Weekly Messenger - 1926 November 19

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WASHiNGTOISr STATE NORMAL SffiQ^ Friday, ^tiwe^JVM^m
Cedar Chips
By Ted
SUBTLE STORIES NO. 00
At .the 5th Avenue the other night, we
skidded up to the box office at 8:30. "How
are we?" We spit out toughly. Then re­membering
we weren't at Normal, we
smiled at the eternal feminine.
"Are we too late for the prologue?"
"There'll be a new show at 9:10—Oh,
you'll see everything.
Did we go in? Yes, indeed, we did go
in.
Schoolspirit.
Don't stop me—I'm on my way
to Assembly.
$ c $ c $
ALL ROADS LEAD TO THE
: "FROSH MIX" WHERE EVEN THE
FACULTY WILL SEE DOUBLE
AND FEEL SINGLE..
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Chicken was being, sorted out at the
Hall the other night. ;(Fiction of course,
'but go on. Don't interrupt, please.)
Isn't -this good chicken? Miss John­son
beamed, little Pollyanna that she.
•was.
"It might have been morally," choked
Asa Sherwood, "but physically it's a
wreck."
ONE WORKING DAY
HERE AT THE
NORMAL
(This is only the second little gem in
-the bouquet of banned revelations to ap­pear
here and there, now and then. These;
talks on moral upift are prepared right
on the school grounds. We don't make
George write them. Students can come in
and look around, as-long as they don't get
in the way).
Is First Concert on Program, Spon­sored
by Bellingham Women's
Music Club and Normal School.
—Courtesy of '• N. Y. Herald-Tribune-World
Times-Bellingham Normal Junior Messen-;
jger. j
Bright and clean the students ran
happily up the walk to their 8 o-
- clock class. There were petite Verta
Templeton, the little Xingley lass,
old Mary Margaret scampering to get
to Technique, and don't forget Kir-ven
Smith, one of the Careless Cays,
and Paul Rule, off for their teaching.
Even as the merry group crossed
-High Street the clear, bell-like, enT
ticing, sensuous, tinkling, sirenated,
clinking ripple of the drinking foun­t
a in on the 1st floor could be heard.
Just like a Ford calling to its -Ford-son.
; "Before'the doorwas flung "open t he
shining water (couldbe^een^bubbliug,
-as usual, temptingly high, seductive­ly
alluring... As it gushed past fresh-
:'ly' brushed teeth, the cool, insect-free
"water brought new life to the stu­dents
worn by a night of trailing
faculty coupes. It was the birth; of
a new day and maybe another exam.
Much good, clean fun ana no little
of wholesome enjoyment, you may be
sure, made the scene gay as the stu­dents
jostled each other in good nat-ured
rivalry at the drinking fountain,
Teachers, as they slunk along,
smiled at the rare sport. You may
imagine " they,' too, " reveled in the
carefree .unrestraint of i t all.' Al­though
too^-well, unable to join the
merriment, they would break ..forth
in glee with here and there.a "Hur-
• iay," and sometimes when spirits
were highest .they would go far as^to;
shout lustily, ^Hurray!;jHurray!" j
Some inwardly swore; to give. Brine
Hankins an "A' 'if he could jump and
touchy' the top of the stream of
chuckling water as it leaped joyously
trpy:up, and.more up.. >
; Old-students;recaU-hoV-'^ry Hibr
ner drank as she placed one foot on
the railing of the stairs, thinking
herself in Vancouver.; Some brass.
MUSIC BEGINS A T 8:15
High Tribute Paid to Simplicity
and Melodic Beauty of Music
of Russian Choir by Papers.
Bellingham music lovers will ex­perience
unusual pleasure in the ap­pearance
of the newest of Russian
companies at the Christian Church,
Wednesday, November 24, at 8:15 p.
m., under the joint auspices of the
Bellingham Normal school and Wom­en's
Music Club. Congratulations are
due the organizations who are spon­soring
the presentation of this bril­liant
choir for their initial concert
this season. The high standard of
music provided in the past is quite
evidently to be maintained through­out
this coming winter.
Choir Praised by Critics.
Press notices from Eastern and
mid-Western cities pay high tribute
to the simplicity and the great
melodic and harmonic beauty of the
music produced by the Russian Sym­phonic
choir.
This choir has been characterized
as a thoroughly routined body of
choristers who have been trained
to give an impression of symphonic
music through the projection of the
voice. It is composed of twenty-two
voices, everyone individual.
The Boston Globe describes it as-a
body of solo singers joined togeth­er
under :the able leadership of a^
master musician.
Discards Antiquated Traditions.
