1904_1001 ---------- Normal Messenger - 1904 October - Cover ---------- NORMAL MESSENGER October 1904 Monthly Bellingham WASH. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1904 October - Page [2] ---------- ( — S t a t e — \ Dormal School BKLLINGHAM ^ WASHINGTON Second Semester will open Jan. 30, '05 mANY new classes will be organized at the opening of the year, includ­ing classes in the common branches and first grade subjects in addition to the regular subjects of the various courses of study. Prominent Features Two good buildings; new dining hall; catalogued library; large museum; physi­cal, chemical and biological laboratories; stereoplican and dark rooms; gymnasium with dressing rooms and baths; manual training department; large, well-equipped training school; beautiful auditorium. Admission and Expenses Text Books are loaned free. Students may enter at any time. Opportunity is offered to work for board. Library fee is $10—one-half is returnable. Board and room costs from $3.75 to $4.26 per week. EDWARD T. MATHES, Principal BELLINQHAM WASHINGTON ---------- Normal Messenger - 1904 October - Page [3] ---------- BlRNEY COODHEART PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS Rooms I, 2, 3, 4 and 5, Red Front Bldg X RAY WORK A SPECIALTY Office/Phone Main 2231 Residence 'Phone 3281 A. MACRAE SMITH, M. D. Telephone Red 521 Office, Red Front Building BELUNGHAM, WASH. DR. C. G. REED P H Y S I C I A N A N D S U R G E ON PHONBS— OFFICE— Residence, Red 2832 Red Front Block Office, Black 2501 W, D. KIRKPATRICK, M. D. ADDIE F. KIRKPATRICK, M. D. Rooms 16 and 17, Fisher Block ' Phones—Residence, Red 44 —Office, Red 44 Office Telephone Main 2061 Residence Telephone Main 3061 W. H. AXTELL PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office Hours: 11 to 12 a. m., 2 to 5 p. m. PIKE BI^OCK—Cor. Elk and Holly BFXIJNGHAM, WASH. When Your Physician Hands you a prescription bring it to us. It will be accurately prepared from the purest of ingre­dients, and the p r i c e will be moderate. DcChamplain Graham THE OWL PHARMACY Cor. Dock and Holly Phone Main 2021 Free Delivery ---------- Normal Messenger - 1904 October - Page [4] ---------- MODERN DENTAL PARLORS DR. O. C. GILBERT, MANAGER WMW moot 5108 W e s t H o l l y Street Holly Block } jg,^ j ^ ^ ^ s t r e e t pj,^,. B l a c k 1W1 ALL WORK GUARANTEED Examinations Free DR. C. A. DARLING DENTIST Rooms 18 and 19 Fisher Block Corner F)ock and Holly Streets PHONE BLACK T5 BEWJNGHAM, WASH Phone Red 512 Red Front Block DR. E. EMORY ROSS DENTIST Manager of the City Dental Parlors Office 'Phone, Red 471 Residence 'Phone Red 6M CHAS. L. HOLT, M. D. Specialties: Diseases of the Eye, Ear Nose and Throat Rooms 1 and 2 Fisher Block PACIFIC STEAM LAUNDRY ESTABLISHED 18S9 FIRST-CLASS WORK GUARANTEED UDNBSS ERHOLM, Props. 'Phone Main?l26 DR. GAMMONS Ophthalmologist and Optician Eyes examined free. Satisfaction guaranteed We fit when others fail. Prices reasonable. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1904 October - Page [5] ---------- We aim to carry a full line of BOOKS AND STATIONERY |E also sell Sheet Music, Art Novelties, Leather Goods, Perfumery, Pocket Cutlery, Games, Etc., Etc. E. L. KNAPP CO. The New Store 207 West Holly : : Opposite The Leader Athletic Goods Of All Kinds NORTHWEST HARDWARE CO. 213 WEST HOLLY STREET Try Sherman's 200 page Compost- Hon book, at 25 Cents. Also, Per* forated Tablet, at 5 Cents j Theie Tkwev fail y lt;m. Paper Weight—Normal Building—25 Cents. SHERMAN'S ---------- Normal Messenger - 1904 October - Page [6] ---------- FACULTY EDWARD T. MATHES, Ph.D., Principal, His­tory and Pedagogy WASHINGTON WILSON, Psychology and Peda­gogy JOHN T. FORREST, Ph. B., Mathematics FRANCIS W. EPLY, A. B., Physical Sciences Miss HENRIETTA MOORE, Ph. D., English BLANCHE EVANS, English MISS IDA A. BAKER, A. M., English and Mathematics Miss ADA HOGLE, B. P., Drawing Miss FRANCES HAYS, Reading and Physical Culture ALEXANDER P. ROMINE, A. B., Bilogical Sciences Miss MABEL M. MOORE, Vocal Music EDWARD N. STONE, A. M., Latin and German JACOB N. BOWMAN, Ph. D., History Miss TALLULAH L/ECONTE, Physical Training Miss HENRIETTA J. TROMANHAUSER, Ph. B., Supervisor Training School Miss EDNA HORNER, Critic Teacher, Gram­mar Grades Miss CORA BRATTON, Critic Teacher, Inter mediate Grades Miss CATHERINE MONTGOMERY, Critic Teach­er, Primary Grades Miss MABEL ZOE WILSON, A. B., Librarian ---------- Normal Messenger - 1904 October - Page [7] ---------- $t ]o$epb'$ hospital eellingbam freights A. G. WICKMAN w ...The Tailor... Phone Red 1871 aio E. Holly Street BELLINQHAH, WASH. Have you seen the booklet— Beautiful Bellingbam? Just the thing to send home. EVAN1S32- PWEOSTT HTOELLYR CO. