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     ----------     Normal Messenger - 1907 January - Cover

     ----------     THE  Normal  Messenger  Bellingham, Washington 
JANUARY, 1907  Marie Odegaard-'06

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     ----------     State  Normal School  BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON  TWO
ANNOUNCEMENTS  SUMMER SESSION  The Fourth Summer Session of the Normal 
School will open June ioth and close July 20th,  1907. Classes will be
offered in some thirty  different subjects including reviews in several 
common branches and classes in many required  subjects in the regular
courses of study. A  class in almost any required subject will be 
organized if four or more students request it.  Students may receive cerdit
toward graduation  if not more than three studies are taken.  A moderate
tuition fee is charged for the  Summer School. Text books are loaned free 
of charge. Only morning sessions are held,  and several lectures and
excursions are pro­vided  during the session. The March Bulletin  will
contain full announcements. Send for a  copy if interested.  MUSIC
DEPARTMENT  The Music Department organized last Sep­tember  is
prepared to give superior instruction.  Students may enroll for Piano
Sessions with­out  taking other work in the Normal School.  Beginning
pupils will be received and given  special attention. Hours for lessons
will be  arranged to meet reasonable demands of stu­dents.  Pianos for
practice are provided. Terms  are reasonable, only seventy-five cents per 
lesson. Miss Elena Bateman is in charge of the  Piano Department. 
Instruction in Voice Culture is offered by  Miss Mable M. Moore, regular
teacher of vocal  music in the Normal School. Students may  also enroll for
this work alone. A course of  eighteen lessons in voice culture costs
$13.50.  Sudents entering as special students in  music may arrange to
secure the privileges of  the library and gymnasium.  Address all
correspondence to the Principal,  EDWARD T. MATHES

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     ----------     ADVERTISEMENTS  MONTAGUE  McHUGH  SKESSf DRY GOODS  NEW
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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 3331  DR. CARL M. ERB 
SPECIALIST  IN T)TSF.ASTtfi  EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT  GLASSES FITTED 
Telephone Red 2381 Daylight Block  Residence, Black 2352 BEIXINGHAM, WASH. 
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 J10 to 12 a. m. Telephone, Black 835  Hours 1 2 to 5 p. m. Res.
Telephone, Black 2231  DR. WILBUR N. HUNT  PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON  OFFICE:
BEIXINGHAM,  Rooms A and B, Red Front Block WASHINGTON  Office Hours
Phones—  10 to 12 a. m. Office, Main 4  2 to 5 p. m. Residence, Red
967  F. V. SHUTE, M. D.  Physician and Surgeon  Office, Rooms 7 and 3, 
Fischer Block BELLINQHAM, WASH.  DR. W. C. KEYES  RED FRONT BUILDING 
Office Phone Red 832 Residence Phone Red 302  BE LUNG HAM, WASHINGTON 
£ New Local Post Cards £  TALLY CARDS of all de­scriptions. 
Rules for Bridge  Whist and Counters for  500 at  GRAHAM   MUNGft  (OWL
PHARMACY)  •  Leather and Silt Post Cards fl  PHONES, Mali 2021, ltd
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     ----------     PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY  DR. C. A. DARLING  DENTIST 
Rooms 18 and 19 Fischer Block  Corner Dock and Holly Streets  PHONE BLACK
275 BFXUNGHAM, WASH.  DR. J. C. MINTON  SURGEON DENTIST  Rooms 9,10 and 12
Office Phone Red 263  Fischer Block Residence Phone Black 1868  Phone Red
512 Red Front Block  DR. E. EMORY ROSS  DENTIST  MANAGER OF THE CITY DENTAL
PARLORS  DR. T. M. BARLOW  DENTIST  Rooms 3-4-5-6 Phone Black 2651 
Lighthouse Block Residence Phone Black 2687  Office 'Phone, Red 471
Residence 'Phone Red 694  C H A S . L. H O L T , M. D.  Specialties:
Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat  Rooms t and 2 Fischer Block
BLAMES ACCURATELY FITTED  MONARCH  RANGES  Always the best  Absolutely 
Guaranteed  Easy to buy  L  B. B. Furniture Co.  Everything to furnish a
home

