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---------- Normal Messenger - 1905 November - Cover
---------- THE NORMAL MESSENGER Bellingham, Washington Monthly
November, 1905
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---------- Stat? Normal Srljnnl BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Second
Semester will open January 29, '06 lflEW classes will be organized at the
opening 4 * of the Second Semester, 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; stereoptican 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 $4-25
per week. EDWARD T. MATHES, PRINCIPAL BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON
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---------- PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY BlRNEY GOODHEART Physicians
and Surgeons Rooms i, 2, 3, 4 and 5, Red Front Bldg X-RAY WORK A
SPECIALTY Office 'Phone Main 2231 Residence 'Phone 3231 A. MACRAE SMITH,
M. D. Telephone Red 2371 Office, Red Front Building BELUNGHAM, WASH. DR.
C. O. REED PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON ONES— OFFICE— Residence,
Main 2951 Red Front Block Office, Black 2501 W. D. KIRKPATRICK, M. D.
ADDIE F. KIRKPATRICK, M. D. Rooms 16, 17 and 18, Fischer Block.
Phones—Residence, Black 1462 —Office, Red 44 Office f 10 to
12 a. m. Telephone, Black 835 Hours I 2 to 5 p. m. Res. Telephone, Black
2231 DR. WILBUR N. HUNT PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON OFFICE: BELLINGHAM, Rooms
A and B, Red Front Block WASHINGTON Office Hours—9 to 12; 1 to 5; 7
to 8 Office Phone Black 2051 Sundays by Appointment S. J. TORNEY, M. D.
Bye, Bar, Nose, Throat Glasses Properly Fitted Office, Rooms 18-19 Red
Front Building BELLINQHAM, WASH. Office Hours Phones— 10 to 12 a.
m. Office, Main 4 2 to 5 p. m. Residence, Main 3141 F. V. SHUTE, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon Office, Rooms 7 and 8, Fischer Block BELLINQHAM,
WASH. DR. W. C. KEYES RED FRONT BUILDING Office Phone Red 832 Residence
Phone Red 302 BELLINQHAM, WASHINGTON
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---------- PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY MODERN DENTAL PARLORS DR. O.
C. GILBERT, MANAGER » „ I I TJWI / i°8 West Holly Street
Holly Block | I3Q5 D o c k s t r e e t 'Phone Black 1871 ALL WORK
GUARANTEED Examinations Free DR. C. A. DARLING DENTIST Rooms 18 and 19
Fischer Block Corner Dock and Holly Streets PHONE BLACK 75 BELLINGHAM,
WASH. DR. J. C. MINTON SURGEON DENTIST Rooms 9, 10 and 12 Office Phone
Red 263 Fischer Block Residence Phone Black 1868 DR. T. M. BARLOW
DENTIST Rooms 3-4-5-6 Phone Black 2651 l i g h t h o u s e Block
Residence Phone Black 2471 Office 'Phone, Red 471 Residence 'Phone Red 694
CHAS. L. HOLT, M. D. Specialties: Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and
Throat Rooms z and 2 Fischer Block GEO. E. LUDWIG WATCHMAKER AND
MANUFACTURING JEWELER FINS WATCH REPAIRING AGATES CUT AND POLISHED TO
ORDER ARTISTIC ENGRAVING JEWELRY MANUFACTURING Bring in your old gold
and have it made into new jewelry 1322 Dock Street Bellingham, Wash.
VIENNA BAKERY 6AF 120 Holly Street A. MEY DEN BAUER Birthday and
Wedding Cakes a Specialty W. H. MOCK ~SONS Professional Funeral
Directors and Licensed Embalmers Slade Block, Elk St. Telephones: Main
186, Main 3871, Black 2922 We carry the largest stock of funeral supplies
north of Seattle Shipping bodies a specialty
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---------- 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 M. BELLE SPERRY, A. M., English Miss ELNORA
BELLE MILLER, A. B., English Miss IDA A. BAKER, A. M., Mathematics Miss
ADA HOGLE, B. P., Drawing Miss FRANCES HAYES, 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 J. N. BOWMAN,
Ph. D., History Miss TALLULAH LECONTE, Physical Training H. G. LULL, A.
