1927_1216 ---------- Weekly Messenger - 1927 December 16 - Page 1 ---------- WISHING YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS M APP Y E N W YE^R:| VOL. XXVH4^NO. 11 WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM. WASHINGTON Friday, ^December ; t-.6; fl#27 Large jNiimt^jof Bidders Compete •) for,1 |^mi|bimgs, Fixtures and pecpratuig Contract Work. Vy$fS PROGRESSING Inclemency of r Weather Has : Been ^Delaying* Progress on Building. Ready About March First. Registration For Winter Quarter PHILO DEBATE TEAM TRIMS ' W i t h 'the 'exception of the select i o n 6f the color''scheme.'for the in-, teriorj; and a"'decision as to shapes.. and B.tyles of furniture, "the final: step has been t a k e n towards the completion of the library. Meeting in the. 'office of. President Fisher .. l a st Thursday, 'December 8, the board of' t r u s t e e s of the,, Normal school let J five bids for interior furnishing of. : which^ invotv.ed an amount of over • $40,000. Twenty five hidders' applied for the: five contracts which.were t o - b e a- . warded The successful firms, were:. Everett; St h and Door T Company,. Everett, cabinet work, amount,J3773;: Washington Parlor Furnitur^ Company, Taooma- ^furniture!, including tables and chairs, amount, $16,909.15; Cascade Fixture Company,: Seattle, lighjijig-^fixtures,; .amount, ,$7,000; Union Printing Company, metal; tier bookcases, amount, $4,856; Weissen-born Decorating Company, Seattle, painting and decorating, amount, $5,450; to'tai;':$37.y,998.15. Added to " t h i s will be a few additional cont r a c t s for other decorating, painting, a n d at least another tier of bookcases. These, when added: t o the t o t a l of bids awarded, will bring the s um up to $40,000. .Dr. William D. Kirpatrick, ckair- : man, :Walteti'35. Whitcomb, both' of Bellingham, and Noah Shakespeare of Everett, compose the board of •trustees.- P r e s e n t / a t the meeting were also Garl F. Gould, Seattle, of t h e firm of Bebb and Gould, archit e c t s , and F. Stanley Piper, Bellingham, associate architect. President- Fisher also attended. -; Miss Wilson, head librarian, stated t h a t she was not prepared at the •present time to make any comments upon either the bids or the work to be done. When the colors and styles of furniture are selected, she intima t e d that, she would be intensly interested, this being a • "hobby" of .. hers. President" Fisher made the following comment upon the. awarding of contracts: "We had a lot of good bids, and, in the main, awarded them t o the lowest bidders." lie also s t a t e d that none of the contracts will take more than 90 days to fulfill, and that the library will be ready fpr use by the latter part of March... ;- • The cornerstone of the library was laid August 25, this year, by Dr. Kirkpatrick, and since then, work has been progressing steadily.: The building is fireproof throughout, and represents an expenditure of $260, X). Romanesque architecture to correspond with the other buildings on the campus has been -used-.; -1 The main entrance, which faces the campus? will lead into the main hall, which runs through the middle of the building. On the left will be the reserve books, reading lists, current numbers and periodicals. AcrosB tlie hall from this room is the children's library, with the same dimensions, which accomomdate 140 persons. On the first floor, there is also faculty fres^room, a consultation room, and the bookstacks in the southeast corner of the building. The basement contains a freight receiving room, jbhe lower tier of book stacks and restrooms for men and women. On the second floor is the-main reading rqom, 42-by 150 feet, larger than the whole present library. '-" This will furnigh chair and table \t°P^.fQT three hundred students. The veiling in this room is t h i r t y . feet Eegistratjon .will be completed for the Winter quarter, Tuesday, Janua r y 3, and .classes will meet according ,to 'schedule,'Tuesday afternoon, according to announcement from the president's office.. Instead..-of .using the small gymnasium, the checking of classes will be done in Room 108 and the payment of fees will be made ill t h e . r e g i s t r a r ' s pffi.ee across the h a l l . " , ; , . '. "_'.'', .,.. .-• Entering Freshmen will be programmed in Room 119. Second quarter Freshmen will be resectioned for the-{winter- quarter on the. basis', of their.grades for the fall quarter. Students, .whose, last names begin with leters S; t o W.will be ....programmed during t h e 8. o'clock/hour;-the M to R's at 9.o'clock;,G to L ' s , a t . l 0 o'clock; and A to F's a t . 11 o'clock. During the hours designated for programming, students ..will be ..assigned t o rooms.and advisors, in the main .hall ,on the second floor. Sophomores, third' quarter Fresh-mi gt; n; -third'.arid fourth year,- and special "s'fcudtfnts who- have' not- already registered''will, be' assigned"-to adv'is-brs iir'-'the main hallway ''oft'"the first -floor ,near the north entrance, at fetation ;C. ... ,-.. ... ', .'. j-";:...' " AWit.250 students have: registered and. p a i d their fees to date, While 150 niore have been programmed:'; but ;have not vet paid their fees and been 5 .-:•• • - * •• f- .•.-• • •;• ; •:. checked :for.-.open classes. •, Win Right, to Meet WorW Politics Club for Tntra-rnural Championship. Two Teams to be Chosen. TRAINING SCHOOL GIVES PROGRAMS P r o g r am P r e p a r e d by E a c h Class .- Includes - Exchanging Presents, ."