Weekly Messenger - 1928 June 1

              HllWOL. XXVII—NO. 32
WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON
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Friday, June 1, 1928
BRINGS 1928 BALL
; W O N J CLOSE
Jewell's Diamond Outfit, with One
K Early-season Victory Over the
^Yearlings to Credit Not Favored
FROSH ARE POWERFUL
^Normal Tossers Go into Battle
with Same Weakened Line-up
That Faced EHensburg Rivals.
The curtains will be draAvn on the
JNormal baseball season Saturday af­ternoon
"on Waldo field when Coach
Earl Jewell's diamondeers clash with
the TJniveristy of Washington Frosh
. nine.
. Although the Vikings defeated the
Yearlings 6 to 3 at Seattle early in
the season, it is not likely that they
will vanquish them as easily Satur­day.
With* their lineup shattered by the
loss of three star players, Eddie Win-
«ard, hurler; Smith, catcher, and
Johnson, outfielder, the Blue and
White ball tossers have only an out­side
chance of winning.
Coach Jewell's mound choice will
be either Thorlakson or.Turner. Tur­ner
has been bothered with a sore
arm and it is likely that Thorlakson
will take over the pitching responsi­bilities.
Other members of the Viking line­up
will include Oscar Thorsen, Ted
Clarke, Winnie Iverson, Zeke McClur-ken,
Ray Odell, Ted Bailey, Karl
Weber and Ben Hamilton.
Although the Frosh cannot boast
ah exceptional^ strong aggregation
they have been winning ball games
of late and will come to Bellingham
at full strength. Elwood Davis,
former Normal coach, is in charge of
the freshmen nine.
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Contracts Signed
for Next Year
Contracts for teaching positions are
still coming in with great regularity
according to reports from the Ap­pointment
Bureau. This week 21
contracts have been reported, seven
by-people who have received them
directly through the Bureau and
fourteen by people who have obtain­ed
them through other sources and
then reported. The people who have
been placed by the Bureau and the
positions they will hold, are:
Mrs. Fern Robbins, Decatur, rural.:
Lynda Carlson, Ozette, rural: Louise
Stiger, Snohomish. 1st grade: Lu­cille
Greenwood, Anacortes, 8th, de­partmental
and music; Frieda Holz-meyer,
Mill City. Oregon, opportun­i
ty room; Wendell Iverson, Central
school, Klaber, principal 3-room
school; Olga Silvola, Wiser Lake, 1-
3.
The 14 other people and the po­sitions
for which they have con­tracted,
are: • v
•Jean Williams, Oceola, R. F. D.,
Enumclaw, grades 5-8: Harriet Mc­Donald,.
Clipper, grades 1-4: Mar­guerite
Camozzi, Clipper, 5-8: Gladys
Dranga, Pleasant Ridge School, Pear­son,
rural; Constance Wheeler, Oak
Harbor, 3rd grade; Thelma Borgen,
Cove, primary: Ruth Marshall, Seat­tle,
primary: George Parkko, Brin-non,
upper grades; Louise Mumaw,
Kelso, junior high school; Martha
Stockdale, Snohomish, 1st grade;
Mary B. Fox, Mold, rural; Ruth V;
Thompson, Van Zandt, 1-4; Oliver
Nelson, Snohomish, 7-8; GoUla Abel,
Glen Echo, grades, 1-4.
Neal Miller Wins
$300 Essay Contest
. N e a l Miller is the recipient of a
three hundred dollar cash prize,
awarded by the American Chemical
society for second prize in a compe­tition-
that was. open to Normal stu­dents
and to teachers. Mr. Miller's
theme was '•'Chemistry in Relation
.to Medicine." Last year he won a
state prize of twenty dollars in a
high school essay contest.
The: announcement of Mr. Miller's
"achievement was made in the Tues­day/
morning assembly by President
C. H; Fislier, .•'.,."- -V'.^,"- "'"•'::'w .\\
Calendar o f Events
Saturday, June 2.—Alumni Day
9:00 A. M. Normal Field—Third Annual Women's Field Day.
