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---------- Normal Messenger - 1901 June
---------- COMMENCEMENT NUMBER THE NORMAL MESSENGER Whatcom,
Washington Quarterly June, 1901
---------- Normal Messenger - 1901 June
---------- FOR THIS SUMMER SEASON... WE SELL WE WANT YOUR
TRADE B.B. Furniture Co. Ice Cream Freezers Alaska Refrigerators
Mason's Fruit Jars Tin Top Jelly Tumblers Blue Flame Oil Stoves
Children's Carriages and Go-Carts Camp Stoves and Chairs Canvas and
Wire Cots Hammocks, Etc. And the many seasonable articles needed to
furnish a home.
---------- Normal Messenger - 1901 June
---------- ADVERTISEMENTS | Normal | I Students I We take this
method of thanking you for your liberal patronage during the past
year. We extend our hearty congratulations to those of your number who
have completed their work at the Normal and are soon to go forth in
quest of life's goal. To those who return we desire to say that we shall
be glad to see you in our midst again in September, and will do our
best to have in stock at our place of business the THE BEST OF EVERYTHING
SUITED TO THE STUDENT'S NEEDS We respectfully ask a continuance of
your patronage. We wish you all a pleasant vacation. J.N. SELBY CO.
124 W. HOLLY ST.
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---------- ADVERTISEMENTS. CENTRAL LIVERY STABLE J. J. LARSON,
Prop. BOARDING, FEED AND SALE STABLES, WOOD AND COAL GURNBY AND
HACKS AT ALL HOURS. EXPRESS AND DRAYING SUTCLIFFE HILL Are the People
who lead in WALL PAPER, PAINTS, OILS GLASS Especial attention given to
DOORS AND WINDOWS Telephone 1195 Holly St., WHATCOM SPORTING GOODS Lawn
Tennis and Base Ball goods, Indian Clubs, Dumbells, Punching Bags, Foot
Balls CRESCENT BICYCLES $25, $35, $50 Bicycle Sundries and a fully
equipped Repair Shop LONG BROS. HARDWARE COR. HOLLY AND BAY STS.
---------- Normal Messenger - 1901 June
---------- PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY TELEPHONE 1711 RESIDENCE
TELEPHONE 1094 CHAS. L. HOLT, M. D. Specialties: Diseases of the Eye,
Ear, flose and Throat Rooms i and 2 Fischer Block. Office Hours: 9 to 12
a. m., 2 to 6 p. m. Whatcom, Sunday, 2 to 4 p. in. Washington DR. H. J.
BIRNEY Rooms I, 2 and 3, Red Front Building Office Telephone 814
Residence Telephone 813 J- F. OROSS, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Rooms
1, 2 and 3, Miller Building, Holly Street, New Whatcom Office
Hours—9 to 11 a. m., 1:30 to 4:00 p. m., and at Night. TELEPHONE;
NO. S51. DR. S. N. KELLY RED FRONT BUILDING Office Telephone 471
Residence Telephone 473 W. D. KIRKPATRICK, M. D. ADDIE F. KIRKPATRICK, M.
D. FISCHER BLOCK, ROOMS 16 17. PHONE 1713 DR. D. E. BIGGS Fischer
Building Telephone Main 108 A. MACRAE SMITH, M. D. TELEPHONE 1791
Office, Red Front Building- WHATCOM DR. J. C. MINTON DENTIST Rooms 9, 10
and 12 Office Phone 1283 Fischer Block. Residence Phone 1223
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---------- PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY DR. C. A. DARLING DENTIST
Rooms 18 and 19 Fischer Block, Corner Dock and Holly Streets, PHONE 1315.
Whatcom, Wash. DR. F. J. GEOGHEGAN DENTIST Rooms 4 and 5 Red Front
Block Telephone 2261 WHATCOM, WASH. DR. F. D. ADAMS DENTIST ROOMS 20
AND 21 RED FRONT BLOCK TELEPHONE 785 D R . O. C. G I L B E R T DENT/ST
Cor. Dock and Holly - Whatcom, Wash DR. E. E. GRANT OSTEOPATH SLADE
BLOCK OfBce Hours: 9 to 12 a. m., 1 to 5 p. m. CONSULTATION FREE THE OLD
RELIABLE EXCELSIOR DYE WORKS Clothing Renovated to Look Like New 1170
ELK ST. WHATCOn, WASH. PHONE 1203 1215 R. R. AVE. J. C. PARKER BINDING
AND PRINTING Work Carefully Done Prices Right Record, Journal, Ledger,
Time Books, Shingle Mill Blanks on Hand. WHATCOM. WASH.
---------- Normal Messenger - 1901 June
---------- ADVERTISEMENTS RELIABLE DRY GOODS Fresh, direct from
the makers—Silks, Dress Goods, Linens, Flannels, Blankets, Ladies'
Furnishings, Notions, Men's Furnishings, Shirt Waists, Skirts,
House Dresses, Costumes made to your measure, Millinery, etc. It is a
fact that cannot be denied that the habit of buying at this store is a
good habit—one that will save you money on each purchase. Win.
Guthrie Co. HOLLY ST., WHATCOM LOTHROP BROS. Artists in Photography
Everything new and up-to-date in the Photographic line Exclusive Designs
in flountings Enlarging and Finishing in Crayon, Pastel, Water Colors
and Sepia PHONE 1703 Reveille Building, Dock Street WHATCOM T H E
BANK 0F WHATCOM L. P. WHITE CO. TRANSACTS A GENERAL BANKING AND
EXCHANGE BUSINESS YOUR ACCOUNT SOLICITED LIGHTHOUSE BLOCK
---------- Normal Messenger - 1901 June
---------- ADVERTISEMENTS Same Old Story And pretty nearly
Everybody Knows it MONTAGUE McHUGH Can show you an Immense Variety in
Dress Goods SILKS, VELVETS DRESS TRIMMINGS LININGS Wash Goods, Table
Linens, Napkins, Towels, Crashes, Sheeting, all widths; Underwear for
ladies, men and children ; Laces, Embroideries, Handkerchiefs,
Corsets, Muslin Underwear, Umbrellas and Sun Shades. Ask to see our
$1.00 Kid Gloves, all colors; can't buy better any where for $1.25. Ask
to see the Gloria Silk Umbrellas at $1.25 and $1.50. Ask to see our
54-inch Suitings at $1.25, spunged and shrunk; can't buy anything to
equal them for 51.75. You may not know it, but it's a fact, we can show
you the only complete stock of Dry Goods of Belling-ham Bay. Don't
care WHO knows it, it's a positive fact. MONTAGUE d lt;£ MCHUGH
---------- Normal Messenger - 1901 June
---------- The Normal Messenger CONTENTS Historical Sketch of
the State Normal School. Edward T. Mathes, Ph. D. 3 Sphere of the
Literary Society. Robert B. Vaile, Ph. B. 6 What Shall We Read. George R.