•- Singing, -Readings, Refreshments. Christinas, with all the finishing touches, will be celebrated in a manner truly befitting the season today in the training school. Every class has prepared a special program, including i n - t h e main, exchange of gifts, a Santa Glaus, a nicely decorated tree, and refreshments. Other feature's including-7- the singing of carols and reading of poems and other compositions will occupy prominent places in the programs of some of the classes. Eighth Grade Buys Gift The eighth grade, Miss Bertha Crawford, training teacher, has, besides buying gifts for one another, these gifts to cost not more than fifteen cents, purchased a poinsetta with two large blossoms. This will be presented to the children's ward of a local hospital. This class has decorated its room in holly which t h e students ^ have brought from home. A '.Christinas tree will be placed on a table, and the gifts placed oil and about it. A student teacher will act as Santa Claus, while other student teachers have arranged several surprises for the class. The seventh and eighth grades will meet together for their annual Christmas program. Mr. Hoppe of the faculty will read Dicken's Christmas Carol tin. he has done in the years previous. Other items of the program will include the dramatization of Constance MacKay's play entitled "The Snow Witch." The eighth grade dramatic society will give "The Christmas Guest," a play of the Sixteenth Century. Readings will include Cpsette's Christmas, from Victor Hugo's Les Miserables, the First Christmas Tree, and the story of The Other Wise Man, both by Henry van Dyke. Special Study Is Done In addition to the- program the eighth grade have been doing related study to the season, investigating the various preparations for the holidays, as they,are made by the families, the stores, different organizations, and the newspapers. In con- Winning tr^e secona^ntra-mural debate by taking the negative side of the question, "Resolved, That* the United" S t a t e s should grant complete Autonomy to the Philippines," the Philos defeated an independent team last Monday evening and. as a result won the right to meet the , World Politics club for the school intramural debate championship. - The .World,.Politics defeated, the Gavel and Pulpit in the first contest and will meet the Philos. for the championship in a general assembly sometime next, quarter. Teams The Philos team was composed of Fay Sehermerhorn, Neil Miller, and Frieda Massey, while Margaret -Hill,' Alice Grace and Grace Lytic composed the independent team. The team will represent the World Politics Club w i l l ' b e ..composed of Glen Fairbanks, Viola Poyhonen and J-Iarry .Winsor... As it was both negative teams t h a t won their .debates, one of the .teams will have to take the affirmative side of the question, which, will-,mean, considerable .work for the .team which has to make the change. School Teams The judges will pick the- two school teams a men's and a-women's t e am from- all those t h a t are turning out regardless of the s t a n d i n g of *the team on which they debated. Each team will be composed of three members and one alternate which will give eight people places on the Normal school debate team. A-class will be conducted in debate next -quarter for the members of the t e am and two hours credit will be .given. Challenges Received The Normal .schopl has received several, .challenges from outside schools, wishing; debates. A challenge from Willamette University has been received, offering to debate a women's team from this school on the question: •'Resolved.. That the United S t a t e s should use armed force to protect American capital in Central America.'" Other challenges : have been received from other schools and debating societies and.a number are to be sent out by the^- Normal team when they become better organized. Leather Notebook Wins Over Purple Cow, Wednesday "I'd rather have a purple cow that a leather note book." was the scathing remark made by one of the facu l ty members the other day. Not a very good advertisement for the Coop, was the none-therless unrecall-able statement. Everyone knows that on Christmas the gifts presented are j u s t what one doesn't want. Acting on this principle the members of Miss Wilson's library instruction class eack contributed to a fund for a beautiful brown leather notebook. True it would have been nice to have presently! her with a cerise cow for a mascot but the- idea did not appear feasible. After all, it's the spirit t h a t counts, more than the gift. Besides a spirit of fun, many students were undoubtedly expressing appreciation of Miss Wilson's instructions. Mr. Logger, a student, made the presentation speech and Miss Wilson accepted it with appreciation. Contests With Ellensburg, Cheney •and-Bt.'Martin's College are-'to Contribute to Quarter Activities. VIKINGS LOOK STRONG REPRESENTATIVES DETERMINED TODAY B a l l o t s M a y Be Cast up to F o ur o ' C l o c k for Contestants.: to the B o a r d of Control Office. A T r i p to E a s t e r n W a s h i n g t o n and I d a h o E a r l y in J a n u a r y Promised to the V a r s i t y Squad. Two Students W^ School at C^ Milton- Fields and Grace Lytle Chosen by Gomrnifte^ to be Delegates at Student Volunteer Conyenlkin, Which Meets from December 28 to January U A steady run of hard games, con-, tinning through the season, and the stiffest schedule a Normal basketball team has faced, in some time, are to be served up. to the Viking varsity hoop .squad this, winter,, according to a partially completed schedule announced Wednesday by Coach Sam Carver. Home and home contests are already definitely arranged with