12:30 P. M. Edens Hall—W. A. A. Sportsv Luncheon. Alumni members
invited.
5:30 P. M.
6:30 P. M.
Inspection of New Library Building by Alumni.^
Edens 'Hall—Alumni Banquet and Dance. All June and
August graduate's invited. '-:r
Awarding of Life Diplomas by President Fisher.
Sunday, June 3.
3:00 P. M. Normal School Auditorium—Baccalaureate Services; Ser-mon
by Rev. Dwight C. Smith, First Congregational Church.
Tuesday, June 5. T U ~
2-00 P. M Normal School Auditorium—Dedication of New Library
"' Building; Address by Dr. James I. Wyer, Director of New York
State Librarv, Formerly Director of N. T. State Library (School.
4:00 P. M. ' Inspection of Library Building by Students, Faculty and
guests, followed by Reception.
8:00 P. M. Public Inspection of Library Building and Reception.
Wednesday, June 6.—Class Day
7:30 P. M. Normal Auditorium and Campus.
Class Day Exercises and Placing of Class Numeral.
9:00 P. M." Reception Room of Edens Hall—Faculty Reception to
Graduates, their Parents and Guests.
Thursday, June 7. , • .
10-00 A M Normal School Auditorium—Commencement Exercises.
' Commencement Address by Professor Howard Woolston, Head of
the Department of Sociology, University of Washington.
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OUTSTANDING EVENT
New Era in History of School to
be Inaugurated When Building
is Formally Opened Tuesday.
Tuesday, June 5 win ue one of
the biggest days in the history of
this Normal school, when the new
$260,000 library building will be ded­icated.
Nationally famous as a li­brarian,
Dr. James I. Wyer, former
director of the New York State Li­brary
School, and present director
of the New York State Library, will
deliver an address at 2 p. m., in the
auditorium. An inspection of the
new building by the students, facul­ty
and guests followed by a recep­tion
will be held following the dedi­cation
program. At 8 p. m. the
building will be thrown open to a
public inspection followed by a re­ception.
All the books and furniture will
be in place in the new library at the
time of dedication.
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Finals Approached in
Intra-Mural Tennis
NEXT YEAR
With first and second round match­es
almost completed in the men's in­tramural
tennis tourney, play is
rapidly advancing to the finals, which
will be held early next week. War­ren
Boyhtoh, erratic southpaw, pulled
one of the biggest surprises in local
net circles this year when he downed
Main Church, Tuesday, 0-3, 8-0, to
enter the final round. Theo. Norby,
intramural 'champ last year, seems
certain to be Boynton's opponent, and
is favored to retain his title. To
tlie winner of the match will go a
minor sport "'W," emblematic of the
title.
The men winning their first
matches and qualifying for the sec­ond
round of play, are: Norby, who
defeated Miller,. Parker, who downed
Duncan, Korsboen, victor, over Sund-strom,
Stickney, Boynton and Church.
The men winning these matches will-play
other winners, according to the
elimination chart and then winners
of the second round will meet in the
third round to decide the champion­ship.
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In the doubles only two teams are
entered. They are: Church and
Norby, ancl Hermseu and Erickson.
These two teams will meet soon to
decide the doubles title.
Henry Turner, President of Inter-
Club Council, with Committees,
Formulates New Plan for Year.
Interclub officers for the ensuing
year were elected at its last meet­ing
on Monday, May 21. Henry
Turner was chosen president; Frieda
Massey, vice-president; Naomi" Chase,
secretary; Lyn Hughes, representa­tive;
Kristine Thordarson, represen­tative.
These officers will constitute an
executive committee that will meet
with the faculty committee, and they
together, will discuss and solve inter­club
problems. Heretofore, Miss
Hilda Rosene has been the faculty
advisor and medium between her
group and the students. This has
been a difficult position, but the
system has been improved upon for
next year.
The purpose of the council is a
worthy one: "to promote the inter­ests
and the activities of all the stu­dents'
organizations." The difficulty
lay in the relative weakness of its
laws and organizations.