Bright 8 Editorial 12 From the Office 13 Class of 1901 15 Commencement
Week 17 General Items 21 FACULTY EDWARD T. MATHES, Principal, History
and Pedagogy JOHN T. FORREST, Mathematics FRANCIS W. EPLY, Physical
Sciences WASHINGTON WISLON, Psychology and Pedagogy MISS MITTIE U.
MYERS, English and Latin MISS LAUREL HARPER, Drawing MISS FRANCES HAYS,
Reading and Physical Culture A. P. ROMINE, A. M., Biological Sciences
MISS JULIA BAILIE, Vocal Music J. N. BOWMAN, Ph. D., History and German
MISS H. J. TROMANHAUSER, Supervisor, Training School MISS GERTRUDE
EARHART, Critic Teacher, Grammar Grades MISS CORA BRATTON, Critic
Teacher, Intermediate Grades MISS CATHERINE MONTGOMERY, Critic Teacher,
Primary Grades MISS IDA A. BAKER, English and Mathematics MRS. ADA B.
CLOTHIER, Acting Librarian P. W. PIERCE, Custodian of Building and
Grounds MISS NELLIE A. COOPER, Secretary to the Principal
---------- Normal Messenger - 1901 June
---------- ADVERTISEMENTS YOU CAN DO BETTER AT THE FAIR The
Largest Assortment of Silks, Silk Waists, Dress Goods, Tailor Made
Suits, Millinery In the City of Whatcom One of the Largest and most
up=to = date Shoe Stocks in the State. THE FAIR Whatcom.
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---------- THE NORMAL MESSENGER JUNE, 1901 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF
THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL EDWARD T. MATHES, PH. D. HE movement looking to
the establishment of the Whatcom State Norma' School began about
twelve years ago, although it found no active expression until the
legislative session of 1891, when Hon. Michael Anderson introduced a bill
providing for the establishment of the institution. This bill carried no
appropriation, and simply provided that the school should be located in
Whatcom county and that a commission of three men should be appointed to
select a suitable location for the institution. This commission,
consisting of Governor John H. McGraw, Geo. E. Atkinson and W. H. Bateman,
finally chose a tract of land located on the northwesterly side of
Sehome hill between the cities of Whatcom and Fairhaven. This land was
donated by the Bellingham Bay Improvement Company, the Fairhaven
Land Company and the heirs of the Lysle estate. The first
appropriation for the erection of the building was vetoed by Governor
McGraw. However, in the legislative session of 1895 the sum of $40,000
was appropriated for the erection of the original building. The first
board of trustees consisted of Major Eli Wilkins of Fairhaven and Hon. R.
C. Higgin-son and Hon. J. J. Edens of Whatcom. The appropriation of 1897
was vetoed and for two years the building remained unoccupied. The
legislature of 1899 made an appropria- T
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---------- 4 The Normal Messenger tion of $33,500 for equipment
and maintenance of the school, with this sum of money the campus
has been cleared and fenced, sidewalks constructed, the building
equipped with furniture, the laboratories supplied with desks and
apparatus, the library opened with one thousand volumes, and many other
necessary items of equipment installed. In the spring of 1899 Dr.
E. T. Mathes was elected Principal of the institution and John T.
Forrest, F. W. Eply, Miss Jane Connell, Miss Avadana Millett and Miss
Sarah Rogers were chosen as members of the first faculty. A circular of
information was distributed throughout western Washington, and September
6, 1899, was set as the natal day for the scholastic life of the
institution. Informal opening exercises were conducted. The introductory
address was delivered by Judge Jere Neterer, President of the Board of
Trustees. Addresses were also delivered by Mayor E. E. Hardin of Whatcom,
and Mayor J. C. Clark of Fairhaven. When the registration of
students for the opening day was completed it was found that 160 young
people had applied for admission to the institution. A classification of
these students found all classes of all years of all courses of study
represented and the daily work of the institution began with a
senior as well as a first year class represented. At the close of the
first month the enrollment had reached 230 students and it was
found necessary to add three additional teachers to the faculty. These
were Miss Ida Baker, Miss Catherine Montgomery and Robert B. Vaile. The
work of the first year was in a high degree satisfactory and the character
of the student-body was a special source of pride to the authorities of
the institution. A class of eight young ladies was graduated from the
advanced course and sixteen five-year certificates were issued to
elementary graduates.
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---------- WHATCOM STATE NORMAL SCHOOL SHOWING ANNEX COMPLETED
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---------- The Normal Messenger 5 During the summer of 1900 the
citizens of Bellingham Bay provided funds with which five additional
rooms were finished, making possible the addition of three more members
to the faculty. The enrollment of the second year, now closing, has
exceeded that of the first year and in many ways the organization of the
school has been improved. The present senior class contains 29 members and
the number of students doing work as practice teachers in the training
school has exceeded fifty throughout the year. The training school has
been fully organized since the opening of the Normal School and has
been a strong factor in elevating the standard of the institution. In
February, 1899, Mr. Frank C. Teck succeeded Major Wilkins as trustee, and
in June of the same year Mr. R. C. Higginson was succeeded by Judge Jere
Neterer, who in turn resigned and was succeeded in April of the present
year by Mr. Louis P. White, of Whatcom. At the last session of the state
legislature the sum of $93,800 was appropriated for the erection of an
annex to the present building and the maintenance of the school for a term
of two years. At the present writing the foundation for the annex is
being laid and by the coming fall the additional room will be for use.
This will give the institution one of the largest and most convenient
Normal School buildings on this coast and will add much to the comfort
and convenience of both faculty and students. The school will begin work
next September with a faculty of fifteen teachers. During the coming
summer the laboratories will be enlarged, the library improved, the
museum arranged and many other improvements added to the equipment of the
institution. Many other items of interest might be added to this chapter
of history but only one
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---------- 6 The Normal Messenger more stands out prominently for
attention. Since the opening da\' a most harmonious spirit has pervaded
all departments of work. This spirit of peace and good-will has
extended all along the line, for the relations between the trustees
and faculty, the principal and faculty and the faculty and students
have all been as harmonious and co-operative as can well be found
anywhere and to this happy condition is due much of the growth and
success of the instution. SPHERE OF THE LITERARY SOCIETY ROBERT B. VAIUS,
Ph. B. The extent of the knowledge that is not to be obtained from books
is perhaps not always fully appreciated by those of us who were led to
depend almost entirely upon the printed page for all that we know.
Whatever training, therefore, that the school can give that will
help to bridge over the gap existing between the formal study and
discipline of the classroom and the world outside, in which the
answers do not often come out even, is surely worth giving. One factor
which mav aid greatly in accomplishing this end is certainly the literary
society. Hence the literary society' or something similar to it is
necessary to the complete realization of the aim of the school. The
training to be derived from this line of work may come from three main
sources, namely, the experience in handling the problems which arise in
the binding together of a body of individuals into an organization for
the accomplishing of a definite purpose, the chance to sum up in a self
directed effort the knowledge acquired in the school and elsewhere, and
the practice in expressing the ideas in a sustained effort for immediate
pleasure of an audience as well as its instruction. The good
fellowship engendered by
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---------- The Normal Messenger 7 such an organization is a very
happy result as well. It is sometimes suggested that all these results
might be better attained by means of a formal recitation exercise because
the instruction would then be offered directly and while the element of
pleasure might be lessened the increased efficiency would more than
compensate for its loss. But it is in the very spontaneity and originality
of the exercises performed that the chief value of the work lies,
from this point of view, and there is no other way in which to secure this
result than by granting a larger degree of freedom for individual
initiative and effort than is perhaps customary or advisable in formal
school work. Between the two extremes of entire absence of restrictions
and the imposing of rigid and formal rules there is certainly a
middle ground upon which the best results may be expected. The precise
nature of these results must be determined largely by you who compose such
organizations. The most that can be done for you is to provide a place
and time for meeting and a guiding and harmonizing influence.