B., (Chicago University,) Supervisor Training School Miss EDNA HORNER,
Critic Teacher, Grammar Grades Miss NELLD3 A. GRAY, Critic Teacher,
5th and 6th Grades MRS. ADA WILSON SMITH, Pd. B., Critic Teacher, 3d and
4th Grades MISS CATHERINE MONTGOMERY, Critic Teacher, Primary
Grades MISS MABEL ZOE WDLSON, A. B., Librarian
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---------- AD VERTISEMENTS Byron Grocery Co. \ ? INCORPORATED ?
1 DAIRY PRODUCTS AND GROCERIES \ \ "* \ Our grades of Teas and Coffees J
? are the best. \ \ Our Green Vegetables are fresh \ \ daily. 5 I Our
Butter, Cheese and Eggs— 5 \ no better to be found. \ \ Our Canned
Goods best on the \ | market. | 5 Our prices are right and quick | 5
delivery. S \ * i I BYRON GROCERY CO. 5 Daylight Block 'Phone Main 200
J # * 5 1207 Elk Street BEIXINGHAM, WASH. ? I 1 NO MORE NOTE BOOKS FOR
EVERY CLASS. INSTEAD USE THE Simplex National Note Book NO. 3805 AT 40
CENTS. FOUND AT SHERMAN'S IIO WEST HOLLY STREET HAVE YOUR TEETH ATTENDED
TO BY RELIABLE DENTISTS WHO GUARANTEE THEIR WORK WHATCOM DENTAL PARLORS
DR. OHAS. O. TURNER, Waff. CLOVER BLOCK
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---------- THE NORMAL MESSENGER NOVEMBER, 1905 THE B. S. N.
S.-FROM 1891 TO 1905 THE first definite step taken toward the
establishment of a state normal school at Bellingham, or rather Whatcom as
it was then called, was the introduction by the Hon. Michael Anderson of
a bill providing for its establishment. The bill provided simply that the
school be located somewhere in Whatcom county and that a commission of
three men be appointed to select a suitable location. The land finally
selected by the commission, consisting of Gov. John H. McGraw, Geo. E.
Atkinson, and W. H. Bateman, was a tract located on the northwesterly side
of Sehome hill between the cities of Fairhaven and Whatcom. The donators
of this land were the Bellingham Bay Improvement Co., the Fairhaven Land
Co., and the heirs of the Lysle estate. Gov. McGraw vetoed the first
appropriation for the erection of a building. The first money
appropriated was $40,000 by the legislature of 1895 for the erection of
the original building. The first board of trustees were Major Eli Wilkins
of Fairhaven and Hon. R. C. Higginson and Hon. J. J. Edens of Whatcom. A
third appropriation, that of 1897, suffered the fate of the first, a veto,
and the building was unoccupied for two years. The legislature of 1899
appropriated $33,- 500 for equipment and maintenance of school. With this
money the campus was cleared and fenced, sidewalks built, the building
furnished, laboratories fitted up, the library opened with one thousand
volumes and many other necessary items furnished.
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---------- 4 The Normal Messenger The first faculty was installed
in the spring of 1899. There were six members, three of whom, Dr. E. T.
Mathes, Mr. John T. Forrest and Mr. F. W. Eply, are still doing good work
for the institution. The other members of that first faculty were Miss
Jane Connell, Miss Avadana Millet and Miss Sarah Rogers. Circulars of
information were distributed throughout the western part of the state and
the informal opening exercises were conducted September 6, 1899. The
opening address was made by Judge Jere Neterer, president of the board of
trustees. Mayor Hardin, of Whatcom, and Mayor Clark, of Fairhaven, also
spoke. The enrollment the first day amounted to 160 young people. And it
is interesting to note that all classes and all courses were
included in the daily program made out for the first year's work. At the
end of the first month the number of students had increased to 230,
necessitating the addition of three more members to the faculty.
Miss Ida Baker, Miss Catharine Montgomery and Robert B. Vail were chosen.
Of these, Miss Baker and Miss Montgomery still remain. The first
year's graduating class numbered eight young ladies;.graduates from
the elementary course receiving five-year certificates were sixteen
in number. During the summer of 1900, the citizens of Bellingham Bay
provided funds enough to finish five more rooms and to add three members
to the faculty. Miss Tromanhauser succeeded Miss Rogers as supervisor of
the training school. The senior class of 1901 contained 29 members, the
corps of practice teachers about 50. The legislature of 1901 appropriated
$93,800 for the building of an annex and the maintenance of the school for
two years. The school year beginning September, 1901, found the
school with a faculty of fifteen members, a much larger number of
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---------- The Normal Messenger students, the annex built, the
laboratories enlarged, the library improved, the museum arranged, etc.