All points of the council's jconstitu-tion
will be rigidly enforced next
year, and any club failing to quali­fy
in all respects to its standards,
will be penalized or dropped.
AUDIENCE PLEASED BY
"NOVEL PIANO RECITAL
An unusual recital of piano music
was presented in last Tuesday's as,-
sembly, when Vera Ginnette, Chaun-eey
Griffith,,-M'clba Coffnian, and Le-uore
Whithe, students of Aliss Edith
Strange, gave a program of solos,
two-piano, and four-piano numbers.
Chauncey Griffith opened the pro­gram
with three solos by Chopin,
Mendelssohn-Liszt, and Liszt.
"Suite Gothique," by'Bollmann,
was a. selection of four variations
played by the four pianists, two at
each piano. The combined tones
produced an effect from the softest
play on the keys to a dynamic and
melodious, ending.
The third number on the program
was a group'of solos by Vera Gin­nette.
Her second number, "Tango",
by Albeniz-Godowsky, was especial­ly
well-applauded by the students.
The final number was a two-piece
selection, '"Espana," by Ohabrier,
played by Vera Ginnette and Chaun­cey
Griffith.
Klipsun Hailed With Much Eagerness
And Commendation by Student Body
Yesterday's arrival of the Normal
1928 annual, the "Klipsun," was
eagerly hailed by the entire student
body. Although some did say the
cover resembled hamburger and cali­co,
it and what is enclosed, received
much praise.
The motive is strictly Normal life.
No artificial theme was, worked out,
such as last year's Chinese design.
Even the division pages are side­lights
on students' proceedings, . an
interesting diversion from the usual
insertions. '••'••
Fronu-tiie first peep under the Icov-er
to the finishing page, one finds
aii abundance of photographs, both
of the-campus and of students. With
this additional number of pictures is
a corresponding cut of reading -ma­terial,
arriving closer to the students'
conception of an ideal annual.
The humor . section is startling.
Roy Arnett, the Feature/editor, has
conjured some unusual /combinations
of students as well asj caught some
obviously natural ones.
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A great deal of credit is due Miss
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LIFE DIPLOMAS TO
BE PRESENTED TO
FORMER STUDENTS
168 Are Passed by Committee and
Will Get Certificates Valid
During Entire Life of Holder.
EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
Certificates Are Only Awarded to
Normal Graduates Who Have
Had-24 Months' Experience.
According to Miss Delia L. Keeler,
chairman of the Life Diploma com­mittee,
16S life diplomas have been
granted this year to graduates of this
institution by members of the fac­ulty
and Board of Trustees. The di­plomas
are now at the State Super­intendent's
office awaiting his sig­nature.
Many of them will be
awarded at the Alumni Banquet at
Edens Hall, Saturday evening, June
2nd. j
Must Complete Quarter of
Advaneed Work
At present a graduate of the Nor­mal
is eligible to apply for a life di­ploma
when he has taught twenty-four
months and has satisfactorily
completed one quarter of advanced
work in this institution or in an in­stitution
training for elementary
teachers approved by this institu­tion.
This additional quarter of
work may be done after one year of
teaching experience, subsequent to
graduation. Persons holding the
Special formal School diploma,
(three year course) at present are
not required to do the additional
quarter of work.
The law requires proof of twenty-four
months of successful teaching
experience. This institution has in­terpreted
a rating of "good" or "ex­cellent"
covering a period of twenty-four
months as meeting this require­ment.
The Life Diploma Committee has
completed its work for this year, and
will not resume its duties until the
beginning of 1929.
Life diplomas have been granted
to the following:
Bellingham— Clare Bame, Pearl
Bartruff, Helen M. Beck, Mrs. Eva
M. Bush, Effie A. Carlson, Eva Mae
Christie, Fern Callaway Dec, Vera
Dollenjack, Nellie Flynn, Ruth Wi­nona
Granger, Louise S. Harris, Mar­gery
ITawley, Marion E. Collier Hurl-burt,
Mrs. Dorothy Farrington Lar­son,
Viola E. Marcelle, Emily Max­well,
Mabel E. MeMichael, Mrs. E.