Taking these facilities, then, if j-ou will enter upon the task involved
with a serious determination to make the ver}' most of the opportunity
thus afforded you will surely accomplish something worth doing and
moreover it will be something which you could not accomplish so easily or
so well in any other way. You must use everv particle of help that is
available, and you will probably be surprised to find how much is at your
disposal if you seek it in the proper spirit, and you must exercise the
greatest care in directing your activity along helpful paths. It is so
easy to go astray or to drift. The mapping out of a course for a long
period ahead has a distinct advantage in that it affords a chance for a
connecting link that may bind the various exercises together.
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---------- 8 The Normal Messenger Within each individual program,
also, experience has shown that the most interest will be created
and the most satisfaction secured when there is a thread running through
the entire series of numbers. The literary societ\' has a distinct
mission to accomplish, then, by virtue of the opportunity it
affords to connect the activity of the world. It will be more or less
valuable to its members according as those who are a part of it bend
their energies in the right direction and as it is found that it can be
made voluntary. The sphere of the literary society is so included within
the sphere of the school as a whole that it is essential to the perfect
working out of the entire function of the school. WHAT SHALL WE READ?
GEO. R. BRIGHT At this stage of human prosperity there is a positive lack
of fitness and discreton in the conservation of mental energy. The tide
of books, papers and magazines floods our people. In the hurry and flurry
of a people so charged with steam and electricity, who can say we are
positively establishing character. Society is so organized and the
division of labor so complete that, though a man would rest, he must not,
lest he be trampled down by a restless race. Toil is read on every
brow—written there by pride, covetousness, care, or dire necessity.
If to be a man of wealth, or to be a leader of men, or to write one's
name highest on human bulletins— if these be character, then
many are thus blessed. But is there any abiding thing in all these? Do
men covet riches, leadership, or honor for the intrinsic worth of these
things? Do newspaper stories and advertisements, and up-to-date
literature concerning such attainments,
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---------- The Normal Messenger 9 conduce to the establishment of
character? Are these the aspirations and things to be scattered abroad to
children? In sturd\r Puritan ideals there are none of these things;
perhaps because the Puritans lived in a slower age; but more
probably because the Puritan spirit in holy solitude and simple
contentment craved none of them. If to be educated in the almost infinite
list of special occupations is character, then character as a thing
of human establishment is waning; for the more complex society
becomes, the more numerous the divisions of labor, science,
art, religion, and all that is to be accomplished this side the grave.
Being a skilled artist, an unbiased historian, a competent
physician—in fact, to perform successfully an}' one of the
thousand things established by custom and society, is no proof of
character. These are but incidents of a lifetime. If it were
otherwise, American character would be growing under desperate
circumstances. Character is born of simplicity and thoroughness. It is the
outcome of good motives and the highest ideal. A teacher in charge
of a roomful of tender minds is playing on the heartstrings of humanity;
he may thump them, or touch them gently; but all things said or done will
sink to bring forth after its own kind. Who is it who does not believe
"Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old he will not
depart from it"? Do not children need some direction—some absolute
guide—something by which to measure all things? The old conception
that a child is evil in its tendencies is hooted at by some of our
educated men to-day; it is an old fogy idea they say; but nevertheless,
that old saying "Train up a child," implies a principle; that children
must be trained, no one will deny. And to launch a teacher on his career
with no fundamental principles, no absolute guide
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---------- 10 The Normal Messenger —lacking that by which
all things must be unerringly measured—is like launching a
lopsided kite. Annihilation of law is Spencer's idea. Prove
everything by scientific methods is Draper's. And a natural law in the
spiritual world is being sought by scores of others. All these
theorizings are merely philosophical flounderings. We still hold, or ought
to hold, the little child by the hand. If we read philosophy, what shall
the child read? Life is a practical thing. Life is the only practical
thing there is. Again, what shall children read ? There are but few who
do not admire sturd}' character. Is character building in the hands of
the teacher? Together with the parent it is. Without question the
child must admire, must imitate, and must be directed. What then is the
standard? No one will presume to be that model; and \ret some such
example must be known to him who would direct in this moral
life of ours. Is truth so scarce that fiction must be drawn upon? Must
lies go gadding abroad in fairy textures to amuse our artless children
withal? Do our shelves groan with tons upon tons of human thought and
still the little innocents go hungry, or, are put aside to
intoxicate themselves on fairy tales or other scrappy literature, so that
they may be "interested"—be induced by the indolent teacher to "give
attention." There is no teacher or parent who would not thrill with pride
to know that his pupil or child had become possessed of some of life's
abiding principles. This cannot be other than by the most skillful
direction and loving care. It is not the quantity but the quality of
literature that feeds the soul and establishes character. If
the "Elegy" immortalized Gray in the hearts of the world, if Ruskin,
Emerson, and scores of others have left their crystalized lives to us in
literature, having so loved the
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---------- The Normal Messenger 11 truth of all that is beautifal
and good, that when one's soul would be fed it has but to listen to
these princes and Sampsons of literature, why, if such is really
true, would not these be monuments in a child's library? You already have
them there? Yes, and a jumble of light, trashy nonsense besides. So much
so that the child is nonplussed and has about as much reverence for Gray's
Elegy as it has for "The cow jumped over the moon." Our libraries would
better be emptied rather than filled if there is to be no standard by
which one is competent to direct children, and to make a judicious
selection of books. Be a law unto one's self, is very pleasing, but it
will not apply. Again, what shall children read? What is pleasing is not
alwaj's good. Neither is conscience an absolute guide. The ideal is
outside one's self, and that alone is constant. Speaking broadly, the
English people have, or at least are conscious of, the highest
ideal. From this ideal the "good " is known. There is absolutely no excuse
for the teacher who considers lightly the selection of books and the
skillful direction of children's minds into a life, good and useful and
beautiful and true. "Read the good books for the hour and the good
ones for all time." Read those books whose "author has something to say
which he perceives to be true and useful and helpfully
beautiful—who would fain set it down forever—saying: This is
the best of me; for the rest I ate, and drank, and slept, loved and
hated, like another—this, if anything of mine, is worth your
memory." "Truth," says Whittier, "should be the first lesson of the child
and the last aspiration of manhood ; for it has been well said that the
inquiry of truth, which is the love-making of it, the knowledge of truth,
which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the
enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature."
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---------- THE NORMAL MESSENGER Published Quarterly by the
Students of THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. WHATCOM, WASH. EDITORIAL STAFF.
