Weekly Messenger - 1921 July 8

              VOL. XX
Devoted to the Interests of the Student Body, Washington State formal Schogt
BELLINGHAM,; WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1921 NO: 35
STEAMER INDIANAPOLIS
CHARTERED FOR
TOMORROW
IS
Tomorrow morning at 7 o'clock the
Steamer Indianapolis will leave the Citi­zens'
Dock, bound for the Pacific Ocean.
This trip is under the auspices of the
Students' Association and is sure to be
-enjoyed by all who go. This' excursion
will take the place of the annual Glacier
outing. It will cost the small sum of
S2.00 for the round trip and will be well
worth the sum charged. It is to be non­stop,
beginning at 7 A. '.VI. and returning
at 10:30 P. M. The boat "will go down
ihe Sound, threading in and out among
the many beautiful islands, and out
through the Straits of Juan de - Fiuia to
the ocean, possibly out of sight of land.
Many points of interest will be passed
such as Anacortes, Port Townsend, the
Canadian city, Victoria, on Vancouver
Island, Cape Flattery and Tatoosh
Island.
Each must bring his own lunch, per­haps
enough for two! Many/people'-bave'
wondered if they would become seasick.
Tomorrow will be a splendid time to
fiiid: out. ~ "••;•"
This excursion is one of the many de­lights
that the Normal School offers its
students. Bellingham is fortunately sit­uated
where many such trips are pos­sible.
Not only does it offer splendid
schooling advantages but splendid re­creational
advantages as well. : It is
hoped that all of the 1200 students will
enjoy this outing. Six hundred have
already signed up. There will be room
for all. Be at the dock at 7 o'clock.
Tickets may be bought at the gate.
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GROWING COSMOPOLITAN
From more .than half, the states in the
Union, from the far Northland, even
from the isles of the sea, come summer
students; for t h e B . S. N. S. With its
ideal location and delightful climate.it
draws from a more, extended territory,
perhaps, Man any other normal school.
To one who has attended summer
schools in the Middle West, where often
only morning sessions are possible, and
where not infrequently ice is used to air
class rooms, the appeal of B . S . N . S. is
easily understood. But there is an .un­conscious
lure, also, in the opportunity
to rub "toental. elbows" with people
whose .interests; range ."from; Corpus
Christi, Texas, to Iron Mountain, Wis­consin;
from G e q^
bleak Alaskan missionary stations. "-Here
is..;aiv. • irrvaluable';.'. course; in Education,
opexf'tQ'!aIl::it^ehts/'~rH'~T" " '"-: : ' : : " :;
Michele De Caro is now just a young
Italian singer, whose personality has un­usual
appeal and whose voice possessed
all the warmth and passion of his native
land, with remarkable power and r^nge.
But on July 18th Mr. De.Caro leaves
for Italy to study at the Milan conj
servatory of Music — in line with the
advice of Pasquale Amato, the famous
Metropolitan star, who predicted that
De Caro-will be a future grand operfi
idol; Certainly his discovery and de­velopment
are interesting as any fairy
story. ' ;
Under the patronage of Mrs. Fr n-j
erick Bently, who will be at the piano,;
Mr. De Caro will appear for the last of
a series of benefit concerts on Tuesday
evening, July 12th, at the Normal School
auditorium. Admission, which will be"
25 cents to students, 50 cents to others,
is to be used for Mr. De Caro's studies
at Milan.
Students Pledge S u i p r i
To Messenger Advertisers
Resolution to Show Preference and Give First
Consideration to Advertisers Is
Passed Unanimously
Hereafter the 1134 students of the of Bellingham who advertise therein;
Bellingham State Normal School will I and whereas, we believe it our duty to
make their purchases, as largely as pos-! give our patronage to those who Help
sible, from the business firms whose ad- us by advertising, be it resolved by the
Students' Association of the Bellingham
State Normal School:
That, we express our appreciation to
the business men of Bellingham for their
vertisements appear in the Weekly Mes­senger.