Agnes McMillin, Sara Elizabeth New­man,
Estelle A. Rankin, Gertrude E.
Scott, Sister Dympra, Sister M. Ver­onica,
Sybil Leone Tucker, Evelyn
Willard, George S. Wilson.
Seattle—Martha A. Allen. Amy Pa­tricia
Donlan, Blanche Egan, Ruth H.
Hollnm, Pauline Alberta Hutchison,
Anne Midgaarden, Edna M. Nelley,
Adelaide Nichols, Lillian Noyes, Ger­trude
Patrick, Anna Charlotte Peter­son,
Cora Mae Uodgers, Ruth E.
Sheets, Florence Soderback, Mrs.
Mildred Al'cLeod Stone, Margaret Ann
Walker, Mary DeElla Weage, Mary
Wegner.
Other Points
Hoquiam—Lucille Marie Almadcn,
Clinton, Ester A. Anderson, Rayns-ford,
Mont.—Ethel D. Antonsen. Al-derwood
Manor—Mrs. Jennie F. Bee-be.
Athena, Ore.—Leota Wagner
Bell. Custer—Lorena Bellingar. Van­couver,
Wash.—Mrs. A. D. Bennett,
Frances R. Connors, Gertrude Grauss,
Mary Jo Walsh. Yakima—Rena L.
Blood, Charles D. Coy, Julia. Decoto
Rusk, Sister Bonaventure. Rich­land—
Antone R. Boettcher, Juliette
Boettcher, R. H. Fergin. Myrtle
Point, Or.e.—Uma Lorene_ Bonebrake.
Lake Stevens— Gilbert N. Bonlie.
Troutdale, Ore.—Leah Eugenia Bour­geois.
Rosburg—Angus L. Bowmer.
Algona—John IT. Broder. Walla Wal­la—
Jean Brunton, Mary Nightingale.
Matsqui, B. C—Clement J. Carlson.'
Chehalis—Helen- M. Castle. Medford,
'Ore.—Mamie. Frances Clark, Eunice
Davis. ..Win lock— Gladys • Coleman.
Edmonds—Inez Coonier.
Eliva, Ohio—Nonee Cope. Scotts
Mills, Ore—Lulu B. Dltle. McKenna—
Leoiia B. DeWitt. Sedro-Woolley—
Mrs.;'Nettie-Dickson, E. Mable Hick-
Interesting Vacation > Activities
Are Hanned By Normal Faculty
Thirteen members, of the> faculty
plan to spend the summer vacation
months elsewhere . than Bellingham,
according to information compiled
recently. Miss Hazel Plympton,
with a group led by Henry Turner
Bailey, will attend the International
Art Conference at Prague, Czecho­slovakia.
From there she plans to
visit other countries in Europe.
Miss Augusta Pragst is going to,
study in New York and visit rela­tives
. in Rhode Island. Miss Anna
Peterson is also going to New York,
where she will be an instructor in
courses in elementary education at
the University of Syracuse.
Miss Olive Edens plans to spend
the summer in Bellingham, leaving
in the fall for a world tour. Miss
Maude .Slawso'n will attend the Uni­versity
of Washington this summer
and leave for New York in the fall
to study at Columbia University
for a master's degree in Music.
Mr. Pelagius Williams will teach
courses in history and government
at the Normal school at Kalamazoo,
Michigan. Mr. H. C. Philippi will
study at the University of Chicago
for about six- weeks and then at­tend
the second annual institute of
the American Chemical Society at
Evanston, Illinois. Scientists from
all over the country will attend this
meeting which will last about a
month.
Miss Anna Ullin, Miss Orpha Mc-
Pherson and Miss Margaret Mac­Kinnon
will leave New York, June
16, on the Homeric, for Paris. Later
they will go to London and make a
tour of the British Isles. Miss Ul­lin
plans to study at Oxford for
about three weeks at the summer
session.
Miss Ruth Van Pelt will leave
about July 6 for a trip into the un­explored
regions of the Canadian
Rockies. The party to go on the
trip is limited to 100 persons 'and
will be led by guides. Not all tour­ists
are allowed to go on this trip.