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     ----------     AD VERTISBMENTS  W H Y  Not have your Watch keeping
time ?  Your Diamonds securely set to insure safety ?  Your Name engraved
on all articles of value ?  All your Jewelry repaired?  Your Old Jewelry
made over into New?  AT A S M A L L E X P E N S E .  All good reasons why
you should be interested.  •WATCHES. CLOCKS AND FINE JEWELRY  GBO.
:B. LUDWIG  216 B. Holly Street BEU.INGHAM, WASH.  «. J. WELTV,
PrMUiai F. J. WOOD, Vict-fmldnt GEO. I. lURKE, Ciihlir  HOME SECURITY
SAVINGS BANK  BELLINGHAM, WASH.  The only Savings Bank in Northwest
Washington  Fay* 4" Per Cent Interest Compounded Quarterly  OOMG AMD 8 KB 
OUR POUND PAPER  the equal of the Eaton-Hurlbut stock, going for  a short
time  AT 35 CENTS  BOOKS—Well, while we haven't AM,, yet we are 
Headquarters in this line  SHERMAN'S  HOUSEKEEPING OUTFITS  In new and
second hand FURNITURE cheaper at  MORGAN'S  than any other place in the
city  PHONB RED 1266 NEW STORK 1240 ELK ST.  Pretty New Spring Merchandise 
ESPECIALLY ATTRACTIVE U » B OF  FABRICS  ADAPTED FOR  Reception and
Party Gowns  SOc. TO 0 6 c THE YARD

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     ----------     ADVERTISEMENTS  THE LEADER  The most complete stock of
high-grade  Dress Goods, Silks and Domestic Dry  Goods in the northwest. 
HIGH CLAS5 AND EXCLUSIVE  MILLINERY, CLOAKS, SUITS, WAISTS  AND FURS  FINE
DRESSMAKING  THE LEADER  ajaisi3js)aisi0i@M3i3JSi0i3i0io  J. W. ROB R.
I.AMONT  Telephone Main 130  GREAT NORTHERN  FURNITURE CO.  ROB   LAMONT,
Props.  HOME FDRNISHERS COMPLETE  Corner Commercial and Magnolia Streets 
BELLINGHAM, - - WASHINGTON

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     ----------     ADVERTISEMENTS  Byron Grocery Co.  { INCORPORATED g  1
DAIRY PRODUCTS AND GROCERIES 1  Our grades of Teas and Coffees  are the
best.  Our Green Vegetables are fresh  daily.  Our Butter, Cheese and
Eggs-no  better to be found.  Our Canned Goods best on the  market.  Our
prices are right and quick  delivery.  I BYRON GROCERY CO. §  §
Daylight Block 'Phone Main 200 J  I 1207 Elk Street BEIXINGHAM, WASH. \ 
MORSE HDW. 60.  I025-J039 ELK ST.  The Hardware Store  Office Phone Main
25. Store Phone Main a4.  HAVE YOUR TEETH ATTENDED TO BY  RELIABLE 
DENTISTS  WHO GUARANTEE THEIR WORK  WHATCOM DENTAL PARLORS  DR. CHAS. G.
TURNER, Malt.  GLOVER BLOCK

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     ----------     THE NORMAL MESSENGER  JANUARY, 1907  REVERE THE
OLD—WELCOME THE NEW.  January 1st, in the business world, is a day 
of stock-taking; the closing of old accounts, the  opening of new records;
the devising of ways  and means for another period of twelve  months. In
the social, professional, student  and private life, as well, it is a day
of inspec­tion,  retrospection and future making; a day  for
thoughtful consideration of the many  things which enter into human
existence and  make our lives, collectively and individually,  all that
they are, have been, and ever will be.  It is as it should be, a day of
profit-taking from  the experience of the year just passed, and of  good
resolutions for the year just opening, that  our lives may be richer in
knowledge, content­ment  and usefulness. Not a day of regrets for 
what might have been, but rather a day of  rejoicing for what shall be, and
for the bright  hopes which beckon us on to this attainable  goal.  The old
year must not be forgotten in our  expression of joy for the new year. It
has,  perhaps, shadowed our lives with some clouds  but it has also
brightened them with as much  sunshine. If we have been selfish and
thought­less  and wrong-headed, let us not blame the  old year but
promise good old Father Time,  who has gathered it to his bosom, that he
will  have less selfishness, less thoughtlessness and  less
wrong-headedness to forgive when he  closes the portals upon the glad new
year. Let  us reverence the old while welcoming the new.  Farewell 1906.
Welcome 1907, and may your  coming inspire us " To act well our parts,
there­in  all the honor lies."  "What a grand thing it is to have a
new  year to begin with," saj^s an eloquent writer,  "as pure and spotless
as the celestial regions  and quite as fit for angels as for men and
wom­en."  Nothing is cleaner than the future, and  January 1st is
really the door of a possible  heaven.  The Normal Messenger's greeting to
all its  readers is a wish that the new year may be one  of plenty and
happiness to them, and of peace  and prosperity to all mankind—a year
of para­dise  on earth. ESSIE L. WARNER.  Editor '10.