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1904 October - Page [8] ---------- J. N. SELBY lt;£t CO. Booksellers and Stationers They know how to fit you out 124 West Holly St. B. B. Grocery Co. Largest Stock :: Lowest Prices Fresh Fruits and Vegetables received every morning Hans Pearson WKolesale lt;SL Retail Grocer 1021-1023 K l k Str«et Your money back if goods are not satisfactory. Telephone Main 2jn Students Who's better able to take care of your teetH than tne Whatcom Dental Parlors DR. C H A S . C. T U R N E R , Mrfr CLOVER. BLOCK ---------- Normal Messenger - 1904 October - Page [9] ---------- g H ^ M * * * * * ^ * * * * * * * * * Printing »*«^ gt;^^^^^^M^*»M^* lt;^^*»M* lt;MS^^M^ ^^ gt;^ 4M9,^4Nfrj We Produce the Best Vxtss There is nothing to be found in the modern age requiring greater exactness, nicety and cleverness to meet the demands than this art. % ft is an rt! % As such only the best meets the requirement of g the public's needs. The business man finds great­er results are secured when his printing stock is equal to a competitor. in Stoccietg Iter* uxt matig Fads produced that require continual study and prepara­tion to produce work that equals a metropolitan vogue. Th* test fax line ttttsinsgs TOan stud tits latest far ih* Stacietg (,sxls is ffftttui at 1ft* . . . . ---------- Normal Messenger - 1904 October - Page [10] ---------- Normal Messenger O C T O B E R 1904 Up Mount Constitution HEN school days are with us the little souvenirs that speak gins to treasure more dearly slipped away, each of us be-other delightful vacation has again and we realize that an-so eloquently of outings, picnics, clambakes and other summer pleasures; so that which is rubbish to another is valuable to us for the memories clustered around it. A glance at the pine cone brought to my mind my trip up Mount Constitution. If you look across Bellingham Bay you can clearly distinguish two islands. The one farthest away is Orcas and its highest part as outlined against the sky is Mount Constitution. I shall try to picture to your mind the trip up its sides and the night I spent on is summit. Our party was not large—seven of us—but what we lacked in numbers we made up in jollity. The fun began as soon as we started, one August afternoon, from Olga, packed as we were in a wagon of regulation dimensions, which held in addition our rations for the trij)—no small item, for we really took enough for six regiments for six months. Roads in August have an unpleasant habit of being de­cidedly dusty and Orcas Island roads are no exception, at least this one was not; but such a small matter as dust did not smother our spirits, and as it was far too dry to dampen them, we pretended to ignore the fact that just behind and over us was a very pillar of clouds. After having gone some distance up the mountain we stopped, drew the wagon to one ---------- Normal Messenger - 1904 October - Page [11] ---------- side, unhitched the horses, and piled on them our food supply and bedding—for we were to spend all night on the mountain. Then began the climb—and believe me it was a climb, but finally we reached the first summit. Here we decided to spend the night, as we were near a spring of clear, ice-cold water. We might have spent the night indoors as there was nearby the spring a little cabin, but after looking into the cabin, dusty and close, we with one accord voted for the open air. Willing hands cut quantities of hemlock boughs which piled high near our bonfire did make an inviting-looking resting place. It is needless to say that one and all were nearly famished, but I can tell you that to really appreciate cold chicken, sandwiches and coffee you should climb a good sized nob like old Constitution. I can guarantee that it is a wonderful appetizer. Around the fire we told stories, riddles and laughed happily over senseless nothings, in the manner of all picnic parties in the past, and I hope of all to come. It was agreed that one of the party should keep the fire up all night and about 2 o'clock we really felt thankful for it. Two of the young men, by way of being orig­inal, concluded to spend the night on the cran­berry marsh, for, they argued logically enough, that it was soft and they would be saved the labor of cutting boughs. They forgot to con­sider that a marsh, though soft, was apt to be damp, but by morning they were fully aware of it. I have a vague idea that we rose about 3 o'clock, though if you choose to add a couple of hours I'll not quarrel over the subject. We breakfasted hurriedly as we wished to reach the summit and view the sunrise. Our camp was about a mile from the summit and when we finally reached the highest point the sun was already up, throwing, through the smoke, a gleaming amber trail across the Bay. Smoky as the distant air was the view was exceedingly beautiful; far below us the little Twin Lakes were just catching the beams of the sun. In one of them our guide pointed out what was once known as the Floating Island and about which the Indians have many leg­ends. Still further down Cascade Lake gleam- ---------- Normal Messenger - 1904 October - Page [12] ---------- ed in the morning light and as we looked across the waters our guide said, "Over there is Bel-lingham; there Victoria", but so smoky was the air that we could see nothing. Slowly we went back, stopping on our way at the old danc­ing pavilion on whose posts are written and cut names from all parts of this state and many others. I think there were a number of names from Canada. I borrowed a pencil, searched for an unused spot, but just then thought of that old rhyme of fool's names and monkey's faces and though the longing was strong with­in me, my name is not written on the posts. Late that afternoon we made our descent, tired but very glad we had made the trip, we one and all on reaching our destination went in search of soap and water. THE