Mr. Kibalchich has discarded the
antiquated methods and musical tra-'
ditions of choral singing as exempli­fied
7by the old Italian and German
schools. He has gone beyond the de­velopment
of the nineteenth century
and has successfully developed a new
form of vocal ensemble. He has taken
the symphony orchestra as his model
and.has given each voice of his choir
the same value as each instrument
has in modern orchestra. Further­more,
he has invaded the repertory
domain of the chamber orchestra and
the piano and has rearranged many
standard classics for choral singing.
Receives Tribute.
Tlie New York Journal makes the
following comment: "One of the
most thrilling experiences we have
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RUMMAGE SALE
AT 12:30 TODAY
Attention! Everybody come
to the Rummage Auction Sale,
in the auditorium from 12:15
till 1:00 o'clock today. All ar- :
tides on sale have been donated j;
by students and faculty mem­bers;
the auctioneer is Kenneth
Smith, with three assistants.
Proceeds will go to the Annual
Red Cross Roll Call.
If you have a favorite in­structor
it may be possible that
you will be able to purchase
. ! something formerly belonging ,
I to him or her.
UBSCRIPTIONS FOR
RED GROSS GIVEN
Organized Houses and Faculty
Members Canvassed for Mem­bership.
Auction Sale Held.
(Continued on Page Four)
Due to the fact that students have
not responded as well as was expected
to the Annual Red Cross Roll Call,
the time for subscribing has been ex­tended
until one o'clock today.
Membership subscriptions of $1.00
or more as well as smaller contribu­tions
have been received on the land­ing
every day this week, from 12 to
1 o'clock. Edens Hall and" various
organized houses are being canvassed
for subscriptions, there being a con­test
between the houses. Faculty
members, also, have been canvassed.
Up to Wednesday afternoon, the
amount received was $50. By one
o'clock today, a total of about $100
should have been obtained.
Auction Sale Today.
This noon, from 12:15 until one
o'clock, the Social Service committee
of the Women's League is sponsoring
an auction sale in the auditorium,
the proceeds to be used for the Roll
Call. Besides, many Normal school
students have been giving their ser­vices
to the campaign down town.
At present, .$1200 has-been received
in Whatcom County. Unless the quo­ta
of $4500 for Whatcom county is
reached soon, the Roll Call,, which
started November 11, will continue
until Thanksgiving day, Nov. 25. C.
H. Twiss is general chairman of the
Roll Call; A.>W. Dahlquist is county
organizer, and Pres. C. H. Fisher is
President of the local chapter of the
Red Cross. As the Roll Call is the
sole source of support of the Red
Cross, it is hoped that everyone will
take advantage of the extension of
time and do his 'bit by Apatronizing
the rummage ^ale or by making
donations on the landing.
TRIP AROUND WORLD IS REVEALED
IN RANGENORMAL ENROLLMENT;
ALASKA AND PHILIPPINES
-• If -you.are that independent type
of individual who believes himself is­olated
from the rest of the world,
just take a trip through the corri­dors
of the Bellingham State Nor­mal
School. You will find that old
maxim 'the world isn't' so large after
all," is well verified.
Now for one who is anxious . to
travel for the "express purpose of
studying the different types of peo­ple
this advice is given." Don't go
to the tremendous expense of travel­ing
far and wide; just spend a few
days in this house of learning on the
hill, and much of your curiosity will
be satisfied... . , . -:
Possibly you are one who is interr
ested in the far north, say Alaska
or ^Canada; you can -find here sev­enteen
perfectly good samplesr—
twelve from Alaska, and Five "from
Canada. Seventen is surely an ade­quate
number to base any conclusion
on, n'est-ce pas ? Ask^ Mr. Salisbury
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Perhaps, however, the '•.' Far East
commands your interest; then ^we
may>add that we have in bur school
a representative from the Philippine
Islands. Then, again, you might be
an advocate of that well-known slo­gan,
"See America First." Ample op­portunity
is given as you may judge
for yourself when one-third of the
states of the nation are represented
here. Thirty-two out of thirty?nine
counties of the State of Washington,
have delegates at our school,
rection.
Statistics show that Washington
leads with 807 students enrolled. Ore­gon
comes second with 48, while Mon­tana
has 13 for third place. Three
are enrolled from Idaho. .
California, North "and South Da-,
kota, Indiana have two natives each
in attendance here, and the. following
have one each: Minnesota, Iowa,'
Utah, ^Colorado, Arkansas, Massa­chusetts,
Nebraska, Kentucky, and
Missouri. '• '-* . '•••'-'•; •"%•'•"'•.''."'. .
Some of the counties of\ Washing­ton
with ~, a number of, representa­tives
fr'oitt each one, are given below: •
Whatcom/ 208; King^: 134; Srib-.
homish, 85; Skagit, JO}-Pierce,-64;
•Lewis^^:;-lClarice,;.28.: •'p^^x..-;; r:±),/•'
Miss Rich Spoke on 'The Impor­tance
of the Decision from the
Standpoint of Pupil on Course."
