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Weekly Messenger - 1921 August 12 - Page
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Devoted to the Interests of the Student Body,
Washington State Normal School  VOL. XX BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY,
AUGUST 12, 1921 NO. 40  E  Dr. Sears, who is conducting classes  here in
education is an instructor of  scholarship and experience, and possesses  a
most pleasing personality. Students  should consider it a privilege to
attend  his classes even for the remaining short  three weeks.  Dr. Sears
received his degree from  Columbia University and has been an  instructor
in Stanford University for  nine years. For the past year, having  had a
statical leave of absence from  Stanford, he has been giving lectures at 
the University of Minnesota from which  institution he has come to
Bellingham  Normal. Next month he will return to  Stanford and resume
former work.  Besides' his work as a college instructor,  Dr. Sears has
pursued a number  of special studies. He participated  in the Salt Lake
survey and was director  of the survey at Boise, Idaho. On this  work he
wrote a book of some 300  pages entitled "Boise Survey."  Among his other
written works is his  book on " Classroom Organization and  Control," and
numerous magazine articles.  A book dealing with school administration  is
now in progress.  Asked his impressions of the Bellingham  Normal, Dr.
Sears replied with the  genial sincerity that characterizes him:  " You may
say that I am not only  favorably impressed with the Normal  plant and with
the surroundingings, and  climate of the region, but that I have  also been
very favorably impressed with  the Institution . and with the student 
body.  " It speaks well not only for the Normal  School, but for the state,
that so  intelligent a group of students should  be attracted to the summer
session  here."  B.S.N.S  "AS YOU LIKE IT" TO  BE  Are you a good student?
How do you  measure up to these tests, offered by  Miss Cummins?  " The
first characteristic of a good  student," she says, "is an attitude of 
inquiry — the desire to see all sides of a  question.  "Every .normal
student should have  some concrete aim toward which to work.  Especially in
the case of the upper  grade teacher should there be some special  line of
work around which elective  courses and outside reading should center.  "
The good student will so organize his  work as to provide that assigned
tasks be  completed promptly on the date set.  " No one worthy of the name
of teacher  or citizen will permit himself to remain  ignorant of current
happenings.  Pedagogical magazines, those pertaining  to special subjects,
current event digests  and the daily newspaper should be scanned  regularly
and with purpose.  " When entering the library the stur  dent should be
prepared to use its tools  (Continued on page 6.)  Of all out-of-doors
presentations of  Shakespeare, "As You Like I t " is perhaps  most
charming. " Midsummer  Night's Dream" rivals it in delicacy of  fancy but
the former comedy is more  redolent of woodland scents and more  sparkling
with the vivacity and freshness  of young romance.  It is doubtful if the
genius of the great  bard of Avon ever expressed itself in  kindlier and
merrier fashion than in the  Arcadian scenes of "As You Like It."  Here
comes the banished Duke and his  followers to find " sermons in stones, 
books in the running brooks and good  in everything." To this wildwood come
 also Rosalind, Orlando and Celia to  meet in merry quiet and rougish
misunderstanding,  in high romance and tender  sentiment as . this
delightful play of  young hearts and light spirits proceeds.  Here, too,
Touchstone gambols and gibes  and finally meets his fate in the rural 
Audrey, whom he would the gods had  made poetical, but to whom he swears 
fealty as a poor thing but his own. Here  in the green woods the melancholy
 James philosophizes and discovers that  " all the world's a stage and all
the  men and women merely j gt;layers."  Fleeing from the bitter hatred of
the  elder brother hither comes the youthful  old Adam, who so sweetly
exemplifies  the quality of fidelity and teaches us  how to grow into a
lusty old age " frosty  but kindly."  " Sweet are the uses of adversity,"
declares  the banished -Duke and " Blow,  blow thou winter wind, thou art
not so  unkind • as benefits forgot," sings  Amiens. Thus does this
great old play  give" to us anew the cleansing arid  healthful breath of
nature and so, too,  may we gain by its genial and wholesome  gaiety.  The
Community Players are to present  the play on Wednesday, August  17th on
the northwesterly slope of the  knoll, with the massed greenery of the 
right and left portions of the stage and  the charming center entrance down
the  slope upon the greensward, the out-door  location is ideal.  The play,
is to be .correctly costumed  in all details. There will - be two important
 contributions by the Department  of Physical Education. Under the 
direction of Miss Moffat two groups of  students will present a classical
interpretive  dance and a typical old English  Morris dance. Mr. Paul
Thompson and  Miss Amanda Nesson will present the  beautiful woodland songs
of the play.  Altogether a careful, artistic and interesting  performance
is promised for  next week.  " Who doth ambition shun and loves to  live i'
the sun, come hither."  B.S.N.S.  Two hundred and ten students of B.  S. N.