Since then the work of the institution has advanced steadily. Each summer
new improvements in the grounds and equipments have been made. The
library at the present time contains 8,000 volumes and the museum 5,000
specimens. The building has furnished 72 rooms, which include a
large auditorium, 3 laboratories, a well furnished gymnasium, fitted with
hot, cold and shower baths and dressing rooms, a society hall, a Y. W. C.
A. room, library, museum, office, faculty reception room,
professional library and work room, manual training rooms, lunch
hall, recitation rooms, and cloak rooms. The average annual attendance
for the first six years was 303. For the past two summers mid-year
sessions have been held and regular work offered. The legislature
appropriated in 1903, $83,- 000, $9,000 of which was used for the
completion of the annex. The appropriation for 1905 was $80,000.
The most important recent improvement was the building of the new dining
hall. The old dining hall was moved to a site south of the annex and more
than doubled in size. It now contains a large public parlor, a private
parlor, and three living rooms on the first floor, in addition to the
dining room, kitchen, pantry and closets. The second and third floors
have been devoted to sleeping rooms, bath rooms and a large trunk room. A
furnished laundry occupies the basement. Each of the sleeping rooms
is provided with steam heat, electric light, table, chairs, bed lounge,
pillows, dresser, rug and window shades. Other furnishings are provided by
the occupants of the rooms.
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---------- 6 The Normal Messenger The boarding department of the
dining hall is conducted upon the club plan, and all regular
boarders will be given a voice in the management of the club. The
lecture courses provided by the Normal have become a feature of the
literary life of the school and have been well patronized by the citizens
of Bellingham. The cost of the lecture course tickets is nominal. The
lecture course includes each year historical, scientific and ethical
subjects. The year 1905 has opened very auspiciously for the school. The
faculty, originally six in number, are now nineteen. Dr. Mathes has
consented to remain with the institution for the number of years for which
he was recently re-elected. Mr. H. G. Lull has succeeded Miss
Tromanhauser as supervisor of the training school. Miss Sperry, Miss
Miller, Miss Gray and Mrs. Smith are also new teachers. In every
department the work is being carried on vigorously and thoroughly. The
rapid progress of the school may well be considered remarkable, but
several conditions have combined to make it possible. Among these
should be mentioned the need which was felt in the western part of the
state for a normal school, and the harmony which has always existed
between legislature and trustees, trustees and faculty, faculty and
students, and, last but not least, the kindly support given by the people
of the state. "06." A POEM The fabled muses are again loose on earth
and have been haunting the halls of our "Majestic Normal,"1 as the
following eulogistic- elegy or elegystic-eulogy would indicate. The
author, although not an expert in "feet" and "metre," has the true poetic
spirit and is un-erring in his (?) choice of lofty themes. Oh, what is so
rare as Dr. Jack ? There are dozens of girls upon his track,
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---------- The Normal Messenger 7 And his modest cheek turns a
dainty red Whenever he hears a woman's tread; For he knows that Cupid
with his darts Is searching for tender and manly hearts. So his maiden
heart beats high with fear When assembly hour is drawing near. With
trembling limbs he mounts the stage, This martyr of the Schlolastic Age!
And the kindly curtain shields his face From a hundred women's brazen
gaze. Was man e'er known to suffer so? Cans't 'magazine a heavier load of
woe Upon a mortal here below ? It may ne'er be sung, and may ne'er be
said, The burthen of this kinky head. But when this modest man is dead
And all his eulogies are said, I pray thee come and drop a tear Upon his
sweet, untimely bier; And read these words— There lieth here one
whom the world too rudely pressed, A man with all the charms possessed
But his sweet young life was worn away, And his sunny curls turned an
early grey, Because the unfeeling world would look At his charming face.