Ellensburg Normal, Cheney Normal, and St. Martin's College, with games t e n t a t i v e with the Washington State and Idaho Frosli outfits. Two games with the Washington Frosli are sure to be engaged in by the local hoop- Election of two Student Representatives to the Board of Control is scheduled for today. One Represent a t i v e f o r ' t w o quarters and another for four are the offices to be filled. Carrie Tucker and Dale Annis. are nominees for the two quarter post. Miss Tucker has been oh"-the Board during the past quarter filling the unexpired term of Don Patterson. These two .people were nominated by petition. At the. Assembly, Tuesday: morning opportunity \yas.,,given', for! nomination from the . floor,'• but none was made for tlie two quarter off ice- However, Mae Bar bo and Virginia; Bever. were nominated as candidates; for, four quarters. ' . Madeline Boss-hard was nominated by petition for this l a t t e r office. I t appears probable that women candidates will be successful in this election. A decided change in the a t t i t u d e of the male gender has been noted' in this election' and they'Seem t o be supporting the women candidates. A more feminine appearance GO-OPS STILL LEAD INTRAMURAL TEAMS Kitchen Kr.ew and V a n a d i s Bragi T a k e Fast Mixes from Scots arid Frosh. B o t h ' A r e Decisive. sters'j while mixes with the Univer- . .. . still 1 °^ the .Board'of Control is probable. Balloting took place- in Assembly 26—OSllensburg Normal, (Continued on Page Two) (Continued on Page Two) Calendar of Events •FRIDAY,; December 16.—Rec Hour, Big Gym, four to five P. M. Christmas Vacation begins, 4:00"Pi M.*•• * And How! SUNDAY, Decehiber 25^.--^ristmaB—And How!' : i S U N p A Y . ^ h ^ .: gt;-,;• :" Gladys Green, W.A.A. President, Frctures a Leg in Sled Accident While coasting down the hill on the campus Gladys Green, W. A. A. president, broke her ankle when the toboggan on which she was sliding hit a small tree and u p s e t . t h e occupants. Oscar Thoisen and Harry Grimlund" received bruises and a severe, shaking up. . Miss Green was t a k e n to a local hospital for medical, treatment. She was later removed to Seattle by her father. - "' ; This mishap has been the only; one to ;ma'r, the fun of a number of sliding, and skiing parties, which have been; in evidence since t h e first,.heavy siiow of recent .years.'.-;. i ' s i ty of Montana and C. P. Si are possible.' ' • • ' -. The schedule as it stood Wednesday,- was: - •-' •••• J a n u a r y 21:—St. Martins College, at Lacey. J a n u a ry here. J a n u a r y 111.—Cheney Normal, here. February 4.—St. Martins ---------- Weekly Messenger - 1927 December 16 - Page 2 ---------- IpfplfllM WASHINGTON S ^ Publishedby Students' Association of State Normal School, Bellingham, Washington Entered in the Ppstoffice at Bellingham, Washington, as second class matter. MILLER SUTHERLEN PRINTING CO., Printers. Subscription rate by mail, $1.50 per year, in advance; single copies 5 cents; • ' • . • ' • . Advertising Rates on Application. Address all communications, other than news items, to The Business Manager of the Weekly Messenger, Bellingham, Washington. ROBERT WAGNER „ ROBERT FISHER __„ CARRIE TUCKER HERBERT E. FOWLER EDITORIAL STAFF ..Managing Editor ..Associate Editor __..Society Editor -.Faculty Advisor BARNEY CHICHESTER MYER THAL ._:_.- MANAGERIAL STAFF Business Manager ..Circulation Manager Robert Fisher . Carrie Tucker EDITORIAL COUNCIL June Wetherell Theo. Norby Olive Hardan Elden Bond EDITORIAL STAFF WRITERS Bob Waters ;; Vernon Vine Roger Beckcs REPORTORIAL STAFF Leu Abshire Myer Tha! Gordon Leen Millard Sutherlen Glen Fairbanks Florence McNeil Mae Barbo Fred Schwan Merry Christmas! It's just a little phrase and everybody's using it. But it sort of warms you up inside and makes the world seem brighter. When a friend or acquaintance greets you with "Merry Christmas", the warmth just comes out and you beam forth in a great big smile, with the returning salutation "Merry Christmas, yourself!" It's the smile with the greeting, the evidence of good-fellowship, that makes it so joyful. Try to meet a Christmas greeting with a frown; you can't do it, even if you're sure you've flunked in everything. So let's "Merry Christmas" it to everyone—and don't forget the smile. • . / ' •- o— The end of a quarter has come. A milepost has been passed, we can say. For many, their first at Bellingham Normal. In the next two weeks you will have the chance to review your three months' work as a whole. What sort of estimate are you going to put upon it; upon the school, upon the other people you met there? The folks at home will want to know somthing of what the school has done for you; whether your attending has been worth while. They will hp asking you to give an estimate. They will be making a judgment of it from your actions and attitude. But, remember, whatever your success may have been during the past quarter, you have not learned all there is to know about Bellingham Normal, good or bad. You have been called upon to make adjustments during the past term, to get the Normal School habits. During the quarters ahead you can expect to learn a great deal about this school. By B A R N EY HITE IRSf WHAT??? Why Christmas vacation, of course. HAVE YOU EVER RUN ACROSS THIS BIRD? It's rumored that there is a guy In this here school with you and I, Who says he passed in all he look, And didn't look At a book. It may sound right to some of you; To me it don't sound quite so true. He either had a awful pull, Or else of bull He is full. Books People