Weekly Messenger - 1922 February 10

              Devoted to the Interests of the Student Body, Washington State Normal School
VOL. XXI BM5LINGHAM, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1922 NO: 18.
NORMAL TEAM
A TASTE OF
DEFEAT AND
NORMAL TEAM DEFEATS
LEAVENWORTH 21 TO 19
Bellingliam Normal lost to the Van­couver,
B. C, ex-Normal basketball team
at Vancouver, Saturday night. 20 to 15.
The winners were beaten in Bellingliam
by the Normal several weeks ago, this
making a game apiece.
The Normal team hit its stride Mon­day
night, however, by winning from the
Leavenworth Athletic club team at
Leavenworth, Wash., by a score of 21
to 19. It is reported that Miller and
Allen, who filled the forward positions,
put up a brand of playing that exceeded
expectations. Others in the. line-up
were Fisher and Keplinger, guards, and
McComas, center.
The team was weakened in both
games by the absence of Hughes and
Vanderford
B. S. N. S.
SENIOR GIRLS GO
TO DEFEAT
EFASTT
JUNIOR GIRLS WIN
IN A CLOSE CONTEST
T
L BE
E
E FEB. 17
Herbert Leon Cope is coming to the
Normal, Friday, February 17. He's the
man who made a whole army laugh—the
man who brought sunshine. and inspira­tion
into the lives of hundreds of thous­ands
of doughboys. You may not have
heard him yourself, but you've heard
about him, and if you want additional
information, just- hunt up some of the
"vets" and it's ten to one they'll begin
to grin at the mere mention of his
Mr. Cope has seen a bit of this old
world. Fifteen years ago he was a prom­inent
speaker of great jn'omise. Sain
Jones heard him and said, "Say, bud.
you sure do get 'em going!" Champ
Clark wrote him: "You tell my stories
better than I." Elbert Hubbard said:
"Keep on climbing. You will soon be
on top." Such was the Cope of fifteen
years ago.
Suddenly the Cope they knew disap­peared
into oblivion and for years he
staged a battle with himself in the gut­ters
of a great city. Down the hill he
went—but he came back! The war
brought an awakening of conscience.
Cope saw a chance to get in and do a
great work. He could preach the "Re­ligion
of Laughter" to the soldiers with­out
seeming to preach. He could warn
them of the pitfalls as he knew from
experience where they were without
seming to be superior. And he did. And
the morale of the troops improved. In­stead
of being detailed to drill, in some
camps the boys were sent to hear Cope,
and letters from Morale Officers and
Commanding Officers attest to the great
work this genial humorist accomplished.
Mr. Cope has the rare faculty of be­ing
extremely funny without insinua­tion
or vulgarity or, descending to the
province of the buffoon. With a delight-
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I'u a furiously fought game last Tues­day
afternoon the Junior and Senior
girls' basketball teams ended the last
quarter of their game with the score IS­IS.
It took an extra period of play to
decide the contest, in this period. Mot-cham,
Junior forward, succeeded in cag­ing
a:'field goal bringing the Juniors two
points, thus carrying the honors of the
game off to reside in the Junior camp.
In the first quarter the Juniors had
things their own way, keeping the ball
under their basket most of the time. The
score at the end of this period was 6-2
in the Junior's favor. In the second
quarter the game progressed in about
the same manner; both teams fought
nip and tuck and at the end of the first
half the score stood 15-8 still in the
•)unior"s favor.
At the beginning of the second half
the Senior girls hit their stride, their
guards were checking closer and the
whole team was working in unison. At
this point of the game the Junior of­fense
wavered slightly. When the
whistle blew at the end of this quarter
the scorekeeper announced Juniors 16,
Sniors 12
With this one-minute rest period over,
both teams went into the match with a
grim determination for victory. The
Seniors got to going stronger than ever,
but the Juniors also increased their pace
and the last quarter of the game was a
sizzling affair. After many sensational
plays the whistle finally blew and the
score rested 18-18. Play recommenced
immediately and the ball went directly
into Junior territory where Mitcham
succeeded in tossing the oval through
the loop for the deciding tA\ro points, and
allowing the Juniors to noze out ahead:
Tuesday's game was the first of the
Kline cup series. The team which makes
the highest number of points in a three
game series, wins the cup. The two
points made after the regular time per­iod
will not be counted in the cup race.
Each tern has respectively 18 points.
The following is a line-up of the re­spective
tea ins with the names of the
officials:
"LITTLE WOMEN" TO
BE STAGED BY THE
.4
ALLOW NOTHING TO
PREVENT ATTENDANCE
Juniors. Seniors.
Miacham Forward Collier
Curtis Forward Norling
Brown Center Hartlv
Fouler Side Center Sixeas
Hightower Guard Collins
Scutvick Guard Burns
Substitutes—Seniors: Valentine Ayres
for Marion Collier at the beginning of
the second quarter.