So the sweet flower drooped 'neath the scorching Sun And Dr. Jack's short
race was run. SIRIUS SOCIETY NOTES AIMS OF OUR SOCIETY As we are
beginning a new year and many of us are new to the work of the S. L. S.,
it is fitting that we discuss briefly the ends toward which we, as
a unit and as individuals, are working. It should be remembered that
first and foremost, we call ourselves a literary society. Let us then be
in fact a literary society, our object being to raise literary ideals of
our members by teaching appreciation of, and by encouraging the
production of literary gems. (?) Do not smile, kind reader, diamond
cutting takes time and who will say what talent is to be found within the
Sirius Literary Society ? There is hardly one of us but what feels,
constantly, an inability to express thought in a clear, concise, logical
sequence. Our so-
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---------- 8 The Normal Messenger ciety, by giving drill in
debating, impromptu speaking, etc., tries to help its members to a more
complete mastery of their mother tongue. This is a result well worth
striving for, for upon our ability to use language depends, in a
large measure, our growth, peda-gogically speaking. The culture of a
nation is measured by the flexibility of its language, that is, by its
power to express subtle shades of meaning. As individuals we may rest
assured that our culture will be measured by the same standard. In close
connection with fluency of speech we find fluency of voice. How much may
be expressed by one sound uttered in varying tones. Tone lends color,
life, soul, to spoken words. Histrionic ability is sought for and
encouraged in recitations, essays, etc. We all know that "music hath
charms" and we seek them. Many of our members are familiar with the
masters, and those of us who are not, attend Miss Moore's classes. Just a
word as to the social side. It pervades the entire work, making a
unit of many minds working harmoniously towards the same end. As one, we
enjoy our Friday sessions. Officers of the Sirius Literary Society:
President Miss Nellie Thompson Vice-President Miss May Sloan Secretary
Miss Helen Miller Treasurer Mr. Chas. Jones Sargeant-at-arms Miss Selma
Glineburg The first meeting in the year 1905-06 of the Sirius Literary
Society was held September 29. The program was short but very
interesting. Miss Walda Wall recited in her usual interesting way;
a piano solo by Miss Allen was well received. Miss Ellis and Miss Lewis
rendered an instrumental duet with the skill we always expeet from them.
An impromptu debate on the subject, Resolved: That coeducation be
abolished, was decided in favor
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---------- The Normal Messenger 9 of the negative, for which we
girls aredevotly thankful, the opinions of the boys to the contrary
not-with-standing. We really hope that we will not have a bad influence
upon the young men of the institution. THE CLIONIAN SOCIETY The Clionian
society this year numbers about one hundred and twenty-five members, of
whom fifty-five are new students, whom we are glad to welcome. The society
is planning to do some strong work this winter, though as yet there
have been no carefully prepared programs, owing to the lack of time and
the election of a new program committee. The officers of the society
for the first quarter are as follows: President Miss Judith Hawes
Vice-President Miss Lena Smith Secretary Miss Isabelle Holt Treasurer Mr.
R. A. Moore Sargeant-at-Arms Miss Minnie Osberg Reporter Miss Mildred
Wilson Pianist Miss Floy Sullivan Program Committee Miss Whitaker,
Chairman, Miss Pearl Perine, Miss Frankie Sullivan, Miss Tressie Flesher,
Miss Minnie LeSourd. THE YOUNG MEN'S DEBATING CLUB At a special meeting
of a few members of last year's Debating Club, it was decided to carry on
the work of the club. As only a few members had returned to school an
invitation was extended to all the new young men to become members.
A few accepted the invitation and signed the constitution. This
increased the membership to sixteen of the most active young men in
school. At the same special meeting the following officers were elected
for a term of one month: Mr. Nichols, president; Mr. Cory, vice-president;
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---------- 10 The Normal Messenger Mr. Scanell, secretary;
Messrs. Smith, Tibbies and Anderson, program committee, and Mr.
