Weekly Messenger - 1919 January 11

              The Weekly Messenger
VOL. XVIII.
Devoted to the Interests of the Student Body, Washington State Normal School
BELLINGHAM, WASH., SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1919 NO. 14.
. EDSON TELLS OF
LIFE AT S. A. T. C.
In response to the requests of
members of the Messenger staff the
following article is written with a
•view of giving an idea of life in the
8. A. T. C. from which several of the
boys have recently returned to Nor­mal:
If you should ask one of the fel­lows
wearing ibuttons marked " S. A.
T. C." what those letters stood for,
he would probably say " Stick around
the, campus" or " Stay around till
Christmas." He might, however,
mention the fact that in higher so­ciety
it was known as the Students'
Army Training Corps, and that it
was formed for the purpose of pre­paring
and selecting men for offi­cers'
training camps. He would prob­ably
relate how his experience there
had involved much hardship and suf­fering,
that 'he had oeen afflicted
with influenza, war mathematics, and
lice pudding with prunes in it, that
he had been shot in the arm three
times by way of typhoid inoculation,
and that his fortitude had even been
taxed to the extent of having to face
hominy for breakfast every now and
then. He probably took topography,
military law, war aims, French and
hygiene or was at least dangerously
exposed to them. A person could
take most anything he wanted down
there, at least that was the attitude
many of the fellows took toward each
others wearing apparel along at the
last.
Truly the camp did not engage it­self
in any active hostilities other
than that of redress for an outrage
committed by certain members of a
company of mariners on the campus,
the outrage of tipping a man out of
bed in each of our barracks one
night. On the following night the
•camp retired as usual, apparently,
except for the fact that every man
was in bed with his clothes on, and
when the officer of the day passed
around everyone was sound asleep.
But as soon as he had gone, the camp
sallied forth in the dark to raid the
marines. As it happened the latter
gentlemen were fully prepared and
had the doors of the barracks well
barricaded with beds and other avail­able
encumberance. But the besieg­ers
were not to be baffled, and soon
planks, stones, sticks and water were
flying through the windows of the
marines. At least three hoses were
playing on the defenders and their
bedding and other properly. It was
their first water experience. The
captain soon appeared on the scene,
however, and dispersed the mob.
(Continued on page 2.)
I
On Saturday, January '8, will come
the next number on our lecture
course, an evening full of music and
entertainment by the Boston Opera
Co.
Students' attention is called to the
folder upon the bulletin board. With­in
the next few days additional ad­vertising
matter will probably be re­ceived
by Mr. Phillipi.
The company consists of Mr. Al-lesandro
Albenini, Miss Louisa Stall-ings,
Miss Esther Schultz, Mr. An­thony
Guarino and Miss Marion
Carley, pianiste.
These artists received a grand ova­tion
in Denver; more than 7000
tickets were sold. They are consid­ered
as even of a higher class than
the Montaga Light Opera Co., which
was with us last year, or the Kellogg-
Haines Co., or the International Oper­atic
Co., or, in fact, any company we
have enjoyed for several years past.
No one can afford to miss this
splendid opportunity.
BOYS WHO HAVE
WORN THE COLORS
Below is a list of the boys who have
been in the service of Uncle Sam and
who are this quarter enrolled as stu­dents
of this institution:
Vernon Broadbent from S. A. T. C.
Kenneth Selby from S. A. T. C.
William Bdson from S. A. T. C.
Thomas Quinn from S. A. T. C.
James E. Barnett from the army of
S. A. T. C.
Chas. M. Countryman from naval
training station of Seattle.
Harold Marshall from naval unit of
Seattle.
Walter Sherman from S. A. T. C.
Sergt. W. Beardsley from Fortress
Monroe, Virginia.
Ed F. Wolter from infantry division
of Pullman.
Reuben Aim from the marine offi­cers'
training camp.
Lawrence Keplinger from S. A. T. C.
Sergt. Beardsley wears three silver
bars which mean eighteen months of
home service, and a silver star which
is indicative of voluntary enlistment.
