Weekly Messenger - 1928 May 25

              V O L ; XXVII—NO. 31 WASHINGTON S T A T E NORMAL SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON
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Friday's and Saturday's Games to
Settle Viking-Savage-Wildcat
Championship, Is Expectation.
Calendar o f Events
T I E BARE POSSIBILITY
Ellensburg Boasts Powerful Team
Which has Already Won Twice
from Cheney, Scared W. S. C.
With their eye on the tri-normal
Lall title now held by the Vikings
a hustling squad of ball players from
the Ellensburg Normal school will
invade the campus here Friday and
Saturday for a three-game series
-with Coach Earl Jewell's pill chasers.
"Down but not out," the Blue and
White ball tossers will make a de­termined
stand against the visitors
in an attempt to regain some of the'
' prestige they lost in the Cheney ser­ies.
Although losing two out of three
contests' to the Savages., the Vikings
made a discovery that they have in
Henry Turner a promising-mounds-mac.
Turner stepped from a substi­tute
roll to that of hurler in the sec­ond
contest of the series with the
Savages and proceeded to give the
eastern Washington boys a severe
drubbing.
iWth Turner pitching the brand of
"ball he did at Cheney, and with Thor-lakson
and McClurken on deck for
relief duty, the Blue and White nine
.should take one and possibly two of
the Ellensburg contests.
If the seemingly improbable should
]iappen and Coach Jewell's charges
set Coach Roy Sandberg's proteges
l>aek with two consecutive defeats,
the three teachers' training institu­tions
will be knotted in a tie for the
title.
The Norsemen have . gained back
some of the confidence they lost
"when ineligibility struck them a se­vere
blow at the start of the season,
and expect to give the Wildcats hard
battles. If Clarke, O'Dell, Bailey and
Thorsen are pounding the apple in
the manner they did at the outset of
the season, Ellensburg's hurlers are
in for some .trouble.
The Ellensburg nine is a powerful
one, however, as demonstrated by the
fact that they spanked Cheney twa
games in a row and only lost to
Washington State College by one or
two points.
SATURDAY, SUNDAY, MONDAY, May 20-27-28—Thespian week-end
party. . '
SATURDAY, May 20—Vanadis Bragi dinner dnace, 0:30, Victoria Hotel.
W..A. A. Field Day. .• •
University of Washington Frosh tennis meet, here, 1:45.
TUESDAY, May 29—Miss Strange presents four students : in piano re­cital,,
assembly, 11 a. m.
Edens Hall, All-school affair.
FRIDAY, June 1—Women's league, Men's Club, assembly hour. •
SATURDAY, June 2—Alumni Day and Homecoming.
SUNDAY, June 3—Baccalaureate Service, auditorium, 3 p . m.
Students' Suggestions Asked By
Go-op Management; Aid Service
While the School Bookstore Is Rated in Bluebook,
Suggested Reforms and New Lines by Students All
Aid in Making th Shop One of Better Service.
When about to enter upon a business enterprise of large proportions,
the head of the firm called in *he junior partners to decide whether the
measure was worm taking.
The students of the Bellingham Normal are the junior partners in
the firm of the Co-op. When it is a question of whether the service of
the Co-op is sufficient, or whether it should be enhanced, or directed
into different channels, the advice of the student body, as a unit and as
individuals, is called for.
Not only then, though, is the advice and counsel of the students
requested. At all times, whether it be the matter of a new pencil sharp­ener,
or a different type of envelopes, the management of the Co-op,
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Miss Helen Mendelssohn Schumann
Descendant of Famous Musi­cians.
Plays Before Students.
Vikings Drop Diamond
Contests to Cheney
When Hurlers Falter
A violin recital was given in last
Tuesday's assembly by Miss Helen
Mendelssohn Schumann, accompanied
at the piano by John Hopper. Miss
Schumann, a student of Mme. Daven-port-
Engberg, is a former resident of
Bellingham, and is a direct descend­ant
of Mendelssohn and Schumann,
the*great musicians. '
Among the most pleasing numbers
on her program, Avere: "The Rosary,"
by Nevin-Kreisler, and . "Frasqui'ta
Serenade," by Lehar-Kreisler. The
beautiful mellow tones of the former
held the attention of every listener.
"Frasquita Serenade" has been play­ed
for the student body on several
occasions this year, and has been fol­lowed
by the heartiest applause at
each presentation.
BinERNESS OF LFE
[ffllED Br DRAMA
CLUB'S MICTION
Is Story of a Romantic Man with
a Wife Who Seeks Only to
Further Herself by Marriage.
