1903_1001 ---------- Normal Messenger - 1903 October - Cover ---------- THE NORMAL MESSENGER October 1903 Monthly Whatcom Wash. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1903 October - Page [2] ---------- Telephones Office, Main 25 Store, Main 24 Morse Hardware Co. Gynasium Supplies, Sporting Goods of all Kinds, Building Hardware 1025 and 1039 Elk Street Whatcom Groceries When good or prices are not satisfactory, please return same and money will be refunded. Byron Grocery Co. 14 West Holly Phone Main 200 ---------- Normal Messenger - 1903 October - Page [3] ---------- The Leader Sells Everything For Woman's Adornment From Bead to Foot There's a beau­tiful assortment of : : : : : Fine Millinery, Dress flats, —and— Hats for School and Street Wear Our Suit Department has everything in ready-to-wear a p - p a r e l . Cloaks, Furs, Waists, Skirts, Tailor Made Suits Shoe Department Nobby, toppy styles. Prices low. 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Whatcom, J«J« Washington Original TownsHe Proprietors Manufacturing Sites, Business and Residence Property Bellingham Bay Improvement Co. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1903 October - Page [5] ---------- BlRNEY GOODHEART PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS Rooms I, 2, 3, 4 And 5, Red Front Bldg X RAY WORK A SPECIALTY Office 'Phone Main 2281 Residence 'Phone S231 DR. F. J. GEOGHEGAN DENTIST Rooms 4 and 5, Red Front Block Telephone Red 831 WHATCOM, WASH. DR. WILBUR N. HUNT Physician and Surgeon OFFICE 'Phones—Office, Black 836 Rooms A and B, Red Front Blk —Residence Red 122 A. MACRAE SMITH, M. D. Telephone Red 52J Office, Red Front Building WHATCOM, WASH. FRANK J. VAN KIRK, M. D. Practice Limited to EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT CLOVER BLOCK WHATCOM, WASH. DR. J. C. MINTON DENTIST Rooms 9,10 12, Fisher Blk Residence Phone Black 68* Cor. Dock and Holly Office Phone Red Ml DR. C. A. DARLING DENTIST Rooms 18 and 19 Fisher Block Corner Dock and Holly Streets PHONE BLACK 375 WHATCOM, WASH. Whatcom Dental Parlors Da. R. I/VBROOK SBAKKUN, Manager The Highest Grade Dental Work at Reasonable Prices. Examination Free. PHONE RCD 626 CLOVER BLOCK ---------- Normal Messenger - 1903 October - Page [6] ---------- MODERN DENTAL PARLORS DR. O. C. GILBERT, MANAGE* Hollv Block I 1 0 8 W e 8 t H o l ,T s t r e e t Jiouy moot } 1806 JJQ^ g t , ^ p h o n e B U l c k 1871 ALL. WORK GUARANTEED W. a KIRKPATRICK, M. D. ADDI F. KIRKPATRICK, M. D. Rooms 16 and 17, Fisher Block 'Phones—Residence, Red 44 —Office, Red 44 Office 'Phone, Red 471 Residence 'Phone Red 094 CHAS. L. HOLT, M. D. Specialties: Diseases of the Eye, Ear Note and Throat Rooms 1 and 2 Fisher Block Office Telephone Main 2061 Residence Telephone Main 8061 W. H. AXTELL PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office Hours: 11 to 12 a. m., 2 to 5 p. m. PIKE BLOCK—Cor. Elk and Holly WHATCOM, WASH Wart to £ire Hear the Doma! $ekwl Lysle's Normal School Tracts t i i Lysle's Acre Tracts Jill JHjacMt to $tate Ifcrmal $cfc»l BEAUTIFUL Residence Property, situated di­rectly between the growing cities of Fair-haven and Whatcom, and particularly adapt­ed to the needs of those attending the Normal, or to those who wish to board or room Normal stu­dents. This is made so on account of its close proximity to the Normal. THE NORMAL SCHOOL TRACTS contain nearly an acre of ground, and of­fer better inducements to locate near the Normal than any other property on Bellingham Bay. Good terms and low interest. AT FIRST HANDS, AND You PAY NO COMMISSIONS. C A M P B E L L 18 ClOTrwr Block, * Whatcom, W M H . ---------- Normal Messenger - 1903 October - Page [7] ---------- — S t a t e — normal School WHATCOM + WASHINGTON S beautifully located be­tween the cities of What­com and Fairhaven. These cities have all the modern conveniences; electric cars run within one block of the campus. Ski CorMtpoadaac* Iivrttad. Catalog*** FrM. Offers T h r e e R e g u l a r Courses Special coarse in methods Courses in manual training Review Courses B u i l d i n gs The school occupies two large and substantial buildings having all modern conveniences D i n i n g Hall The school has erected a new dining hall upon the campus in which are served regular meals and lunches at popular prices. Prominent F e a u r e t - Catalogued library; large museum; Physical, chemical, biological laboratories; Stereopticon and darkrooms; Gymnasium, dressing rooms, baths; Manual training department; Large training school, well conducted; Large and beautiful auditorium. Admission and Expenses- Second semester opens February 1,1904 Students enter at any time; Board and room costs |3.50 to |4.00 per week; Self boarding costs $6.00 to $10.00 a month. No tuition; library fee $10—one-half returnable. Text-books are loaned free. Edward T. MatHes Principal ---------- Normal Messenger - 1903 October - Page [8] ---------- There is nothing to be found in the modern age requiring greater exactness, nicety and cleverness to meet the demands than this art. it is an vt! t As such only the best meets the requirement of the public's needs. The business man finds great­er results are secured when his printing stock is equal to a competitor. in Sacietg ttoer* nvz maug Fads produced that require continual study and prepara­tion to produce work that equals a metropolitan vogue. Tfre test far the Business Itbm ana the latest for tire Societg L,arfg is fornix! a* time . . . . HOLLY PRESS PRINTERS, BINDERS and BlanK Book FolKs IRVING BLOCK, 1315 DOCK ST., WHATCOM ---------- Normal Messenger - 1903 October - Page [9] ---------- FACULTY EDWARD T. MATHES, Ph., D. Pricipal, His­tory and Pedagogy WASHINGTON WILSON, Psychology and Peda­gogy JOHN T. FORREST, Ph. B., Mathematics FRANCIS W. EPLY, A. 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Quality guaranteed : : : : Hans Pearson ...The Grocer... Wholesale and Retail Prices Right ! Kaufman Bros. Newest Fall Styles in Ladies* Tailored Suits Splendid Millinery Showing t"" P A D Q in all the best and latest w # n r ~ _f materials. Special val­ues at 26, 36 and 60 cents Sole Agents for the Celebrated Marquese Waists. Americas Best Tailored Waist Exclusive sale of W. B. and C. B. a la Spirite Corsets. Finest M-K«e of Kid Glo-es Maggroni .|1.50 grade Mascot $1.25 grade Sovereign _$1.00 grade Duchess -...