S. took teachers' examinations  Thursday and Friday of last week.  Many
left after the examinations. ' The  absence of these people has been very 
noticeable in the class rooms and assembly.  B.S.N.S. •  Mr. Hunt (in
history class) : " What  about it, class, is that statement true? " 
Everybody: "Yes, yes!"  Mr. Hunt: " Look out, now."  Class (in unison) : "
No, no! "  WHAT WE LIKE BEST  ABOUT THE H A L  " What is the feature you
like best  about this Normal School? " is the question  often put to us, to
answer like a  rule. If the quizzer is a citizen of this  delightful city,
we start in with the climate,  and repeat the oft-told ditty: We  praise
the parks and flowers; the homes  where we reside; we mention asphalt 
boulevards, whereon our autos glide; we  laud its ruddy sunsets, its woodsy
trails  we cite, as being motives for return,  which fill us with delight;
we wonder if,  in all the world, another spot could be  where mountains
high re-echo the booming  of the sea. We say these are the  reasons why
students by the score flock  back to join the Normal ranks and learn  a
little more; for we come in goodly  numbers, from- every western state; in 
case you're puzzled why you're here,  some answers we'll relate. We grant
the  town is beautiful, its homes are fair to  see; those gorgeous, golden
sunsets are  free to you and me; the sylvan trails are  wonderful; the
silvered, moonlit bay  brings dreams of future hopes and fears  when we'll
be far away. But say, there  are days of stress and gloom; it rains,  and
clouds hang low; when al lthe world  seems dull and gray, and scenery don't
 go. Somehow we need a guiding hand,  a smile of friendly cheer; even the
stern  word of rebuke for our faults our doubts,  our tears. Now, sweep the
cobwebs from  your brain, and clear your thoughts for  action, and you'll
find there is no mystery  about the chief attractions. No  red brick
building in this world extends  such welcome dear; what campus holds  the
many groups of friends to us so near;  where could we go to learn as much
in  one short summer Normal; could parties  ever be such fun, or strangers
more informal  ; have you ever stopped" to wonder  if a more helpful trio
could be than  the smiling, willing workers in our Normal  library? Where
else would fifty instructors  give up vacation joys to teach  twelve
hundred students with all their  faults and noise; where, oh, where could 
all these things, taken collectively, be  realized more fully, than in
— " The Normal  by the Sea?" — Anon.  B.S.N.S.  WHERE SOME OF
US  WILL TEACH NEXT YEAR  Dr. Henry K. Warren, who for twenty-  six years
has been president of Yankton  College, the largest institution of  higher
learning in South Dakota, was a.  recent visitor of Dr. Nash. Dr. Nash 
graduated from Yankton College and  worked there with Dr. Warren for some 
years.  Dr. Warren addressed assembly Monday  morning. His subject was
'• Our  Puritan Ancestors." After reviewing the  early history of
religious persecution  against which the Puritans contended in  the old
world, and their hazardous journey  to the new, the speaker called
attention  "to the fact that the Puritans  organized the first democratic
government,  the principles of which became the  foundation principles of
our nation. Dr.  Warren sounded a warning that we  present-day Americans do
not lose in  our civic life that indominable courage  of the Puritan spirit
which stands for  an insistance on the working- out of the  highest ideals
of democracy.  He deplored the fact that the sporting  interests, in their
efforts to defeat the  so-called blue laws, should resort to  caricature of
those who gave us national  ideals. In doing this they have but  honored
the Puritans and shamed themselves,  for only those who do great deeds  are
ridiculed 300 years after their departure.  "Prophets are always stoned." 