PACIFIC COAST IN THE WOKLD'S HISTOEY. But little more than fifty years have passed since the Pacific Coast became a part of the territory of the United States, and less than two decades have passed since Puget Sound and its contingent territory became one of the states of the Union. Yet youthful as the coast may appear as a part of the federation, in one re­spect at least it shares in a movement that reaches back to the days when history itself was in its beginning. The beginning of trade is uncertain and the first steps in commerce can be reached only by indirect means. Where anything like certainty rises in on the banks of the Tigris. There is noted the wares that were made in China and in the Egyptian tombs of the earlier dynasties, vases have of late been found bearing selections from the Chinese poets in the original ideo­graph. This early trade has continued to the present day; in the East, India has been added to the trading list; in the West the terminus was early extended to Asia Minor by the Assyrians, to Greece and Eome by Phoenicia and Car­thage, to Northern Europe by Rome and to the Americas by the Eomance—the Teutonic peo­ples. The termini in the East have remained practically stationary geographically as well as commercially. Their trading etock still re­mains the silks, satins, the ivory, spices and delicate handiwork. Except within and be­tween their own territories their trade has been ---------- Normal Messenger - 1904 October - Page [13] ---------- carried, on by the. caravans from the west, and for the last century and more the varying west has been: knocking upon the commercial doow of the Orient for more intimate trade relations. The termini in the west took quite a different course. In less than 500 years the trade sta­tions shifted from one side of the Mediterranean to the other, and within a few decades thereaf­ter from one end of the same sea to the other. The West had still another great advantage over the East in that its location at the corner* stone of three continents brought into close re­lations nations of widely different races and affinities; the Etheopian and the Egyptian of Africa with the commercial Semetics of West­ern Asia, and Teuton of the still farther west. Exchange of national commodities and the ready interchange of national culture have in each step continued the trade with the East until the West itself has bordered the same Eastern oceans and even shifted beyond these seas to become a commercal power in the East itself, but this movement has always been westward with the exception of England in India and Russia in Siberia. In this long shifting in the West and through all these centuries of trade with China and India its wares like those of the East have changed in details rather than in character. It is true that in some respects the West rivals the East in the latter's own goods; but religious prejudice of the Orient has not opened its mines for its own use, nor has cheap and coolie labor yet arisen in the West to transplant the patient and delicate fingers on the looms or at the carving bench. The Atlantic nations still produce the metals, wools, and inventions; the Orient still produces its silks, satins, and spices. America, on its discovery, was found to be lack­ing in the Indian wares demanded by Colum­bus and his fellow explorers; but when the Mayflower followed in the wake of the Santa Maria and in the course of two centuries this transplanted Europe, following the trend of its own commercial nature, America was found to abound in the goods of the mother country— metals, wools and inventions. In the nine* teenth century these mines, fields, and neces* sities were developed until at the end of the century and at the turn of the new the new land more than rivaled the old. But the consular reports deny that this BVL- ---------- Normal Messenger - 1904 October - Page [14] ---------- premacy of tirade is with the East, but point out its flow as yet to Europe and to the Ameri­can republics. When the rivalry has asserted itself and its supremacy in the Orient then it is that New York as a metropolis shifts from the Atlantic to the Pacific; when America has become the great producer of those wares which the East has demanded from the days primeval, then it is that America has taken the place of Europe and become the West. The present commercial point of union in the world-mart points to the national resources, and the rapid rise to this position the mental resources of the developers; the building of seven trans-conti­nental trunk lines in less than forty years, the rapid growth of the Pacific steamship lines, the establishment of the Japanese steamship company and the coming of the Great North­ern leviathans, all point to the New West. This New West fronts upon the Pacific with two great doors opening to its tide, San Fran­cisco and Puget Sound; nature has decided that there shall be these two—no more—and while communication continues to be by rail and water—anticipating the air ship and the inter-oceanic tunnel—these two doors will mediate between the East and West. Babylon was transplanted to Tyre; Sidon and the Pi-raens, these in turn to Carthage, Rome, Genoa, and Venice; when Columbus turned the Medi­terranean Sea inside out Cadiz, and Lisabon, Bruges, Bergen, Hamberg