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     ----------     2 The Normal Messenger  OH! BEAUTIFUL BELLINGHAM BAY. 
I.  Oh, beautiful Bellingham Bay!  How quiet and silent she lay;  A silvery
sheet nestling close to the feet  Of the mountains, wild and gray.  II. 
Thou make'st me think of the day,  Thou wonderful Bellingham Bay,  When
Nature's own hand shaped thy ev'ry  strand  In her reckless, careless way. 
in.  She fringed thine own westerly bound  With rock-ribbed isles from the
Sound,  Threw in whitened sands to silver thy strands,  And made richer thy
nether bound.  IV.  On thy sun-greeting shore to the east,  Lay
Bellingham,. far from the least  Of cities that boast of a numerous host, 
And of a homestead by the sea.  V.  To northward and westward there rise, 
Cutting deep thru the stretch of the skies,  Olympic's proud peaks, dame
Nature's strange  freaks,  Just to greet us, I surmise.  VI.  Thy
southernmost reach stretches far,  To ocean thy gates are ajar;  The tide
ushered in, rushes back once again  Thru Deception's dangerous bar.  VII. 
Oh! beautiful Bellingham Bay!  Thou art grander day by day;  I love thy
shores, with richest lores  And lose myself in thee.  "LOREC ARLOC." 
SENIORS.  At the recent election—you've all heard of  it, no doubt;
Miss Nora Corbett was chosen  class president.

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     ----------     The Normal Messenger 3  Now, we find that Miss Myers,
who pre­ceded  Miss Corbett, is as enthusiastic as before  she laid
down the staff, and the good work  goes on without a pause in the ponderous
ma­chinery.  Miss MicCullough succeeds herself to the 
vice-presidency. Miss Wahl was elected sec­retary—  who could
imagine it otherwise.  Mr. Roger E. Williams relieves Mr. C. D.  Jones from
the treasury. Now Roger can hold  great things, so don't be afraid to roll
in your  class dues.  Of the editor I shall now speak. Could he  be kept
close home, volumes might run from  his pen. But it is difficult to keep
Mr. Anslow  at the desk.  Now if any of these officers-elect falter, the 
strong and valiant Mr. Copeland, our sargeant  at-arms, will come to the
rescue. We never  did fear the attacks of the Juniors, but now  we are
doubly secure.  MASTERS OR SERVANTS?  By JAS. O'SULLIVAN.  The policy of
our President is generally  laudable; but no faithful student of our
con­stitution  can view with calmness the scheme,  hinted at by
Secretary Root, of "interpreting"  into that document a gigantic system of
cen­tralization  at the expense of the powers re­served  to the
states. This article purports to  show that the leading measures in this
system  of centralization are unconstitutional; that  their incorporation
into the constitution by  judicial interpretation subverts the underlying 
principle of our political system; that thereby  the sovereign people
become servants instead  of masters of their government, and the whole 
fabric of constitutional government threat­ened.  To regulate child
labor in factories, the gov­ernment  proposes to fine railroads for
trans­porting  the products of factories employing  child labor. The
government claims that it  is a necessary power in order to carry out the 
conferred power of regulating commerce be­tween  states. But the fact
that the products  of a factory may ultimately become the sub­jects 
of commercial intercourse between the  states does not empower the federal
govern­ment  to regulate labor in such factories. ID