Geo. R. BRIGHT. . . . . Editor-in-Chief MARTIN KORSTAD, - - - Local
Department ASSOCIATE EDITORS Miss MARY HIRD, Kulshan Society Miss MAUD
DRAKE - - - Aurora Society Miss MAY PILLMAN - - - Utopian Society Miss
BESSIE GRIGGS - - - Chilic Society Miss CLARA TARTE, - - - Alcott Society
MR. HARRY SHEPHERD - - - Philomathiau Miss TYRRELL WALBRIDGE - - - Y. W.
C. A. society EDSON IRISH . Business Managers. TERMS: FORTY CENTS A
YEAR. Address all literary communications to t h e Editor-in-Chief, Nor
mal School. All business matter to the Business Managers Whatcom, Wash.
Entered at the Whatcom PostofTiee as second class matter. VOL. II JUXE,
1001 No. 3 Another school year is gone and the field of action is already
being arranged for a new year's work. New officers have been elected in
all the societies and the senate. For the kind aid from both teachers and
students we are very grateful, and sincerely hope that all who
contemplate being in school next year will not forget the Normal
Messenger. To our successor, Miss Mary Bird, we extend a most heart}-
good wish for the management next year. The Board of Iowa Public Schools
has passed a resolution prohibiting any organized athletics. This is a
little sudden; but the wisdom of such an act may appear when we consider
carefullv the tendencv of organized athletics. There is something
beautiful and noble in a young man or young woman who exercises the
muscles that the bod}' may be a "living sacrifice "—that through
such exercise the mind and soul may attain a greater perfection;
but if there is no regulation by boards of schools, organized athletbics
furnish a scope and variety from "thumbs u p "
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---------- The Normal Messenger 13 to "keeps." Parents and
teachers ought to recognize that the universal desire among young men to
exhibit muscular feats is not for recreation merely, but very often is
followed by the more fortunately proportioned youth even to the
arena where he reaps the highest laurel of organized athletics. We have
not yet outgrown that savage thrill at seeing muscle overcome muscle.
Whatever men may say, it still remains true that human nature is the same
today as it was six thousand years ago. Just as much and as
strenuous education is needed today as then. And the Iowa City
School board has simply required "Johnny" to rest his arms and legs
until his mind catches up. FROM THE OFFICE. The third annual catalogue of
the Normal school is in the hands of the state printer and will be read}-
for distribution by June 20th. No radical changes have been made in the
general character of the catalogue, but in addition to the fixed
courses of study,three elective courses are offered. These courses will
offer strictly advanced professional training and provide work in
three lines—drawing, vocal music and prrysieal culture. German has
also been placed in the regular course as an optional study. This language
has been taught during the past year in the training school and has
awakened much interest among both the training school pupils snd
the Normal school students. A course in elementary science has also been
introduced into the second semester of the first year, and school economy
has been moved up into the second year. Aside from these changes, the
courses of study remain unchanged. The following items appear on the
statistical page of the catalogue:
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---------- 14 The Normal Messenger The enrollmeut for the year is
as follows: Seniors, 29; juniors, 33; third }-ear, 37; second year,
72; first year, 57; irregular students, 38. Total, 266. Enrollment
in training school, 118. Number of elementary certificates
issued during the }'ear, 22. The average attendance for the year has
been 215. The average age of the students is 19 years and 10 months. The
average age of the senior class is 23 years. The foundation of the
annex is well started and gives evidence that the accommodations of the
school will be much more ample when the new structure is completed. On
May 1st Miss Nellie A. Cooper assumed her duties as stenographer in the
Normal school office. Miss Cooper is a graduate of the business
department of the State Agricultural college and comes highh'
recommended by Pres, E. A. Bryan for the position. Owing to the extensive
improvements being made in the Normal building this vacation,
no summer school will be held this 3'ear. During the coming vacation the
office will be removed to other quarters in the building and the present
office will be furnished for a reception room. Teacher (infant natural
history class)—You will remember that, will you, Tommy, that wasps
lie in a torpid state all winter ? Tommy (with an air of
retrospection)— Yes'm, an' I'll try an' remember that they make up
for it in the summer. "Can you give me the name of the first lady of the
land?" asked the teacher. "Yes'm," said the boy with the frowsy hair,
"Eve." Teacher (suspiciously)—"Who wrote your composition?"
Johnny—My father. Teacher—What, all of it? Johnny—No'm;
I helped him.
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---------- Thomas A. Korstad C. Henry Bowman Edith Fouts Maude
Ethelyn Drake Lillian Miller Ethelyn Leo Luce Clarice Leone Witter
Pearle Lee Emma Louise Ratcliffe Hattie M. Dellinger Gertrude E. Bell
Ada Shidler Sarah Gertrude Clarke George R. Bright Martin Kordstad
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---------- The Normal Messenger 15 CLASS OF 1901 The second
graduating class of the Whatcom State Normal now makes its last
appearance on the stage of school life. Its members are but now
crossing the threshold and are passing out and on into the bus\r field of
action. Throughout the past two years we have worked earnestly and
faithfully, patiently performing our daily tasks ; yet looking
forward with eager e}'es to our entrance into the great world. Under the
guidance of our beloved faculty, with Miss Ross and Mr. Bright as
leaders, " we have fought the good fight—we have finished our
course." We have in our humble way tried to do all that our enthusiastic
teachers have asked us to do. We have cheerfull\r sat up till the " wee
sma' hours " writing scores of observations and have heroically
forsaken our comfortable beds at five that we might finish our
plans and write our training lesson on the board before school commenced.
In the depths of the chemical laboratory with praise-worthy zeal, we have
concocted dark, mysterious,and death-dealing gases and measured to the
sixteenth of an inch, the digestive apparatus of the cat. From the
heights of the gymnasium we have meekly swung Indian clubs when we were
longing to sit down and rest our weary minds with delightful bits from the
geology manual. To the " little professor's " delight, we have swallowed
with great avidity the laws and principles of Pestalozzi, Kant, and
Froebel; we have learned by heart the story of "young spontaneity" and
have shrunk with due horror and amazement from Professor James'
description of the "bottled up lightning girl." We have sung ourselves
hoarse in our eager desire to please Miss Baker. We have laughed
over the "Comedy of Errors " and cried over Desdemona; we have discussed
and re-discussed "King Lear," and sung and sung again of "Romeo and
Juliet."