Miss Bertha M. Keller will be an
instructor at the Shasta summer
session of the Chico State Teachers
College at Mount Shasta, Cal. Miss
Keller will have charge of all the
recreation of. the school and hold
two classes in Plays and Games arid
Community Recreation.. _ These sum­mer
.sessions are held in the moun­tains
and all classes are held out of
doors. Miss Keller has taught there
two summers before. In the fall,
she will leave to take up her duties
as instructor of Physical Education
at the University of California.
Miss Bertha Crawford plans to at­tend
the University of Washington,
taking courses in play production
and other subjects. The play pro­duction
course will be under the
supervision of Kane, of the Theater
Arts Institute of New York.
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Women's Track and Field Meet,
W. A. A. Luncheon, Banquet
Dance, Alumni Day Program
DEDICATION TUESDAY
Dedicatory Exercises will be Fol­lowed
by Tour of Inspection by
tudents, Faculty, and Guests.
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FIRST "NORTHWEST
VIKING", LIBRARY
EDITION, TUESDAY
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SPECIAL ISSUE j
"The Northwest Viking" |
will make its initial appear- f
ance on the campus next s
Wednesday June 6, when a 1
special library edition of the ]
Messenger's successor is to be I
distributed. Although it has |
become some sort of a tra- I
dition that the last school j
newspaper issue of the spring |
quarter should come on on '
the first Friday of the quar- I
ter., because of the library =
dedication to be held Tues- '
day, the Messenger staff has 1
decided to print this special J
edition in honor of the occa- }
sion. .The greater part of j
paper will be devoted to stor- |
ies about the library and the I
dedication exercises and pic- i
tures of the\ exterior and in- i
terior of the\ building. I
Recognition iof the .opening |
of the greatest^ addition this =
school has ever known, could \
be given in no better way by j
the Messenger, it was agreed, J
than to devote one issue to ]
this addition^ And since this j
next issue'is to be an out- f
standing one in the history of |
this periodical, it was thought '
that nothing could be more I
fitting and proper than to in- I
augurate its new name— |
therefore it will be. "The j
Northwest Viking." Wednes- ]
day a paper will • appear f
that we hope you will keep as i
a remembrance of one of the 1
greatest occasions Bellingham j
Normal has known. j
THE MESSENGER I
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A H TO ATTEND
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Edens Hall Will be the Scene of
Annual Affair; Diplomas will
be Granted. Dance and Dinner.
Plans are now well under way for
the Alumni Banquet, to be held at
Edens Hall, June 22 at 6:30 o'clock,
according to President C. H. F isher.
A good attendance is anticipated
and much prpearation has been spent
on the program. Inspection of the
new library will precede the banquet,
taking place at 5:30 o'clock. The
annual business meeting and election
of officers will will be held in the
dining hall immediately after the
banquet. At this occasion a-.number
of life diplomas will be granted.
Every year a special effort is made
to have members of the classes of
five year periods attend. This year
the classes are, 1003, 1908^ 1913,
1923 and 192S.
Those expecting to attend are
urged to get in touch with Miss Hilda
F. Rosene, Secretary.
The evening's program will be con­cluded
with a dance in the dining
room' to which all alumni and June
and August graduates ha,ve been in­vited.
Faculty members of the standing
Alumni Committees are L. A. Kibbe,
Georgia Gragg, Bertha Crawford,
Olive Edens and E. A. Bond.
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MARQUIS IS SPEAKER
Mr. W. .1. Marquis, Dean of Men,
went to Conway, Tuesday night, to
deliver the commencement address at
the high school.
Eats, Swimming and Sunburn Feature
Thespian Week-end Party on Whidby
"What's all the noise?"
"Oh, that's only another Thespian
talking about their week-end party."
For that is all the Thespians have
talked of since their return. They
left about four o'clock last Friday
afternoon, May 25, ahd returned at
about eight o'clock Sunday morning.
rhe time was spent at a rented
cabin at Good Beach, about three
miles this side of Coupeville, and six­teen
miles south of Deception Pass
ferry.