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     ----------     4 The Normal Messenger  Veazie vs. Moor, 14 How. 568,
574, it is well  said:  "A pretension as far-reaehing as this would  extend
to contracts between citizen and citizen  of the same state, would control
the pursuits  of the planter, the grazier, the manufacturer,  the mechanic,
the immense operations of the  colliers, the mines and furnaces of the
country I  for there is not one of these avocations the re­sults  of
which may not become the subjects of  foreign commerce, and be transported,
either  by turnpikes, canals or railroads, from point  to point within the
several states, towards an  ultimate destination.''  This sweeping proposal
bears, at first glance.  the semblance of constitutionality; but the 
attempt to regulate school affairs in San Fran­cisco  seems utterly
without support in the con­stitution.  The administration relies on
the pro­vision  that the constitution, federal laws made  in pursuance
thereof, and all treaties made un­der  the authority of the United
States shall  be the supreme law of the la«id, and therefore  that the
treaty with Japan is paramount to  the law of California. But the
government  forgets that the treaties it makes must be made  "under the
authority of the United States"  and that the authority of the United
States  government over school affairs in a state is  nowhere found in the
constitution. Judge Cor-ley,  on page 117 of his Principles of
Constitu­tional  Law, says:  "The constitution imposes no restrictions
 upon the (treaty) power but it is subject to  the implied restriction that
nothing can be  done under it which changes the constitution  of the
country, robs a department of the gov­ernment  or any of the states of
its constitu­tional  authority."  Now this is exactly what the
administration  proposes to do. It would change the consti­tution  by
making treaties paramount to it and  by robbing the State of California of
its con­stitutional  right to regulate its school affairs.  Nowhere in
the constitution has the right to  regulate these affairs been conferred
upon the  federal government, either expressly or by im­plication, 
and surely it is well established that  whatever powers are not conferred
in this con­stitution  upon the federal government are  withheld and
belong to the seveeral states.  These measures are not only
unconstitutional,  they really constitute amendments of the most  sweeping
character.

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     ----------     The Normal Messenger 5  An attempt to "interpret" them
into the  constitution violates the most vital principle  of our political
system, the sovereignty of the  people. The constitution expressly provides
 that all amendments shall be made by two-thirds  majority in Congress and
a majority in  three-fourths of the state legislatures or
con­ventions,  as Congress may designate. The  people have reserved to
themselves the sover­eign  prerogative of expressing their will in the
 fundamental law, entrusting to the organs of  government the right to
express their will only  on certain subjects and then in accordance  with
and subject to the supreme law in the  constitution. They contemplated the
govern­ment  to be their servant and not their master.  But let the
government establish the precedent  of freely amending the constitution by
so-called  judicial interpretation and sovereignty  is transferred, as in
England and Germany,  from the people to the government. The mas­ters 
become the servants.  Even more pernicious is the veiled attack  on
constitutional government. The constitu­tion  seems to be considered
as a plaything to  be tossed back and forth between supreme  courts as
often as the executive, by appoint­ment,  secures decisions favorable
to his poli­cies.  Statesmen disregard constitutional checks  to carry
a point. Even federal judges are de­nounced  for upholding the plain
provisions of  the constitution. Of late it is intimated that  a crisis in
affairs has come that justifies the  suspension of the salutary amendment
clause  provided as a wise restraint upon democracy  and the incorporation
of remedial legislation  by stretching the constitution. Of this Judge 
Cooley says: "No doctrin* involving more  pernicious consequences was ever
invented by  the wit of men—such a doctrine leads directly  to
anarchy or despotism, but the theory of  necessity on which it is based is
false for the  government within the constitution has all the  powers
granted to it which are necessary to  preserve its existence."

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     ----------     6 The Normal Messenger  THE NORMAL MESSENGER  Published
Monthly by the Students of  THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL  BELLI NGHAM,
WASHINGTON  Press of S. B. IRISH   Co., 1311 Railroad Ave.  EDITORIAL STAFF
 GUY SELVIN ALLISON . . . . Editor-in-Chief  GLADYS PATRIC Senior  LULU
SHIRCLIFFE Junior  NOAH DAVENPORT Class of'09  ESSIE WARNER Class of 'to 
GRACE TREMAIN Class of'11  AMIS HALL Class of 'ia  ADA HOGLE Art Editor 
WALTER NICHOLS . . . . Business Manager  TERMS—FIFTY CENTS A YEAR 
Address all communications to the Editor-in-Chief, Bellingham, Wn.  Issued
the 30th of every month. All copy must be in the hands of  the
Editor-in-Chief on or before the 30th of the month.  Entered December 21,
1902, at Bellingham, Washington, as  second-class matter, under Act of
Congress of March 3,1879.  Vol. VI. JANUARY, 1907 No. 4  THE WAY OF THE
WORLD.  If you just want a certain thing,  Round which your hopes and
wishes cling,  Why is it you can't have it?  If with that thing you'd be
content  Through all your life, where e'er you went,  Why is it you can't
have it?  The other folks who do not care,  If that one thing goes here or
there,  She (that's the thing) delights in;  While you who live for smile
or word  Try by all means you've ever heard  To win one smile or token. 
Things are like this o'er all the earth,  And always were, since Adam's
birth  Brought man into existence;  But every cloud is lined with gold, 
And that that is, is best, 'tis told;  Then why give your resistence. 
ELIZABETH CHABOT, '10 Class.  THESPIAN.  The Thespian Dramatic Club is
doing good,  strong work this year. As its name indicates  the Thespian is
chiefly interested in the  dramas and in some of the best actors. The  plan
of work is unique and at the same time