Read - And Why By June Wetherell Local Boy Makes Good BELLINGHAM IS WAY BETTER THAN LAST YEAR AND HOW! The campaign to raise funds to send delegates to the Student Volunteer Convention is deserving of the entire support of the school. The movement is non-sectarian and will discuss matters of an international religious character. From the character and attitude of those promoting the meeting and from the nature of the previous conventions the worth-whileness of. the coming one is assumed with assurance. In a meeting of so representative a group of North American- Colleges, we of Bellingham Normal, who stand for things worthwhile should feel it our responsibility to see that we have a representation—and that that representation be from our best. We shall look forward with interest to the "echoes" of so remarkable a group of meetings which will be brought home to us. A N D NOW— Merry Christmas! candy!! I Happy New Year!! And don't eat too much Training School Gives- Program (Continued from Page One) nection with the latter, articles from the local papers are posted on the bulletin board in the class room. Wrapping of packages will also be stressed, and illustrations of this hare been loaned by the art depart- ' ment and are being displayed. The fifth grade, Miss Eleanor Os-born, training teacher, gave this morning a two-fold program, the first part to include the singing of such Christmas Carols as Silent Night, Holy Night, and Little Town of Bethlehem 5 and the reading of several pieces, both by pupils, and student teachers. The students decorated their room in keeping with the time of the year, and prepared a tree, decorated with electric lights, upon which they placed their presents. The latter part of the program was given over to the giving of presents, and the serving of refreshments, which consisted of candy and popcorn balls. Mothers' Tea Given Yesterday the girls of the eighth grade gave a tea to their mothers and some members of the faculty. At this tea the girls displayed their new smocks which thejC made in home economics classes under the direction of Miss Alice S. Houston. The refreshments served at the tea, consisted of Russian tea, macaroons, and. nut cookies. This same group of girls, while working in home economics made Christmas candies, some of it foh-dante, and the remainder what Mies Houston termed "exceptionally good fudge." Miss Houston expressed great praise of "the girls, stating that this had been the first class of the type she has ever taught which had a perfect record in candy making, not' "a girl failing to create a satisfactory bath. The candy, Miss Houston added, was a difficult type to make, /and' the record, made therefore,, is '^dou^ly;creditable..;T :i;... ::~:.-':-u':A Contracts Are Let for New Library (Continued from Page One) high, and will be richly decorated, although the books in built-in oak cases are designed to be the most important decorative feature. The lighting is designed to eliminate all possibility of glare. On this floor also are the offices of the library administration. The two offices of the. head librarian, the office and workroom of the cataloguer, and the office of the reference librarian are all conducive to efficiency and convenience. As stated early in the year by Miss Wilson, with this arrangement, it is possible for student to transact all his business with the library and staff; he can consult all of the available tools and the reference library before he enters the main reading room, thereby securing for the three hundred readers a quiet which is conducive to real study. This big reading room is, the student's workshop. With these new facilities of beauty and utility, it is hoped that students may double and magnify their work. Above you see none other than Mr. Troll E. Off, motorman of the Garden street line, who recently broke all previous records in a non-stop trip from the business section of this city to the Normal school with a car load of students who were attempting to get to class on time. The time was clocked at 45 minutes 8 seconds. At the end of the journey Mr. Off was heard to say to the admiring group which gathered about him: "I do not want all the glory for my daring attempt at speed." "I wish to share it with those students in the car who cheered me on to victory." This incident just shows that Bellingham still has gallant men within its limits... And we wish to congratulate the city power company. All power to you. Languages, languages — countless lingos never taught in,,schools, alien tongues, with only now and then a word, by sheer value, rising to the heights of the dictionary and Mr. Webster. - An interesting article on "Theatrical Lingo," appears in/ American Speech for last October, which' sums up many of the familiar back-stage terms, explaining some of the most obscure. In dealing with the language of the stage the author, Ottilie Amend, states that one must distinguish between the legitimate stage, the Little Theatre, the moving-picture world, the Musical Comedy, the Vodvil, and the Burlesque, for in each of these divisions ''one finds varying methods of communication. A performance is never entitled a success or a failure; it either "goes over big" or is a "hit", a "flop", or a "wow." If one of the actors is the star of the performance his fellow players say he "ran away with the show last night." If a troupe travels to small towns they are "in the timbers," or in the "jerkwater towns." A large crowd is called a "good house," a poor crowd, "a paper house." "Props," singular, is the property man, who would be insulted if called by any other title; "props," plural, mean the properties.5 Would-be John Barry mores ,are known as "side-walk as-tors."