An appeal to launch our Mayflower  and steer boldly into untried seas if we
 would be true Americans ended a most  splendid address.  B. S. N. S.  TO 
• Besst Conn, Edison, Washington; Lulu  Prather, Hood River, Oregon;
May  Guild, La Centre, Wash.; Alice Kinder,  Pe Ell, Wash.; Louise Calouri,
Bellingham,  Wash.; Agnes Salouri '19,  Portland, Oregon; Fay Livingston, 
Bremerton, Wash.;' Mayme Bogdanoff  '21, Seattle, Wash.; Alta Cress,
Nook-sack,  Wash.; Johanna Larson, Vader,  Wash.; Helen May Jones, Seattle,
 Wash.; Anne Davies, Bellingham, Wash.;  Mary Middlekauf, Alaska; Dorothy 
Wallace, Alaska; Mary Iverson, Bremerton,  Wash.; Nora Shane '21, Randal, 
Wash.; Louise Nelson, College Place,  Wash.; Natalie Blix, Auburn, Wash.; 
Leota Westervelt, Kelso, Wash.  B.S.N.S.  . NORMAL, NORMAL  I'm a twentieth
century schoolmarm;  I powder and have ear-puggs,  I wear high heels and 
Eat candy 'tween meals. .  It's awful! But really one must!  — P.S.T.
 The Normal auditorium will be the  scene of one of the most entertaining
and  interesting musical events on Monday  evening, August 15th, when the
Lyric  Quartet of Tacoma makes its appearance.  John Henry Lyons, dh-ector
and  accompanist of this organization, has  chosen a program of well known
operatic  and standard classic selections. The  following program is
evidence of the  caliber of work done by this quartet:  "Anvil Chorus "
from " II Trovatore "  Verdi  " Prison Scene " from " II Trovatore "  ;
...Verdi  Lyric Quartet  " One Fine Day " from " Madame Butterfly  "
Puccini  Mrs. MacClellan Barto  " Love's Garden of Roses " Wood  " Spring
Song " 31endelssohn  Lyric Quartet  " Tommy Lad " Margetson  " Even Bravest
Heart" {Dio Pos-sente)  from Faust; .....Gounod  Edwin Cook  Neopolitan
Folk Songs —  " Maria, Mari" Capua  "My Sunshine" (O Sole
Mio)....Capua  Lyric Quartet  Negro Spirituals —  (Continued on page
6.)

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THE WEEKLY MESSENGER, FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1921  fSEWEEKlf 
Published by Students' Association of State Normal School, Bellingham. 
Entered in the Postof f ice at Bellingham, Washington, as second-class
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BUSINESS MANAGER.  LUCIEN LORING  .HERBERT HANSEN  MESSENGER STAFF  General
Kews Chlora_E...Lucas, AgnesDignan Who's Who ^ ^ - g ^ ^ - ^ ^ H a r r i s
o *  Literary Beatrice Mumford J  .Jokes, Club Notes : Aaron Sunel
Interviews................. ...—J!. R. Johnson  .Alumni,
Society.— . Elizabeth Del Duca Campus News Gertrude Cox, Clara Jensen
 Calendar -Veva Knapp poe(.s, C o m e r Margaret Clark  Athletics .Eloise
Dickens Lectures Marion McCush, Lucille Nicolai Assembly..Margaret Murphy,
Margaret Stapleton  'Faculty Marie Peterson Cadet Work..."— -—
Ora Bell Poe  It seems strange that any teacher  should adopt such an
attitude as to inspire  fear and terror, rather than confidence,  in the
hearts of those under her  instruction. And yet there are some who  belong
to the old school that is afraid  .of " spoiling. the child."  All who go
to school are not equally  .brilliant. Some find theiir work extremely 
difficult, and while they put  forth their best efforts, there are many 
times when a little explanation of doubtful  points would be of invaluable
assistance.  •  It seems unfair to assume that every  •time a
question is asked, the one who  asks it is doing so merely to take up the 
.teacher's time,- and when the teacher  gives a curt, sharp reply that cuts
like  a lash, is it strange if many refrain  from asking for needed help? A
large  number prefer to receive a lower grade  rather than to • take
the risk of receiving  a reply that hurts for days afterward.  Sarcasm is a
powerful tool.. It cuts  like a two-edged sword, and serves to  alienate,
where a kindly answer inspires  to greater effort.  When we go out to
teach, let us bear  this in mind and avoid making a mistake  for which we
may have to pay  dearly.  — B.S.N. S.  How many of us get in a hurry
and  cut across the campus or over the knoll?  By watching students come in
the morning  we would say that most of us do.  How much time is saved?