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     ----------     The Normal Messenger 7  effective. Scenes from some of
the great plays  are given each meeting in the auditorium. A  group of
members are assigned a certain scene  and they, with one of the number as
director,  work out the scene. As it is planned now,  scenes from the
following plays will be enacted  during the term: "She Stoops to Conquer," 
"Lady of Lyons," "The Falcon," "Julius  Caesar," "School for Scandal" and a
number  of other plays to be selected later. The best  performance to be
played during the present  season at the opera house are given especial 
attention, and where it is thought best, ex­cerpts  are taken from
them.  The social side is not neglected. The club  has had one pleasant
visit together and has  plans for many more. The organization has  been
divided into two parts, and these divisions  take turns in entertaining. If
the force and  enthusiasm with which the work has been car­ried  on so
far be an indication, the Thespian  Society bids fair to lead the other
societies in  excellence and in enjoyment of work.  NORMAL BASKETBALL TEAM.
 The Normal basketball team, which lost not  a victory last year, is again
in the field and  has already to its credit this year two victories.  On
January 11 a team of picked players from  town lost a game to the Normal,
and on the  25th the local Y. M. C. A. went down in defeat  with a score of
17 to 27. This last team had  taken on to itself many airs and considered 
themselves "cock of the walk" because they  had defeated Seattle and
Tacoma. Manager  Smith is arranging a number of games with  other schools,
and is going to give his team a  chance to make a record. With Cory and 
Pethram's steady work as forwards, Goodell's  brilliant work from center,
and Nichol's and  Davenport's playing as guards, the team is  surely going
to be a winner.  A NORMAL EPISODE.  The white moonlight lay like a silvery
cover­ing  on the clear expanse of frozen lake, turn­ing  the
whole world into a sparkling, glisten­ing  fairyland. The whole lake
rang with the  peals of laughter and merry voices of the  skaters, who,
dashing here and there, were  making the night ring with their happy
voices.

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     ----------     8 The Normal Messenger  A group of Normal students had
come out for  a lark, for skating is not common in Western  Washington. So
when Boreas had come to  freeze up the town, while it made people with  old
hearts complain, the young ones—well,  they didn't give a care for
bursting water-pipes,  swearing owners and smiling plumbers,  but went in
as hard as they could for all the  fun they could, as long as they could. 
Young teachers were there, and teachers  who had turned the old maid's
corner, and  those who were not teachers at all. But all 
self-consciousness had been laid aside in that  time of supreme delight.
And now after they  had finished cutting circles, spinning on their  heads
and thumping the ice for some unknown  misdemeanor, the students, old and
young,  grave and gay, had gathered around the bon­fire  at the
farther end of the lake, and after  eating their lunch, amused themselves
with  song and story. Ghost stories for the timid,  and witty stories for
the dull, until even the  grim, silent forest behind seemed to lend its 
voice to the universal shouts.  "And now, Miss Gray, perhaps you can tell 
us a story, for wTe hear you are good at it,'' ex­claimed  one
enthusiastic student.  "Oh, do, Miss Gray," came in chorus.  Now if there
was one thing Miss Gray could  not do, it was to tell stories, so she
laughingly  complied with, "Now listen, little children,"  and after a
rousing encore, meekly suggested  that the meeting adjourn. So, flinging
skates  over shoulders, with one Knight of the Brave  (Heart leading the
way home, they and their  clamor departed, leaving the lake to the Fairies 
and Brownies to shoot the shutes down the  various twigs and in the ridges
made by the  skates or to form a ring around the dying em­bers  and
dance the Fairy waltz to the music  of the stars.  With the last witty
retore and the last good­bye  spoken in the hall, all the gayety and 
fun went out of Lucy Gray's heart. For in her  own room, with no one to see
her, she was  face to face with herself again and—what was  she going
to do about it? All week she had  been tormented and confronted on every
oc­casion  with this one problem. What was she  going to do?  "If I
give any more of my time to that  boy," she soliloquized, "Miss Reid will
just  murder me. She told me today not to pay  any more attention to
Johnny. I just love him