/ One word, now understood by the average person, which grew out of this sfagetalk, is "upstage." The de rivation of this word is very interest ing. In the days of the Elizabethan theatre, if an actor literally went "up-stage," he could not be seen by the common people in the pit, since the stage was on a slant. Hence, "upstage" came to mean "uppity." An interesting article might indeed be written about the "slanguage" of even bur own Normal school, where a strange phrase like "Rec Hour" is accepted as legitimate English. "Will Shakespeare," a poem by John Drinkwater, appears in the cur rent issue of "Drama," in the form of an appeal to the lovers of Shakes pcare. It concerns the Shakespeare memorial fund which is now being raised to rebuild and endow the memorial theater at Stratford-on-Avon. The poem is a strong plea to the r e a d e r , describing Shakespeare's characters as lonely ghosts walking the streets of Stratford-town, in search of a dwelling. Help Keep the Puzzle Together LM. Kibbe Home /;; Club Party Scene Approximately forty members and former members of the Vanadis Bragi assembled at the home of L. A. Kibbe last Friday night for the annual Christmas party which the club holds. Refreshments; a real "Santa Claus" who was none less than Harry Hale,,a Christmas tree, and the exchange of ten cent presents all contributed to the evening's entertainment. Ben Hamilton favored with a tenor solo, and Harry Hale, rendered several saxaphohe solos. , IT HAPPENS LN THE BEST OF FAMILIES Who is this little boy? This little boy is Robert Wagner. Well, what of it? Robert has just been informed that "There ain't no Santa Claus". That's fierce, ain't it? You said it. Well, we're going on a vacation, too, and forget about this darn column for a couple of weeks so— Jf CHE EH UP, FOLKS, IT'S ALL OVEft J NOW. I WISH YOU AM£ftRY (This is the last of a series of articles written on various features of the library, by members of the Library Staff—Editor'8 note). The shelf-reader's job in the library is probably not as well known as some other jobs, but it is fully as important. When you wish to find a book in the library and do not know where it might be, you first go through the card index to find ita number. You feel sure that as long as you have the number you can easily find the book. But sometimes you can not find the book and the librarian says that it has not been taken out; then what? Very often this means that the book is out of place. It is a thing like this that the shelf-reader tries to keep from happening. She goes over the shelves each day looking at each book to see if its number fits with the numbers on the books around it. If it does not, then the book must be put in its right place. Think what a time you would have finding a book that might be almost any place in the library. Shelf-reading is like putting a puzzle together. The trouble is in keeping it together when you once get it right, and students could help a lot if they only would. When you have finished with a book, be sure you put it back into the right place, so that others wishing to use the book will not have to look all over the library to find it. When you see a shelf of books all nice and straight, please do not go and muss them up. We do not read the shelves just for your amusement. I am sure that if the students realized how important it is, both to themselves and to others, that the books be in their correct ---------- Weekly Messenger - 1927 December 16 - Page 3 ---------- WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, B E L L I N G H A M V W A S H I I ^ T ON W.A.A. FALL SPORTS CLOSEATBANOUET President Fisher Speaks Before Women Sport's Banquet, with Carrie Tucker Toastmistress. Girls' fall quarter sports were closed last Friday night, December 9, with a W. A. A. banquet held in the "Montague-McHugh dining hall. _Sixty" W. A. A. members and guests were present. The evening's toast-mistress was Carrie Tucker, who cleverly interwove Christmas Spirit and athletic spirit with the aid • of Mr. Santa Claus. To quote a passage from Miss Tucker on introducing Mr. Fisher: "While Mr. Claus is busily making a playhouse for the little Fishers, Mr. Fisher is busy constructing a large house on our campus." The speech by President Fisher was a feature of the evening's program. He commented upon the activity and dependability of the W. A. A. as an organization. He heartily approved tEe club's work on i ts lodge on Sinclair (Cottonwood) island, and pledged his support. Miss Bertha Keller addressed the club on "The Spirit of Past Sports," in which she developed the growth of the W. A. A. and commended several former W. A. A. members and faculty on their work. j As an honored guest of the. evening Miss Kathleen Skalley, former director of P. E., came up from the Uni-, Versity of Washington; where she is studying. She greeted the club and spoke of W. A. A. work in the university. She will return next fall after her year's leave. Miss Theresa Peters gave a resume of next quarter's sports in general, while Edith Gunderson spoke on basketball; Golda Abel on volleyball; Martha Gesdahl, swimming; Viola Searing, hiking. As is the custom of W. A. A. banquets, the adviser of each individual sport announced an honorary or all-star team. The girls are chosen because of their good technique and fine sportsmanship. Miss Bowen announced for the all-star hockey team: Golda Abel, Virginia