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---------- 16 The Normal Messenger We have gravely and wisely
discussed the Darwinian Theory, the Farmer's Alliance, the Burleigh
Colony, and Trusts; we have hunted far and wide for twenty principles of
sociology and have oracularly discussed possible sociological
reforms. Pen in hand, we have eagerly perused Mc- Murray and Baldwin,
Ouincy and Brooks, for light on the subject of methods. "The Destiny of
Alan " has no terrors for us. They are all past. Fiske has solved the
rrrystery for us and Professor Eply has closely catechised us. We have
talked and studied and dreamed of book reviews to the great pleasure and
delight of the faculty. Our thesis stand as monuments to our
unflagged zeal and noble self-sacrifice as well as to our intellectual
abilities. We have been the mainstay and support of the literary
societies and have debated, recited and sung to the edification of
innumerable audiences. We have duly wished we were as "smart" as
Dr. Mathes, as pretty as Miss Harper and as accomplished as Miss
Tromanhauser. We have faithfully (and willingly) attended all the
receptions that have been given us and have made a solemn covenant among
ourselves to conductstudent's book reviews after the manner of Miss
Baker and Miss Montgomery when we become members of a faculty. And
now all this is over and we are going out into the world of care and
responsibility. Who shall say that the busy, hard-working, yet dearly
loved school-life has not been a splendid preparation for the world of
action be}Tond? that the lessons, moral as well as intellectual, that
have been indelibly stamped on our hearts and minds—the potential
energy, as it were—shall not change into activity and
force that will help move the world along—move it a step heavenward.
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---------- Calla Elizabeth Monlux Edith Burgess Mary Ayres
McBride Elnore Oertli Carrie Wilmore Lilly Buckles Allie B. Muldoon
Emma Whitworth Frances Ethel Siders Bessie Griggs Sadie Lewellen
Eugenia Maud Woodin Pearl Galliher Anna Iverson
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---------- The Normal Messenger 17 COMMENCEMENT WEEK. TRAINING
DEPARTMENT The training department closed a very successful year with an
exhibition of the regular school work done by the pupils. The three
departments were well represented. The display in the primary department
included drawings, objects modeled in clay, illustrated papers and
industrial work, as mats, baskets and boxes. In the intermediate
department the special features were the illustrative work in geography,
literature and history, together with the written work showing the
development of reasoning power and freedom of expression. Remarkable
care and neatness marked the work in the grammar department. Maps,
drawings and manuscripts were placed for inspection, showing that each
day's work had been carefully prepared. The bulk of this exhibit
consisted of water color drawings. BACCALAUREATE SERMON. The
baccalaureate sermon was delivered on Sunday morning, June 9, by Rev. Dr.
Sulliger, pastor of the First M. K. church of this city. The class and
faculty were seated in a body, and many students and friends crowded the
house. The sermon was upon the subject, " Christian Character," and was in
every way a worthy effort of the speaker. CLASS DAY. The Class Day
exercises held in the Normal building, June nth, were in every
respect a success. There were twenty-nine parts; all parts were original,
well set in conversational style, and the play furnished a very pleasant
afternoon for a large audience. The seniors seemed to vie with each other
in giving the best jokes on the juniors and members of the faculty, even
some of the seniors themselves did not escape; but every part was given in
the most friendly spirit and was as heartily received. The stage settings
were beautifully arranged by the juniors who, again and again, throughout
the play showed their appreciation by giving their jolly yells. LITERARY
SOCIETY CONTEST. The annual literary entertainment, which was held in the
First Presbyterian church, June 7th, at 8 p. m., consisted of
declamations, orations, and debates. The participants were all winners in
preliminary contests held during the second semester among the literary
societies. The church was beautifully decorated with ferns,
flowers, and the Normal blue and white. The presiding officer of the
evening was Miss Grace Huntoon, president of the Normal senate. A vocal
duet by Misses Huntoon and Gruber was the opening number of the program.
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---------- 18 The Normal Messenger Miss Clara Tarte of the Alcott
society, followed with a recitation, "Mary's Night Ride," by George W.
Cable. Miss Lulu Robinson of the Chilic society gave "Traver's First
Ride," by Richard Harding Davis. The decision of the judges was in favor
of Miss Tarte. After a vocal solo by Miss Ethelyn Luce, the two orations
of the evening were given. Miss Carrie Wil-inore, representing the Utopian
society, took as her subject " Kossuth." Miss Sadie Lewellen of the
Alcott's, "Joan of Arc." The decision of the judges gave first honors to
Miss Wilinore. The Philoniathean Octette furnished the third musical
number, after which the two contestants in debate discussed the question:
Resolved, That the U. S. should extend its jurisdiction. The affirmative
side of the question was presented by Miss Minnie Penfiekl of the Chilic
society, while Miss Emma Gruber of the Aurora society took the negative.
The judges decided in favor of the negative. In giving their report the
judges said that the contest throughout had been a close one and
that it was with difficulty that they had rendered a decision, and it was
the general feeling of the large and enthusiastic audience of the
students and friends of the Normal that the societies had been well
represented by the contestants, even though all could not take first
place. THE FACULTY RECEPTION. On Wednesday evening of commencement week
the Normal building was resplendent with flowers, bunting and lights; the
occasion being the annual faculty reception to students and public.
The decoration of rooms was largely in the hands of the various literary
societies, and many very unique and pretty features were brought out.
Some of the blackboard work was especially clever; for instance, the
kitten and the deer in black and white, and the Indian face in black and
red. In the library and halls Chinese lanterns lent their strange charms
to the scene. The reception opened with "step songs." The students
who took part in this were grouped on the granite stairway of the front
entrance, with a piano just in the rear. Here were rendered to the
audience around them many selections, such as male quartettes, solos,
choruses new and old, punctuated at times by the rival student yells. At
the conclusion of this program, Mr. Bright, president of the
graduating class, presented to the school as a gift from the class, a
pretty statue—"The Winged Goddess of Victor}'." Dr. Mathes
gave the speech of acceptance. The remainder of the evening was
spent very pleasantly in social chat and the renewal of old
acquaintances. One of the pleasant features of the evening was the
appearance of many former students who have been away teaching for a year.
Thirsty guests were refreshed with iced drinks, served by some of
the Normal's charming young ladies in
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---------- The Normal Messenger 19 various society rooms. During
the evening a permanent alumni organization was made and the usual
officers and committees appointed. GRADUATING EXERCISES. The exercises
of commencement week came to a most fitting close on Thursday evening,
June 13th, when the graduating exercises wt'ie held in the opera house,
and twenty-nine young people received diplomas. The address by Supt. J. F.
Savior of Spokane was cultured, scholarly, helpful, and inspiring. The
music was furnished by the class, and was exceptionally good. The
diplomas were presented to the class on behalf of the trustees
by Dr. E. T. Mathes, principal of the Normal school. The decorations were
elaborate, artistic and chaste, and the stage presented a most enchanting
scene. In addition to the diplomas presented at commencement,
fourteen elementary certificates were issued to third-year and
junior students at the close of the school year, and nine were issued in
January, making a total of fifty-two certificates and diplomas
issued during the past school year. New Teachers At a meeting of the
Board of Trustees held recently three new teachers were added to the
faculty of the Normal school. For the position of grammar grade
critic teacher, Miss Gertrude Earhart was selected. Miss Ear-hart is a
graduate of the State Normal school at St. Cloud, Minnesota, and for many
years was a grammar grade critic teacher in the same institution. During
the past two years Miss Earhart has been attending the Uni-versty of
Michigan. The selection for vocal music teacher was Miss Julia Bailie,
who is a graduate of the State Normal school and of the Conservatory of
Music at Platteville, Wisconsin. During the past few years Miss Bailie has
been supervisor of music in the public schools of Northfield, Minn. Prof.