ROLES WELL PLAYED
hired agents of the student body,
request the co-operation of the in­dividual
partners of the firm in
making it a success.
In the blue book of college book­stores,
the Co-op rates as a class one
shop, meaning that I t comes up to
the highest requirements for a shop
of its type. In other words, it rates
Who's Who.
However, this does not mean that
there is nothing new to learn about
the business. No matter how well
a trade or profession is learned, the
philosophers calmly state there is
more to know. The Co-op realizes
this.
The student body, therefore, is ap­pealed
to, in order that members of' "ltz,
the firm, unknowing of their fran­chise,
may assert themselves and aid
in the creation of a still better store
in the school.
As has been stated in previous
articles dealing with the Students'
Co-operative Store, its watchword has
been, since its origination twenty
years ago, ••Service." That this same
theme may be better carried out,
the advice of students is asked.
Margaret Green and Glenn Gibbs
Carry Leading Roles in a Way
Which Wins Sympathy of Crowd
(By 3Tary Hibner)
Too true to life to be pleasant was
''Craig's wife" as presented by the
Normal Drama Club last Friday ev­ening
in the auditorium. The play,
by George Kelly, is a study of the
bitterness of life for a romantic
idealist when linked to a self-cen­tered
and self seeking mate.
The story is of Mr. Craig, an
idealist, two years married to a wo­man
who thinks of nothing but her­self
and the way in which she can
make things more secure for her­self.
Falsity is her very breath.
She is utterly unable to tell the
truth to anyone if she does not gain
some end thereby.
" For two years Craig has seen her
as she wishes to be seen, and then
his aunt tells him her real character.
He is not convinced, but that evening
J U S T A N O T H E R ELECTION?
Another week and we will be in the midst of another Students' As­sociation
election. Two student representatives are to be elected to
the Board of Control—one to succeed the only girl who has been a
Board member for two quarters.' We will have the usual campaigning
and electioneering, and all that goes with an election here at Bellingham
Normal. It will probably again be "just another election" with the
usual indifference on the part of the student body, the usual failure to
weigh and consider candidates on their merits, the usual run of candi­dates;
it will probably again be an issue of a manor a woman. Prob­ably
some petty triviality that has nothing to do whatsoever with what
might be called an intelligent election will decide the vote in favor of one
candidate or another.
AH this will probably take place, and there is no harm in a great deal
of it. Yet there is no denying that through these years we have been
here, student elections have been anything but a huge success. Elections
have come and gone, and are forgotten. Before many weeks this one
will be completely forgotten as have been many others. Things will
probably be as they have in the past.
But perhaps not.
What few elections of the past are remembered have stayed wih us
because of something about them that was outstanding—different from
the general run. Something less than four years ago when the men were
running the school, the women had an uprising. They had suddenly seen
that they were part of the student body, and, so they thought, needed
representation on the Board of the Control. Then the famous phrase
"Shall 100 rule 1000" came into being, and three women were elected
to the Board at one time. .
That is one election not altogether forgotten, and though we may
question "the wisdom of making sex, rather than fitness for office, a cam­paign
issue, we cannot deny that that one election so long ago was out­standing.
And will this one be? Perhaps it will. Or it may be "just another
election."
It has been invariably true, that in a Students' Association election
here as in many another election out in life, we vote, then forget. (What
ones of us can name the members of the Board of Control?) This is
supposed to be a democracy, and we are to be teachers, yet just how
much do we think when we are faced with the problem of voting; how
much ahead of the great American public are we in selecting those who
take charge of our student affairs? True, our Board has usually had
some excellent members, but because of the way we vote? Not at all.
Because of the excellent way in which some of the "higher ups" have
done their wire-pulling. And this so-called wire-pulling often has been
Friday, May 25, 1928
GRADUATION WEEK
TO BE UNUSUALLY
mm M
Library Dedication Day Will Add
Impressive Ceremony to Four
Annual Commencement Events.
P R O G R A M IS V A R I ED
Rev. Dwight Smith, Dr. James
Wylie and Professor Howard
Woolston Will Be Speakers.
he discovers enough untrutfcs to con- .
vince him and the next morning he | o u r salvation, for these same "higher ups" have seen to it that qualified
leaves her. . candidates are elected.
"Drop your suj.
spend your
ager. "If
estions when you
money," says the man-yon
don't spend your
money, there's a reason. Tell us what
it is. Jf the service needs perking
up, tell us about it. We don't know
everything about the job yet. This
is your shop, so help us run it."