P R E S . F I S H E R SPEAKS
Miss Dawson Stated Scholarship
Is Also Essential to Primary
Work as in Other Divisions.
During the past three weeks all
entering freshmen have been attend­ing
meetings sponsored by the train­ing
school, dealing with information
concerning the various courses of
study offered here. This has always
been a very puzzling and difficult
problem for the incoming Freshmen.
A series of talks has been arranged
to be given by several members of
the faculty. The principle lying back
of this idea is to give the new stu­dents
*a chance to make a more in­telligent
decision in regard to what,
course should be taken.
The first of these talks was given
on October 22. Miss Rich spoke on
"The importance of the decision from
the standpoint of the pupil, of se­lecting
the right curriculum." The
point emphasized was that the stu­dents
thought•should be not what
course to take" so much as what
should he do the first two or three
years after graduation from the
Normal school.
President Fisher, in his address on
The Demands of the Field and the
Superintendents," explained that the
graduates specializing in the gram­mar
grades are difficult to place.
More teacherscare "wanted in the pri­mary
and intermediate grades than
in the upper grades.
Miss Dawson gave .the secona of
these talks on November 8. The sub­ject
of the address was the "De­mands
of the Primary Curriculum."
She stated that, contrary to former
ideas, scholarship is just as essential
to .the primary work-as it-is"to' the
other departments.
Desire to Study Credentials is the
Primary Reason Given for Ne­cessity
Confering with Students
31 T E A C H E R S P L A C ED
During This Quarter the Appoint­ment
Bureau Has Been Active
in Placing Substitute Teachers
Cornelia Jenner, of the Appoint­ment
Bureau, wishes to have confer­ence
with student teachers, beginning
with those who are doing their stu­dent
teaching this fall quarter. If
such work is carried on between now
and the first of February or March,
the selection of teachers will be.eas­ier
for Miss Jenner; because she will
haVe time to study the credentials
and become better acquainted with
the individual student.
Students desiring any information
concerning schools or application for
positions, are free to consult Miss
Jenner at any time
A-few openings for mid-year have
been reported toHhe appointment of­fice,
but they require strong exper­ienced
teachers.
Since the beginning of Normal,
September 27, the Appointment Bu­reau
has been notified of graduates
being placed to the following, posi-
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AMERICANIZATION
EXPERT TO SPEAK
Miss Charlotte Fraser, of New
York, specialist on Americanization
for the W.-'C. T. U., will speak to the
students of pur-school on Tuesday at
.4 .o'clock in the Auditorium. - Miss
Fraser lis an interesting, graphic
speaker, capable of appealing to any
audience. The Ethics*Club of Gou-cher
College says: Noted speakers'
have*giveh us theories of the way to
live, but Miss Fraser gave us a prac­tical,
talk on how the college, girl can
best serve her community.
This favor comes through the cour­tesy
of the Y. W. C. A.
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FRIDAY—November 19.
Freshman mixer in big gym, 8. p.'m.
SATURDAY—November 20.
Women's League Informal at the
Edens Hall.
TUESDAY—November 23.
11 A. M: assembly, musical program
by Williams Trio.
WEDNESDAY—November 24. :.
Russian Symphonic Choir at the
Christian Church, 8:15 p. m.
TUESDAY—November 30.
11 A. M., Women's League meet
ing in assembly.
Meeting of Men's Club.
FRIDAY—December 3.
11 A. M., assembly program by
school orchestra.
Interclub Council Party at 8:00 p
m. in big gym.
BOARD OF CONTROL
HANDLES BUSINESS
Board Consists of Five Students
and .' Two Faculty Representa­tives.
Charge of All Activities.
( G E O R G E A L L E Z)
The Students' Association of the
Bellingham State Normal, which is
composed of all the students of the
school handles its social and busi­ness
activities through a Board of
Control. The Board of Control
consists of seven members. There
are t w o faculty representatives, one
elected by the students at regular
student elections and the other ap­pointed
Jby the President of the
Normal School. There are five stu
dent members, a president, a vice-president
and three student repre­sentatives.
All of these officers are
elected by the students at regular
student assemblies. Each officer
serves for one year from the time of
election. A secretary is appointed
by the Board of Control each quar­ter.
ThevBoard of Control holds reg­ular
metings once a week and such
special meetings as are necessary.
Four members constitute a quorum
at any meting.
The Board of Control handles
all .the property as well as all the
business and social affairs of .the
student body . It publishes a week­ly,
a school annual .and a student
guide. It maintains a book store
for the convenience of the students.
It provides for a recreation hour,
the school mixers and such other all
student social activities which occur
Vaudeville Frolic of Pantomines
arid Music to Precede Dancing
for Students and Faculty in Gym
R E F R E S H M E N T S O F F E R ED
Girls' Tug o' War and Prize Waltz
Are Features of Entertainment
Manor Orchestra Will Play.