$2.00 grade gt;»»»»»»»»»•»•»»»»»»»»»»»»»»••» ---------- Normal Messenger - 1903 October - Page [11] ---------- Normal Messenger October 1903 Modern German Dialect Poetry A few years ago our magazines and liter­ary journals were flooded with so-called "dia­lect poetry," and stray effusions of this sort continue to be printed occasionally in the Sun­day editions of our large newspapers. The . chief objection to this style of composition is that most of these pieces are neither dialect nor poetry. For whatever may be the judg­ment of the critics as to the present status of poetry in America, it must be admitted that our country no longer possesses any real dia­lects, if indeed it ever had any. The mixed origin of our people and the former comparative isolation of certain parts of our country have, to be sure, given rise to a great variety of patois, but the constant shifting of our population, the uniformity of social, political and educational conditions throughout our land and the ever multiplying means of communication between North and South, East and West, have pretty thorough­ly prevented the development of true dialects, such as continue to exist under the more sta­ble conditions of European civilization. Lowell, in his "Bigelow Papers," Riley, in his "Neighborly Poems," and Eugene Field, in his books of "Western Verse/' have given us compositions which frequently rise to the dignity of true poetry, though the language in which they are presented is in each case a patois and not a dialect. But in these poems the poet, an educated man, has for purposes of his own clothed his thoughts in a vernacu- ---------- Normal Messenger - 1903 October - Page [12] ---------- lar which he himself does not use in ordinary life, and his poems are intended to be read, primarily, not be the people who do use that vernacular, but by the general public. This is also true of TennysonV'Northern Farmer." It is written, to be sure, in a dialect, and not a mere patois, (for real dialects still exist in England,) but this dialect is not the speech of the writer, and the poem is really only a lit­erary experiment. Had it been composed by one who thought and spoke habitually in that dialect, then it would have been in the truest sense a dialect poem. Although, as I have said, there are still liv­ing dialects in England, yet, since the golden age of the ballad, there seems to have been no real dialect poet south of the Tweed. It is only in the "lowland tongue of Scot­land" that we find a speech and a literature which bear the same relation to those of the English speaking race as is sustained by the dialects of Germany, Switzerland and Aus* tria to the speech and literature of the whole German race. In each case we have a form of speech which was once a highly cultivated language, but which has been reduced, chiefly through political influences, to the rank of a dialect, with constantly increasing local variations. Just as the poems of Burns and Mother­well, or the novels of Barrie and Crockett, ap­peal most strongly to the writer's country­men, but are read, understood and loved by English-speaking men everywhere, so the dia­lect poems and tales of Germany, while most enjoyed by those to whom the dialect is the mother tongue, are nevertheless favorites with all Germans. Because of this analogy between Scotch and the German dialects, I have endeavored to give at least a Scotch coloring to the renderings which I have attempted of several German dialect poems. The German literature of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries is very rich in love-songs, ballads, drinking and dancing songs in vari­ous dialects, most of which have come down to us in a more or less fragmentary form and with multitudinous variations. From the artless lyrics of an earlier age I have selected three or four examples. The first, "Dort hoch uf jenem berge," consists of ---------- Normal Messenger - 1903 October - Page [13] ---------- only two stanzas. Like most songs of this class, it suggests far more than it relates. In two simple pictures the singer tells of his un­dying love for the miller's daughter, which-is typified to him by the ever turning wheel, and shows us in one or two words the end of all his joys and hopes. High up on yonder hill-top A mill-wheel turneth aye, And nocht but luve it grindeth out By nicht or e'en by day. r But noo the mill is broken, An' luve maun endit be; God keep thee, then, my bonny lass, For I maun cross the sea. In another poem of the same period, "Ich hort ein sichellin rauschen," we have a glimpse of a harvest field and of two peasant maidens, one of whom is rejoicing in her new-found love, while the other mourns her lost sweetheart: I heard a sickle swinging, A-swinging through the corn, An' I heard twa fair maids singing, Ane merry and ane forlorn. "Swing, o swing, my sweetheart, For o, my heart is gay! i For I hae found me a lover Amang the clover hay." "An' hast thou found thee a lover Amang the clover hay? But I stan' here a' lonely, An' o, my heart is wal!" "Zwei Wasser" is the fragment of a very old ballad of which there are countless vari­ants. Like the preceding example, it is a dia­logue, but in this case between two lovers, who are kept apart by some insuperable bar­rier, typified by the sea. The maiden despairs but the youth tenderly seeks to restore hope and courage to her breast: "O, Elsie, dearest Elsie mine, How fain were I wi' thee! But there lie the twa deep waters ' Atween thyself and me." "Ah, luve! one is the stream o' my tears, An' the ither it is the sea, An' wi' the drapping o' my tears The sea maun deeper be." "Yet time will mak' a' richt at last, An' joy will follow syne, An' a'-our ill shall turn to gude, ' O, dearest Elsie mine." ---------- Normal Messenger - 1903 October - Page [14] ---------- I will give but one more specimen of these old songs—a fragment of a "Tanzlied," refreshing for its frank preference of physical beauty and an affectionate disposition to a large dowry: O, my luve she is a bonny lass, But deil a bit siller has she; Yea nocht I care for gowd an' gear— Nae kisses can they gie! From the period of the Thirty Years' War down to the beginning of the last century, German dialect poetry gave but few signs of life. True, the old songs and ballads were not altogether forgotten, and new ones of an inferior sore came occasionally to light, but it was only in the mountainous regions of Bavaria and Austria that anything like a true poetic spirit seemed to survive among the common people. With the dawn of the