Referee—Miss Pelz.
Scorekeepers—Maurine Taft and Es­ther
Skrondal.
Timekeeper—Margaret Bowen.
Save your dimes and nickles too.
This is a warning we're giving you.
The occasion? Why, the Junior play!
And February fifteenth is the day
When the tickets go on sale.
Yes, Robert Caulkins, the recently ap­pointed
business manager, has arranged
it all. Buy your ticket February fif­teenth
and see the Normal stars present
"Little Women" on March fourth.
Even if you do miss that movie, come
—you will not regret it. Mabel Nor-mand,
in "Molly 0," has nothing on Hel­en
Coke, when she is playinag her part
as playful Jo.
Haven't you wondered why Jeanice
Turner is growing so dignified? Here
is the answer. Jeanice is playing the
part of Meg—and the responsibilities of
the eldest sister weigh rather heavily
upon her young shoulders.
- Robert Caulkins plays the part of
Laurie, the eighteen-year-old hero, with
great success. Some of us have been
wondering where Katherine Myers will
get her inspiration for Aunt March.
Warren Blaney, publicity manager, takes
the part of Meg's adoring lover with re­markable
ease, and Charles King is be­coming
graver every clay. He studies
very diligently—probably this is.due to
the fact that he sees the advantages of
education as the father of four ambi­tious
girls.
It is worth the price of admission just
to hear Beryl Wilson's dramatic scream
in the first act. Inn a Bond, as Mrs.
March, makes a very sweet mother.
Then there is Albertina Pearson, very
winsome and appealing as Beth, and
Walter Engle, who makes such a funny,
lovable old professor, and Hazel Hansen;
who makes Hannah's part truly fine and
John Burk, as- Mr. Laurence, and—but
we will let you find out the rest for
yourselves, when you come to the play
on the evening of March 4.
B. S. N- S.
PELZ
HELPS THE GIRLS
Miss Irma Pelz, a recent graduate of
the University of Washington, is tak­ing
over the classes of Miss Watrous
during her illness.
She is pleased with the girls' athletic
spirit, and she is very much interested
in'the girls at large. She brings with
her from the "U" hard and fast rules in
basketball. The basketball girls appre­ciate
this greatly for it will make them
more efficient and wary when the next
battle comes.
SHOW LIVELY INTEREST
IN EVENTS OF SCHOOL
In a letter recently received from hinij
Dr. Nash proves that his interest'in the
Normal school is as lively as ever. He
says: "'Tell the boys that I hope they
may return the compliment to the Pu,
get Sound Basketball team when they
play in Taconia. I am hoping that the
stalwart team of Bellingliam niay defeat
Whatcom, Cheney arid Ellerisburg < and
expect them to fully outdo themselves
in the interest of the Normal.
"I was present at the Rotary Club
meeting today at which Sir Harry Laud­er
was the guest of honor. We had also
a musical organization from Kansas
City with a six-year-old boy as director.
It was one of the best guided orchestras
I have ever seen. That boy was a wiz­ard.
After he had led the musicians
thru the intricacies of Sousa's Stars and
Stripes, he led in other selections and
played solo parts on different sized sax-aphones.
Sir Harry Lauder, . in _ his
sjJeech, complimented the little musiciftri
on his genius.
"At the meeting I also chanced-^to-see
Mr. and Mrs. Burpee. Among other dis­tinguished
guests of the day were Mr.
Fbrgan, the great banker of Chicago, Mr.
Neugent, British Consul, and Mr. Du-ivier,
a member of the Rotary Club of
Paris, France.
"Sir Harry is a short, stocky man, con­siderably
below the average height, and
he not only sings well but speaks well.
"The Rotary Club had so many guests
today that it overflowed the Tiger Room
of the Sherman Hotel into two adjoin-'
ing rooms. There must have been seven
or eight hundred people in attendance.
Sir Harry preached the gospel of work.
He said he stood for 'happiness by af­fection
as against-helb by-af-flickfenr^Be
decried debt and declared that it is^nicc
to sit down in your own trous­ers,
in your own motor car.' He
declared that life to be complete must
contain the four elements: 'God, work,
home and a kindly friend over the gar­den
wall.' At the end of his address he
sang a new song which he has written
and which is now in press. The central
theme of this contribution was 'singing
is the thing to make-you cheery.' The
crowd was very demonstrative following
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jQIal&i&ir-
MONDAY—Feb. 13.
Mr. Rindal speaKs on Norway.
WEDNESDAY—Feb. 15.
Miss Meek.
FRIDAY—Feb. 17.
Mr. Weir. ,
Night, Normal vs. St. Martin's College
basketball. Second team vs. Blaine
high school.