James Barnett wears the musician's
insignia. Ed Wolter aided in the hos­pital
during the influenza epidemic.
TO
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Mr. Glenn Hughes, who left the
Normal faculty last April to enter
the service of the government during
the period of the war, will return to
take up his duties at the Normal on
January 14. Since leaving the Nor­mal
Mr. Hughes has been with the
32nd service division of radio elec­tricians
at College Station, Texas. He
had completed his course and was
ready to go overseas when the in­fluenza
epidemic broke out at Col­lege
Station and he was placed in
quarantine.
Since his release from the service
just before Christmas, Mr. Hughes
has been with his people at Long
Beach, California.
GO TO EVERETT
The Everett Cadets under the
supervision of Miss Drake are: Clara
Borggard, Marie Castator, Mae How­ard,
Helen Painton, Gertrude Quam,
Florence Rice, Hazel Schaffner, Jes­sie
Sims.
The following are teaching in Bell-ingham:
Roeder School.
Marion Andrews, Blanche Baylor,
Avis Dodge, Catherine Hawley, Freida
Johnson, Thelma Koehler.
Columbia School.
Vera Funnell, Mrs. Effie Houston,
Mrs. Jennie Gordon, Beulah Nelson.
Lowell School.
Elizabeth Fiedler, Lila Mooney,
Edith Lifvendahl, Leona Parlette.
Franklin School.
Hazel Beach, Sophia Hefty, Anna
Finstrom.
Following students are teaching in
the nearby rural districts:
North Bellingham.
Grace Hardin, Leo Breuer, Vivian
Bettanini, Winnie Jordan, Ethel Jahn,
Marie Noe.
Laurel.
Esther Thomas,. Florence Dinkle,
Ruth Turkington, Leta M. Leod.
Elbonita.
Evangeline Ward, Lois Johns.
Miss Coles has charge of the teach­ers
at the Geneva school. They are
Myrtle Goodrich, Hazel Martin,
Phroso Klinker, Bertha Smith, Dora
Squires.
The Juniors are busy trying to de­cide
on their play which is to be giv-
I en this quarter.
After a speedy recovery from in­fluenza,
we find John Settles back at
his class work again.
N. E. A. TO MEET IN
The National Education Associa­tion
will hold its meeting February
24 to March 1 in Chicago. As this is
the first meeting of this organization
since the close of the war, it is a very
important one.
Some of the topics to be discussed
are, " War History of Schools," the
salary situation; the necessity for
better training of teachers; better
supervision, and better working con­ditions.
Also, government activities
as they affect the schools will be
briefly explained.
A question box is to be established
and some problems have already been
suggested for special consideration.
Some of them are: Supervision of
study; the year-around school; edu­cation
for community service; > and
the weaknesses of the American
school system as disclosed by the war.
The purpose of this meeting is to
make it a clearing house of ideas that
can be taken home and used.
The following is an excerpt from
the N. E. A. Bulletin:
A Truer Democracy Through
Education.
Education is the means through
which democracy establishes social
justice. In a democracy where ma­jorities
both think and rule, educa­tion,
however fostered and guided by
leaders, must be so directed as to
meet the needs of all. The fact that
we are rapidly approaching the time
when the masses of the people will
assume larger control of the affairs
of government emphasizes anew the
responsibility of the public schools in
a democracy.
The program of education to meet
new and increased demands must be
comprehensive enough to promote
the physical well-being of all citizens,
to eliminate illiteracy, to teach the
English language as the common
means of communication, to fit all
individuals for vocational efficiency'
and for the wise use of leisure, to cul­tivate
democratic habits of social re­lationship,
to develop in all a high
sense of the privileges and responsi­bilities
of citizenship, and to equalize
and enrich educational opportunity
throughout the nation.
When the masses are educated in
c.ccordance with this program there
will be no danger to democracy from
them and less danger from the idle
rich and the idle wise. The ideal of
democracy is for the masses to work
so well and think so clearly that their
working together and thinking to­gether
will form effective factors in
orderly progress.
— N. E. A. Bulletin.