nine­teenth century, however, came the literary re­volt against classicism and the political strug­gles for national reconstruction, and the stir­ring gales that swept the intellectual atmos­phere of Germany durjng that period awoke the rustic muse from her two hundred years' sleep. While none of the modern dialect poets holds as important a place in German litera­ture as Burns does in our own, yet such names as Kobell, Stieler and Groth have come to be household words in Germany. Klaus Groth, who wrote in the low-German dialect of Schleswig-Holstein, was an ardent admirer of Burns, and many of his poems reveal the in­fluence of the Scottish bard. His "Min Jehan" has a little of the tone of "Auld Lang Syne," and "John Anderson, My Jo," though in form and spirit it more closely re­sembles Motherwell's "Jeanie Morrison.:" I wish we still were bairns, my John, The warl' was then sae wide; We sat thegither on the stane The neebor's bum beside, We sat an' watched the silent moon Gang sailin' thro' the sky; Our thochts were a' as hie as heav'n, Deep as the burn hard by. Ye'll min' how still it was, my John; Nae flichterin' leaf wad gleam, But noo it's sae nae mair, my John, Save only when we dream. And ah, when sang the shepherd-lad Alone upo' the plain, Ye ken that was a soan', my John,. We winna hear again. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1903 October - Page [15] ---------- Noo in the gloamin' aftenwhiles Those sel'same thochts return, I feel my pulses loup as licht As then beside the burn; An' then I turn me roun' in haste, As I some frien' wad meet; But this is a' I fin', my John— I stan' alone an' greet. The following is a fair specimen of his love-songs: At kirk she's the stillest of a' that are there, At market ye'll meet wi' nane ither sae fair, Sae jimp and sae gentle, wi' een like a spell, As blue as the lift and as deep as a well. Wha keeks in the water, nor tholes muckle thocht? Wha looks at the lift, and still langs for nocht? Wha can gaze in her een, sae leal and sae blue, And na dream o' angels and a' that is true? In his "Keen grabn is so breed" he ampli­fies the old proverb, that "Love laughs at locksmiths:" Nae moat is sae braid, an' nae wa' is sae high, That gin twa luve ilk ither, they'll na meet by an' by. Nae nicht is sae mirk, and nae win' rages sae, That gin two wish to meet, they'll na find out a way. There's the mune an' the stars that blink thro' the nicht, Or maybe a lantern to Ien' us its light. There's a plank or a ladder by whilk ane can gae; Gin twa luve ilk ither—nae fash for the way! Christian Russe is another "Platt-deutsch" bard, but far less widely known than Groth. In "Dat Hert," while warning a young maid­en against the wiles of designing suitors, he very artfully proposes himself as guardian of her heart: 0 Mary, tent thy heart wi' care, Or sune 'tis stown awa'. Gin sic a lassie'll na beware She'll hae nae heart ava'. For gin a body fin' thy heart* Wha caresna it to keep, But drops it reckless in his pouch— My lassie, thou maun weep. An' when the thief comes, saft and slee, An' seems sae gude an' fair, An' wiles thy tender heart frae thee— 'Twill gar thee greet fu' sair. But gin thou hast a sicker frien'. Can guard it safe frae harm, 1 rede thee, bairn, entrust thy heart To him without alarm. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1903 October - Page [16] ---------- An' gin thou giest that heart to me, I ken whar it can rest By nicht an' day, frae danger free, Sae lang's God seeth best. An' gin thou dost, thou'lt fin' me true ' As ithers canna be. I doot, the best for thee, my lass, It is—to gie't to me. The High German dialects, too, can claim many sweet singers. I have, however, space for only two of their songs, both Suabian "Volkslieder." The first, "Drei Roeselein," is a modern ver­sion of a very old and popular ballad, and re­fers to the belief that to dream of falling ros­es betokens the death or faithlessness of a lover: I gaed to the burnside, but 'twas na to drink, 'Twas my ain lad I was seekin', but he was na by the brink. Sae I turned my een aboot, and fu' sune I spied My ain lad, wi' anither lass a-standin' at his side. O, to see him wi' anither, it gar't me grieve fu' sair; God keep thee noo, my ain lad, for I'll see thee rievermair. Sae noo I've laid me doon, doon upon the strae, An' three bonny roses cam' a-drappin' whar I lay. An' the three bonny roses they are a' bluidy-red; Wae's me, I dinna ken if my lad be fause or dead. "Wann die Mailuefterl wehn," is an old man's song of spring: When the May breezes blaw and the snae-wreaths are in thaw, Then the flowers lift their heads to breathe tht air o' spring, And the birdies that were still thro' the winter mirk and chill, They are fain and blithe again, and merrily they sing. O, when bloom the roses fair, then the heart is sad nae mair, For the time o' the rose and the time o' luve are ane; And the roses still appear, brau and caller ilka year; But luve blossoms ance, and then the flower is gane. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1903 October - Page [17] ---------- Ilka year comes the spring, when auld winter spreads his wing, But ah, the life o' man kens but ae single May, When the swallows flee we ken they'll be wi' us sune again; Only youth when it's gane returns nae mair for aye. Germany can boast of poets whose majestic creations challenge the admiration of the whole world. These men the German loves and reveres, but dearest to his heart are the humbler bards who sing to him simple songs in the language he learned at his mother's knee. EDWARD N. STONE. A Washington Rain Storm and Its Sequel CHAP. I. Arrayed in her rain coat and armed with her umbrella, Elma had declared the day perfect for Washington shopping and unheeding Mar­gery's protests, had tramped off, soon disap­pearing over the brow of the hill. Elma was a new student at Whitburn col­lege where Margery had attended the previous year. Of each other they knew very little, but having a common friend, had decided on the spur of the moment to room together. Now tragedies are often enacted in blinding blizzards, but comedy is to be found only in lighter storms and he, whose ambition it is never to cut a ridiculous figure, is unwise to venture too boldy into a Washington rain. Elma soon filled her shopping bag with many small packages of many shapes and fin­ally stopped at a cozy little cottage where an old chum of her sister lived. When after half an hour of lively chatter she rose to go, her hostess asked: "Did you bring your chafing dish, Elma?