Bever, Grace Clampett, Mary Fox, Martha Gesdahl, Edith Gunderson, Jean Marquis, Grace Neeley, Hel-len Neilson, Rosa Ott, Lillian Wend-land and Margaret Wyant. She also presented all-star awards to the members of the volleyball squad as follows: Golda Abel, Ar-lene Johanson, Beatrice Johnson, Katherine Lawrence, J o s e p h i ne Quackenbush, Olga Stenvaag, Martha Van Hee, Jean Williams, Margaret Wyant, Martha Ylonen Miss Keller announced the following girls as the all-star soccer team: Anna Hicklin, Ruth Atkins, Dorothy McCool, Ruth Bradley, Jean Williams, Freda Massey, Rosa Van Ess, Rita Rathman, Lillian Wendland, Gladys Green and Mae Dillon. Miss Lillian George gave an inspirational account of hiking in her experience as leader of hikers, and urged the girls to take advantage of scheduled trips. o . Freshmen-Sophomore Girls Play Tie Game in Hockey Contest Lou) Stars Beat the Vanadis Bragi. Cp-ops Win Over Lowly Frpsh With an indoor baseball for a hockey ball and the gymnasium in place of the field, the Freshmen met and tied the Sophomores in the championship hockey game of the fall quarter. Unlike the soccer ball, the hockey ball might have become lost in the snow, while exceptionally cold hands never could hold a hockey club. Frosh goals were unerringly shot by Jean Marquis, Lillian Wendland, and Ruth Atkins, while the Sophs who starred in goals were Edith Gunderson and Mary Fox. . The lineup was as follows: In two of the most uneven games of the year the Low Stars retaliated for their past losses with a decisive win from the thousand per cent Van-adis Bragi, 19 to 9, while the league-leading Co-ops defeated the Frosh by a score of 20 to .7. . In the first encounter the Low- Stars, led by Marsden, played a fast, close checking type of basketball with Leatha, playing forward, high point man. Gray at guard and Brown at center played real basketball and accounted for eight of the winning points. A great deal of credit must be given to Roberts, of the Low Stars, for his consistent close checking. This outfit of players looked better than the old Low Star team that was forced "out at first" last week by t h e Co-ops. Mos-er, of the Vanadia Bragi, was the outstanding player for the losers. He was booked against the Low Star's pointing center, Brown, and managed to hold him down and make four markers besides. Line up—Low Stars: (19); Leatha (F) 5; Marsden (F) 2; Brown (C) 4; Gray (G) 4; Roberts (G) 3 ; Miller (Sub). Vanadis Bragi (9)— Korsborn (F) 1; Grimlund (F) 2 ; Moser (C) 4; Kelly (G) 1; Adkin-son (G) 1; Hamilton (Sub). In the Co-op-Frosh contest the first half was a dull uninteresting conflict with the winners ahead by the unequal score of 10 to 1. The losing quintet seemed not to be able to penetrate the close checking of the winners. Time and again they would advance the ball to center only to be forced to shoot, usually missing. Led by the substitute, Rodland, the Frosh "got going" the second half, but seemed unable to check the steady dependable Co-op team. Roy Arnett and Bill Wanamaker were the two mainstays of attack for the Co-ops. Bill broke through for 9 of the winning 20 points. Arnett's flashy checking was an item of interest. One time, during the game, he leaped off the floor and stopped a "sure" basket. Lineup: Co-ops 20)—Parker (F) 3; Legoe (F) 1; Arnett (C) 4; Wanamaker (G) 9; Iverson (G) 1; Johnson (Sub) 2. Frosh (7)—Rumery (F); Mullens (F) 1; Van Leuven (C) 1; Darby (G); Turnbull (G); Burns (Sub); Rodland (Sub) 5. o ANNUAL HIGH SCHOOL BASKET TOURNEY TO BE IN MOUNT VERNON VIKINGS HAND 51-37 LOSS TO WRECKERS Supervarsity Quintet Shows Power as Roland Wreckers Drop Hard Fought Game in Class A League CLASS A STANDINGS TEAM— Won Lost Y. M. C. A 4 0 Normal 3 1 Roland Wreckers .... 1 3 Baker Lumber 0 4 Pet. 1.000 .750 .250 .000 Marquis CF Gunderson Wendlend RI Fox Ott, R LI . Clampett RW Abel Koli LW Seward Sabol RH Ott Larson CH Barton Atkins LH Neilson RF Gesdahl Wyant ; .;•.•'••••'.•£?".•• . •Bewe'r.':•';•;• -:' ;\ Goar* ;••;..- Neeley It has been decided that the Northwest High School basketball tournament will again be held at Mt. Vernon the first week of March. Mt. Vernon, because of its large gym, central location and many other conveniences was the scene of last year's tournament also. The decision was made by a meeting of Northwest Washington coaches at Mt. Vernon, Monday night. This big district meet comes just one week before the state meet, which is held in Seattle. Whatcom County will furnish three teams; three from Snohomish and the Island counties; and two from Skagit. These eight teams will play, and the three that are best will be sent to the State Tournament. Coaches John F. Keeran and Lee Rankin represented Bellingham at this meet. Other representatives were W. Fisher,' F. Rockey and H. Wilder of Lynden; J. Miles and A. Hannahsof Nooksack. At the meeting there was no discussion of the place for either the district track meet or the baseball contest. • o i During the unusually cold, snowy weather, the Vikings are giving a fine example of Darwin's "survival of the fittest." While the poor, shivering Southerners sit hunched over the fire, the hardy descendants of the Norsemen skate, coast, and even skii. They welcome the cold weather and stamp around in the snow glorying in it. Perhaps, however, the fathers should have given the sons better instruction in skiing. They sway/ lean from side to side and finally crash to the ground. Still undaunted and with the true Norsemen's spirit they arise and t ry again. Those who have Scandinavian fore-bearers may laugh now, but 