Weekly Messenger - 1921 March 18

              The Weekly Messenger
Devoted to the Interests of the Student Body, Washington State Normal School
VOL. XX BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1921 NO. 21
DEPARTMENT OF
E
DR. MILLER REORGANIZING
COURSE OF
STUDY
To Add New Classes
The department of education under
Dr. Miller is launching forth to greater
things this quarter than ever before.
The course in psychology is to be
reconstructed and conducted as some­what
of an experiment on the project
and problem experimental plan.
Many new books for this department
are ordered and will be on display in
the library in a: few days.
There is also to be a . new office for
measurements, both mental and educa­tional.
This office will be in room 104,
the room Mr. Hunt now occupies. Mr.
Hunt will take room 103, the one Mr.
Coughlin has at present.
This new office will be the headquar­ters
of Dr. Miller, and Professors Kibbe
and Kolstad, who hope to organize a
regular bureau of educational research.
They also hope to hold more conferences
on graphic methods, two or three to be
held in the spring.
B.S.N.S.
Community Players
Give Entertainments
Y
MARCH '21 IS LAST DAY TO
HAND IN ESSAYS AND
STORIES
PLAY INSTITUTE
HELD AT
Stop! Look! Listen!
Have you forgotten that the Klipsun
contest closes Monday, March 1? If
you are endeavoring to win that first
prize of two dollars and a half you must
submit your work by Monday. A sec­ond
prize also will be awarded consist­ing
of three copies of the Klipsun. This
contest is well worth your while, so see
what you can do! Remember — next
Monday, March 21, the contest closes.
B.S.N.S.
On Wednesday night, March 16, be­fore
an enthusiastic audience our com­munity
players, a group of talented stu­dents
with Mr. V. H. Hoppe as their
director and Mr. Klemme as manager,
gave an interesting program of music,
plays, readings and interpretive dance
at Blaine.
The Normal Community Players have
given many programs of the same type
at the Washington and Franklin grade
schools in this city, at Belleville, Skagit
County; Geneva, Silver Beach and at
various clubs and organizations in Bell-ingham.
Future engagements cover much
ground and the different communities
are impatient for the date of the pro­gram.
Of the Players' future engage­ments
the most important are: The
North Bellingham community center, the
First • Baptist Church, Franklin School
and at the Community Service Dramatic
Conference at the Chamber of Com­merce.
•Mr. Clark, conductor of community
athletics, Rev. Templeton and Rev.
Sutcliffe spoke at the first assembly
after the spring recess. Rev. B. B.
Sutcliffe is the director of the Bible
Institute held at the First Presbyterian
Church this week.
" The best we can give is necessary for
the progress of the nation, and in order
to give this we must have agood pur­pose,"
stated Rev. Sutcliffe. " The lack
of a good purpose often brings about
the downfall of people that may other­wise
become great. Many people are
good starters but poor finishers, but
we who already have a good start must
resolve to finish well. Above all, we
must not let selfish ideas prevent us
from doing our best."
The usual program presented by the
players is: " The Six Who Pass While
the Lentils Boil," a one-act play by
Stuart Walker. The caste of charac­ters
include Melba Hinds, Esther Cook,
Frances Durham, Doris Ericson, Mary
Lewis, Cecile Stevens, Susie Hickey,
Eula Brown and Eunice Washburn.
Reading by Cecile Stevens.
" The Feast of the Holy Innocents," a
little play by I. Marshall Isseley. The
cast includes Frances Durham, Esther
Cook, Susie Hickey, Eula Brown and
Eunice Washburn.
Interpretive dance by Frances Dur­ham.
" Overtones," a play by Alice Girsten-berg.
The characters are taken by
Eula Brown, Mary Lewis, Doris Eric-son
and Melba Hinds.
PLAY DIRECTOR FROM CAMP
LEWIS IN CHARGE OF
THE WORK
A series of instructions in recreative
games, general athletics and organized
games began last Monday evening in the
big gym. This instruction will continue
for two weeks; the course is open to all
men and women who have a real interest
in recreational life.
The course will be under the direction
of Capt. T. G. Cook, recreational spe­cialist,
with National Community Ser­vice,
at present in charge of the North­west
district, including the states of
Washington, Oregon, Utah, Montana
and Idaho. Mr. Cook during the war
was athletic officer of Camp Lewis, fol­lowed
by a year on the general staff at
Washington, D. C, as field director of
athletics for the U. S. Army. He has
had more than thirty years' experience
both as a participant and a coach in
all forms of ahtletics.
Each evening will be divided into
three periods with a five-minute inter­mission
between them. The first period
begins at 7:00 o'clock and is devoted to
recreative games, such as tugging, pass­ing1
and chasing games. During- the sec­ond
period the work takes the form of
practical demonstration, including cor­rect
interpretation of rules. The third
period is devoted to organized games,
such as .volley ball and indoor baseball.
The purpose of the course is to fit its
members:
1. To train others in the art of lead­ership.
2. To organize groups in recreative
games, general athletics and organized
games.
3. To act as leaders in various groups.
All students who expect to teach
athletics should take this course, as it
will aid them in conducting recreative
and organized games in their communi­ties.
There are no fees. Students en­tering
this class should sign up with
Miss Moffat.
B. S. N. S.
Miss Cummins
Speaks at Assembly
BANQUET TONIGHT
TO CELEBRATE
INVITE GOVERNOR AND LEG­ISLATORS
TO BANQUET
AT SCHOOL
Appropriate Big Sum
Miss Cummins gave an exceptionally
interesting talk in assembly on Wednes­day
on the new administration. This
is one of a series of talks on current
events that Miss Cummins has given in
assembly this year. All her talks are
greatly enjoyed.
Dr. Nash who has been working long
and earnestly with the interest of the
Normal School at heart, returned home
Wednesday from Olympia and joyfully
announced that the appropriation has
been granted for the new dormitory.
The plans that were made out some
time ago are to be used in the construc­tion
of the new building. The total
sum of the appropriation is $666,889, and
$217,787 is to be appropriated for the
new dormitory.
All salaries, equipment, completions
of grounds and improvements are to be
included.
At 6:30 Friday evening in the Nor­mal
cafeteria dining room Dr. and Mrs.
Nash will entertain at a banquet in
celebration of the liberal appropriation
given to Bellingham Normal. Invita­tions
have been sent to the trustees of
the Normal and their wives, Governor
Hart and Mrs).; Hart, chairman and
Mrs. Davis, chairman and Mrs. Wray
and the legislators and their wives from
Whatcom, Skagit, Snohomish, San Juan,
Jefferson, Clallam, Kitsap and Island
counties. The dining room will be dec­orated
with yellow johnquils. The dec­orations
and the place cards are being
planned by Miss Druse of the art de­partment
and by Mr. Bissell. The home
economics department will prej>are and
serve the menu.
B. S. N. S.
THE P I C E CHAP"
The play " The Prince Chap," given
Monday evening in the Whatcom High
School auditorium was a delightful af­fair
and was enjoyed to the utmost by
all who saw the performance.
Mr. Coughlin in the role of an Eng­lish
nobleman was of special interest to
the Normalites. He displayed an as­tonishing
amount of talent and with a
small black mustache, a monocle and a
decided English drawl afforded a great
deal of humor for his friends.