Probably a  fraction of a minute. Is it worth the  cost? Does that fraction
of a minute  saved aid us so greatly that we are justified  in writing our
selfishness or  thoughtlessness upon the beautiful green  carpet? Surely
after such a pleasing  compliment as Dr. Sears gave us in Monday  morning's
assembly, we ought to be  proud enough of our campus to keep  it always
looking green and smooth and  not spoiled by ugly brown paths cut hit  and
miss wherever we happen to choose  to walk.  When we came we did not find
it cut  by paths. The students who were here  before us exercised enough
self-control  to stay on the walks. I'll guarantee  they were just as busy
as we are and  they, went away with just as much  knowledge and
pleasant-memories as we  have. So let us show our school spirit  hereafter,
and hold a person in disrepute  who takes the short cuts. Let us make  an
unwi'itten law that we shall not cut  corners, and each one "a
self-appointed  officer of that law, at least in so far as  we ourselves
are" concerned.  B. S. N. S.  When the Seniors carry away their  coveted
diplomas they will carry away,  also, the memory of a fine example of  that
patience "that suffereth long and  is silent." How any human being can  sit
throughout a long hot day facing an  MAXINE SHOES FOR WOMEN  WHITE HOUSE
SHOES FOR MEN  BUSTER BROWN SHOES FOR  BOYS AND GIRLS  Buster Brown Shoe
Store  Fitters of Feet  Anderson's Specialty Shop  CORRECT APPAREL FOR
WOMEN  217 EAST HOLLY STREET  interminable line of tired, irritated people 
eadh armed with a set of involved  problems, demanding instant solution, 
and still remain cool and unruffled is a  problem for philosophers. Surely
"Jit's  too much" for Normal Seniors, wise as  they are. They have a sort
of vague  theory that perhaps programming officers  are made of different
clay. Be that  as it may, they marvel much at the fortitude,  patience and
personal interest  that Mr. Beyer always displays and they  gratefully
acknowledge their debt j gt;f  gratitude. ""' " ~~  How Much Milk  Did You
Drink  Today?  DARIGOLD MILK  DARIGOLD CREAM  LYNDEN BUTTER  DARIGOLD ICE
CREAM  Whatcom County Dairymen's Ass'n  1419 DOCK STREET, BELLINGHAM  Phone
80  Now Is The Time  to go through your books, laying aside those you will
have  occasion to refer to after you leave school. You should sell  all the
others before you leave, as their Use may be replaced  a few months from
now by newly published books that convey  the subjects better. __ 
STUDENTS' CO-OP.  C. C. BAUGHMAN, Mgr.  KEMPHAUS C  CO.  Bellingham's
Lowest Price Coat and  Suit Store  DRY GOODS, WOMAN'S FURNISHINGS 
PICTORIAL REVIEW PATTERNS

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Weekly Messenger - 1921
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THE WEEKLY MESSENGER, FRIDAY,
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 ]Dr. Nash returned Friday from a  several days' visit in San Francisco.- 
. . * # •  .Mr. Weidman was among those who  took the state
examination Saturday at  the court house.  • » •  Misses
Druse, Landis and Plympton,  teachers in the Art Department, and  their
helpers, the Misses Pickard, Hess,  Edens, Bougess and Mrs. Rice, had their
 annual picnic dinner last night at  Squalicum Beach,  # # ' »  The
latest news from Miss Boring is  that on her way through South Dakota  she
stopped just long enough in the  hot city of Aberdeen to get a picture of 
the Normal.  * * *  Dr. Miller entertained Dr. Nash and  the members of
the'Educational Department  at a dinner at the Cafeteria Tuesday  evening.