*' "No," she answered, "I meant to, but there was so much to bring that I left it out; but I'll be almost sure to send for it." "No, indeed, you shall not," quickly answer­ed her friend, "I had one and last week anoth­er one was given to me, so I am going to loan you my old one for the winter—you may pay me by asking me to a spread." ---------- Normal Messenger - 1903 October - Page [18] ---------- Delightful, cried Elma, "Margery will be so pleased; I will take it along and surprise her." So the chafing dish was hastily, and if truth must be told rather insecurely wrapped up, but Elma tucked it under her arm and ventured once more into the rain. Thereby hangs a tale. CHAP. II. The rain which had been falling in a quiet, drizzle was now being driven pell-mell into the face of the few pedestrians by a wind which came in fierce, sudden gusts. In one of these, Elma unconsciously loosened her hold on her shopping bag and was dismayed the next moment to see its unlucky contents scat­tered over the dripping pavement. As she stood stupidly staring down at them, the cor­ner was rounded by a six-foot cavalier, who came promptly to the rescue. But the wind was not yet content; another gust wrenched the umbrella and in a vain attempt to save it from being turned inside out, she dropped the chafing dish. Its wrapper flew off and then, as if possessed by an evil spirit, it whirled, hit her kneeling companion a smart blow on the shoulder, rolled about ten feet down hill, and landed in a mud puddle. Finally, however, the packages were restored to their places, the umbrella, though wrecked, turned back to its natural shape, the chafing dish rescued from the mud puddle and all in the possession of the college boy who had, by this time, introduced himself as James McGregor. He calmly assured her that he was on his way to the "Dormitory," and although her in­tuition told her it was a polite fib, she failed, to tell him so. CHAPTER in. . Margery listened delightedly to Elma's story of the day and laughed until she could laugh no longer. "Oh dear," she moaned, "if I had only been there with my kodak! Such a chance! But who did you say he was ?" "I didn't say," said Elma, a trifle stiffly, "but it was Mr. McGregor." "Oh," Margery broke in, "I'm sorry for you—he is an awful tease—you'll never hear the last of it. Of course, you didn't tell him your name." "Yes," said Elma—then stopped and wish- ---------- Normal Messenger - 1903 October - Page [19] ---------- ed she could bite off her tongue. Margery winked confidingly at the footstool and then rattled on,— "He is just awful—know him?" Margery dimpled. "I dov a little too well perhaps. But then after all he may not make very much fun of you." "Make fun of me," blazed Elma, "I should like to see the man who would dare make fun of me." "Should you really? Well, you've seen him. To think of him down in the mud and you pelting him with chafing dishes. Oh!" But the door closed and Margery was alone. She made a grimmace and went to her desk, writing, after a fit of laughter, the following note addressed to "Mr. James McGregor:" "Dear Jim: So you are back. I suppose you planned seeing me this evening—if you didn't, you should have—but I am going to ask as a favor that you stay away until I send for you. My room mate arrived yesterday. Her name is Elma Thurston. She is a dear, —but she hates to be teased, so you know how she must adore me. Now be sure not to come. I have the most special reason or I would not ask. "Yours, "MARGERY." Then she bribed a boy to deliver it and spent the rest of the afternoon teasing Elma until that young lady declared emphatically that she would ignore both the incident and Mr. McGregor and punish him for his "impu­dence." Of what his impudence really con­sisted, no one, not even the young lady her­self, had the remotest idea. Truly, girls are inconsistent. CHAPTER iv. James McGregor fumed over Margery's puzzling note. "Now why doesn't she want me to come this evening? I've a good mind to go any way. Special reasons—h'm'n." Nevertheless he did not go, but by the fol­lowing evening he had come to a decision. "Well, Margery can keep me from seeing her, but she didn't order me not to see her room mate. I've got it. Yes, siree!" So it was in a very self-satisfied frame of mind that he was shown into the parlor to ---------- Normal Messenger - 1903 October - Page [20] ---------- await Miss Thurston's appearance. But Elma herself a moment later in the doorway said, so quickly and decisively, that before he could get his breath she was gone. "I presume there is a mistake. You likely asked for my room mate, Miss Carleton. Please excuse me and I will call her." A moment later Margery faced him. "So-ho, Jim! I knew you would surely come tonight. What's the matter? Did Mis Thurs­ton freeze you so that you can't speak ?" "She did let me down. That's a fact." "You don't know her do you?" "Why—well—er—we met rather uncere­moniously, I must admit, yesterday fore­noon." "Oh yes," said Margery, sweetly innocent, "I believe I did hear her say something to that effect." "Well, Margery, didn't you tell her that I was your half-brother?" "No—she only asked if I knew you—not if we were relatives." "Well?" "Yes, Jim?" "She was very courteous yesterday." "Perhaps she felt she owed it to you." "I tell you, Margerie, it makes a fellow feel rather small to be treated as I was just now." "Can you expect more though, now if you had only had an introduction—" "Oh! Hang it! I say, Margie, will you give me an introduction to her highness?" "Why of course, Jim dear," purred Mar-grey. The spirit of mischief laughed in her eyes and fluttered in her dimples, but her smile was guileless, "of course I will, but why didn't you tell me sooner what you were af­ter?" M. E. A. