Weekly Messenger - 1920 June 11

              The Weekly Messenger
Devoted to the Interests of the Student Body, Washington State Normal School
VOL. XIX BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1920 NO. 35
J.
NORMAL'S NEW TRUSTEE
THOMAS SMITH, RETIRING TRUS­TEE,
GAVE VALUABLE
SERVICE
For the past eight years Honorable
Thomas Smith, of Mount Vernon, whose
place Dr. Kirkpatrick takes, has served
the school efficiently and wisely as
trustee. His sole purpose has been to
make the institution merit the confi­dence
and sup]3ort of all people of the
Northwest. He has aided the institu­tion
in meeting the great responsibility
of numbers with a small expenditure of
money so that the school has been able
to send out into the state a trained body
of teachers at a less cost per capita
than any other similar institution in this
region. Since he became trustee the
school has graduated more than 2,000
students. We gratefully acknowledge his
services and wish him well in his future
undertakings.
Dr. W. D. Kirkpatrick took his medi­cal
degree in the University of Minne­sota.
He has been a practicing physi­cian
in this city for the past 19 years.
Before the United States entered the
war he went abroad as a Red Cross
surgeon and did a wonderful work on
the Roumanian front. He later went
into the army with the rank of major
and again went abroad. He had charge
of the medical work in Northwest Rus­sia
with headquarters at Archangel. He
is now commander of the local post of
he American Legion.
He has just gone east to be present
at his daughter's graduation from Smith
College. He accepts membership on the
board solely with the desire to aid in
the upbuilding of the institution. The
school is fortunate in having a man of
his high ideals.
The board, as now constituted, in­cludes,
Walter B. Whitcomb, prominent
attorney of the city and president of the
Whatcom County Bar Association; C.
M. Olsen, Bellingham business man en­gaged
in real estate and insurance, and
• Dr. W. D. Kirkpatrick. These men are
thoroughly competent to carry on the
work of the school.
LOVERS OF ART
The students of the NormaLhave been
exceptionally fortunate in the oppor­tunity
of hearing Dr. S. S. Curry in his
illustrated lectures on art. The lectures
are exceedingly interesting as well as
instructive and serve as an inspiration to
the many who attend.
Art is a subject of which few people
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A L
AT
IS
At the close of the third quarter, a
faculty member, who is usually asso­ciated
with the pigs and the cows, slip­ped
away from these halls of erudition
and jierspiration, and after an interest­ing
trip over the recently electrified Mil­waukee
line, arrived in Pullman, the
home of Washington State College. His
objects were many — to do some ad­vanced
work, toward his master's de­gree,
to mingle again as a student with
a buoyant, irrepressible student body,
to associate with learned professors, to
visit neighboring normal schools and
above all, to rest. A'll these objects
were happily attained in a degree.
It was a happy and profitable ex­perience
to find himself sitting in the
midst of the student body, a student
himself again; to share their trials, to
feel their difficulties and gain anew
their point of view. Such an experience
should be that of every teacher from
time to time as the years roll by, that
his understanding of student life may
be refreshed, that his sympathies may be
deepened.
Early during his sojourn at the State
College a call was sent out to all teach­ers
from far and near to attend the In­land
Empire Teachers' Association at
Spokane. This erstwhile faculty member
responded. . This trip proved ane of the
bright spots in his vacation. His first
happy surprise was the meeting with two
travelers from home. Miss Longley and
Miss Boring. Hearty greetings from
friends of years ago with exchanges of
experiences gladdened the atmosphere
and left each richer for the few moments
together. A rare privilege came to the
traveler when he sat as one of the vast
audience that was enthralled by the
wisdom and beauty of the words of the
master orator, Dr. Burton, retiring
president of the University of Minnesota
and the future president of the Univer­sity
of Michigan. His inspiring lectures
on the "Schools of Tomorrow" and
"What a Democracy Is," left an im­pression
profound and enduring. Unani­mously
this feature of the great con­vention
was acclaimed to be the finest
and best in the Association's history
While most visitors to the city were
directing their steps homeward, this
pedagogue swung aboard an electric for
Cheney, the site of our neighboring in­stitution,
the Cheney Normal School. He
was cordially received and was guided
through Cheney's imposing and beauti­ful
institution, which is rightly the pride
of all. It was a real pleasure to ex­change
greetings as well as ideas with
the Normal staff.