and Kronstadt, Lon­don and Liverpool became the gateways to the East; London has at this moment already lost to New York its position as center of the money world, and the late attempts at an European Zollverein, point to the fear of the old world that the long established gateways will soon shift to the Golden Gate and the Fucan Straits. Without looking so far into probabilities and turning wholly to establish certainties, no ques­tion arises regarding America's position be­side England and Germany or the great traders of the new world, nor regarding her position with England in the trade with the Orient; no question arises regarding the positions of San Francisco and Puget Sound as the gate­ways of America to the East—noting that Portland's position is sustained by the railroad but destroyed by water inaccessibility; no question arises regarding the position of Ameri­ca as the rapid medium between Europe and ---------- Normal Messenger - 1904 October - Page [15] ---------- Asia now that the trans-continental railroads—• to be shortened by the Isthmian canal—have taken the place of the Suez canal between the Old West and the Old East; nor that the two coast harbors mediate between the Old East and New West. If the fear of Europe and the development of America in the last two de­cades, mean that the New West is to trans­plant the Old, then will the coast and its ports play a still greater part in the long relation­ship between the ancient termini of the world's trade, and unpleasant as it is to think, New York will take its place beside London, Ham­burg, Liverpool and Havre beside Venice, and Bruges; and the Atlantic will become a larger Mediterranean Sea. J. N. BOWMAN. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1904 October - Page [16] ---------- CIK normal messenger Published Monthly By the Students of THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON GUY DUNNING, '06. BUSINESS MANAGER EDITORIAL STAFF HELEN WHITNEY,'06 ........Editor-in-Chief FLORENCE MONTGOMERY, '07 ....Literary LOTTIE FLEMING,'06 J Locals EDNA HALLOCK,'05 j **"«"• MARJORY SPRATT, '08, Y. W. C. A Alumni JOSEPH POTTER, '07, Clionian Exchanges ANNIE DRUMMNND, '05, Sirius Sirius NOAH DAVENPORT, '08 Athletics TERMS—FIFTY CENTS A YEAR Address all communications to the Editor-in-chief, Bellingham, Wn. Issued the 15th of every month. All copy must be in the hands of the editor-in-chief on or before the 9th of the month. Entered December 21, 1902, at Bellingham, Washington, a* second-class matter, under Act of Congress of March 3,1879. VOL V OCTOBER 1904 NO. J7 We have been a little anxious over this, th6 first number of the Normal Messenger for thia year—anxious that it be as much of a success this year as it has been in the past. The Nor­mal Messenger is a paper for the students and by the students; its success does not depend on the editorial staff alone, but also on the sup­port given it by the student body. We do not wish the students to feel that the editors desire the "honor and pleasure" of writing everything for the paper. Each and every one of us would be more than pleased to receive at any time, locals, poems, parodies, stories, essays or any­thing original that will help to make the Mes­senger attractive and interesting. Six weeks have passed since the opening of school and the students have settled down to their regular routine of work. All seem bent on making this year of school profitable as well as pleasant. Perhaps some of the former students, who have subscribed for the Messenger, are wonder­ing why nothing is said of the old societies in which they were so interested. The old socie- ---------- Normal Messenger - 1904 October - Page [17] ---------- ties have been abolished and two new ones fonnedr—the Sirius and the Clonian. Every student is expected to join one or the other. The organization of the societies has just been completed and the first program was given Oc­tober 14 by the Sirius Society. We wish to call the attention of our readers to the men and firms who have advertised with us this year. They are interested in us and in our school and we should be interested enough in them to do what we can to make their invest­ment with us a paying one. Phillippine Letter. Baybay, Leyti, P. I. My Dear Dr. Mathes,—I will not attempt up-w so short a stay here to write much about the Philippines and the people. I am sending you some articles by Dr. Barrows, Gov. Wright and others—men who by long residence and contact with the people are better able to speak on the subject than I can hope to be. A few words on the trip over, with perhaps some thing of local conditions may be of inter­est to you, however. We left Tacoma on the steamer Victoria, February 6. There were but ten cabin passengers, among whom were four teachers, one from Wisconsin, one from North Dakota, one from Oklahoma and one from Washington. The cargo consisted principally of flour, cotton, condensed milk, bar iron, elec­tric motors and other machinery, and two hun­dred cases of cigarettes. Soon after passing Cape Flattery most of us began to feel the effects of the "rolling sea" and experienced several periods of discomfort dur­ing the seventeen days required in making the trip to Yokohama. We took the northern route and passed within twenty or thirty mile* of