'lie. laugh best who laughs last." Wait until the summer quarter^ The Supervarsity cagers have found themselves. This statement was substantiated Wednesday evening when the aforementioned quintet, playing a brilliant brand of basketball, marched to an 51 to 37 victory over the Roland Wreckers in a city class A league contest on the "Y" floor. By virtue of their encouraging win the Supers are safely lodged in second place and are threatening the peace and dignity of the league leading Y. M. C. A. five, who kept pace with the. Vikings Wednesday by defeating the Baker Lumber Yard aggregation 61 to 22. Speedy floor work, accurate shooting and close checking, gave the supers a decided advantage over the Wreckers, who after holding the Car-verites to a 40 to 36 score at half time, waited, permitting the winners to tally almost at will. That last half spurt was beautiful to watch, and if the Supers can hold the pace, they have a 50-50 chance to down the association five when the two squads meet Wednesday, December 21. Although the entire team deserves credit for their commendable performance, individual bouquets should be given to "Zeke" McClurken, diminutive forward, and Ted Clarke, running guard. "Zeke" had his shooting sights trained on the basket in the Wrecker tilt, and he found the hoop for 18 points. He is going to be a hard man to keep off the varsity. Clarke, demonstrating some of the tactics, that several years ago made hi mone of the outstanding guards in state high school circles, gave a brilliant performance, of dribbling, passing and checking. He also scored 9 points. Hawkings and Harper looked good on the offensive, each accounting for 10 points. Oscar Thorsen, regular center, was unable to play, due to an injury. The lineups: , Normal 51— Roland Wr. 37 Harper 10 F. Wilson 10 McClurken 18 .... F. „... Urbeck 3 Hawkins 10 C. Leach 15 Clarke 9 G. Simonsen 9 Anderson 2 G Haverman Erickson 2 Sub .... Worthington Sub Naughton o Women Plan Big Winter Program Junior Varsity Faces Against Power Squad . • • • i CLASS B STANDINGS TEAM— Shell Oil ......... Y. M. C. A. ... Normal District 301 ... P. S. P. L. M. W. A Won Lost Pet. 4 0 1.000 i gt; l 1 2 3 3 .750 .750 .500 .250 .250 "A sport for every girl; every girl out for a sport!" With such a motto adopted, the women's sports department plans for an active winter quarter of activities. Infra-mural and interclass organization during the winter will center upon basketball, swimming, volleyball and hiking. The schedule is as follows: Basketball—Monday, Wed., at 4:00. Basket Ball—Tue., Thu., at 4:00. Basketball—Tue., Thu., a t 3:00. Swimming—Mon., Wed., at 4:00. Volley Ball—Tue., Thu., at 4:00. Hiking—Saturdays. January 5, at ---------- Weekly Messenger - 1927 December 16 - Page 4 ---------- ^^^^^ww^^^^^^^^^^WwWiWiW^^^^wfSpiiii WS^'0$£\ gt;$' WW-WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. BELLINGHAM. WASHINGTON GUIDES FUR Fur, Fur-bearing Animals, History } of No^rth' American Trapping I Studied By: Laurel School Pupils i Fur has recently been the subject Jof'study in the Industrial Arts class of. the seventh grade at the Laurel £rade school. The study was brought iabout by mention of trapping \u his-jtory, and"a iispugsion ° r t n e l,re~ 'winter activities of plants and ani-imals. ^ When beginning the work, the bhilclren first "investigated the history; of the use of fur, and then the source of it. They learned1 its important relation to the winning of the West, and its importance as a present day industry in Russia, Siberia, and other parte of Asia. They ais'b-inade a': study 0f the fur bearing Snimals of North • America, paying; special attention to "those of theirj o\yn locality'. 'To- facilitate' this • study,; th£ childreri used samples of fur do'-! nated: "by a local' furrier, arid colored prints/of fur-bearing animals,loaned; by.; Miss ••H zfet''-"-Breafcey"'of-''the; Art; department.'' ••,-•. •The sample's'of fur; were trimmed1 to"a iiniform^ize arid were''sewed on an identification'sheet,'' thus giving the students practice in tutting arid sewjng materials.. They "then labeled the sainples, arid at present'have samples of the fur of twenty-seven animals. They can not only identify .the furs, but can also describe thp janimals as to habits and habitat. : ! '"When trapping and' .the'.prepara- 'tion of fur was discussed; the stu- ! dents wished to dp some of this jwbrk. A rabbit ! was killed and I skinned; arid ^he pelt placed upon a Istretching board made by one of thfe (students. All the pupils made these •;boards, and ,the one considered the I best was used.v .'The children were -jentirely responsible for the fleshing, 'salting, and drying of the skin. ' The children have also studied the more common frauds connected with jfur dealing, and imitation of fur. ^Protection' of;ii1fur-beaTirig: animals • has been still:'another ; phase' of the .study, the pupils..having done much ; reading' beside^ writing several let- 'ters on the subject. • All the materi a l which i'they have'••gained :iri the ; course, the' Students have-incdrpbrat-jed in notebooks," some-of tlierir dec- |orating the'maTgiris':with sketches of . ianimals or tracks. • ' i; The work is.to be-'coritiriued in the •'future, the uses of fur, its by-products,- and its comparative values being some of the Subjects'.outlined for additional study.. . ,-• • Aprons Replaced by Mpdprn Smocks ill Training Dept. Because they are "modern" girls,, and because, this being so, they should wear "modern" clothes, trip girls of the seventh and eighth grade Home Economics classes