Those present besides Dr.  Nash and Dr. Miller were Dr. Sears,  Miss
Keeler, Mr. Kibbe, Mr. Kolstad  and Superintendents Wiedman and Goss.  - B
. S . N . S .  " I am going to talk shop," said Dr".  Sears, who spoke in
assembly Wednesday  morning. Then followed an interesting  discussion on
Education, in  which Dr. Sears stated that for many  years he had been
trying to explain to  an incredulous public y'ust what the  study of
education is.  *'" So long as the world thinks education  is only a theory
or something that  doesn't count, it is a fact which the  teacher must
meet," he said. "Our only  -answer to the public must be in terms  of hard
facts."  Other items of importance gleaned  from the discussion were that
education  may be thought of in terms of the  institution or of the child.
In late education  the child's interests have been studied  and no
progressive teacher or  superintendent will hold a child back in  all
subjects, because he may be deficient  in one.  Since to schools has been
assigned the  duty of producing the doers and thinkers  of the world,
education must be put  on a fact basis. The teacher of today  cannot depend
on theory, but must know  how to teach.  B.S.N.S. •  DEBTS  How often
have we pointed the finger  of scorn at the shirker who excuses his 
evasion of responsibilities by saying,  " Oh, well! the world owes me a
living."  He has a job, perhaps, but he does as  little work as it is
possible to do without  being dismissed. : When there is a  call for
volunteers to do extra work, he  is ostentatiously silent. His attitude is 
that the boss has managed poorly or  there would be no extra work. He is 
usually a fault finder, an excuse maker,  :a self-indulger. He lets someone
else  ]bear the burdens — and reap the honors  ;—while he
merely "gets by." The  D o e s the printed  p a g e blur before  you? Does
your  h e a d ache before  the day ends? Better  consult WOLL,  the
Optometrist,  about your eves.  205 W. Holly Street,  world owes him a
living; but what does  he owe the world?  We neither admire nor respect
this  drone when we meet him in the business  world, yet we fail to condemn
his counterpart  in the school world. He is the  student who disclaims all
responsibility  for the upbuilding of his school. "The  state owes me an
education," he says.  "After me, the deluge," is his slogan. Hs  skims his
assignment hastily, and his  frequent answer is " Unprepared." His  sole
desire is to pass. He never follows  up the teacher's suggestions or
recommendations  forself improvement. The  only phrase that wins his entire
attention  is " Required for graduation." He  never offers his services for
the hard  work in the outside activities. He gives  the assemblies a
passive support at best,  and is the first to create a disturbance  if the
program is not to his liking.  Other students shoulder the responsibilities
 and are benefited by so doing. He  merely graduates. The state owes him 
an education; but what does he owe  the state?  B. S. N. S.  I WAS standing
 -» # »  IN THE SHADE  # # #  ONE DAY  TRYING to keep cool.  * #
#  I TOOK off my coat,  * # * MY Collar  • # *  AND STILL I
sweltered.  • « •  SOON down the street  • » * 
CAME a woman  * * *  ALL wrapped up  IN FURS, * # *  # # #  AS I F she were
 FREEZING.  # * •  POOR THING, I thought, » » *  ALL the
heat has left  * * *  HER BODY  * • •  AND GONE to her head.  *
* #  BUT LO, as I looked  * • •  ANOTHER followed,  * * *  AND
another,  • • • * • • WITH still more furs,
» * •  AND as I gazed further  * # #  I BECAME cool and put  *
» •  MY COLLAR on.  B.S.N.S.  DR. TRUEBLOOD'S LECTURE  Dr.
Trueblood, head of the department  of public speaking of the University of 
Michigan and engaged in the work of  that department since' 1886, gave a 
splendid lecture on the "Art of Public  Speaking" in assembly Friday.  He
laid great emphasis on the directness  of speaking and stated that it was 
the most vital point in all the methods  of public speaking. He provided
this to  all those that heard his interesting lee-,  ture, as his own
manner and tone were  oft he easy conversational type.  Among the great
orators of the present  day that use this method are William  J. Bryan and
Bishop Hughes, the  latter was a former pupil of Dr. True-blood's.  He
emphasized the importance  of work on debate by showing that prom-  White
Stitched  Hats  $5.50 and $7.50  Apparel of Quality  FOR TEN YEARS.  CAVE 
Has stood for Pure, Glean, Wholesome  CANDY AND ICE CREAM  OFE©! 