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1903 October - Page [21] ---------- Che normal messenger Published Monthly By the Students of THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL WHATCOM, WASHINGTON S S x S K g g S l BUSINESS MANAGE*, EDITORIAL STAFF MAY WILLIAMS,'04 Editor-in-Chief MARY ANDREWS, 1)6, Utopian ( T i t m r v VIVIAN SO RELLE. '07, Soronian.... | Ki«=r«y EDNA BOLEY, '07, Aurora / Loci. LOTTIE GRAHAM, '04, Kulshan j -MJcaia GRACE ICAS, '05 Y. W. C. A. CARRIE RISEDORPH, '04, Alcott Exchanges GUY DUNNING, '06, Philomathean Athletics SARAH VAN REYPAN, '06, Chilic Alumni TERMS—FIFTY CENTS A YEAR Address all communications to the Editor-in-chief. Whatcom, Wash. Issued the fifteenth of every month. All copy must be in the hands of the editor-in-chief on or before the ninth of the month. Entered December 21, 1902, at Whatcom, Washington, as second-class matter, under Act of Congress of March 8,1879. VOL V OCTOBER 1903 NO. 9 Many of our readers are new students at school. We hope you are adjusted to Normal ways of doing things and that you may al­ways think of this year as one of the most profitable and enjoyable years of your school life. There was a larger proportion of familiar faces among the students at the opening of school than ever before. Let us not hold too closely to our old cliques, but let us give the hand of fellowship to the stranger that^we may have the benefit of his friendship—for it is worth having. It depends upon us old students to make the social side of Normal school life worth living. When we came back from our summer va­cation we found that not a few changes had been made. Most of the basement floors have been covered with flooring and the ugly ce­ment is now out of sight. Nearly all the rooms of both buildings are finished and may be used. Miss Tromanhauser is now living in the home which was but begun at the close of school. Sehome hill has been much improved ---------- Normal Messenger - 1903 October - Page [22] ---------- in the way of new residences. May the good work go on, and when the strets are graded so that wagons and cows may go around, in­stead of through, the campus, may we have a campus worthy of the W. S. N. S. Although the number of students will be fewer this year than last, the standard of the school has not by any means been lowered. On the contrary the standard is much higher. The new qualifications for entrance, requir­ing an extra examination from eighth grade graduates, a teacher's certificate or a ninth grade promotion card for entrance to the first year, and requiring from high school gradu­ates 86 credits for graduation from the advanced course, have had the effect of making the membership of the classes generally more mature. They are therefore better able to carry a course, which, though not so heavy in some ways, is intended to be more thorough than ever before. Many of the business men of the city have taken such an interest in us, and believe we take such an interest in them, that they have thought an advertisement in the "Normal Messenger for this school year would be a paying investment. The management rec­ommends to the student body all firms and all professional men who have contributed to the success of this year's "Messenger." We ask your patronageof them that they may say the "Messenger" has contributed to this year's success in business. LOCAL ITEMS Miss Tena Wall is teaching in Blaine. Miss Edna Wiseman is teaching not far from Olympia. Mr. J-s-e S-h-a-n is quite in love "up at the Normal," at least he thinks so. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1903 October - Page [23] ---------- Miss Cecil Frescolm will soon return to school, to the pleasure of her friends. Schneider's Law (in minerology)—The appetite increases as the time to noon decreas­es. Miss Minnie Shumway discovered a for­mer pupil of hers in the Normal. No more fun for Minnie. The Alcotts and the Senior class were glad to welcome Miss Minnie Shumway who has been teaching a successful term of school at Wahl. Many students who have been away from school teaching for the last few years have re­turned this year. The Seniors are glad to see among their number Miss Mabel Stein, Miss Nelly Jones.: Miss Carrie Risedorph, and Miss Lulu Robinson. G—"When is Cecil coming back to school ?" A—"Cecil is taking a course in dishwashing, —first year, I believe. It includes physical cul­ture and music. She is also studying broom-ology, and when she completes that course she will enter the Normal school." Teacher in Primary Department—What did you see this morning on your way to school which resembled a cylinder, Johnny? Johnny (eagerly)—A pig with its legs cut off is like a cylinder. Teacher (talking in sleep that night)—Cut the corners off a cube, children, and you'll have a pig. It seems that every year a great many stud­ents change from one school to another. This year we have two students who were among the popular ones in Pullman last year: Misses Jackson and Price. Miss Price is quite an athlete, being champion of the Girl's Basket Ball team in that school last year. It will be remembered that that team defeated the Uni­versity team. ^gF ---------- Normal Messenger - 1903 October - Page [24] ---------- SOCIETIES AURORA. The Aurora Society is as flourishing as ever. Over fifteen old members have return­ed and some very interesting programs are being prepared. The officers for this year are: Jessie Havens, president; Anna Keene, secretary; Ethel Nichols, sergeant-at-arms. UTOPIAN. The Utopian girls thoroughly believe in having a good time, and although many of their number did not return this year, those who did are as jolly as ever. Friday after­noon, September 25, a pleasant hour was spent in playing games and munching "fudg­es" and " kisses." As two of the officers elected last year did not return, Miss Mackey and Miss Morgan were elected to fill the offi­ces of vice-president and treasurer respect­ively. ALCOTT. The Alcott Literary Society had a very de-lightfull meeting on the afternoon of Septem­ber 25. Instead of the usual program a very interesting description of her summer vaca­tion was given by Miss Baker, our faculty critic. This was the first regular session of this school year, and it was celebrated with the vim and vigor characteristic of the Al-cotts. True to their custom in the carrying out of new ideas, the Alcotts invited the new students and the Philomathian Society to help dispose of a tempting array of good things. Better consumers than the "Philos" cannot be found. A "special meeting of the Alcotts" is to be held soon to plan for an entertainment. * KULSHAN CLUB. The Kulshan Club begins its work this year with twenty old members and good prospects for twenty new members. Instead of a regu­lar meeting on September 25, the Club gave a picnic on Sehome hill. The old members and ---------- Normal Messenger - 1903 October - Page [25] ---------- several new ones, heavily loaded with baskets, dishes and kindling wood, left the campus about 2 .