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     ----------     The Normal Messenger 9  I don't care if he is
rebellious, I would be too.  The idea of anyone telling him he is stupid 
and hasn't any good in him. Why, Kate is  stupid herself, but that's just
it, I simply can't  stand it. If I had to have a critic teacher  make a pet
of me, I 'd quit. She told me Johnny  must be restrained by force; the
idea! Well,  there'll be something doing if I "  Lucy pulled off the last
stocking and sent it  whizzing straight into her favorite begonia,  and
hopped into bed, adding after a little re­flection,  "If I don't help
him in spite of them  all."  Lucy had spent a very unsatisfactory day,  and
as she was returning from dismissing her  class her eye fell on Johnuy
Nettleton.  "Did you want to see me?" asked Lucy.  "If yon please," and his
face lighted up.  Lucy's heart gave a bump. Johnny had not  been so polite
in weeks. Lucy sat down be­side  him and Johnny, after a little
fidgeting,  asked her to show him how to do a problem.  "But, Johnny " 
"Yes, I know, Miss Gray, but you know  Miss Saunders don't explain
arithmetic right.  She knows a lot, but she shoots right over a  fellow's
head. You explain grammar so fine  I thought maybe you'd "  "Of course I'll
help you if I can. Where is  your book? Interest? Well, I don't wonder  you
don't understand it. I never did when I  was your age. How to find the time
when the  principal rate and amount are given. How do  you fine' the
interest for one year? That is  right. The base times the rate, of course,
you  see why. Now your interest for one year is  thirty-six dollars, but
your given interest you  tell me is ninety dollars. Now, if the interest 
for one year "  "Miss Gray!"  Lucy sprang to her feet as if electrified. 
There stood Miss Reid in the doorway calmly  surveying her from over her
spectacles.  "Come to my office when you are through."  Mjiss Reid had
gone, but it seemed as if her  voice had left thirty-two degrees of
coldness  behind her.  (To be continued.)  THE PRELIMINARY CONTESTS.  With
the preliminaries in debate and decla­mation  only three weeks off,
there is much in­terest  manifested among those who are to take

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     ----------     10 The Normal Messenger  part. The following have
entered into the pre­liminary  declamatory contest: Jessie Bryant, 
Essie Warner, Clara Tarte, Berth Elda  Payne, Ina Long, Laura Jaycox, Laura
Horn-buckle,  Mrs. Faith Pope, Mr. Copeland.  Those entering the
preliminary debate are:  Misses Ada Pence and Gladys Patric, Messrs.  D. H.
Smith, R. T. Smith, H. F. Smith, C. B.  Miller, Jonathan Turner, Noah
Davenport, W.  R. Nichols, Andrew AJnderson, B. M. Anslow  A. D. Foster, G.
S. Allison.  MARRIED.  On January 16, Miss Cassie Gifford and Mr.  Thompson
were united in marriage at the Lin­coln  in Seattle. Miss Gifford is a
Normal  graduate of the class of 1904, and Mr. Thomp­son  attended the
Normal for a time. Their home  will be in Everson, Wash., where he owns a 
drug store.  FROM THE CLASSROOM.  Miss Hays (apologetically): "I want it
dis­tinctly  understood that that is not my dog. It  seems to be a
prevailing idea that every time a  dog is seen in the halls it belongs to a
member  of the faculty."  Mr. Stone: "Any one showing himself to  be
ignorant of the rudiments of English gram­mar  shall not receive
credits in German and  Latin."  Mr. Forrest: "Young teachers, when the 
milk of human kindness turns to clabber, it is  • time to get down
and out."  Miss Moore: "You have the general knowl­edge  of music all
right, but you left out some  of the details, therefore I can not pass
you."  Miss Hays to Mr. Smith: "You will recite  for us Mr. Lincoln's
Gettysburg speech. Of  course "  Mr. Smith: "Really, Miss Hays, I have so 
much athletic work to do; beside I have to  write three or four letters
every week to—  Mfrss Hays: "Can't you cut it down to once  a week?"

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     ----------     *  The Normal Messenger 11  Mr. Anderson: ' ' What is
to be the subject of  your thesis ?"  "Why—why, I can't tell yet
until I have  studied some more Browning."  "Ugh," said the professor in
room 21, "my  room is Stone cold."  Miss Sperry (in English method): "Did
any  of you ever see anyone who reminded you of  the 'Great Stone Face?' " 
Jessie Bryant: '' Yes 'm; Mr. Lull.''  JUST LIKE HIM.  Prof. Stone
(surprising a noisy bunch in the  Messenger office) : What kind of an
aggrega­tion  is this?"  Goodell: " It's an aggregation trying to keep
 warm.''  Prof. S.: "Well, I'll make it hot for you if  you don't mind." 
WANTED:—A bright young girl between  the ages of sixteen and thirty,
who will relieve  a bachelor student of the monotony of cook­ing, 
washing dishes, etc. Inquire of Andrew  Anderson.  There seems to be a
general movement pre­vailing  now to consider every man your  brother,
regardless of nationality. A Fourth  year and a Junior were seen together
down  town last week.  THE NORMAL GIRL.  She studied neurology, history and
such,  Wrote essays on topics galore;  Took all of the prizes with a sweep
and a rushr  And crammed her head full of lore;  But when she came home at
the close of the  term,  To visit her mother and pa.  She eouldn't wash
dishes, or make a crust  firm,  And that shocked poor father and ma.  THE
NORMAL BOY.  And now the boys with professional pride,  Are seeking to
assume a professional air,  The sides of their faces they're trying to hide
 Behind a delicate semblance of hair.