A. P. Romiue of this city was elected to a position of science
teacher and will teach geology and biology. Mr. Rornine has had
normal training, is a graduate of the University of West Virginia, has
spent one year in John Hopkins University, and is a teacher of several
years' experience. J. N. Bowman, Ph. D., has also been elected to take
the place of Prof. Robert B. Vaile, who has withdrawn from the
institution. Dr. Bowman is a graduate of Heidelberg University in
Ohio, and also of Heidelberg University, Germany. He has had several
years' experience as an instructor and will take up work in history and
German. The result of the last annual election of senatorial officers was
as follows: President, Grace Huntoon; Vice- President, Emma Greuber ;
Secretary, May Gilligan; Treasurer, Laura Doerrer; Sergeant-at-Arms,
Leonard Miller; Historian, Mary Bird.
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---------- 20 The Normal Messenger GENERAL ITEMS Miss Marguerite
Griggs, a junior, was married recently. Miss Emma Goodrich has been
teaching in Pacific county. Miss Elsie McAllister is teaching at Beach,
on Lum-mi island. Miss Alice Kellogg is completing the year in
teaching at Monroe. Prof. J. T. Forrest and family will spend their
vacation in the city. Miss Ada Meyers will return and bring a
sister with her next year. Max Blonden has been teaching at Clearbrook
dur. ing the past year. Miss Grace Powers will fill her old position in
the Everett schools next year. Misses Margaret Clark, Bertha Ross and
Louise Pe-den teach in Everett next year. Miss Lottie Smith of Chehalis
expects to return and enter the junior class next fall. Miss Alicenia
Engle, primary teacher in La Conner, will return and enter the senior
class next year. Miss Emma Gruber represented the Y. W. C. A. at the
Students' conference at Capitola, Cal., in Mav. Miss Ida Pillmau, a former
student of the Normal, has been re-elected as one of Everett's city
teachers. Theodore Myer, who has been teaching constantly in Lewis county
during the past year, expects to return next fall. Miss Cora F. Bratton
attended the wedding of her brother, Prof. W. A. Bratton, Whitman College,
Walla Walla, on June 13th. Miss Rosabell Glass of Olympia will return
next year and enter the senior class. Miss Glass has been teaching at
Tumwater the past year. Prof. Washington Wilson will spend the summer
with his family in Berkeley, Cal. Miss Mittie Meyers will also visit in
California. Miss Garnett Kendall will join her parents in Kansas early in
July, and will continue her work in the Normal school of that state next
year. Miss Ida A. Baker, who is now absent on leave, reports much
improvement in her eyes, and expects to return to her work in the
faculty in September. Miss Bessie Boyer will start for the East after
commencement, where she will visit her parents during the summer.
She will return to school in the fall.
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---------- The Normal Messenger 21 Miss Jessie Havens of Florence
will be a junior next year. Miss Edith Case will return in September to
enter the senior class. Miss Lizzie Morrison has entered her father's
office as stenographer. Miss Jessie Knight has been teaching in Mason
county during the past year. About fifty of the students have received
student's certificates during the past year. Miss Laurel Harper, teacher
of drawing, will study in Chicago during her vacation. Miss Gertrude Peak
of Madrone will return in September to take up regular work. Miss
Ruby Smith is teaching near Spokane, but will enter the Normal again next
fall. Miss Genevieve McCain taught during the latter part of the year at
Edmonds, Wash. Frank Moore, now residing in San Francisco, will enter
Stanford University in September. Miss Ruth Pratt, 'oo, will teach during
the summer, and attend the State University again next year,
graduating in June, 1902. Miss Clara Norman, '00, has resigned her
position in Everett, and will study drawing and oral expression in
Chicago next year. Miss Maude Casaday is teaching a summer term at Swan,
on the ocean beach in Clallam county. Miss Maude will be a senior next
year. Prof. F. W. Eply, will devote much of his summer to supervising the
improvements to be made in the laboratories of the Normal school.
There are fifteen graduates in the class '01 of the P. H. S. The class of
'99 graduated the same number, four of whom are seniors of the Whatcom
Normal 'oi. Dr. E. T. Matlies and family will also spend most of the
summer in the city and will enjoy an extended visit from Mr. Mathes'
brother, Rev. N. B. Mathes of Goshen, Indiana. The chemistry class are
studying photography now. They expect soon to enter the business on a
large scale, and then the seniors will not have to worry about
running down town a half dozen times a week to have their pictures
taken. "It will be a great convenience next year." One day, at the noon
hour, shortly after the tennis court had been graded, the school indulged
in a throwing bee. There were all kinds of throwing, but we will
not mention that, girls, you did so well that the pebbles were all removed
from the tennis court.
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---------- 22 The Normal Messenger Miss Elizabeth Turnkey is
teaching at Hardan. Mr. Axel Rose has a lucrative position at Anacortes.
The saddest words of tongue or pen, are these "a test again." Mr. Frank
York has been working in Whatcom the past month. Mrs. Casady of Tacoma
has been visiting her daughter, Miss Maud. Miss Laura Sweet began a
three-months school, June 3d, at Licking. Mr. F. M. Jennings of Everett
was a visitor at the Normal the latter part of May. Several of the
students were measly in May, but like the June-bug they are back again.
Miss Anna Klockstead has recovered from her recent illness, and is now
teaching at Van Zandt. Mrs. Elwood and Mrs. Cicero of Seattle have been
visitors here, the guests of Miss Irene Blaw. Mr. James H. Perry of Sumas
called recently to arrange for the ball game with the Normal nine.
Mr. Clinton Stearns was seen on the streets of Whatcom the other
day. Clinton has the same old smile. Miss Elsie Moore, one of last year's
students, expects to continue her work in the Kent schools the
coming year. The different contests that have taken place among
the students have been largely attended by people of the Bay Cities. Miss
Carrie Risdorph agreeably surprised us with a visit recently.
MissRisedorph is one of our successful teachers in Seattle. Raymond and
Albert Bumstead are working in their father's ship yard. Albert was
obliged to quit school last fall because of eye trouble. Rev. Laurie, of
the Presbyterian church of Fairha-veu, preached the Baccalaureate sermon
to the graduates of Fairhaven High school, May 26. Mrs. Higginson is now
convalescing after many weeks of illness. We are glad to hear this news
and wish her renewed health and strength. The contestants for the final
contest look pale and tremble when they think of that " happy time coming
when they must get up and say their little piece." The senior class met at
the Sehome Hotel parlors May 10. They improved the opportunity to report
on the stories of the Wagner Operas. After the book was thoroughly
discussed, the hostess, Miss Baker, served ice cream and cake. The seniors
voted Miss Baker a successful entertainer. For the incidents of the
evening, interrogate Miss Woodin and Mr. M. Korstad.