Montgomery, sargeant-at-arms. The first regular meeting was held the
following Thursday and a good program was rendered. As the purpose
of the club is to cultivate ease and freedom in speaking, debates and
impromptus are always given a prominent place on the program. To make the
programs more interesting and for the sake of variety, essays,
descriptions, invectives, orations, dialogues, declamations and
songs are often given. Up to the present time all who have taken part in
the program have shown a commendable spirit and if this spirit and
activity is kept up we hope soon to be recognized as the third
society of the school. Y. W. C. A. The Young Women's Christian
Association is one of about six hundred student societies in this country
affiliated with the national movement. It aims to unite all the young
women of the school in mutual helpfulness as they strive to follow the
teachings of the Master. By this Christian fellowship it aims to foster
and promote the spiritual life of the student body. Through the training
in Christian work which the association offers, through the summer
conferences and through the help and inspiration received from the visits
of the student secretaries and its weekly devotional meetings, it helps to
send out of the school Christian women whose lives shall be a vital force
working for all that is deepest and best in life. The Young Women's
Christian Association is not a substitute for the obligation one owes to
the church of her choice, but joins more closely one class of people of
all sects or no sect who have the same interests and the same problems
and the same temptations as they seek to put into practice the teachings
of Christ.
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---------- The Normal Messenger 11 The Y. W. C. A. desires to be
of real service in the school in the way of helping new students
and in being ready at all times to lend a hand. It is just because we
students are so crowded with science and history, mathematics and
language, methods, practice, physical culture and society; because
we are removed from the restraints of home and thrown upon our own
resources; because we are strangers in the churches, that we need this
closer bond to keep our spiritual life apace with the
intellectual—to keep both well poised, to make them steady in
purpose and to give beauty of character. Because the Y. W. C. A. has come
to fill this place in college life, it has won the devotion of
thousands of the best students in the land. The officers of the Y.
W. C. A. this year are: President, Minnie Carver; Vice-President, Ethel
Cook; Secretary, Walborg Olson; Treasurer, Minnie LeSourd.
ATHLETICS Rickety! Zippity! Rickety! Zap! The Athletic Season is on Now
that the necessary red tape of organization is over, work has begun
in earnest. The Association officers for the season are: President, Sarah
L. Van Reypen; vice-president, Ray Montgomery; secretary and
treasurer, Belle Holt; athletic editor, Nellie Appleby.
Interest at present is centered upon the winter sports of basket ball and
foot ball, but until now little has been accomplished in either line.
Foot ball seems to be hampered, as various other Normal affairs often are,
by a scarcity of young men; but it is to be hoped the ability and
faithful practice evidenced are not to be wasted through unlucky
circumstances. On account of the heavy study program, the
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---------- 12 The Normal Messenger Seniors will not be able to
take as active a part as usual in the basket ball of this semester,
but expect to enter the contest for the Kline cup. Miss Mildred Wilson has
been chosen as manager of'06 team. The Junior class teams have been
organized and are practicing regularly. Manager Frances Coburn expects to
have a good team as there are strong players from several well known High
School teams to re-iuforce last year's line-up. The present line-up is:
Forwards—Miss Johnson, Miss Pillman, Miss Goldthwaite, Miss Crocker,
Miss O'Farrel. Guards—Miss Perkins, Miss Coleman, Miss Appleby,
Miss Moyer, Miss Corbet. Centers—Miss Stanley, Miss Sloan. With the
two upper class teams and those being organized in the lower classes, an
interesting contest for the "Kline Cup" is expected. Until the
teams are selected and have had some practice no schedule can be arranged
between the various managers, but the degree of class spirit now in
evidence foreshadows an eager contest. SENIORS The present Senior class
will, without doubt, be the "banner" graduating class of the Bel-lingham
Normal, for we already have a membership of 47 and there are still
others planning to enter next semester, which will probably
swell our numbers to over half a hundred. Soon after school opened the
class met and elected the following officers: President Jessie Scott
Cowing Secretary Lena Smith Treasurer : Georgie Ellis Associate Editor
Luella N. C. Whitaker Basket Ball Manager Mildred Wilson Our Senior class
have caught the true Bel-
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---------- The Normal Messenger 13 linghara spirit and although
they cannot do much toward the subsidy plan or the electric sign on
Sehome hill, yet they can unite their efforts to advertise the town, and
that is what they are planning to do. They have designed and will soon
place on the market a fine lot of novel Bellingham hat pins. These pins
will be just the thing to send to eastern friends for Christmas gifts, for
they will represent beauty, utility and best of all—your
city. As soon as the order can be filled you will find them for sale by
every enterprising, home-loving merchant of the city who carries that
line of goods at all. First come, first served. THE CRY OF THE SENIORS
Little we ask for our wants are few, Our one great want is now well known
Just one very plain little boy will do— A boy we can call our
own.—Snap. COME EARLY AND AVOID THE RUSH Old gold, old gold, old
gold Or new gold if you will, Old gold, old gold, old gold Old gold is
our color still.—Snip. Miss Fogg is developing the word rear in the
primary department of the training school—used it in several
sentences. Firmly believing that she had performed her duty, she said:
"Johnnieyou may use the word rear in a sentence." Johnnie replied—"I
have a rear." Oh this is the trial of the Juniors In mourning they wish
to be, Are they mourning in black for the white Man Or in white for the
heathen Chinee? Now this is a puzzel for teachers To find out what the
Juniors be, Can weclass them in with the white Man Or in with the yellow
Chinee.—Snip.