Amusements were varied.' The fol­lowers
of Thespis'forgot-'their call­ing
and swam, rowed, fished, played
ball, sun burned, hiked, ate, cooked,
washed dishes and talked—at least
Barney and Irene did.
A portable .Vict'rola , was taken
along and plenty of records. . It is
reported to have been the only thing
which could compete with Barney's
volubility.
The weather was favorable and
except, for Sunday morning, the
dramatists were able to fairly live
on the beach.
Sunday a short business meeting
was held for the purpose of electing
officers for next year. The offi­cers
were. as follows: Barney Chi­chester,
president: Naomi Smith,
vice-president; Bobbie Sullivan, sec­retary;
Carlyle Jones; treasurer, and
Randy Oberlatz, sergeant-at-arms.
The picnickers came home with
sunburned noses, tired muscles and
oodles of pleasant memories.
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At eight o'clock tomorrow morn­ing
the annual commencement week
program will get under way, with
the opening matches of the Women's
Field Day. Besides the sport events,
tomorrow, alumni day, will be fea-,
tured by a W. A. A. sport luncheon
at noon, an inspection of the new
library building by visiting alumni in
the afternoon, and the alumni ban­quet
and dance at Edens Hall in the
evening.
Features of the banquet will be
toasts by various graduates, most
of them chosen from the five-year
period classes, this time from tlie
classes of '03, '08, '13, -'18, '23, '28,
music, and the presentation of life
diplomas by President Fisher.
Rev. Smith Is Speaker
Baccalaureate exercises for tlie
class of 192S will be held in the au­ditorium
at 3 o'clock Sunday afters-noon.
Besides the baccalaureate ad­dress,
which will be delivered by the
Rev. Dwight B. Smith, the services
will include an invocation by Rev.
James M. Wilson, singing by the au­dience
and Mozart's Gloria as sung
by a special chorus.
Library Dedicated Tuesday
The Monday of Commencement
Week is left for study, but Tuesday,
Library Dedication day, is filled with
functions. The program for the dedi­catory
exercises, includes such fea­tures
as the presentation of the build­ing,
by the architects, its acceptance
by Dr. Fitzpatrick, greetings by Gov­ernor
Roland H. Hartley, the dedica­tory
address by Dr. James I. Wyer,
director of the New York State Li­brary,
and musical numbers by a
special mixed- chorus, accompanied
by the orchestra.
Immediately following the dedica­tory
exercises there will be an in­spection
of the library building by.
students, faculty and guests. Later
in the evening a public inspection
and reception will be held in the new
building.
Class Day Program
Class Day activities this year will
consist of a program in the assem­bly
at 7:15 Wednesday evening, fol­lowed
by the ceremonies on the cam­pus
during which the class numeraus
will be placed in the "walk of years"
at the foot of the terrace. Events of '
these programs are kept secret. Fol­lowing
the placing, of the class nu­merals
the faculty will give a recep­tion
for graduating students, their,
friends and parents in the reception
room of Edens Hall.
The program for the commence­ment,
exercises to be held in the au­ditorium
next Thursday at 10 a.m.
has not been completed. Professor
Howard Woolston, of the department
of the University of Washington, will
deliver the commencement address
and the special mixed chorus and the
orchestra will give some musical se­lections.
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Besides the 237 students who are
graduating at this time, it is thought ':
that some of the winter and fall
quarter graduates will return and
take part in the commencement exer­cises.
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Stanford Scholarship ,
Received by Marquis
Mr. Don Marquis, son of Dean W.
J. Marquis, has received a Stanford,
university scholarship for the year /
192S-29. Don will graduate.'; iron*
that University this June. He will
use his scholarship next year and ',
work on his .Master's Degree. He •
is majoring in psychology. '.•;.;-'v:
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Don Marquis attended the Belling­ham
Normal for four quarters. ;He; -
was prominent in; student activities, ';
served as president of the'Associated;,
Student Body, andwas business mian-o
ager of the Weekly Messenger.;; ••• • ;f
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