Collegiate Spirit Defined by Well
Known Students and Faculty Force
The Viking baseball team lost to
Cheney -Normal'. at Ellensburg last
week-end, dropping the girst game 17
to 8, winning the second IS to 5,
and losing the third, by a 18 to 1:'
cc-ur.t. The fellows played an ex
cellent brand of ball, but, owing to
the fact that three of their first
string men, including pitcher and a
:catcher, were out of the line-up they
, "were unable to withstand the ter-
Tifie heat and Cheney's baseball abil­ity.
,.' Cheney Takes First Game N
; Leifer, Cheney's star hurler, was
pitching great ball foi; his Alma
Mater when he held down murder's
row—consisting of Odell, Clarke,
Thorsen and McClurken—in the
first game. These boys certainly
hit out that old pill, but so did
Cheney. liTe Cheney batters seemed
to know just wliere the old ball was
going, they far from gently put
their bats in front of the ball, send-*
jng it to the extremeties of the
field. •
Cheney— AB. R. H.
Osborne, If. .. 5 1 3
Oberst, 2b. .....; 3 1 2
May, c. ;.... 5 1 2
Leifer, p. .5 2 3
Volkman, ef. _.. 5 3 2
Clift, lb. .,..., 5 3 3
Reynolds, ss. ........... .-.. 4 1 0
Terrell, 3b. ...;.-. 4' 2 2
Curran, if. 4 3 0
%:[:' Total ....'.....•..„..;;!: :...'.l-:..,.„.42--:17 17
Bellinghanv— ; AB. R. H.
(Continued on Page Three)
','i !??*•>'*'»
That collegiate spirit is something
more than peppy rah-rahs or the lat­est
fads in dress, is the opinion of
the . majority of teachers and stu­dents
interviewed on the question
last week. It is a combination of
cooperation between the students and
faculty, loyalty to. the institution
and the continuing of well-establish­ed
traditions.
"•Collegiate spirit is something
more than mob or mass snap judg­ment,"
says Miss Delia L. Keeler, In­structor
in Education. "I think it
should be mass 'activities. but it
should come as co-operation . which
results from thoughtful consideration
for•*the best interests of the group.
Collegiate spirit is not necessarily
limited to those now enrolled: it
should not fail to keep in mind the
future welfare of the institution."
The humorous side of the issue is.
taken by Miss Georgia E. Lewis,
well-known student on the campus,
who says: "My idea of collegiate
spirit is an old dilapidated car cover­ed
over with a bunch of carefree stu­dents
with no neckties and dirty
cords.".
I t , is even considered a "lot of
foolishness and nonsense," according
to Miss Rosa Van' Ess, treasurer of
the Women's League and Edens hall.
'"You can be loyal to your institu­tion
without making a great big
show'about it. This; school has some­thing
different from that sort of
thing. ['think traditions play an
important pari. ,< For instance, at
the universities, and colleges it 'is a
well-established custom to stage a
tug-of-war between th0 Frosh and
Soph classes. This is ,a tradition
and creates school spirit/"
Mr. E. A. Bond, instructor in Math
and popular with the students, would
have collegiate spirit a more whole­some
and conscientious attitude in
the institution. "Collegiate spirit
means co-operation; it means altru­ism,
our school first, self second. It
means the student is as anxious to
put himself into the work of the in­stitution
as to take advantages out
of it. It means a wholesome atti­tude
toward learning; it is a spirit
of helpfulness and loyalty rather
than rag-time rah rahs and dress."
-Franklin Lock, man about town,
admits that this school hasn't col­legiate
spirit and that it never will
have'as:'long" as. the students offer
apologies. He agrees that it is more
than peppy yelling. "It is built on
school traditions, of which we- have
none. it is pride in the school."
Miss Adelc..Tones,'Dean of Women,
and Dr. I: E. Miller, belieye that the
upper classmen can exercise a great
influence over 'the. school in the way
of creating a. collegiate, spirit. fT be­lieve
the enthusiasm of the school
affairs must be passed on to the
Freshmen by the ripper classmen,"
says Miss Jones. "It is the upper
classmen who; nave, the fervent feel­ing
and they 'set the pace for the
Freslimen." .According to Dr. Mil­lerthe
upperclassnjen "have the most
The part of Miss Austin, Mr.
Craig's aunt, a discerning old lady,
was effectively played by Olive Har-dan.
Among the lesser roles, the work
of Irene Schagel as Mrs. Herald, the
housekeeper, was outstanding. Miss
Schagel never once broke her char­acter
as a queer but sensible working
woman with a philosophy of her
own.
