
said "Hark!" She turned, and fled in
terror to the presidents' office and told
him of her experience. "Why, that's just
Mr. Eahskopf's expression class," the
president explained.
B. S. N. S.
•^S-Just
as the sun was sinking in the
West, and the twitter of birds was heard
corning from the trees, and the gutteral
music of the frogs, from the pond; just
when the world seemed full to over­flowing,
and life, worth living, Edwin
Opstad, redrhaired and determined, in
company with "the only girl" for him,
suddenly ventured to say, "Gertie, dear,
there, is something weighing on' my
heart; its 3. question I've wanted to ask
you for some time. Please don't send
me away wheiv I ask you this question!
Really % and truly dear Oertie, do you
think thatf^eff will evgjr be aa tall as
mittrr:••;•;• 'V^'f^^r^y-'- •*-V V:
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AGITATES THE IRISH
It is reported that Carl Irish of the city
school system is-contemplating suing his
wife for alleged alienation of affections
in the Juvenile Court.
According to Helen ITightower, reliable
witness, Mrs. Irish and Eggert Burns
have been in the habit of meeting in the
Student Association room daily. When
asked what they did she replied, "They
seemed to be discussing writing as they
were always looking at written papers.
They must have been discussing per­sonal
letters judging from the tone of
Eggerts' face.
Carl Irish bases his accusations upon
the fact that his wife is so melancholy
of late. He says that she thinks of
this affair so much that she has lost
thirty five pounds. Instead ,of the us­ual
$2.00 daily for chocolates she now
asks for only 50c. Mr. Irish believes
Eggert has also alienated his wife's ex­penses.
When interviewed as to their respec­tive
feelings they were contemplating
a trip to Utah, but would return as soon
as their respective cases of Spring Fever
were cured.
- B . S. N. S.
YOUTH BREAKS L
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Climbing a slender tree to escape from
a dog, Bill Benson had the misfortune
to step put onto a very small branch.
Things began to look blue for Bill and
rosy for Towser, because at this juncture
the branch snapped off, letting the poor
boy down almost in reach of the savage
dog. In desperation Bill swung his.feet
up over the,limb above, on which his
bands were gripped and 'twas thus that
the owner of the dog found poor Bill
some few hours later, hanging crosswise
from the tree in the orchard. Instead
of punishing Bill as he very properly
should have, the man called his dog and
walked away with his hand held sus­piciously
over his mouth. . -
— B. S. X. S.
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. .'.While driving along the highway to
Seattle, Angus Bowmer, prominent Bel-lingham
*, Normal school student, rumor
states, was stopped by a traffic patrol­man
who said; "You're under arrest for
racing." - - . •-,
.'. Angus, in excitement, protested, say­ing:
"Oh, but you're mistaken, j wasn't
racing. But Say,'J passed a couple of
fellows who were." r
ETC.
. Sam Ford, prominent head and should­ers
of the business department, stubbed
his toe on a slight pebble on High street
Friday morning and fell,, breaking both
limbs..
. There are no other causualities listed
with the exception that one said Miss
Cole splattered her cherry hat by the
broken bottle of milk she carried.
Sam is resting easy and it is hoped he
will be an upright man by the ;big June
affair of which he is the leading man.
. Help! Murder! Oh! He-l-p!!
Dewey stopped aghast on the walk
outside a certain house on High street.
What on earth could be happening in
that house? Those poor girls! Another
piercing scream and he had the door
open and was up the stairs three at a
time. Taking.no notice of the gaping
and astounded landlady, Dewey strode
to a door and jerked it open. Oh!- the
sight which met his eyes! Dewey nearly
collapsed. Standing on beds, chairs,
tables, and trunks was nine girls, fran­tically
beating the air with umbrellas,
rulers, hair brushes, and books, while
running hither and thither, as if riot
knowing which to attack first was a
wee, little mouse.
However, at the- appearance of the
hero the beast scampered out the open
door and Dewey in true hero fashion
scampered nearly as fast, not waiting
for the words of praise and thanks flung
after him. -'
•;./,; ..... B. S. EV'S———;:y•;-;::y;yy\
Violet ^ Mitcham: "Oh-ph-oh! I doii't
want to 'be hugged" - .''. . ;: ;'; j