CORNER DOCK AND HOLLY '  REFRESHMENTS AND LUNCHES  MUSIC AND DANCING  WE
SPECIALIZE ON PEIVATED INNERS  inent speakers of today had begun their 
training in the college debate, citing  LaFollette and Senator Beveridge as
examples.  William Jennings Bryan and  Jane Addams debated against each 
other in college, and Jane Addams was  the winner.  In closing his address
Dr. Trueblood  made a plea to all teachers to aid in  trying to establish
correct speaking English  over all the world.  Dr. Trueblood read "Ingomar,
the  Barbarian," by the Austrian author  Holbe Thursday evening.  In his
reading "Ingomar the Barbarian"  Dr. Trueblood brought out the  romance of
the drama very clearly and  markedly. From the beginning intense  interest
was sustained. The most noticeable  feature of Dr. Trueblood's delivery  is
his simplicity and sincerity.  B.S.N.S.  Not wealth, but the ability to
meet  difficult conditions, is the measure of  man.  Every unselfish act is
turning the  searchlight into some dark corner.  When a wind storm sweeps
the forest  it is the weazened trees, those with rotten  hearts, that fall
first.  " Why do you like swimming so well? "  " Because it's a clean
sport."  "192V  CLASS PINS  MULLER    ASPLUND  JEWELERS  Next to First
National Bank  MORSE  HARDWARE  COMPANY  1025 ELK ESTABLISHED 1884 
Distributors of  ATHLETIC AND  SPORTING GOODS  Samson Auto Tires  PATRONIZE
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THE WEEKLY MESSENGER, FRIDAY, AUGUST 12/
1921.  T H E CO M M U.N.I T Y P LA YE R S  OFTHE--  Bellingham State Normal
School  Present Ben Greet's Outdoor Version of  -AS  YOU  LIE  IT IP  By
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE  VICTOR H. HOPPE, Director  NORMAL CAMPUS  Wednesday
Evening, Aug. 17  Student Admission 35c -  General Admission 50c  Reserved
Seats 10c Extra "  Tickets on Sale at Harter   Wells Eiano-Co.  euMon s 
Incorporated  WOMEN'S APPAREL, OF QUALITY.  HEADQUARTERS FOR 
Groceries,Fresh Fruit, Veg etables and Bakery Goods.  We make a specialty
of F^ncy Cakes to Order.  M° J. O'dONNOR  Successor to  Sweet Grocejry
Company  1021 ELKj STREET  Bloedel Donovan  Mills  ROUGH AND DpESSED
LUMBER.  " LATH AND SHJNGLES.  DOORS, WINDOWS, FRAMES.  MOULDINGS A1JJD
FINISH:  QUICK DELIVERY.  BRING US YOUR IJIST FOR ESTIMATE  e. G Retail
Office, 1615 Elk Street  Retail Yard, Phone 433—Sash   Door Factory,
Phone 12S7  DEPENDABLE SHOES With Style, Quality  and Comfort fojr
Men-—Expert,  Repairing  L O N G ! 0 0 D ' S] SHO E S H OP  1325 DOCK
STREET  "This is the home of light arid/color,"  is a very appropriate
inscription for the  new dorm. . ( " Light and. color.". .are  "p'airit
and' powder personified.) '" i  Miss Moffat,• to gym class:
."-Girls,jj  hope you can all come in your suits heijt  time. If you
can't,then comein ypiir  clothes." : • r :
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£  SOCIETY  Miss Vera "White and Miss Pearl  Ingalls visited Edens
Hall for a few  days last week.  # * *  Miss Ethel Calbom from Mount Vernon
 visited Miss Seima Engdahl over  the week-end.  # * *  Miss Marcia
Lenington, from the University  of Washington, spent the week  end at Enger
Hall.  • * * #  Miss Corine Castle went to Field over  the week end,
where she signed her contract  to teach next year.  # * *  Mrs. Crane was
entertained Sunday  evening for dinner at Dr. Nash's home.  % * * *  Miss
Hazel Hartzler went to Seattle to  see some friends from the East.  # * * 
Miss Loraine Winters, a former student,  is visiting Miss Ruth McLeod.  # *
*  Miss Clare Powell and Miss Ruth  Shafer spent the week end in a party of
 six at the Y. W. C .A. cottage on Lake  Whatcom.  Miss Ruth Rostedt, a
former student,  is visiting Miss Marie Armstrong at  Jenkins Hall.  * * .