While playing in the minor roles,
Helen Sullivan, Frances Notz, Helen
Stine, Don Stickney, Randy Ober-
Bob Burchette, and Barney
Chichester did much to make the
play successful. ,'
' The beautiful stage setting which
caused so much comment was made
by the play production class under
the direction of Mr. Hoppe and Stage
Manager Frank Lock.
The action takes place in less than
twenty-four hours—very abrupt in
actual time, but the artist has done
his work so expertly that it leaves
no such impression with the audi­ence.
The title role carried by Margaret
Green, was played with.spirit and
with very nice feeling for the part.
The unending fussiness and immeas­urable
selfishness of Mrs. Craig was
well brought out. Miss Green's every
move while upon the stage empha­sized
the fact that so far as she was
concerned she was the center of the
universe.
Glenn Gibbs, as Mr. Craig, carried
the sympathy of the audience with
him througout. When, at the end
of the second act, the revolt came
and lie smashes his wife's favorite
bit of decorative china upon the
bricks of the fireplace, and smoked
cigarettes in the room where he had
been forbidden to do so, he drew a
fine round of applause.
But we come again to another election. Will it be the usual election,
or will it be one of these rare outstanding ones. And if it is outstanding,
outstanding for what?
Are we really to ready break away from tradition, to make this more
than "just another election?" Will we show at least some faint signs of
intelligence, and think before we vote. Will we weigh and consider
the candidates on their merits, and not be carried away by some emotional
nonsensical campaign speech? Someone may forget to pull the wires,
and then what? Won't it fcje up to us to decide wisely? Even if we
do elect and forget, if we select worthwhile officers, why worry? They
should be qualified to cany on our affairs.
And will this be an election outstanding because of the fact that for
once, the students of Bellingham Normal placed ability, qualification for
office, and good judgment as the greatest requisites for office-holders, and
voted as their intelligence directed ?
Perhaps. It remains to be seen.
LIBRARY BOOKS ARE
All Soon to be in Readiness for
Dedication Exercises on June 5 ;
Student Guides Rehearse Parts.
{Continued on jFage Four)
Freshmen and Sophs
Hold Meetings Today
During Assembly Hour
Class meetings were conducted dur­ing
the regular assembly time today,
the freshmen meeting in the gymna­sium
and the sophomores'.in, the au­ditorium.
•
, Election-of class officers .took most
of the freshmen's hour, a president,
vice-president, secretary, treasurer,
and inter-club council representative
for next year being elected.
At the sophomore business meet­ing,
held 'in the , auditorium, Al
Brown, class president, gave, expla­nations
of Class Day.
The Sophomore Farewell party,'an
all-school dance to be held in the
gymnasium next Tuesday, evening,
May 20, was announced. A lively
discussion of»whether or not the
sophomore class would raise, one
hundred dollars for the first, sum
towards a new student union build;
ing followed. Perhaps that class
will ,be the first organization to make
a payment on the building, if; -the
administration sanctions ' the project.
All the books excepting those on
reserve and the current numbers of
magazines are being moved into the
new library building this week. In­structors
and students were given
notice that no books could be taken
from the library after Tuesday noon,
May 22. All the books have been re­moved
from the children's library
and are located in the new building
though no books there can be used
by the students until the summer
quarter.
After the dedication program, June
5, guests will be ushered through
the library in small groups by stu-
'"dents from the normal school. The
committee in charge of the inspec­tion
of the building, composed of
Miss George,-Miss Keller, Miss Pet­ers,
Mr. Arntzeu, Mr. JIarquis, and
Mr. Philippi, conducted several re­hearsals
for these student guides
during the week.
SUMMER BULLETIN
II
Distributed to High School Seniors
Throughout State; Outlines Life
at Normal and Teacher Training
The bulletin "'Liberal Education
and Teacher Training", which has
just been issued by the officials
of this school, is to be sent to
hundreds of prospective students who
are graduating from, the high schools
is to be .sent to hundreds of pros­pective
students wlio are graduating
from the high schools this year.
With a score of interesting illus-.
trations of campus scenes, the book­let
well describes and outlines lib­eral
education, teacher training, and
student life of Bellingham Normal.
The .Weekly Messenger in former
years circulated a special eight-page
edition for the purpose of advertis­ing
this school but tin's has been def­initely
discontinued, stated Robert
Fisher, editor, vesterdav.
Student Takes Airplane Ride During
the Extemporaneous Contest Friday
The assembly room was^.full and
voices were buzzing alFarmind me. I
realized that everyone was discuss­ing
the coming Extemporaneous Con­test.
To tell the 'truth about -the
matter I had not given it much
thought but on becoming included in
the conversation I became quite in­terested.