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---------- 14 The Normal Messenger THE SENIOR RECEPTION One of
the most pleasant and successful student affairs that has been given since
the founding of the institution, was the reception given by the Senior
class on Friday evening, October 6. The society hall was beautifully
decorated for the occasion, and made a most attractive and home-like
reception room. Two interesting corners were the Japanese corner and the
Indian corner. A table full of curios brought by Miss Horner from the
Hawaiian Islands and some photographs loaned by Dr. Mathes were of
interest to all. The guests of the class, about two hundred and fifty in
number, were received at the head of the stairs by the reception
committee. Many students and friends of the school were present, but over
half the faculty were conspicuous by their absence. Music, rendered by
different members of the class, made a pleasant undercurrent to
conversation throughout the evening. The program was unique and pleasing,
consisting of the following numbers. Solo Miss Frankie Sullivan
Pantomime..Miss Krausse, Miss Van Reypen Tableau A Modern Romeo Miss
Flesher, Miss Graham, Miss Van Reypen Tableau The Three Stages Miss
Glineburg and Miss Peek Miss Krausse and Miss Van Reypen made the hit of
the evening in their Pantomime, The Modern Romeo was so true to life that
it made the girls homesick. To appropriate music, selected, arranged, and
played by Miss Geogie Ellis, Miss Glineburg moved through the three
stages in a bachelor's life, "Single Blessedness" as he dreams over his
paper, "Less Blessed" as he vainly attempts to sew on a button and
"Blessed Indeed" when a little wife keeps him company in the evening.
Fruit punch and wafers were served by
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---------- The Normal Messenger 15 members of the class in the Y.
W. C. A. room. The punch table, strewn with ivy and nasturtiums,
stood under a canopy of old gold bunting twined with ivy. The Y. W. C. A.
room was decorated in old gold bunting and golden maple leaves. THIRD
YEARS Hi-ho-mine! Hi-ho-mine! Bellingham Normal 1909, Along the line
They can't outshine The skookum class 1909. President Walter Nichols
Vice-President Dorothy Jennings Secretary and Treasurer Ethel Cook
Sargeant-at-arms Herman Smith ||: Brek-a-ke-kex, Quax! Quax! :|| Third
Year. ALUMNI A member of our staff visited the Skagit County Teachers'
Institute last week and recognized among the assembly the following
ex-students and alumni: Julia Argus, Alice Kellogg, Evelyn Kirkpatrick,
Loretta 0'- Laughlin, Elsie Ware, Helen and Edna Whitney, Gertrude
Bigelow, Edith Austin, Myrl Hays, Edith Trafton, Grace Dickey, Josie
Little, Lottie Graham, Burton Doran and Mabel Steen. It is the work of
such teachers as the above that causes the superintendent and principals
of Skagit county to look to our Normal school to supply them with
assistants. Institute week brought many familiar faces back among us.
Several alumni were seen wandering through the halls of their Alma Mater.
Miss Mary McBride, '01, and Miss Hattie Pratt, '02, visited the primary
department of the training school during institute week. Miss Statira
Biggs, '03, is a senior at the U. of W. this year.