some of the Aleutian islands. From Yokohama we went by rail to Tokio, and spent a day see­ing the sights of the capital. The Royal Museum is one of the most interesting places. Tokio now has electric lights and street cars. You can ride for three sen (1 1-2 cents) or you may get a "rikisha" for from ten to twenty ---------- Normal Messenger - 1904 October - Page [18] ---------- $ea per hour. Common laborers receive from twenty to fifty sen. a day in Japan* It is no uncommon sight to see women with babies tied on their backs, engaged in the meanest kind of outdoor work—rowing boats, passing coal, car­rying bricks—it matters not what. The war spirit was rife throughout the coun­try and the display of flags by day and of lan­terns by night, made one think they were hav­ing some sort of a Fourth of July celebration. We left Tacoma with nine hundred tons of coal but had to take on more at Muji before go­ing on to Hongkong. This is the great emporium of the east. It is a beautiful place, too. But it is said to be an unhealthy plaee to live. We did not stay to find out by experience, but left in about twen­ty- four hours on a British boat and had a quiet trip across the Yellow Sea to Manila, After two days I came on to Leyti, and finally reach­ed Baybay, where I shall no doubt remain for the next two or three years. There is great need of American teachers of the I'ight sort in this island. Many now here are going to leave this summer. It will be a long time before the Filipino teacher can be entrusted with the work of education. In the past it has not been the policy to give the com­mon class of people many educational advan­tages. It is still difficult to secure an attend­ance of the majority of the children. I have here about one hundred and thirty, and feel certain that there are at least four hundred with­in easy reach of the school. I have about a doz­en smaller towns where I hope to open schools, and I expect to enroll a thousand or more in the next two years. As a rule our buildings and furniture are not suited to accommodate those we already have. I wish you could see the row of home made seats occupying five or eighteen feet of floor space, packed with thirty-seven brown-faced, black-headed, half-naked boys, their heads in many cases, just visible above the desks. This is my boys' primary class. Or again, HRA the whole schoool massed on either side of the doorway, leaving just room enough for me to pass up the steps and unfasten the padlock, and hear every mother's son of them shout at the top of his voice with the broad Spanish roll on his r's, "Good morning, sir," or "Good afternoon, sir." ---------- Normal Messenger - 1904 October - Page [19] ---------- I "have to run this gauntlet twice a day. But I am afraid I have written more than you can ever decipher, so will close. Please give my regards to your family and to the students and teachers of the Normal. Very truly yours, LUMAN A. JENNINGS. Locals. Miriam Darwin, president of the Junior class last year, is teaching in one of the Bel-lingham schools. Max Hipkoe is attending the University. Mr. P n (in second year meeting) : Miss President, I rise for information. Last year we were called the calss of 1908. Now what are we this year" Miss Isabel Holt has been out of school for about two weeks on account of illness. Miss Gifford (in society): "Please pro­ceed with the reading of the by-laws, Mr. Kib-be." Mr. Kibbe: "Well—er—er—this portion was written by one of the members of the facul­ty and I can't make it out. Pearl Rogers and Clara Tarte, once members of the class of '06, were among the recent viesitors. ! Prof. Eply—"Miss H—, what keeps the pan-ets in motion?" Miss H—: "Newton's first law." October 3. Dr. and Mrs. Mathes may well feel proud of the new heir ann»w gt;~t to the principalship of the Normal. All of the members of the faculty are in their places at last. Miss Henrietta Moore, the last one to arrive, came October 8. Teacher: "What is a volcano ?" Miss D: "A mountain that spits out hot slop." ---------- Normal Messenger - 1904 October - Page [20] ---------- Miss Jean McKae is teaching at Orting. K. W. (in methods, speaking of Roosevelt).: "His father was a good man and so was his mother." We have had but one reception so far this year—that was given by the Y. W. C. A. to the faculty, students and friends. The pro­gram consisted of a piano solo by Nellie Thompson, vocal solo, Miss Mable Moore; vocal solo, Miss Isabel McKae; reading, Cassie Gifford; Hawaiian music, Miss Edna Horner. Dr. Gompertz, of San Franicosco, visited with his daughter Miss Kate Gompertz. While here he visited the Normal and gave a talk to the students one morning in assembly, telling them of some of his experiences in teaching in Chili, Mexico and the University of Califor­nia. Dr. Gompertz taught Spanish for seven years in the University of California, and has taught also in the University of Texas. He now has charge of the state archives at San Francisco and is translating the old Spanish documents which are kept there. The Cecilian Club has been reorganized and is now known as the Lorelei Club. Miss Isabel McKae has been elected president. The club has a membership of about thirty-four and con­templates giving several concerts during the year and under the supervision of Miss Moore these concerts should be a success. A new and interesting style of chemistry apron has developed this year. "But what trou­bles us is why Mr. Kibbe seemed so surprised and blushed so deeply on finding the beautiful lace ruffle around the yoke when he himself was heard to ask a young lady to "put lace on my chemistry apron, won't you, please." Miss Sullivan (in psychology) : "Then could you call mind a sort of gas ?" Mr. Wilson (earnestly) : "Some minds are." Prof. Romine: Can you make the flea go into this class of insects? Miss Krausse (deliberately) : You can if you can catch him. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1904 October - Page [21] ---------- An addition of 325 volumes has been made to the library since the opening of school. Most of these books are for use in the English de­partment, for the class in history and philos­ophy of education and for the advanced class in history. The latter class is to study North Pacific and Far Eastern questions and also the Tibetan question. Some of the volumes on the Tibetan question had to be ordered from Eng­land. Miss Genevieve Wilson, eldest daughter of Prof. Wilson, who has been very ill at Berkeley is a little better but is not yet entirely out of danger. Miss Wilson is a senior in the Univer­sity of California. She visited her parents here last summer and made many friends in Bellingham, who will be glad to hear of her re­covery. Saturday, September 17, Prof. Romine con­ducted a very pleasant excursion to Dot Island. The students of the biology and zoology classes made many collections during the day. From about 2 o'clock to 7 was spent watching for the Geo. E. Starr to come and take them home. This time was profitably spent by some in watching the canning of salmon, and the quar­rying of stone from the hillside to sawing it into huge blocks ready for shipment. Alto­gether, the day was voted a success. The English methods classes, now that the time for Miss Henrietta Moore to come is draw­ing near, wish to express their thanks and ap­preciation to Miss Wilson for the work she has done with them and the interest she has taken in the work. The classes will be very sorry to have Miss Wilson go, but glad for her sake that Miss Moore will soon be here to relieve her as she came to the Coast for a year's rest and took charge of the classes much against her own feelings. However; it is to be hoped that Miss Wilson will like it here and will decide to take up her future work in the West. The position of critic teacher of the grammar department of the Normal, held last year by Miss Gertrude Earhart, is now held by Miss Edna Horner. Miss Horner is a graduate of the School of Education of Chicago. After graduating Miss Horner returned to her home ---------- Normal Messenger - 1904 October - Page [22] ---------- in Kentucky where she taught for several years. From there she went to Honolulu to accept a position as critic teacher. This position she held for two years. Miss Horner is already popular with those who work in her department and we hope she will enjoy her work in Belling-ham. Miss Gompertz, who has been the head of the physical training department, has resigned in order to accept a position as assistant physi­cal director of the four high schools of San Francisco. We are sorry to lose Miss Gompertz but rejoice with her on her good fortune. Miss Gompertz left on the evening of October 3 for San Francisco to take up her new work. The way is long and steep and dreary, The books are heavy and Anna weary; She is a long way from the top And she often seems inclined to stop, For the way is long and weary. Plod on, my dear, and cease repining, You can't get up there without climbing; Thy fate is the common fate of all, For up this hill must each student crawl; Though the way is long and weary. M. S., '08. There is a professor named Stone, Who has a queer way all his own Of giving us tests Without any rests, And grading our papers way down. M. S. THE LECTUEE COURSE. The lecture course for the season of 1904-5 has all the prospects of being the largest yet held under the auspices of the Normal School. Good fortune has for the first time made it pos­sible to secure on one course three such well known men as Jocab Riis, of New York, the friend and eulogizer of President Roosevelt, Elbert Hubbard, of The Philistine and of Roy-crofter fame, and Ernest Thompson-Seton, writer of the wild animal stories. Of the data which the committee is gathering makes it pos­sible to take the full six numbers as desired. The reader this year will be Mrs. Baxter ---------- Normal Messenger - 1904 October - Page [23] ---------- Kuntz Baker, no doubt to read some one of Bostands' dramas. Mrs. Baker has never been to the coast; her reputation in the east is an enviable one, and is considered the first of the women readers, and in the profession second only to the Nestor, Leland T. Powers. The music will be upheld by the Belgian violinist, Ovid Musin and his company, and David Bisp-ham, long the first baritone of the Metropolitan Opera Company, of New York. If this course as outlined above can be se­cured it will more than equal any of the pre­ceding courses. Musin equals Miss Jackson, Bispham about equals Frau Schumann-Heink; Mrs. Baker more than equals P owers; while the names of