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Weekly Messenger - 1926 November 12 - Page 1
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EVERY CLUB HAVE A DEBATE TEAM SOURDOUGH ISSUE THIS WEEK S VOL.
XXVI—NO. 7 WASHINGTON S T A T E NORMAL SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON
Friday, November \2, 1926 VIKINGS HUMBLE SUPER-VARSITY 16-0 Cedar Chips
By Ted In trying to keep pace with this fast Sourdough issue, we are
compelled to print the above view of a fierce Alaskan snow-storm. How
Come? SHEPHERD DOG IS FATALLY BURNED IN FUTILE ATTEMPT AT SAVING WIFE
AND CHILD (Headline in Bellingham Herald, Nov. 8, 1926) » * * *
Subtle Stories No. 2x4 No, Martha, the "Dumb-BeH" appears in the Normal
auditorium today at 8 p . m., not at 11 a. m. » » # »
Hey, Hey, Looky! ' Hake this motto ring over the school: "Hew. Story tor
Sew Students." Any Sophomores or other sects lured by the •sects
appeal of this story discussing "AH I FIT TO STUDY LATE?" may read, but
must begin in the back. Let's go, Hew Students. CLUB DEBATES TO
DETERMINE TEAM TO BE HELD EDITORIAL School Forensic Representatives to
be Chosen from Those on the Squads of Various Organizations T E A M IS T
O BE STRONG Direct Primary Question Will be Subject of Tryout Debates;
Much Enthusiasm Evidenced. T H E N A K E D T R U TH or W H A T T H E N E
W ' D W E AR Is this the kind of girls we want at every Homecoming
Dance?.. Oh, yes, you with your nice talk, from practice during assembly
announcements, might say that she's the last thing for Frank Salisbury or
Mr. Berg. But this school ain't "run to ruin" men sech az Earl Hemmi an
Don Patterson, but to "build men," sech az Estelle Martinson mite say, if
she tried to say any thing. ...Jest study the above pitcher of Matilda
Quacken-Bush (Hurrah, it iz she). In faculty meeting the other s i t e
Rice, who wasent at a wedding, sed Matilda wood be the life of any party,
a nockout,—with the addition of a little gin, maybe. Hoo iz this
girl tipping her hat to then? Yew dident think of that, did yew? And
perhaps Mr. Ormiston eould tell why she iz putting her left foot out
first. That's where the faculty started and lay down on" the job. They
woodent raise any thing beyond her feet. Look at her right hand. Yew mite
say it's only in her pockit. Check. But the next minute it mite be in
some one else's pockit. Farther and yet more, where'd she get the fur fur
them sleeves if someone wasent trying to educate the education teacher's
daughter. Jest think this over over your week-end and then decide if you
can "Go West" next Homecoming, and not hit the Armory. ...(This is just
the first article of too many articles in a series of articles to be
actually printedi—Co-ed Note.) Edens Hall gang are rank
plagiarists. They've swiped the slogan of the Canadian Mounted Police,
"We Get Our Menu" " * * • * - • * . . . - .. Now You Tell
One. ^ 'ft ^wouldn't cross tAe street to see tte queen.:; But J I
happened to be •;butao^8q;;i^ Inter-club debates for tryouts for
the Normal debate team will be held during the latter part of November
and early in December. The various clubs may select their teams in any
way they prefer, and if any culb does not have a three-member team, its
members may unite with those of another club in forming a team. That
every club will in some way participate in these try-outs is the hope of
the speech department. Those students who are not affiliated with any
club team may form an independent team. Clubs and sponsors should report
to Miss Cummins, cahirman of the Faculty Forensic committee, as soon as
possible. A schedule of debates will be posted as soon as the
participating clubs have reported. Political Question Used. That question
to be used for the tryout debates is "Resolved: That the present primary
system be abolished for the old convention system." The debate question
of the Pi Kappa Delta debating fraternity will be used for debates which
are to be arranged with some of the schools in this fraternity who are on
tour. Last year fhe Normal men's team won a decision from a Colorado
College team-, which is one of the strongest debating teams in the
country. The Bellingham women's team last year debated with the College
of the Pacific, from Stockton, California. The year before a strong team
from the Oregon Agricultural College from Corvallis was met. Normal Has
Record. By having permanently won the Allison tri-Normal cup in 1924, and
by having defeated Cheney Normal in a dual engagement in 1925, Bellingham
Normal has made a splendid record in debate. The questions to be debated
this year are: For men, 'Resolved: That the Volstead act be modified to
permit the manufacture and sale of light wines and beers"; and for women,
"Resolved: That the federal govern-, ment adopt a uniform marriage and
divorce law." As some of the strongest high schools in the state have
representa-debate, and it is the belief of mem-tives here, there is much