Ramming into the limelight of the
school at the delicate age of two
months with the nerve and daring of
a calloused criminal, the Freshman
class challenges other Normal aggre­gations
to parallel its frolic to be
given this evening in the big gymna­sium
and the auditorium.
To signal the first part of the
evening's gayeties, a varied program
of music and vaudeville acts will
commence at 8 o'clock in t h e auditor­ium.
A girls' sextette has arranged
a group of new and popular songs.
Edward Dingerson will be heard in
the giving of violin numbers, and a
piano recitation by Vera Janette will
distinguish the premier portion of the
"Frosh Mix."
Stunts in Auditorium.
Clever and novel ultra-vaudevillian
fashion stunts have been: summoned
to the employ of the Frosh in their
weird and sinister designs. Two
naive pantomimes, one to the accom­paniment
of words delivered off
stage, will complement the program
in the auditorium.
Not that the . assembly .hall fea­tures
will make a night of it for all
faculty members, fellow class-mates,
and•:the men of ;the school, further
Freshmen .devices of pleasure will be
provoked in the big gymnasium. Fol­lowing
the program in the auditor­ium
a general egression will be made
toward the basement.
Girls' „Tug o' ^ a r . ' ~
Before the dancing, the .main di­version
of the second part of the
'fFrosh Mix," a tug o'<war for girls
will be conducted. -
Another event of interest will be
a prize waltz. A large box of choco­lates,
the ^donation of C. C. Baugh-man,
will be given as first prize t o
the girl, and to the boy will be
awarded an Eversharp pencil, upon
which his name may be engraved.
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KEEPPLUGGING A WAY ATEDUCA TION
ANDLIBRARY METHODS AND ACHIEVE
SUCCESS OF THIS LUCKLESS FELLOW
Sometimes laurels, of success aren't
just the sort of laurels one might
plan them to be. John Kendrick
Bangs, in his book, "From/Pillar to
Post," admits that an incident hap­pening
in Bellingham during one of
his visits herej which he used
for years afterwards as the opening
anecdote of his lecture," undoubtedly
bad as much to doTwith making him
•'.'persona grata" with Iris , audiences
as any other part of his discourse.
Yet, helping to make an already
famous man more so may be a laurel
of success; again it may not, depend-,
ing on how its taken. To use Mr.
Bangs' own story, from his chapter,
"Slings -and Arrows":
"Whether the platform worker is
helped or retarded by the indiscrim­inate
plaster ing. of public places with
his counterfeit presentment, commits
tees seem- to think it necessary, and
we, therefore provide" them with the
utmost pulchritudinous composition
that Art; unrestrained by Nature, can
^produce. ;
; . . 3 u t t h e one I used in 1906rwas ja
most unflattering .affair, and I grew
heartily sickv of it as r»y tour pro­gressed.
At Bellingham jit 7was>.op­pressively,
omnipresent^;; It; seemed, as
if ,1 had erupted:, all >over the place.
I t greeted nie^ift^ the * railwayrsta-tion%
hen ridescended frpmithe;train
when I entered, and as I walked.up
the street after luncheon I overheard /."'•'••_?7.7;
sundry unregenerate youths remark, 7
"There-he goes!" and "-That's him!" 7^7
and "Oh, look who's here!" derisive-' >•...^
ly, until I could almost have wrung " 7
every juvenile neck in town. v;
"Qn^ one corner I found it in a *
laundry, window, labeled "John Ken- :
;
drick Bangs at the Normal School; ,:
Tonight,"' and placed beneath thisr
was a brown paper placard inscribed : ".7
in great, red-chalk letters with the 7. 7;
wiordsY'"HELP WANTED." Farther 7 77
up the street I found it in a mil- 7; linery 'shop window pinned beneath
a composite creation of Bellingham
and Paris .Which was not particular- 7 VT?
ly becoming to my pictorial style. 7 -7ttv 7
"But; the "climax was reached Iwhen. 7 7:7 7
I .found i t . in"-a drug store window., 7 ; 7; :^;
where the window dresser had placed7'77 7777;'
it over another placard, the . adyer-•-'.:
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tisement of a; weir known': patent 7 : 7 ^ |S
remedy. 'My^ picture covered ""the" ;.^-7;|
whole; Of the7pateht-medicine7placard 7;7^. 7
except" its essential -adyertwing line7;7 : ;7^7|
at the bottom and as I stood toere^-;::^||
staring 'at myself through- t h a t plaite 7 | S p i |^
glass window my7_grinning•• J^J^rff$f0^t
'nance • stared. ;back a t me :unf l i n ^ h i n f t ^ J ^ ^
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