This is the result of a resolu­tion
passed by a unanimous vote at the
meeting of the Students' Association
last Wednesday. The students believe it j interest in the Normal School as mani-their
duty to help the business men, who j fested by" the support of the Weekly
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And be it further, resolved, that we as
students of the Bellingham State Nor­mal
School will at. all times show pre-make.
the publication of the Messenger
possible, and will at all times give them
first consideration. The resolution fol­lows:
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WHEEEAS:
The publication of our school paper,
ference to, and endeavor to buy as
largely as possible from, Messenger ad-the
Weekly Messenger, would be impos- ! vertisers, giving them at all times our
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MICHEI_E DE CAHO
No one should miss this concert. Mr.
De Caro has appeared before full houses
in several northwestern cities (at a
much higher admission) and invariably
pleased by the sympathetic qualities of
a voice of great power and sweetness.
Singing with orchestral accompaniment
at the Symphony concert in Seattle re-;
cently, he was encored repeatedly, giv­ing
even the hardened musicians a thrill;
by. his- rendering: of the well known Pro­logue
from Pagliacci.
. T h e concert,-besides holding much of
interest to us musically, will be our op-pprtonity
to add to the success of, and
so encourage, this; gifted; young; singer. >
Mr." De Caro will sing the'" following
p;ro"gram:
1. Prologue from " Pagliacci".............:
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; :"...-";' (Continued on page 3.)
"Sagebrush Club; fields of grain
Bumper crops without a rain;
Jolly bunch, full of fun,
All from, Eastern Washington."
So rang the cry of two hundred Sage-brushers
and Science sutdents who en­joyed
last Saturday probably the most
successful boat trip within the exper-threatening,
thrinned as the day ad
yanced and, by sailing time, rifts of blue
sky gave promise of perfect weather.
Placid waters beckoned on the excursion
craft, the Carlisle II.
A landing was attempted at Fossil
Island wherein is imprisoned the story
of past ages. But tide and wind failed
and forced & return to Sucia Island
where all -disembarked to enjoy picnic
dinner plus ice cream, hikes to myster­ious
caves and echoing bays, searches
for the interesting and quaint life of
the sea (the tide being at ebb) excur­sions
for plant lovers and games and
bathing for those so happily inclined.
All this under the softened summer
s k i e s . '. . , •- ; ; "•• "r'] ..
Calls from the siren; scurrying aboard
vessel, orders from the captain to
"heave in the lines" and all were un­der
way for Patos Island, the last island
home (in the United States proper) over
which floats the Stars and Stripes. The
crowd were royally received by: the
ience of Normal Sucia tourists. The
early morning clouds, omnious andlclass"ics j n . history, literature and music
sistant keeper and his wife. Their cor­diality
Was instantaneous and their will­ingness
to. show the eager crowd the
intricacies of the light that points the
way to the mariner and the horn that
guides him through the terrors of the
fog, struck the heartiest- appreciation
from everyone.
The orderliness and cleanliness of
everything pertaining either to the
lighthouse or the keepers' home were
particularly 'noticeable. Other happy
touches were a feast of delicious milk
from the "lighthouse " cow,- the warmth
of conversation of the keeper and his
assistant as well as the graciousness of
the latter's wife. Even the choice li­brary
of the keeper with its wealth of
and its select magazines was a source of
delight to all.
The stay on this island home was all
too short and amid an exchange of fare­wells
and a most cordial welcome to
come again and spend the day, the good
ship turned her bow toward home. As
it "rounded the point the little lady of
the lighthouse waved-a hearty farewell
withOld Glory; the foghorn blared" out
three friendly blasts. Normalites re­sponded
with the "Star Spangled Ban­ner'
'and "America." Never before did
teachers' of the youth of; America realize
mqre that thrill of patriotic fervor as-:
sociated with these precious songs.
A journey home in the magic glory;
of the setting sun, with ;the. rugged;.
Olympics tor the south, the "hazy outlines^
of Vancouver Island to the west, the-vast
stretch of the Straits of Georgia :
to. the north and the majestic Canadian;
Coast Range to the north and east —all r
this and more —'- Mt. Baker in its full \
splendor'. • and-; majesty—-: these: -,were.; ithei
keeper of Patos Lighthouse and the as- I closing scenes" of a perfect day.