interest in bers of the Speech' department that our talent should be
utilized. Honor System. Referring to the student opinion of last week,
it seems as if the Honor System is a topic of annual discussion. It is a
time worn subject colored by prejudice. The Honor System is a negative
plan to prevent cheating. Students who come from the University of
Washington say that it is a huge joke. Instead of removing the
possibilities of cheating, the Honor System so-called, merely adds fuel
to.the flame. It is an absurdity to think that a large number of students
thrown upon their own resources (perhaps you wish to call it their honor)
will not at some time or other cheat during an examination. At the
Leland Stanford University a plan is in operation which does away with
all the possibilities of cheating. It is reported that it works more
efficiently than any other system in the country. We have such a system
in our school, and it is working very satisfactorily, although it is not
as yet so well established as the system is at Stanford. Students
complain that they are being treated like children when asked by the
instructor to sit two seats apart when writing an examination. No person
whose conscience is clear is embarrased or agitated when receiving such
instruction during a quizz. That the students who are continually
agitating for an Honor System are those who find no opportunity to cheat
under the present plan, it has been found. Get to work and the
examinations will take care of them selves. HERE TONIGHT IN THE "DUMB
BELL" New Stock Company to Make Debut in Normal School Auditorium with
Experienced Cast. V E H I C L E IS A COMEDY Earl Hodgins, Lead, Has
Played on Broadway and Recently at Grand in "Cat and the Canary." "FROSH
MIX" TO BE NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT Dancing Will Follow Program in Big Gym,
November 19, When Freshmen Have First Frolic. "Frosh Mix" is the name
given to a party planned by the Freshman class for next Friday evening,
November 19, to be staged in the big gymnasium. Vaudeville stunts,
instrumental and vocal numbers will feature the program arranged for the
early part of the evening. Green, the Freshman color, will be paramount
throughout the basement hall. Green streamers, banners and favors will
develop this color, scheme. Dancing will be the diversion following the
program of music and special acts, the Chuckanut Manor orchestra, under
the direction of Bob Slattery, furnishing music. During intermissions of
the dancing, refreshments will be served. CAN IT BE POSSIBLE THA T SKUNKS
SHALL FIND ROOM IN OUR SHOW CASES AND TROPHIES HA VE NONE "Where in Sam
Hill" are the Normal school trophies? If they are not worthy to be shown
it surely must be an honor for those who won them for their Alma Mater.
We, who are sophisticated enough to enjoy the trophies, ••
feel that it. is better for all concerned to give them'some light. Do our
trophies ever see the light? No! They are placed-in obscure out-of-
the-way places. Any stranger entering our building in search of trophies
for his collection would be out pi luck., . - We have ' a large number of
trophies but how will the Frosh answer when asked ^in psychology, by Dr.
Miller, 'where ." are our trophies kept?" We have no place in the hall to
display these awards, but there.is always room .for a skunk in the case
across from the English office. The spectacular advertisement cases out-.'
side the;:C6-op. catch the eye of more students than our: trophy case.
Only ^%bAinjdred and; fifty students are allowed to see the trophies, as
they are now reposing in Sam Carver's, office. No wonder the door to the
men's locker room is always guarded by Wendell Iverson and Leland
Shelton. Not so much for the sake of the trophies as for a date. Last
year we won a trophy in the Tulip Festival parade: How many of you co-eds
have seen it? Pray tell us, nowivlt would be desirable to have 'the \
prizes yon display during Homecoming.' SorivTof" the returning grads who
did not take anything with them when they graduated might be blessed with
a mental impression of a trophy or two. Let's have a motion passed next
student forum to add seven cents to registration fee and get a glass case.
Come oh, be sports! v^hat-ido you say. Let's get a nice glass ease and
use•. it. for 'a lt;trophy case: before Miss Rpsene cpjps, it and
;;p«8sesv^;-,in|o serviee^as 'U^fish^iaqusHriunii".'.; Jj}£\;i
With the presentation of the "Dumb Bell" this evening at 8 p. m., in the
Normal school auditorium, the Hodgins Players make their debut to
Bellingham audiences. The Hodgins Players, a stock company composed of a
personnel of actors and actresses, all of whom have had dramatic training
and professional experience come highly recommended as players of the
first magnitude. The company is composed of Earl Hodgins, Miss Leona
Weber, Jim Hannah, Jack Smart, Bill Warsso, and Dorotlfy Macintosh.