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---------- 16 The Normal Messenger Miss Elsie E. Ware, one of our
elementaries of '04, is teaching another 9 months term of school at
LaConner. Miss Ware is one of Skagit county's most successful teachers and
ranks high in her chosen field of labor. Miss Mary E. Patric of the class
of '03 visited the Normal last week. Miss Patric is first primary teacher
at Monroe this year, while other members of the same faculty are Alice
Carmen, '03, Bessie J. Lloyd and Annie Noble. They have a fine basket ball
team at Monroe composed wholly of teachers. Sometimes when we look over
the names and recall the familiar faces of the Alumni we cannot keep the
following little stanza from chasing through and through our mind: All
are scatted now and fled, Some are married, some are dead, And when we
ask with throbs of pain Oh, when shall we all meet again ? The ancient
timepiece makes reply, "never." Although first half of the second line
seems almost an "ad absurdum" when thought of in connection with normal
girls, yet injustice we must say that it sometimes does happen, for
example Miss Ida Pillman, '03, became Mrs. W. E. Townsend last June and is
now living at South Bend, Indiana; and Miss Anna Risley, an elementary of
'04, gave up a promising career as a pedagog to unite her interests and
fortune with that of Dr. Geo. Boyd, a brilliant young physician of
Palouse. Others have "scattered and fled" to the following places:
Jessie Jamieson, '05, teaching at East Sound; Florence Sears, '04, teacher
at Snohomish; Jessie Lawrence, '02, german and mathematics in Snohomish
high school; Lucy Vestal, '03, and Eva Comegy, '02, grade work in
Snohomish; Ethel Hunt, '03, teaching in high school at Colfax,
Wash.; Gertrude Streator, '02, student atU.of W.; Lillian Burke,
'05, teaching at Snohomish; Emma Gruber, '03, is at her home in
Winlock—not
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---------- The Normal Messenger 17 teaching; Emma Dubuque,
elementary of '02, wielding the birch and chalk at Snohomish; Edith York,
fourth and fifth grades at Wallace; Effie Rear, '03, Granite Falls;
Helen Collins, fifth grade a t Kirkland; Bess Darland, '04, Custer; Mrs.
Anna Temple, '03, first primary at Chehalis; Gertrude Smith, '03,
Everett; Myrtle Alexander, teaching near Snohomish; Ruby Smith at Downs,
Lincoln county; Cassie Gifford, '05, a t Robe; Ethel Everett, '04,
Custer; and Myrl Hays, '05, is guiding the intellectual development of the
seventh grade at Sedro-Woolley. JUNIORS PRAYER Give us of your poise, O
Seniors ! Give us of your knowledge, also, Of your power of
penetration,— Of your power to see through us. We, as little lambs,
will follow Up the path if you will guide us, To the summit of the
mountain Known to men as "Hill of Knowledge." We are young, our footsteps
shakey, We are weak, our hearts are quakey. You are like the sun above
us,— Like the shining orb of heaven To point out and light our
pathway Up the Mount of Understanding, To the goal of Normal Wisdom, By
your loving grace, O guide us ! JOKES 1. Frequently heard in Junior roll
call— "Miss McClure, er-rather, Mr. McClure?" Because there are no
boys in the Senior class is no reason to doubt that the Juniors have
three. 2. Oh! Where's the Senior's bunting? The Seniors are a hunting To
find their colors and a pin To wrap their baby Senior in, Oh! Where's the
Senior's bunting? (Where?) 3. Junior girl, waiting for a car to
pass— "Speaking of our class colors I—say, wasn't that the
funeral car ? " (A subject for discussion in psychology—Does
one thought introduce another?)
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---------- 18 The Normal Messenger THE NORMAL MESSENGER
Published Monthly by the Students of THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL BELLINGHAM,
WASHINGTON EDITORIAL STAFF SARAH L. VAN REYPEN, '06 Editor-in-Chief
PEARL PEIME, '06 Locals LUELLA WHITTAKER, '06 . . . Senior and Alumni
ROSALIE ROURKE, '06 Sirius MILDRED WILSON, 06 Clionean EVA MYERS, '07 Y.
W. C. A. WALDA WALL, '08 Dramatic NELLIE APPLEBY, '07 Athletics ANDREW
ANDERSON, '07 - - - Boy's Debating Club and Business Manager
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, as
second-class matter, under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Vol. V.