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     ----------     a  12 The Normal Messenger  "Side-whiskers" thy term
them, "are jolly,,r  (These miniature men about town),  But the girls only
smile at their folly,  And are seriously calling them "down."  There was a
young man from Missouri,  And he was a jolly, swell guy;  He put all the
girls in a flurry,  When he sent verses on the sly.  SOME NEW YEAR
RESOLUTIONS.  Resolved:  I will not be so shy of the girls this
year.—  Roy G .  I will concede that Rossie is right—just 
once.—Carrie S .  I will try and have my name appear in the 
Messenger oftener.—Jessie B .  Flunk and the class flunks with you; 
Pass and you pass alone.  Professor Romine performed the experiment  and
proved entirely to our satisfaction that "a  small amount of external
stimuli may produce  a great amount of reflex action."  At the boys' party
given on December 15  it is reported that one of the hosts left a Schuh  at
home and another took a Payne with him.  The Junior class at basketball, 
Try hard as ever they may,  Can't get the sphere across the hall  And into
the basket's way.  There was a prim miss from Seattle,  A real Joan d' Arc
in a battle;  When her friends sought to souse her,  They found that to
arouse her  Was worse than a whole bunch of cattle.  THE NORMAL STUDENT. 
He sought to wield a master's rod,  And she a schoolma'am be;  But of all
sad words of tongue or pen,  The saddest are these: It might have been.  He
now carries a mortar hod,  And a washerwoman only is she.  The first year
Latin class is rejoicing over

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     ----------     The Normal Messenger 13  the fact that it had just
twenty-two questions  in examination.  The Junior B's, being so fond of
General  Methods, have decided that about half their  number (16) will take
it again.  The Annual Faculty Bench show, it is ru­mored,  will occur
some time within the near  future in room 31. At prsent the cur, " J e t ,"
 is expected to take the blue ribbon.  Formula for thin class—Epley:
Let X equal  whole class; y equal fbankers; z equal condi­tions;  x
minus (y plus z) equal thin class.  TYPICAL EXAMINATION QUESTIONS. 
Physics—What would be the result if an ir­resistible  force were
to strike an immovable  object ?  General Methods—Discuss thoroly the
"Chi­nook"  winds, showing (1) the relation be­tween  mind and
matter; (2) that apperception  alone is insufficient data upon which to
base  our faith in the existence of either.

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     ----------     The Fai*  Has opened under new  management, with a 
better selected and  finer stock than ever  before. Goods in tran­sit 
all the time. Our  Eastern buyers always  looking out for new  goods. 
Owing to inventory which  was taken THE FAIR was  closed all of last week,
but  we opened Saturday with a  new stock of goods, some of  which have
been delayed on  account of the railroads be­ing  tied up.  But new
goods are arriving  daily and it will not be long  before the entire stock
is  complete.  Gome and See for Yourself  PWMMW  I  1I  3