the three lecturers speak for them­selves. ATHLETICS. Athletics are engrossing more widespread at­tention this year than usual. The Athletic As­sociation is very active in promoting the work and as a result the students are looking for­ward to some interesting contests. The new officers are: President, Benjamin Phelps; Vice-President, Miss Mildred Wilson; Secre­tary, Miss Sarah Van Reypen; Treasurer, Thomas Evans; Manager of Football team, Guy C. Dunning. The basketball managing committee has not yet been elected. The football team is hard at work practicing for their coming games. Coach Green calls it a strong team and looks for good games dur­ing the coming season. He thinks there are prospects for better playing this year than last. Manager Dunning is pushing the practice with vigor. A few games have already been ar­ranged for; the first one is to be with the Mt. Vernon team. The girls are already interested in basket­ball and have begun their practice preparatory to the Kline cup contests, which will probably begin in December. The managing committee for these games has not yet been appointed so that definite arrangements for the games have not been made. The tennis court has been cleaned up and put in shape for playing but the students have apparently been too busy to make use of it. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1904 October - Page [24] ---------- ALUMNI. Three marriages have occurred among the Normal graduates during the past summer. Early in July William O. Oshurn, who is prin­cipal of the schools at Orting and a graduate of Ellensburg Normal '03 and Miss Gertrude M. Smith, '03 of our Normal, were married in Everett. In July, Mr. L. I). Scherer and Miss Helen Taylor were married in Seattle. Mr. T. J. Stiger, County Superintendent of Snohomish County, and Miss Anna Kaymond, '02, were married June 8th in Bellingham. Miss May Williams, '04, who was editor-in-chief of the Normal Messenger last year, is attending a business college in this city and expects to become a stenographer. The rest of the class of 1904 are teaching and have positions as follows: Emma Ald-ridge, Arlington; Kathrina Anderson, Taco-ma; Julia Arges, Leavenworth; Grace Auld, and Mable Steen, Anacortes; Ella Barbo, Ev-erson; Alice Bowen, Carbonado; Ethel Brown, Cathlamet, Ida Charroin, Granite Falls; Bes­sie Darland, Eitzville; Burton Doran, Oak Harbor; Ethel Everett, Custer; Julia Fritz, Granite Falls; Lottie Graham, Avon; Laura Grant, Marysville; Wilhelmina Haark, South Park; Jessie Havens, Florence; Sadie Hub-bell, Sedro-Woolley; Nellie Jones, Ferndale; Annie Keene, Marysville; Alice Kellogg, Puy-allup; Lena Kohne, Coupeville; Leah Love-joy, Charleston; Abbie Lynn, Grand Mound; Anita Noel, Tacoma; Margaret O'Keefe, Farmington; Loretta O'Loughlin, Mt. Ver­non; Carrie Risedorph and Effie Wheeler, Se­attle; Else Schneider, Lawrence; Florence Sears, Blaine; Beryl Shahan, Olympia; Min­nie Shumway, Bellingham; Friede Stark, in Idaho; Bessie Stearns, Custer; Vinnie Win-chell, Port Orchard. Among the first of the old students to visit the Normal this year were Mr. Kirkpatrick, Dave Eason and Dick Everett. Mr. Kirkpat­rick is at Pullman this year studying to be a civil engineer. Mr. Everett is attending the University. What Mr. Eason is doing we have not been able to learn. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1904 October - Page [25] ---------- THE CLASSES. FRESHMEN. Where are they? SOPHOMOEES. The class has perfected its organization with its characteristic earnestness. This class made itself known last year and in all probability will this year, at least one would judge so from the enthusiasm exhibited in the meetings al­ready held. The officers recently elected are: President, Thomas Evans; Vice-President, Olive Williamson; Secretary, Hilda Musgrove; Treasurer, Leon Miller; Sargeant-at-Arms, Roger Williams. THIRD YEAR They have gone to find the Freshies. JUNIORS. The older members of the junior class take great pleasure in welcoming to their ranks nearly thirty new members, all of whom are high school graduates. The class is already strongly organized with the following officers: President, Mary Andrews; Vice-President, Alice McCullough; Secretary, Frances Mon-crief; Sergeant-at-Arms, Gordon March. Interest has already been awakened in bas­ketball and with Miss Moncrief as manager the junior class will doubtless make as brilliant a showing in the future as in the past. SENIORS. The senior class is organized this year with about forty members. We are glad to note the increase in the number of boys in the class this year—twice as many as last year. At the meeting held early in September the class elected the following officers: President, Miss Winnie McMullen; Vice-President, Miss Nellie Roberts; Secretary, Miss Isabel McRae; Treasurer, Miss Grace Drake; Sergeant-at- Arms, Mr. Harry Raymond; Senior Editor, Miss Edna Hallock. The seniors enjoyed a very delightful evening at the homoa 0f Miss Frances Hays. The reception was very infor­mal and the members of the class soon became well acquainted. Those who were obliged to miss this pleasant evening have regretted it ever since. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1904 October - Page [26] ---------- SOCIETIES. SIBIUS. "Sirius"—the brightest in the Normal— the most majestic body ever convened in the Society Hall. After adopting a constitution prepared by Mr. L. A. Kibbe and committee, the following officers were elected: President, Miss Cassie Gifford; V. P., Miss Isabell Mc- Rae; Secretary, Miss Aldridge; Treasurer, Mr. Kibbe, and Sargeant at Arms, Mr. Jones. With such able officers and good material as is found in this society, great results may be ex­pected. PHONIAN. "We the undersigned students of the State Normal School at Bellingham, for the purpose of social and intellectual improvement, have associated ourselves as a literary society." Such is a portion of the preamble of the Chonian Literary Society, one hundred twenty-five strong. While we do not claim to be the brightest star in the blue heavens, we do propose to do some strong literary work during the coming ^ ear and those who doubt our ability are in­vited to visit our Society and see for them­selves. The officers are: Harry Raymond, Presi­dent; Guy E. Dunning, Vice-President; Mary Andrews, Secretary; Frankie Sullivan, Treas­urer; Isabelle Holt, Pianist; Percy Miller, Reporter; Ben Phelps, Sargeant at Arms; Joe Potter, Associate Editor; Program Committee, Misses Emily Dodd, Van Reypen, Peime, Stewart and Mr. Davenport. Y. W. C. A. The Y. W. C. A. room is partly furnished now and all meetings are held there instead of in the auditorium as formerly. The room is open every noon hour to students and affords them a quiet place where they may read or study. The meetings this year have been well at­tended and much enoyed. In addition to the regular Thursday meetings the girls are plan­ning to organize classes for the study of the Bible. These classes are to meet about once ---------- Normal Messenger - 1904 October - Page [27] ---------- in two weeks and will be conducted by differ­ent members of the faculty. The Association is planning to give a bazaar early in December to raise money to meet their expenses. They will be very grateful for any contributions for the bazaar from either stu­dents or from friends of the Y. W. C. A. Fredrica Peterson, a former student, visited school Thursday, September 29, and gave a short but interesting talk during the Y. W. C. A. meeting about her work in the Indian school. Miss Peterson is teaching at the Indian Mis­sion School near Lynden. Prof. Forrest (in discourse on sleeves): "The puff of a woman's sleeve is like rheuma­tism; first it is at the top of the arm, then at the bottom and again in the middle; it's al­ways moving and you can never tell just where it is going to strike next." THOSE LESSON PLANS. The shades of eve were falling fast, As from the Normal school there passed A girl, who bore, into the night, A tablet new on which to write, Her lesson plans! Her brow was sad; her eye below Gleamed full of teardrops falling slow, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of a teacher's tongue, "Your lesson plans!" In other rooms she saw the light On other faces glad and bright; Ahead—a ten weeks' failure shone, And from her lips escaped a groan, My lesson plans! "Let's hear the play," the young man said; "A jolly time is just ahead." The loving swain forlornly sighed; As quick the Normal girl replied, My lesson plans! At two o'clock her room-mate said, "Oh, give it up and come to bed," ---------- Normal Messenger - 1904 October - Page [28] ---------- A tear was trembling in her eye, She answered with a weary sigh, My lesson plans! "Don't mind the Supervisor's frown Don't mind the marks she may set down"; This was the room-mate's last good night, But the other groaned in awful fright, My lesson plans! At break of day as she arose, With sleepy yawn and drowsy doze; She heard that oft repeated groan, The last in that familiar tone, My lesson plans! A student by her irksome work, Tho' dying, she yet feared to shirk, Still grasped within her hand of ice That tablet with the strange device Of lesson plans! There in the morning cold and gray, Lifeless, but beautiful she lay, And from the school a murmur came, "The geese will worry just the same O'er lesson plans! M. A. '06. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1904 October - Page [29] ---------- FOR STUDYING AND READING IS SOFTER AND EASIER ON THE EYES THAN ANY OTHER ARTIFICIAL LIGHT. $2.00 PER THOUSAND FEET FOR COOKING NO DIRT. TURN A VALVE AND LIGHT GAS WHEN READY TO COOK. EXPENSE CEASES AS SOON AS THE GAS IS SHUT OFF. $1.75 PER THOUSAND FEET. COKE MAKES A CLEAN, HOT FIRE ^ ^ $4.50 PER TON DELIVERED j g l g j IN BULK. $5.00 PER TON 1 DELIVERED IN SACKS Whatcom County Railway andflgbtCo. tclerttie main 121 301 UP. fiolly St., UPHartcoM ®^S^pTj|sfefpj'.p;i7 EK#fe5;sU IS^sfeiSSi^^ i ---------- Normal Messenger - 1904 October - Page [30] ---------- ^^^Sff^M'^ T takes more than a piece of cloth to make a salt now-a- days. It t a k e s biaias and know how. A man's clothes should fit as well as wear, whether he pays $15 or $50 for his suit. It's not so much what he pays either as what he gets that makes him satisfied. We find that whenever we sell a man a Stein-Bloch suit at any price he's always satisfied. That's be­cause they are clothes made with brains and a "know how." Let us show you next time. Moderately priced, too— $15.00 to $25.00. COX- OVERLOOK . ,. CO. :' .;•;• I l l PAST HOLLY ST. HANNA BLOCKPPPPP