NOVEMBER, 1905 No. 1 EDITORIAL With this issue the NORMAL MESSENGER
appears before the public for the 6th year in its career. We are justly
proud of our paper, not for itself alone, but because it stands as a
representatives of one of the foremost Normal schools in the
northwest. We extend congratulations to every one who has been
instrumental in raising and maintaining the standard now prevailing in
both school and paper. It is our intention this year to publish eight
numbers of the NORMAL MESSENGER, beginning with this—our first
issue. We gratefully appreciate the support given us, through our
advertisers — for them we bespeak your patronage—without their
support we could not publish a monthly paper. Some great mind has
put into words a motto, strictly followed by all normal boys—
"There is safety in numbers"— Elementaries (1-2-4 years) put your
books on the shelf
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---------- The Normal Messenger 19 and just for one brief moment
"come out," and show yourself. Oh, poet grand, well hast thou said, J s
"rush in where angels fear to tread." When reading these pages keep in
mind the fact that we are but amateurs and offer your criticisms as you
would if you were in the other fellow's place. LOCALS In the early part
of July Miss Rose Wilson, who did substitute work in the English
department last year, was married to Mr. Clarence Heuson,
vice-principal of a New Orleans school. The jroung couple toured the
southern states and are now at home in New Orleans. Let the watch word of
each old and each new student be,—Do your best. During the
teachers' institute week many old faces were welcomed to our school. Miss
Van Reypen went to Seattle to see Ben Hur; while there she paid a visit to
the University. The old students who know one of our former teachers,
Mrs. C. N. Chaplin, nee Miss M. U. Myers, will be pleased to know that a
baby boy came to gladden their home in September. The hearty
congratulation of the students are extended, and best wishes for the
health, wealth and happiness to the heir. Ben Phelps and Gordon March,
Normal boys of the last year, students of the University at
present, came up to attend the Senior reception. Miss Ada Hogle and Miss
Lena Dodd took a pedimotor trip to Lake Padden one Sunday. The "fierce
Kabibonokka issued his lodge of snow-drifts" and made us an unbidden visit
one day last week. Everyone but the Cherry Seniors seemed chilled by his
icy presence, but nothing short of a "midnight minstrel" can phase a
Senior. Miss Edna France went to Seattle to see Ben Hur.
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---------- ADVERTISEMENTS MORSE HDW. 60. 1025-1039 ELK ST. The
Great Hardware Store Office Phone Main 25. Store Phone Main 24 ENGBERG'S
PHARMACY Corner Mlk and Holly HEADQUARTERS EASTMAN'S KODAKS lt; PHOTO
SUPPLIES PACIFIC BINDERY J. E. IMPEY, Proprietor Magazines and Books
Bound and Rebound Call and see our new and up-to-date Bindery WHITEHOUSE
B'L'6, W. HOLLY ST. Phone Main 164 BELUNQHAM. WASH. WE HAVE A FINE SUPPLY
OP PYROGRAPHY GOODS ON HAND FOR CHRISTMAS HEGG'S STUDIO uswkst. THE
GAGE-DODSON CO. Sell Standard Goods Hart, SchafFuer Marx Fine Clothing,
Monarch Shirts, Perrin Dent's Gloves, and High Grades of Men's
Furnishings. Fischer Building Cor. Dock and Holly Sts. Dont' forget the
place to buy your choice meats. rAJe VAN ZANDT MEAT CO. TURKEYS, GEESE
CHICKENS For Thanksgiving and the Holidays Phone Main 64 108 W. Holly
Street
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---------- AD VERTISEMENTS PACIFIC STEAM LAUNDRY ESTABLISHED
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MEAT, POULTRY AND FISH QUICK DELIVERY Phone Main 2221 1047 Elk St., near
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PHARMACY DUDLEY GREEN, Proprietor PRESCRIPTION DRUGGIST PHONE MAIN 179
FREE DELIVERY A. G. WICKMAN ...The Tailor... Phone Red 1871 210 E.
Holly Street BELLINQHAH, WASH.
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---------- ADVERTISEMENTS COLLINS SL CO. DRUGGISTS We recommend
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and Tissue Builder. Kodaks and Photographic Supplies 206 East Holly St.
Phone Black 1881 LARSON'S LIVERY TRANSFER WOOD AND COAL 1328-30 Elk
St. Phone Main 70 H. L. Munro E. N. Haskell MUNRO HASKELL HARDWARE,
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WasH. H. C. HENRY, Pres. R. R. SPENCER, Vice-Pres. BANK OF BELLINGHAM
(SUCCESSOR TO BANK OF WHATCOM) Interest Paid On Term Deposits H. L.
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