*  The Misses Veva Knapp and Lesa  Prest attended an O. A. C. reunion at 
Lynden. The girls all wore aprons and  the boys wore overalls.* A big
bonfire,  singing and games furnished entertainment  for the evening.  *
» " *  Saturday evening, August 13th, the  Alkisiahs will hold a jolly
swimming  party and salmon bake at Chuckanut  Beach.  • •
•  Glennie McBain, winner of women's  singles in the first term
tennis tournament,  is enjoying a pleasant visit in Seattle  before
returning to her home in  Oregon.  # # #  The Misses Bolger, Orford and
Drake,  of Boise, Idaho, were dinner guests at  Edens Hall Sunday. They
reported that  Esther Deering and Margaret Lewis,  graduates of this Normal
School in  1920, were successful and popular young  teachers in their city.
 ALUMNI  Emma Radcliffe, an early alumni, has  just recently signed her
contract for  county supreintendent of Skagit County.  • * *  Mr.
Harry Bartruff and Domeneca  DelDuca have represented us during the  summer
at the Berkeley University in  California.  * # *  Miss Jessie Payne will
teach first  grade next winter at Klamath Falls,  Oregon.  # * *  Susie
Claussen, a former student, who  is now a graduate nurse, visited Miss 
Sperry during last week end.  * # *  Miss Hilda Van Liew of '20 is teaching
 this year at Anacortes.  # * *  Miss Florence Bixby of '20 is attending 
the university this summer. She will  teach in Mount Vernon under her 
brother, Earl Bixby, who is also a  graduate of our Normal, this year.  * *
*  B.S.N.S.  Y. W. C. A. PICNIC  All Y. W. members who missed the  picnic
one week ago Friday night certainly  missed one of the finest treats of 
the summer.  We arrived at Geneva about 5:30 and  soon our camp fire was'
blazing merrily.  Mrs. Cole of our advisory members supplied  all the
things we forgot and  brought down a huge pot of coffee. The  supper was
abundant and much enjoyed.  Sunset time was spent in rowing on  the lake
and in singing, and then a kind  truck driver brought us all the way home. 
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TEACHERS'  AGENCY will locate  you in a good paying position  in
Washington, Oregon,  Montana or Idaho.  Phone 308  512 SYCAMORE STREET 
CLARKSTON, - - WASH.  WE HAVE THE P O S I T I O NS  Registration Free  MANY
VACANCIES REPORTED DAILY  State kind of position desired, locality, salary;
explain education,  kind of certificate held, names and addresses of your
references and,  if possible, send picture in first letter.  WESTMAN
TEACHERS' AGENCY  716 OLD NATTON-AL BANK BUILDING  SPOKANE, WASH. 
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! _ ,  'THE_REX17 STtJDENfTDISCRIBEI)  (Continued
from page 1.)  land make clear, useful notes of the information 
obtained.;. .- , - - gt;,-.-•--•.-.....•,  "/Recreation
is necessary to health and  should be 'part of each day's program. 
Bookishness is not a sign of education.  The personal contact of school
life leads  to an understanding of human nature  and is of value for
itself.  "These habits tend to be carried over  into life after leaving
school. The desire  for truth, the spirit of .inquiry which  characterizes
true teachers whether in  the grades or the graduate school of the 
university, is sorely needed in the world  outside."  -r-r-
B.S.N.S.—r-  A MUSInCAL TREAT  ON MONDAY NIGHT  (Continued from page
1.)  " Nobody Knows the Trouble I See "  Burleigh  " I Want to be Ready"
Burleigh  Mrs. John Henry Lyons  "One Morn if I Remember Well"  from "
Rigoletto " Verdi  Lyric Quartet  " Homing " Del Reigo  " The Trumpeter "
JDix  Herbert Ford  " Sextet " from " Lucia " Donizetti.  Lyric Quartet 
B.S.N.S. -  EXCHANGE  THE WEEKLY MESSENGER, FRIDAY, -AUGUST 42, 1921  Miss
Hazel Plympton, formerly supervisor  of art in the Walla Walla city 
schools, has been elected to the Art Department  of Cheney, for next year.