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---------- The Normal Messenger 23 Some say they think the
seniors ought to wear the caps and gowns, "they make the wearers look so
dignified." Of course we do not wish to infer that our seniors are
not dignified. O, no! The Kulshans feel wonderfully big now. The main
hall is hardly large enough to hold three of them and one or two other
students at the same time, and just because they gave an
entertainment! A real one, too. May 17th the Normal Literary societies met
in the Assembly Hall for a joint meeting. Miss Woodin, president of
the Normal senate, presided. An elaborate program had been prepared,
each society contributing a part. Any of the students desiring to take up
the study of German during vacation would do well to make
arrangements with Mr. K. G. Habenicht, 1214 Garden street, Whatcom.
He will continue giving lessons during the vacation. May 14th, earth was
first moved in excavating for the Normal annex. The work has been pushed
and the south-west corner stone was laid Maj' 27th, so that before
this reaches the reader the basement walls will be well advanced. The
reception given at Mrs. Mathes' by the Y. W. C. A. was very interesting
and instructive. A good program was rendered, then all enjoyed a
pleasant little tea. During the afternoon dusting caps were exhibited and
many were sold. The Normal boys have played several interesting base-ball
games this season, winning the two games with F. H. S., and losing the two
with W. H. S. The total score for the High schools was 51, while the total
for the Normal was 55, but alas! they were like Bryan's votes in 1896,
not distributed right for a complete victory. Among the many prominent
speakers, besides local talent, who have addressed the students during the
past quarter we would mention the following : Pres. Graves, U. of W.; Dr.
Penrose, Whitman College ; Pres. Bryan, W. A. College.; Dr. Colgrove, U.
of W.; Prof. Morgan, Ellensburg; Dr. Hall, Chicago; Prof. Gault, Whitworth
College. The Memorial Day program in the Opera House, Whatcom, was
listened to by a large, appreciative audience. Two numbers, one a
patriotic recitation by Miss Frances Hays, the other an oration by Dr. E.
T. Mathes, were of especial interest to Normal students. Miss Hays always
wins the hearts of her audience. Dr. Mathes does not soar, but keenly
feeling the value of common things of life he draws again and again on the
daily occurrences of the people and leaves them ere they are aware to
meditate upon the beautiful and fundamental principles he has
revealed to them from the very things they hourly trample under foot.
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---------- 24 The Normal Messenger Mrs. Sapp of Machias has been
visiting her daughters, Misses Nellie and Minnie Sapp. Miss Hattie
Doerrer of Seattle visited her sisters at. the Normal. Dr. and Mrs.
Mathes entertained the seniors May 24, at their beautiful home on High
street. Miss Claire Comstock returned to us for a brief visit, and
enjoyed the picnic on Lumi island. Miss Ida Rear of Snohomish spent a few
days here, visiting her sister, and took in the Kulshan play. The seniors
in the Normal department wear the gold. The seniors in the training
department wear the silver. Miss Louise Baker of Port Townsend, a former
Normal student, is spending commencement week here, the guest of
the Misses Bird. The happy face of Cary Mackintosh was seen in our midst
lately. Miss Mackintosh is teaching at Saxon, near the head of Lake
Whatcom. Miss Grace Ring, a former student of this school, but now of the
San Jose, Cal., Normal, attended the Y. W. C. A. conference at Capitola,
Cal. Mrs. Leque, Sr., and Mrs. Leque, Jr., of Stanwood, were guests of
Misses Anna Leque and Anna Iverson of the Normal, and witnessed the
success of the Kulshan play. May 25th the Normal crowd enjoyed a most
delightful picnic on Lummi island. The day was an ideal one and all who
could getaway from their work were on the dock at the appointed time. The
trip to the island was pleasantly and profitably spent in singing,
viewing the scenery or "sizing up" lunch baskets. It was evident that some
succeeded well in the latter as they forsook their party. The crowd soon
explored the island and were given a hearty welcome by the residents.
Boating, singing, a tug of war and other sports were indulged in and all
agreed that the seven hours spent on the island was not half long enough.
During the past year about two hundred and twenty-five regular students
have been doing work in the English department. The first and second
year classes and the methods classes have all been so large that they have
been divided into two sections each. While the general plan of work for
next year remains the same, some changes of detail are being planned for
the courses in rhetoric and in the history of English literature. These
changes will be along the line of more reading of literary models.
Next year there will probably be given an additional course in composition
for those who may need such work. The Y. W. C A. Students' conference was
a success in every particular. One hundred and twenty-six stu-
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---------- The Normal Messenger 25 dents, from twenty-three
different schools of the Pacific coast, were registered. Washington,
Oregon, Idaho, Nevada and California were represented. The Whatcom Normal
sent Miss Emma Gruber, president of the local Y. W. C. A. as delegate to
the conference. One of the main topics of discussion during the conference
was Christian work among students. Many valuable hints and suggestions
were given. Among the many noted speakers was Miss Reynolds, the Y. W. C.
A. World secretary, who stimulated the interest in foreign missions
by relating some of her observations in the Orient. The reception given by
the juniors to the seniors and faculty Wednesday evening, May 29th, at the
home of Dr. and Mrs. E. T. Mathes, was one of the most pleasurable
events of the season. There were about eighty young people present, and
the happy party passed the first two hours of the evening in the cosy
parlors in music, guessing games, and joyful conversation. Then all were
invited up to the spacious garret where the juniors had arranged a
most beautiful decoration. The profusion of fir and cedar sprays, the
artistic settings of pretty boquets, the hammock, the rustic seat, and the
soothing, soft tints of the lazy Japanese lanterns—all were sweet
wooiugs to the unresisting guests, and perfect harmony and
informality reigned throughout the evening. After observing the old
custom, "eat with me and be my friend," all bid a lingering adieu, and a
prayer went up to the stars that night, "Thy blessings on the juniors."
If you are blue, May, don't rub it on others. The female chemists should
be able to analyze their own complexion. The chemistry class have been
learning the use of soap. Do they need it? For the most scientific
experiments in the use of soaps, go to Blanche Charon. Some one was heard
calling Mr. Slattery "Mr. Flattery." How appropriate some of the
juniors' names are Phosphates is a principle constituent of appetite
(apatite), so Miss O. says. She must have a good deal of phosphate. Prof.
E.—Where do we hear of polysilic acid? Miss L.—Why, I—I
think it's good for the complexion. The teacher asked: What is
space? Answer—I cannot tell at present, but I have it in my head.
Prof. Eply—"Is there enough alcohol in bread to hurt, Mr. Korstad?"
Mr. M. Korstad—"I never got drunk by eating it." Mr. K. seems to
know a great deal about bread-making, (by experience of course.)
---------- Normal Messenger - 1901 June
---------- 26 The Normal Messenger Mr. Epley noticing a fair
junior trotting around the laboratory, as in search for something, said:
"What are you looking for, Mr. S." "Only for a spoon," he said. We never
knew before that Mr. S. went "spooning." "Mary had a little mule, That
followed her to school, That was against the rule. The teacher like a
fool, Got behind the mule, And hit him with a rule, After that there was
no school." —From an Exchange. Here are some lines of an old poet
which with the addition of the capital letters in the subsciition, give,
by using the first letter only of each word, the initial letter of the
sir-name of our presidents in order: "Wisdom and justice may men admire;
Jarring vice harms truth's pure, trembling fire. Pray be loyal, just; go!
highest good acquire." —Contributed by the H. of C. M. The Seniors
and Their Greatest Difficulties Martin Korstad—The "other fellow."