-30 Friday afternoon, under the guid­ance of their worthy critic, Mr. Epley. After a short trip over a very rough path they found themselves on top the hill, and a few minutes later Mr. Epley was seen, axe in hand, hunt­ing for a good location for a fire. Soon the coffee -was ready and the jolly party was seat­ed in a circle, enjoying the sumptuous lunch which had been prepared. After lunch, Mr. Epley entertained the party with bear stories. The company returned about 5130, all declar­ing it a pleasant and profitable afternoon. * PHILOMATHIAN DEBATING CLUB The first meeting of the Philomathian Club held on Friday, September 25, promised well for the popularity of the society, for an invi­tation to attend a banquet was received from the Alcott Society. The invitation was eager­ly accepted and the Society adjourned to room 21, where the banquet was held. They declared the Alcotts a lively, enthusiastic and big-hearted Society, and rumors of a return banquet in the future are afloat. The Philomathians number only seventeen at present. This is because many of the boys who were here last year are not attending school now. There are a number of new boys however, and by the time they are admitted as members, the Society will be restored to its usual size. The work for the first semester has been planned by the program committee, and a full program will be rendered on Fri­day, October 2. THE SOMERSET Y. A Somerset Y has been organized in the school and more will be heard of it in the fu­ture. This is a Y. W. C. T. U. Society, and goes by this name when introduced into schools. It receives its name from Lady Hen­ry Somerset, who was a great friend of, and a worker with, Frances E. Willard. This is the first society of the kind organized in a school in the state. Its object is to create a temperance sentiment, active work being im­possible. Keep an eye on the "white ribbon" girls. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1903 October - Page [26] ---------- CHIUC. The Chilic Society has begun the year with a good society membership and has already rendered an interesting program. This tribe of brave and enthusiastic workers, has for its chief and critic, Miss Mittie U. Meyers. The officers elected the last half quarter of last semester will serve during the first five weeks of this semester. The officers are: Ida Char-roin, president; Florence Sears, vice-presi­dent; Miss Temple, secretary; Julia Fritz, treasurer. A reception will be given to the new members Friday, October 2, '03, at 3:15, in room eighteen. Come each Chilic and bring a new member. Come soon, as the membership will be limited to forty. THE Y. W. C. A. The Y. W. C. A. held its first meeting on the seventeenth of September, from 12:30— 1 :oo p. m., which was formerly the regular time. At this meeting we were addressed by Reverened Mr. Varney, pastor of the Frst Baptist Church here. He gave an excellent talk, one appreciated by all present, and one that was a great encouragement to the Asso­ciation workers. Quite a large number of the young ladies were present, also some of the young men. On Friday evening, September the eigh­teenth, the association girls gave a reception at the normal in what was formerly the chap­el, but now the Society Hall and the room given to the Association. The first part of the evening was very enjoyably spent in listening to the following program: Address of Welcome. Prof. Wilson Recitation, "Jimmie Brown's Steam Chair," Vivian So Relle Piano Solo, "Moonlight on the Hudson," Miss Clark Recitation, " Fora Little Feller," .. Miss Myrl Hayes Vocal Solo, " The Rosary," Miss Jessie Havens Recitation, " A Lad of Pirates," Miss Drummond Piano Duet, " Sansare," .Miss Hunt and Miss Ethel Hunt Vocal Solo, " Jack o' Dears," Miss Cox ---------- Normal Messenger - 1903 October - Page [27] ---------- Recitation, " The Coquette Conqured,".. Mrs. Mathes After the program, fruit punch was served and the students spent the remainder of the evening talking over old times with their friends and getting acquainted with the new students. The rooms were beautifully decorated with bunting and fir boughs, making everything as home-like as possible. During the coming year the young ladies of the Association expect to accomplish more than has ever been done before. Deligates will be sent both to the state convention which meets in Tacoma, and to the annual convention at Capitola, California. The new Association rooms will be furnished in as home-like a fashion as possible, and by the means of re­ceptions and Bible study classes, the girls ex­pect to arrouse more enthusiasm in the work. The sale of cocoa will be begun immediately, and this will not only accommodate the stud­ents who bring cold lunches and wish some­thing warm for a drink, but it will be a finan­cial aid to the Association. Miss Shields, the State Secretary of the Y. W. C. A. has been here since the opening of school. She gave the girls a talk about how they might make their school year more pleas­ant; and she also met the cabinet officers of the Society, giving them instructions and sug­gestions for the work of the coming year. * ALUMNI. The class of '03 have positions as follows: Effie Bates, teaching in Stanwood; Bertha Breckenfeld is in Los Angeles, Calif.; Lilly Carter, in Sunnyside; Alice Clark, in Sumner; Lou Dobler, in Tacoma; Olive Edens, in Whatcom; Marguerite Fleming, in Everett; . Ben. F. Ho vies, in Olympia; Cecilia Jacobs, in Everson; Mae Knox, in Port Townsend; Minerva Pettet, in Everett; Effie Rear, Sno­homish; Bertha Ross, Lowell; Ella Rucks, Des Moines; Minnie Sapp, Arlington; Irene Smith. Tacoma; Girtie C. Smith, Marysville; Josephine Snyder, Osceola; Hjelma Stenvig, Paulsbo; Bells Williams, Ritzville; Lucy Ves­tal, Snohomish; Mrs. Anna Temple, Cheha-lis; Gertrude M. Smith, Marysville. Stalira Biggs is attending the State University, Earl ---------- Normal Messenger - 1903 October - Page [28] ---------- Morris has a position as artist on the staff of the Seattle Times; Lucius A. Jones is attend­ing State University; Emma Gruber is prin­cipal at Doty; F. W. Rhoades is professor of mathematics in the Whatcom High school. Estelle Fletcher, '02, who taught at Port Gamble last year, will teach in Port Town-send this winter. Thomas L. Monett, '02, is principal at Red­mond. Minnie Penfield, '02, who taught at Look­out, will teach the primary department at Sil­ver Beach this year. Annie