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     ----------     ADVERTISEMENTS  Designers and Manufacturers  Our
desingers are men of much experience. If  you have a CLASS-PIN or EMBLEM of
any  kind we will submit you an estimate. Our com­plete  and
up-to-date work-rooms, employing only  skilled mechanics, enables us to
furnish yon em­blems  at a much lower price than can be bought 
elsewhere. We carry and make anything in  the Jewelry line.  BERENS'
JEWELRY AND OPTICAL HOUSE  UP-TO-DATE JEWELERS  NORTHWEST HARDWARE CO. 
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL  SHELF AND HEAVY  HARDWARE  BELLINGHAM, - - WASHINGTON
 Shoes of Quality  The lines of shoes we sell have been tried and  proven.
They are the standards of quality.  You pay us no more for such reliability
than  others ask for unproven goods.  Don't spend hard earned money for
shoes  about which you know nothing. Invest here;  you'll buy satisfaction
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eredit la good with ua. Small weekly or monthly  paymeuta will famish your
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     ----------     ADVERTISEMENTS  KERN'S  LEADING CONFECTIONERY IN THE
CITY  MAKES PURE  ICE CREAM AND CANDIES  WE SERVE LUNCHES  105 W. Holly
Street BELLINGHAM, WASH.  PACIFIC STEAM LAUNDRY  ESTABLISHED 1889  BUS/EST,
BIGGEST. BEST  UDNESS   ERHOLM 'Phone Main 136  MARZ   FRANK  MEAT, POULTRY
AND FISH  QUICK DELIVERY  Phone Main 2221 1047 Elk St., near Morse,
BELWNGHAM  RED CROSS PHARMACY  Offerman Drug Co.  PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS 
PHONE MAIN 119 FREE DELIVERY  ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL  BELLINGHflM HEIGHTS 
ESTABLISHED 1890 PHONE RED 413  S. B. Irish   Co.  SUCCESSORS TO  EDSON  
IRISH  P R I N T I N G  ENGRAVED CARDS  1311 RAILROAD ATE., BELL,INGHAM

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     ----------     ADVERTISEMENTS  i J. N. SELBY   CO.  BooKsellers, 
Stationers,  ScKool Furnishers  PROPER GOODS PROPER PRICES  204 WEST HOLLY
ST.  BELUNQHAM, WASHINGTON  LADIES. GENTLEMEN AND CHILDREN  If you wish
pleasant entertainment  OO TO THE  PflH^OH AMUSEMENT CO.  134 West Holly
Street  latest phonographs, illustrated songs, moving pictures  and other
novelties ONE CENT BACH  Latest novelties received daily.  MERRIN WALL
PAPER    PAINT CO.  CAM DECORATE YOUR HOUSE WITH  BEAUTIFUL PICTURES 
DAYLIGHT BLOCK ELK STREET  ©5rbor) Pspel Photos  50c. RER DOZ. 
SANDISON STUDIO  Phone Black 471. Opposite Grand Theatre  JOHN B. AGEN'S 
CREAMERY  is the name on the best butter. It is guaranteed  by the largest
dealers on the coast and yet  costs no more than unknown makes.  INSIST ON
IT AT YOUR GROCER'S  JOHN B. AGEN BELLINGHAM, WASH.

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     ----------     ADVERTISEMENTS  ..FINE.. O O L/ L/ B G B  STATIONERY 
COLLINS A CO.  PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS : KODAK FOLKS  FREE DELIVERY 
Telephone Black 1881 WE DO DEVELOPING AND  206 East Holly Street PRINTING
FOR AMATEURS  H. L. Munro E. N. Haskell  MUNRO   HASKELL  HARDWARE, TINNING
 PLUMBING, HEATING  1103 ELK ST.  TELEPHONE MAIN 12 B e l l i n g H a m ,
"WasK.  E. W. PURDY. E. O. GRAVES, O. K. MCMILLIN,  PRES. VICE-PRES.
OASHIER  The First National Bank  BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON  The Big BanK of
North-western 'Washington  OUR SAVINGS DEPARTMENT  The History of T H E F I
R S * NATIONAL  BANK has made it by far the largest  in combined capital,
surplus and  profits of any bank in this Northwest  section. Open an
account in our  Savings Department. Your savings  are  Safe, Available and
Working While  You Sleep  LARSON'S LIVERY   TRANSFER  WOOD AND COAL 
(326-30 Elk St. . Phone Main 70  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'Q, W. HOLLY ST.  Phone Main 164 BELLINGHAM. WASH,

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     ----------     —We bring the light to you—making all 
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COST IS NOMINAL  • • • •  Whatcom County Railway
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BELLINGHAM T  Engberg Pharmacy  CORNER ELK AND HOLLY  PHONE MAIN 224  M  *
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     ----------     gmwmsmm®@i®3mmi BmmmBmmni  :l  Most men like
to   dress well yet do  not care to spend  all their money  for clothes nor
all  their time think­ing  about them.  If you will throw  the
responsibility  on us when you  come to buy, we  will see that you  are
safe and right  in the matter of  dress and you  will have no  worry about
the  clothes-question  at all.  Come in and look  before you buy  your h o
l i d ay  clothes, anyway.  Suits and Overcoats  $12.50 to $30 
60X0VE.RL0GK GO.  3 a n East Holly St. Hannah Block  1 BELLINGHAMPPPPP