have discarded their old-fashioned laboratory aprons worn while doing their work and have substituted attractive smocks. , These smocks are made of material selected and bought by the girls. When purchasing -the goods, color, attractiveness, • arid utility were considered. They were designed and made entirely by the students, unr der the supervision of Miss Alice S. Houston, Home Economics instructor, who stated, "All fit well and are presentable, attractive garments. The girls made them even to. the buttonholes.""' Regular work of the Home Economics; classes includes not only the actual' preparation of food, but also attractive' and efficient ways of serving, and instruction hi anything related to attractive home-making. Suture work' will include marketing arid b'udgetingj Miss Houston said. : '' : ' - ' ' ; " •: "• o- - i Miss Hazel Plympton will leave Bellirigham :on Friday, for Portland, where she will spend the vacation with her. parents. . CLUB - HOUSE - SOCIAL Last Wednesday evening, December 7, Mrs. Dokken entertained, wjth Miss Adelle Jones as honored guest at a delicious dinner. After the dinner the evening was spent in a social way. All of the gjrls reported a very enjoyable "time. ; " — O—T— — • Ann Summers spent the week-end with her parents in Mount Vernon. — ; 0: ; Inez Bannister was a week-end guest of Heleri Dorari, hr Burlington. KOMFORT KOTTAGE The girls of Komfort Kottage had a housemeeting December 8. Ida Lewis presented new plans discussed at the meeting of house presidents. Having dispensed with business, plans for a Christmas party were made. Eacli member's name was written on a piece of paper, and the girls drew names for Christmas presents. These presents were to be usable, and not to cost over a quarter. The party was held last evening, Thursday, December 15. Phyllis Neher was appointed chairman, of -the refreshement committee, Nellie Barton, Baxter, or BastonXYZ Nellie Barton, entertainment, and Selma Myhr, decorations, which will include the getting of a tree. The snowy weather did not prevent Onida. Davidson from going home to Blaine, over the. week-end. Florence Filian and Edna Working served a lovely Christmas dinner Sunday evening at 6:1.5 o'clock, in the private dining room of Edens Hall. The table was attractively arranged in Christmas colors arid tapering candles furnished the light for the' room. A three-course dinner was served to Doris Scherer, Georgia Lewis, Billie Howe, Margaret Hill, Louise Steger and the hostesses, Florence Filian and Edna Working.: -._.• lt;•.:'• '•:-•• • ' , :'• Q — • . . - Edens Hall is arrayed in Christmas decorations. Holly wreaths are seen in the windows of the front doors and fir branches with a dash of red color are used in decorating the hall. o Edens Hall was the scene of a Christmas pajama party, Wednesday evening. Each girl bought a gift for the tree. Santa Claus was very good to. everyone. '" Bonnie Olson was honored guest at"a party celebrating her birthday anniversary. Bridge Avas the main diversion of the evening. Refreshments were served later in the evening. Those sharing in the enjoyable evening were: Kappy Reese, Florence Palmer, Jennie ;Sabol, Lempi Koli, and the honored guest, Bonnie Olson. BELLINGHAM NORMAL SENDS STUDENTS TO DETROIT CONVENTION (Continued from Page 1) the world can produce. The following, information .about ..some: 'of. the speakers has been released: Miss Hazel Breakey will be at home in Bellingham during Christmas vacation. EDENS ALL IS SCENE OF CHRISTMAS DINNER Miss Marie t-ary Druse, head of: the Art department, who for the past; twelve weeks has been studying in Los Angeles' arid traveling, will soon return to Bellingham. Next quarter she will take up her work again at the Normal School, teaching classes in upper-grade Art, Basketry, and Rural Art. — o '-— Miss Gertrude Longley, who has been in California during the past quarter, recently returned to Bellingham, and will resume her work in the Home Economics department 'next quarter. She will teach classes :iu nutrition and. clothing. • —__——o-—•—— '• Mrs. Alice. S.. Houston, who has; :been taking Miss Longley's place in the Home Economics department, will leave Sunday en route for Los Angeles, stopping one day in Seattle and two days in San Francisco. Mrs.i 'Houston has become greatly attached to Bellingham and the Normal school during her short stay here and she said, "I believe the weather man planned this cold weather to make it. easier for me to leave.'-, . The girls of Jenkins hall held a delightful Christmas party last Wednesday evening. ' The room was decorated with red and green streamers and cedar boughs, and a large Christmas' tree.' Entertainment was furnished through games, presents, candy pull, and refreshments. Last Tuesday evening the girls of Jenkins Hall held a very, lively and entertaining midnight spread to. help Ruth Butler celebrate her "sixteenth" birthday. Heavy entertainment was provided, and afterwards, light refreshments. ••' Because school is closing today the annual Edens Hall Christmas dinner was served last night. .'•! The dining room was beautifully and appropriately decorated with holly, candy and a Christmas tree. . T h e turkey, dinner was greatly enjoyed and when he dessert was served, exclamations of wonder and joy were heard, for the waitresses all came in at one time carrying in each hand a Christinas pudding on which was a lighted candle. The dinner was prepared under the supervision of Miss Linda Countryman. OWN A TYPEWRITER $2.00 down, balance easy terms. Choice of Standard Makes T. M. PPPPP