Elnora Oertli—To condense her thoughts. Sadie Lewellen—To look
twenty. Thomas Korstad—To keep from smiling. Emma
Whitworth—To accept the theory of evolution. Henry
Bowman—To win the affections of a certain young lady. Ethelyn
Luce—To get up enough steam to curl her hair. Ada Shidler—To
get up in the morning. Bessie Griggs—To keep still. Sarah
Clarke—To find time to attend class meeting. Ethel Siders—To
look angry. Edith Fouts—To agree with the author. Emma
Ratcliff—To grow. Maud Drake—To overcome her bashfulness.
Allie Muldoon—To keep from blushing. Calla Monlux—To forget a
certain young man at Pullman. Clarice Witter—To pose for a picture.
Pearl Lee—To get something different from anyone else. J Gertrude
Bell—To act sentimental in a play. Hattie Del linger—To write
for the Messenger. George Bright—To chaperone the seniors. Pearl
Galliher—To work up an affection for her gentleman admirers.
Lillian Buckles—To get other people to believe as she does. Mary Mc
Bride— ? Maud Woodiu—To snub the juniors. Edith Burgess
—To make people believe she is a senior. Came Wilmore—To keep
away from class meeting. Lillian Miller—To preserve her compexion.
Anna Iverson—To keep within the limit of "poetic license.''
---------- Normal Messenger - 1901 June
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SHIPPING SUPPLIED. Salt Meats, Game in Season. Elk St., near R. I. Morse -
- - Whatcom, Wash G. C. DELLINGER S. E. MULLIN DELLINGER MULLIN REAL
ESTATE, LOANS AND INSURANCE Farm and City Property Bought, Sold and
Exchanged RENTAL AGENTS 1231 E L K S T R E E T, CORRESPONDEXCE SOLICITED
WHATCOM, W A S H, KNOX'S CANDY FACTORY ICE CREAM AND SODA FINE,
HAND-MADE CHOCOLATES and BON-BONS Orders solicited for Ice Cream and Water
Ices. HOLLY STREET WHATCOM A A r~ / I mTm 0 gt; WHOLESALE AND MCATS
RETAIL Fresh, Smoked and Salt TWO SHOPS NOLTE BROS. 1468 Holly St. 2131
Thirteenth St Phone 86 Phone 98 KLINE BROS. MANUFACTURING) JEWELERS AND
OPTICIANS EYES EXAMINED FREE OLD JEWELRY MADE OVER 1435 Holly St.,
Whatcom 1108 Harris Ave., Fairhaven PACIFIC STEAM LAUNDRY ESTABLISHED
1889 FIRST-CLASS WORK GUARANTEED UDNESS ERHOLM. PROPS. TELEPHONE 1183
ELK STREET COAL AND WOOD YARD ft5™™2 Roslyn and Blue Canyon
Coal and Dry Fir Wood delivered to any part of the -it" M PHONE 1463
WHATCOM
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---------- ADVERTISEMENTS. B e l l i n g h a i n Bay Grocery Co.
INCORPORATED Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Groceries, Cigars and
Tobacco HAY AND GRAIN L A R G E S T S T O C K AND L O W E ST PRICES ON
THE nmr — TELEPHONE 821 1125-1131 ELK ST. WHATCOM CAMERAS AND
PHOTO SUPPLIES ALL THE STANDARD MAKES AL-VISTAS, PR1MOS, KORONAS, POCOS,
CYCLONES, WESTERNS, HAWKEYES, C. DeChamplain Graham THE OWL PHARHACY
Dock and Holly Sts. A. Q. WlCKMAN The TAILOR 1345 HOLLY ST. WHATCOM,
WASH. 1 Rjdys Patent lLceBoflt, The most complete assortment of " l *
« ' - ' ^ lt; gt; ^ in the city LADIES FINE SHOES SSfr G. F.
Raymond 1453 Holly St. Whatcom
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---------- ADVERTISEMENTS COFFEE DO YOU ENJOY GOOD COFFEE ? Try
Arabian Roast, ground to any fineness or pulverized by electricity.
There is nothing in the Coffee line that equals it. PER POUND 40 CENTS
Get our Price List Lateness and Up-to-Dateness WILSON, NOBLES BARR
Successors to Blue Front Grocery • TELEPHONE 881 114 HOLLY ST., EAST
. : • . AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAI 1 The McDOUGALL-GAGE CO.
1 I I11C MtUUUUALl/UAUC cv. i I SEU Standard Goods J I Hart, Schaffner
Marx Fine Clothing, | | Monarch Shirts, Perrin Dent's | |: Gloves, and
High Grades of Men's ^ If: Furnishings ^ jf, FISCHER BUILDING COR. DOCK
AND HOLLY STS. % MUNRO, BLftKE HASKELL HARDWARE, TINNING ^A/r gt;
PLUMBING Hot Water and Steam Heating Manufacturers of Buckeye Separators
and Cone Strainers Sole Agents for Bridge, Beach Co.'s Steel Ranges and
Stoves, Myr.*ei«r-''se PT gt;u. I *mMTp" ICs , oatniHd aallll
VkIiTnI dH Cs ro\ff RSVhi*e»*e»+t TMWepttaall wTt ronrrkl r
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---------- ADVERTISEMENTS. STUDENTS' WATCHES "The newest
down-to-date.' New effects in "Gun Metal.' Gold and silver Chatelaines
$4.00 and upwards YOUNG MEN'S WATCHES $1.50and upwards EVERY ONE
GUARANTEED BERENS' JEWELRY AND OPTICAL HOUSE 104 HOLLY ST. EAST
WHATCOM We carry a full line of PICNIC GOODS Also a complete line of
IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC CHEESE STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES J FRED C. LIKINS
M HOLLY, NEAR CANOE ST. PHONE 1276 B5
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---------- BICYCLES Wlorsc Ha,tdwa,tc Co* 1051-1057 ELK ST.
BICYCLES COLUMBIA TRIBUNE HARTFORD ELDRIDGE V1DETTE SILVER STREAK
BICYCLES F™» gt; $ 5 » $ 7 5 ON T HE INSTALLMENT PLAN
Old Bicycles taken in Exchange BICYCLES
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• • • t BELLINGHAM BAY ! IMPROVEMENT COMPANY
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Townsite Proprietors of t THE CITY OF | NEW WHATCOM I • Choice
Residence Lots in Immecli- • ate vicinity of State Normal, at prices
J ranging from $350.00 to $500.00. 1 • Terms—$50 Cash and
$10 per Month. • Interest at 7 per cent, per Annum. I Houses and
Lots on the Insall- • I ment Plan. • • For further
information, address • 1 Land Department | ! BELLINGHAM BAY •
* IMPROVEMENT COMPANY I • t • DEPOT BUILDING I •
RAILROAD AVE. i £ NEW WHATCOM, WASH. t 1 • * i »
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