She  is a graduate of the Chicago Art Institute,  and of the Pratt
institute of New  York. She did special work in governmental  schools at
the close of the war.  — Cheney State Normal School Journal.  "There
are 120 applications at Bellingham  for certificates this summer, 117 at 
Cheney and 31 at Ellensburg. — Cheney  State Journal.  Enrollment in
the summer session of  the Cheney Normal School, totaling • 915, 
gives the east side Normal School third  place among the institutions of
the state  conducting summer sessions this year.  Enrollment by
institutions is as follows:  University of Washington, 1805; State  Normal
School, at Bellingham, 1200;  Cheney State Normal, 916; Ellensburg  State
Normal, 406; Washington State  College, 256.  » * •  The total
enrollment of the Montana  State Normal College, June 30, 1921, was  1009.
The figures for the respective  schools are Dillon, 587; Lewiston, 239; 
Miles City, 183.—Dillon Normal Journal.  B.S.N.S.  CRAMMING FOR THE 
EXAMINATIONS  THE PALLAS  The Home of Better  Candies, Pastries    Ice
Cream  The Vienna Cleaners  Goods Delivered on Hangers  No Wrinkles  1200
Elk St., Cor. Chestnut  Phone 265  GREAT WESTERN  Wood and Coal Combination
 Heater, has a big open  front, like a fireplace. Uses  less fuel. Built to
last.  JENKINS-BOYS  COMPANY  Instructors will agree that there are  two
types of students among us, the  plodding workers and the brilliant
shirkers.  They will also agree that they easily  recognize these types
upon the first day  of the term, so if you are cramming for  your expected
examination be assured  your teacher has already decided upon  the marks
you deserve and will govern  himself accordingly, no matter how you  may "
p a d " to deceive him.  The student who has for his incentive  a mark of A
— instead of a real knowledge  of the subject he is pursuing, is a 
fraud and a failure so far as scholarship  goes. The fear of the
examination  may keep a student who is otherwise  mentally asleep, somewhat
alert for  " points " to be remembered; he slides  along for the first ten
weeks, keeping  up attendance at classes' but receiving  nothing from his.
text, his classmates or  his teacher. Finally the last two weeks  stares
him in the fact with failure or  condition evident. Then he frantically 
and feverishly burns the candle at both  ends, trying to catch up in a'
subject in  which he never started.  He crams, and passes — " passes
" is  the proper word, for it indicates that  the student has at least one
faculty, almost  abnormal, however, the ability to  dodge successfully the
real purpose of  all study; the development of his mental  processes by
systematic concentration.  We will agree with our excellent instructors 
when they say that it does require  a peculiar sort of " genius " to
accomplish  this cramming process.  It has been proven time and again  that
this " loading up for examination"  is harmless, so cram on. Your mental 
calibre will not be visably affected, for  the efforts you put forth at the
end  leave no trace upon the brain. Aside  from loss of sleep, physical
exhaustion  and that coveted grade your head will  be as empty as ever. 
B.S.N.S.  THE PROJECT PLAN  THINGS GOOD TO EAT  — at —  NORMAL
BAKERY  AND  DELICATESSEN  623 HIGH STREET  The project plan is one that
has been  worked out and used successfully in this  summer's term of the
training school.  One phase of this plan is being used in  the teaching of
arithmetic in the intermediate  grades. One day of the week is  a project
lesson, and the class is taken  to a basement room which is arranged  like
a store.  The shelves have been made by the  children from boxes, and on
these are  arranged goods in cans and packages.  One child is the
storekeeper, and all of  the others are customers. Each has a  certain
amount of play money given to  him, and with this he must purchase 
something at the store. Each child  works out every problem. If the change 
counted out by the storekeeper is not  correct he loses his position. At
the end  of the game the problems are corrected.  This has been found a
valuable plan in  stimulating interest in the work.  COMING TUESDAY, AUGUST
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