Raymond;.; '02, who taught at Granite Falls last year, is resting this season. Laura Sweet, '02, is teaching at Sumas. Emma Ratcliffe, '01, who taught at Acme last year, has accepted a position as principal at Fir. Hattie M. Dellinger, 'oi, is attending an art school in New York City. Ethel Luce, '01, has the position as tempo­rary teacher of music in the Whatcom State Normal School. C. H. Bowman, '01, has a position as prin­cipal of the schools at Cedarhome. Clara Norman, 'oo, is a teacher at Hadlock. Florence Griffith, 'oo, who has been teach­ing in Whatcom, is now attending Oberlin College in Ohio. The following resolutions of condolence were accepted by the Alcott society: We, the undersigned members of the Al­cott Literary Society in the first regular ses­sion assembled since the death of one of our Sister Alcotts, Miss Emma Wright, wish to express publicly our sincere grief over the loss of a faithful member and to extend to her sis­ter our heartfelt sympathy in her bereave­ment. ATHLETICS Considering the early date there is more enthusiasm over athletics this year than ever before. This is because there is a larger per­centage of boys in school this year than at any time in the past. During the early days of the semester there was a great deal of conversa­tion about the building regarding athletics, ---------- Normal Messenger - 1903 October - Page [29] ---------- and this culminated in a meeting of the Ath­letic Association held in room 5, September 23. At this meeting the athletic prospect was enthusiastically discussed and the following officers were elected to serve one semester: President, J. R. Everett. Vice-President, Wm. Moultray. Secretary, M. Carse. Treasurer, M. Montgomery. Manager of the Foot Ball team, William Moultray. Manager of the Base Ball team, J. R. Ev­erett. With the able officers elected the present enthusiasm of the boys ought to continue and to make a very creditable showing in athletics during the nsuing year. With the Teachers in Vacation Miss Bratton traveled in Europe. Mr. Wilson studied at Berkeley, California. Miss Baker camped on Orcas and San Juan Islands. Mr. Stone spent his vacation chasing cows out of the garden. Mr. Romine spent a few weeks at a camp in British Columbia. Dr. Bowman stayed in Whatcom and took charge of the office. Miss Cooper visited Los Angeles, New York and Washington, D. C. Miss Tromanhauser studied architecture and spent a week in Oregon. Mr. Forrest camped on Orcas Island and made four trips to Mt. Constitution. Miss Hayes went camping on Waldron Is­land and at the head of Lake Whatcom. Miss Montgomery spent her vacation at the home of her parents, at Sebyler, Nebraska. Dr. Mathes visited his parents in the East, and returned by way of Berkley, California. Miss Meyers went from the northwest cor ner of the United States to the Colorado Des­ert within three and a half miles of the Mexi­can boundary, afterwards visiting her mother at Reno, Nevada. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1903 October - Page [30] ---------- TKe Final of Tim Reiley It was shortly before the great strike in Pennsylvania that Tim Reiley, a lad of eigh­teen or twenty, secured work in the great coal mine owned by Getty, Morris and Co. Mr. Getty, by his personality and apparent kindness to all, had gained the love and re­spect of every man on the force, but of all the men with whom he came in contact, he found Tim Riley the gloomiest, and most stoical to all outward appearance. The men gradually came to recognize the fact that Tim was a bone of contention between the most largely interested members of the com­pany, Getty and Morris. It was Morris who had given Tim work and kept him on the force. Although Mr. Getty was apparently so kind to all his workmen, there were those who knew of unkind acts done by him. Tim was one of this number, and it was because of this knowledge that Getty made his life very bit­ter, and changed his daily walk into a thorny path. The knowledge that Tim possessed was such that would darken any life. Tim was a very little boy when his father was unjustly imprisoned and before his case was.brought into court he had died suddenly. The cause of his death had been publicly given as heart failure, but Tim could remember that a man who called himself La Plant, had called on his father the night before the trial and a long conversation had been carried on be­tween his father and La Plant. Even now he could hear his father say: "No, no, La Plant, were I to relinquish my honor, the greatest and best example I could leave my boy would be missing." He remem­bered how pale and drawn his father's face had looked and how, when La Plant left, his countenance wore a fierce, determined look. In the morning Tim's father was found dead. That was all. It was a lesson for Tim; his word was as nothing against the physicians, but from that day his life towards those not of his own family was changed. As years were added to his age his repugnance to strangers and the world increased. After his father's death a little brother was born and, when in two years, the once happy mother closed her tired eyes and passed into ---------- Normal Messenger - 1903 October - Page [31] ---------- the beautiful beyond, she called Tim to her bedside and said: "Timmie, I leave little Jack to your care. Whatever conies, let him be your first thought. Be a good boy and don't forget your father." Jack had, after that day, been Tim's first thought. Evn though Tim's outward life was glum, cold, and hard, there was always a time when every unkind thought was banish­ed and nothing but love and protection re­mained; that time came when Tim arrived, after his day's toil, at the top of four flights of stairs and was greeted with a hearty, "Hel­lo, Tim," from the dear little crippled Jack who stayed in their one little room and "kept house for Tim." At home all was sunshine, the hard, bitter lines about Tim's mouth relaxed, the steely glint in his eyes vanished, and Jack never knew the Tim of the coal mine. When supper was over and the dishes were washed, Tim would pull the two comfortable rocking chairs up in front of their little cook stove and Jack would tell what he had learned at school. So it hap­pened that Tim had his evening school at home, hand in hand up the not altogether flowery path of knowledge. When Tim first took the position at the mine and met Mr. Getty, the face of the latter was like a long forgotten dream, and