After a .few words by President
Fisher, the much discussed' speakers
appeared on the stage. An introduc­tory
speech by Viola Poy lion en was
the first on the program. Viola .in­troduced
.'the first-speaker who was
Frieda Massey, Frieda's talk was in:
spiring and very interesting."
"Beck" was the next speaker. Let
rue see—it was something about air­planes.
. An airplane ? How "I
would thrill at the chance to be in
one. It; isi:thrilling' to; lie in one!.
How well I remember now seeing
millions of people down below me.
They looked so small and yet so i n ­teresting.
' I wondered what they
were all doing, what they were all
thinking and what they were talking
of. Even if I had been .close I could
not have heard their conversation as
the motor of -the plane sounded like
thunder in my ears.
One individual and then • another
seemed to stand out in front of me
as though- they were just a little
different or wanted a trifle more
attention than the rest of the mil­lions.
They seemed like young folks
but then i they grew dim and I could
not see them for , the beautiful
water falls that were not so far be­low.
I spied, an"ideal place to rest
(Continued on Page Four)
One of the most active commence­ment
weeks in the history of the
Normal will begin Saturday June 2,
officially called Alumni Day. It will
end with the formal graduation ex­ercises
which begin at ten o'clock
June 7.
Events will begin at 9 a.m. on
Alumni Day with the third annual
Women's Field day, under the aus­pices
of the W. A. A. At 12:30 the
W. A. A. Sports Luncheon will be
held at Edens Hall. Present and
.alumni members will attend.
Saturday ^ a t 6:30 p.m. the annual'
alumni banquet and dance will be­gin
at Edens Hall. One of the im­portant
numbers on the banquet pro­gram
will be the presentation of life
diplomas by President C. H. Fisher.
' Piev. Dwight C. Smith, pastor of
the First Congregational church, will
deliver the baccalaureate sermon
Sunday, June 3, at 3 p.m.
Library Day, Tuesday, June 5, will
be in many ways the biggest day of
the week. It will see the dedication
of the finest addition the Normal
has ever had. Formal exercises with
Dr. James I. Wylie as principal
speaker, will begin in the auditorium
at 2:00 p.m. At four there will be
an inspection of the building by the
students, faculty and friends, fol­lowed
by a reception, and at eight
o'clock that evening the library
building will be open to inspection by
the public.
Class day exercises will begin at
S p.m., Wednesday, June 6. A short
program will be held in the auditor- ,
ium and the class numerals will be
placed in the walk at the foot of the
terrace. Following the ceremonies
on the campus, the faculty will hold
a reception for the graduating stu­dents
and their family and friends
in the reception room at Edens Hall:
Commencement exercises will be­gin
at 10:0 a.m. Thursday, June 7,
in the Normal auditorium. A
splendid program has been prepared.
The commencement address itself
will be delivered by Professor How­ard
Woolston, head of the depart­ment
of sociology at the University
of Washington.
The complete program for com­mencement
week follows:
Saturday, June 2, Alumni Day—
9:00- a.m., Third Annual Women's .
Field Day, Waldo Field: 12:30 p.m.,
W. A. A. Sports luncheon. Edens
Hall. ' '" '
5:30-6:30 .p.m., inspection of the
library by visiting alumni; 6:30 p.m.
Alumni banquet and Dance, Edens
Hall. Presentation, of Life Diplomas
by President Fisher.
Sunday, June 3.—
3:00 p.m. Baccalaureate Services,:
.Normal Auditorium. Rev. Dwight
C. Smith delivering baccalauerate .
sermon.
June 5, Library Day—
2:00 p.m., Dedicatory Exercises,
Normal Auditorium; Dr. James I.
Wylie, director of New York State
library, delivering dedicatory ad­dress.
4:00 p.m. Inspection of Building by
students, faculty, and guests, follow­ed
by reception.
8:00 p.m. Public inspection of build­ing
and public inspection.
Wednesday, June 6 . - 8 : 0 0 a.m.,::
Class Day Exercises, auditorium ancL. <
campus program in auditorium, fol- .
lowed by placing of class numerals'
in the walk, of memory; 9:00.•••p.m.", :
faculty reception for graduating stu^ '
dents, their parents and friends, re-,!
ception room, Edens Hall. v
Thursday, June 7.-10:00 'a.m.; ; i
Commencement exercises, Normal au-v r"
ditorium; Prof. .Howard Woblston, ;::':.:
from the department of Sociology; 0?;:
University•}, of Washington,- -will :de- :;tt>:
liver commencement ad^
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