Some hours later finds this wandering
individual back in Pullman pursuing cer­tain
studies in science and education.
He was enrolled in the department of
Agriculture Education but invaded
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E
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Training school opened Monday, June
7, with an excellent attendance, the total
number enrolled on that day being about
250.
The number in the first and second
grades last year, during the summer
term was thirty-six, while this year the
number has increased to 60. More pupils
will enter the training departmnet as
soon as the city schools close.
The following supervisors have charge
of the various departments: Miss
Tompkins, pre-primary; Miss Lee, first
and second grade; Miss Fridenberger,
third and fourth; Miss Beasley, Miss
Gray and Miss Crawford the fifth to
ninth. Only morning sessions are be­ing
held.
JAPANESE ARTIST
In a recent issue of a Seattle daily
paper appeared a reproduction of a
portrait of Glenn Hughes, painted by
the Japanese artist, Yasushi Tanaka.
The newspaper article mentioned the
work that Mr. Hughes is doing at the
State University.along dramatic lines
and announced the publication of
"Broken Lights," Mr. Hughes' new
book and verse. Dr. Frederick Morgan
Padelford, head of the English Depart­ment
and dean of the Graduate School
at the State University, in speaking of
the book, says: "I am very much taken
with the new volume of poems by Mr.
Glenn Hughes. Promising as was his
earlier collection, this new volume is
superior to it in every respect. These
later poems show a much wider range in
subject and in mood, and a firmer and
more versatile technique. The pure
lyrics, sensitive and musical, with which
the volume opens, give place to descrip­tive
poems, whimsicalities, jtmgaging
grotesques; and the book concludes with
a strong reconstruction ode dignified and
formal, and an analytical poem entitled
"Roosevelt," in which this unique Amer­ican
is made to review his energetic
career in bold and exuberant verse. All
told, it is a volume to cherish, the prod­uct
of a spirit both sensitive and strong,
that loves beauty, but rinds this beauty
at the heart of life."
Mr. Hughes, formerly connected with
the Bellingham Normal School, will be
in the Department of Fine Arts at the
State University during the coming year.
It is said that Germany has adopted
a new flag, consisting of black, red and
gold stripes. In Berlin there are pic­tures
of it published with this explana­tion:
" Black the future, red the pres­ent,
golden the past."
S LILA
OFFICERS FOR SUMMER QUAR­TER
INTRODUCED IN
ASSEMBLY
In her lecture on Monday morning
Miss Van Kirk accused all Americans
of being prejudiced against Italy. She
said that We did not know, all the facts
about Italy's so-called imperialistic de­mands
on the Adriatic Sea. She ex­plained
that Italy's secret treaty was
legal in the eyes of the Europeans and
was not forbidden by international law.
Jugo-Slavia is not entitled, to the ports
which Italy needs as a bodyguard to
her freedom. The population of Trieste
and Fiume is mostly Italian, and the
improvements, architecture and culture
are distinctly Italian. We should look
at the other side of this question before
we condemn Italy for making a free port
of Fiume. Italy is really treating the
Jugo-Slavs quite generously in giving
them the Italian -made ports along the
eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea.
The slides which accompanied Miss
Van Kirk's address were very good.
Those who attended the beautifully il­lustrated
address, on Monday evening
were indeed fortunate.
Before the assembly adjourned, Miss
Eva Bond, president of: the Students'
Association, introduced the new mem­bers
of the Board of Control. These
new members have been appointed to fill
the vacancies during the summer ses­sion.
Harry Sorenson is President,
Clinton Primer is vice-president and
Oza Myers and Ethel McClellan are
student Representatives.
BLY FULL OF INTEREST
MISS LINRUD ENTERTAINS WITH
BALLAD, SOLOS AND
HARP.
After a few words of welcome to the
new students at the regular. Wednesday
assembly, Dr. Nash introduced the fac­ulty
to the student body, some of whom
gave fitting addresses.
Dr. Curry gave his second illustrated
lecture on art and pointed out the dif­ference
between realism and idealism,
decorative and illustrative art, and
sculpture and paint.
Miss Ruth Linrud then entertained
us with several selections on the harp
and sang old ballads. Miss Linrud has
a charming voice, it being peculiarly
sweet and clear.
We were more than pleased to have the
pleasure of enjoying the talent of one
from our midst. Miss Lin.rud's home
is in Ferndale.