was be­fore Tim night and day; the voice, too, had a familiar ring, and one day when Mr. Getty was quickly passing through the shaft in which Tim worked he caught a glimpse of Tim's face, slackened his sped, hurried on twenty or thirty feet and then came back and said: "What's your name, boy?" "Tim Reiley," was the glum reply with an unpleasant look at his questioner. The color left Mr. Getty's face for a ninstant, and looks of surprise passed over the faces of the other workmen when Get­ty hissed in a low voice: "Reiley, Reiley—" The look changed when he resumed his natur­al tone and said: "You'll have to finish that work in a few minutes, Reiley, we're going further up the shaft." As Getty moved away Tim muttered uncon­sciously "Getty—La Plant—Getty La Plant." As the words came from his lips he drop­ped his pick and pressed a grimy hand to his brow and said: "At last I recognize the face and voice— ---------- Normal Messenger - 1903 October - Page [32] ---------- strange I have not known him before. I had begun to think this life had crazed me." After that Getty would heap petty insults upon the boy, insults which were not seen or noticed by the other men, until in the boy's heart there grew such a thirst for revenge that he vowed the first opportunity which present­ed itself should not be passed. The shaft in which the force was working at that time was about five hundred feet un­derground. The track leading down being al­most perpendicular, the cars were carried up and down by means of long pulley-Ike chains. The thought had often entered Tim's mind that if one link were broken the car would be carried down the track at a velocity which would send the occupants to a certain and ter­rible death. As the day passed Tim's position gradually grew harder., Getty and Morris had frequent talks about him. Getty always wanted to dis­charge him while Morris held that he should not be discharged so long as he did his work well. The talks were never at Getty's instiga­tion for he feared that Morris would discover his cruelty and he would then lose a valuable partner; not only this, but he knew also, that Morris would go into details of the affair and he dreaded the disclosure of certain facts which he feared Tim remembered. Getty still held his respectful position among his other workmen. Whenever he approached there were smiles exchanged, pleasant words spoken, or business transacted with care. In fact the men almost began to worship Getty— all but Tim; the fierce looks bestowed upon Getty by that individual, the passing expres­sions of hatred and fierceness were almost enough to cancel the favor of the rest of the men. The thirst for revenge within Tim's heart grew stronger each day and even little Jack be­gan to notice a change and sometimes he would wake up in the night to hear Tim's in­coherent words with the name of "La Plant" often mingled. Tim was taken to task by Jack and made some sort of excuse about "one of the men," which satisfied the trusting boy. It was only after a Sunday's holiday with Jack that Tim felt as though he could bear his hard lot. They would go out to the cem­etery where the dear mother and father' had ---------- Normal Messenger - 1903 October - Page [33] ---------- been laid to rest and there Tim would tell of each, always forgetting to tell of his father's imprisonment. Jack thought there was no one in the world half so good and brave as Tim but after one of these talks Jack was in doubt for a little while—yet grew contented by the soiloquy— "Well, I guess it doesn't make much differ­ence, because one's my brother and the other's my father." The time for Tim to go back to work would come and Tim's other self came with it. Tim often wondered if he were doing wrong by not letting Jack know of his feelings, but this thought was always broken by another. "If I'm good and true to him, does it make any difference how I am treated by, or how I treat others?" Then the young heart would harden and Tim never told Jack his troubles. It was after one of his particularly quiet Sundays that on Monday morning Tim went back to work and found the men in an uproar. The strike was on. Although it had been brewing for a long time, Tim knew nothing of it for he was entirely left alone and when even spoken to, it was only to ridicule him on account of his treatment of Getty. Getty, strange to say, was still in good favor, for it had been circulated, probably by his own in-geniuty, that Morris and the other members of the company did not want to increase the wag­es while he was in favor of doing so. With the exception of Tim. all the force were "union men." Tim, by economy and plain living, was able to provide the little home for Jack and have a few comforts without "striking." Getty knew this and by unkind word and laughing taunts brought the other workmen to hate Tim, "The Glum," as they called him. As Tim approached the shaft he heard shouts and found coal and other missiles fly­ing in various directions. Getty reigned su­preme and when Tim stepped into the car in­tending to take his usual place, Getty came close to his side and said in a low, harsh voice, "Tim Reiley, today is your last day here." "Boys, Reiley is the only one who has not struck, if it had not been for his influence with Mr. Morris, your wages would have been ---------- Normal Messenger - 1903 October - Page [34] ---------- raised." At this there was a shout of "Kill him! Kill him." Getty looked at Tim and smiled maliciously. Tim's blood was stirring.. He felt as though ten thousand demons had possession of him. Getty was standing upon the car; Tim gave a wild laugh, seized his pick, and struck the links of the chain a mighty blow. Rage, fear and revenge were depicted upon his countenance as the pick descended. An awful stillness swept over the crowd as the chain cracked, the car gave a lurch forward and started on its horrible downward journey. Tim stood as if rooted to the spot and then with one flying leap sprung to the mouth of the mine and hurled himself in front of the car to be ground into fragments. In a few mo­ments the car stopped and the stillness was broken. Three of the foremost men approach­ed the shaft. A horrible sight met their view. Getty had fainted. The mutilated body of Tim lay within a few feet of the rear wheels of the car. That night little Jack waited long for the ever welcome footsteps of Tim. 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