Hodgins as "Peggie" Earl Hodgins, who played the role of the "Cat" in the
mystery melodrama, "The Cat and the Canary," presented recently at the
Grand Theater, is the leading role in the "Dumb Bell." Miss Leola Weber
impersonates very cleverly the character of "Rosalie," the feminine elad.
Mr. Hodgins appeared formerly in productions on Broadway, in New York. He
played opposite Marjorie Rambeau in "The Vagabond," his greatest success.
Jack Smart, as the butler, gives a very fascinating character
impersonation. The plot of the play revolves around "Reggie" and
"Rosalie," the leading characters. "Marsha," played by Dorothy Macintosh,
comes in for her share of attention in the formation of a triangle love
affair. To Appear Every Friday. According to the latest information
received, the Hodgins Players are scheduled to appear at the Normal
School auditorium every Friday evening. Plays to be presented soon are:
"Over There," Friday, November 19, and "The Bat," Friday, November 20.
The complete itinerary of the Hodgins Players is, Mt. Vernon, Sunday; New
Westminster, Monday and Tuesday; Anacortes, Wednesday; Lynden, Thursday;
Normal School, Friday; and Sedro-Woolley, Saturday. o -,, Co-Op Store
Gives Excellent Service Normal Students Motor Tests Will Discover
Ability of Normal Women What is a normal young woman? The Physical
Education department of
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pl^HgHI; TOSHIN^N^AT^ I^lialMd by Students' Asiociation of State
Normal Sdiooi/;Bellin^^:';Wa"UBgtofi' Entered in the Pottoffice at
Bellingham, Washington, as second class matter. MILLER SUTHERLEN
PRINTING CO., Printers Subscription rate by mail, $1.50 per year, in
advance; single copies 5 cents; : Advertising Rates on Application.
Address all communications, othr than news items, to The Business Manager
of the Weekly Messenger, Bellingham, Washington. Editor-in-Chief
Associate Editor ... ;.... -. Sport Associate ._ Sport Associate Society
Editor SVERRE ARESTAD ..._ THEODORE CEDERBERG .... ROBERT WAGNER ROBERT
FISHER — - OLIVE IIARDAN - BRYAN HANKINS - HERBERT E. FOWLER
„ Business Manager .... Faculty Advisor Theodore Cederberg Robert
Wagner VSTAFF Oiive Hardan Ruth Sturman Robert Fisher Jessie Whitten
Lois Brown, Shirlit Smith Mildred Buskett REPORTERS Ethel Leadbetter
Tbeo Norby Everett Baxter Myldred Hense Helen Wright Verta Templeton
Gladys Burton By V. A. y. When' the Viking football team played last
Saturday against the Cheney;• Normal eleven there was'.seen on.
Waldo Field the usual thrill and exitement of this college game. The men
of both teams played with such ! zeal and'enthusiasm, equaled only by !
their love and pride in their respective schools. They displayed the best
of sportsmanship that was in them; they '"fought" to the very last of
their endurance; they remained throughout faithful to the colors under
which they played. These men, indeed, are the heroes in the making. Back
to Work. The smoke of Homecoming has cleared away. The grads have
returned to their schools, homes, and offices throughout the state.
Starting Monday morning with newly concocted lessons the faculty have
drowned the excitement of the two days of reckless abandon for the
undergraduate. . -' " _Not only did the festivities provide a busy and
restless week-end for the students, but of greater significance,
Homecoming meant the brief return of the Alumni to school life. These
people are the ones who have made the Normal, not you who are now in
attendance. Proved by them is the ultimate value of this school, While
only the third Homecoming in the twenty-seven years of the school, this
annual feature has succeeded. Grads who remember their days at Normal will
always anticipate this event if we but continue to make Homecoming and the
school worthy of them. Glad were wje to have them back, and we hope that
they rejoiced in being here. Football Is Being Kissed Goodbye. In a few
weeks the Colleges and Universities throughout the United States and the
World, will abandon the "gridiron" for the "lit court." Then exening
performances will be in vogue. New faces will be seen and new names will
be smeared* over the pages of the newspapers. T he very time of the
performances on the "lit court" will be enough to draw one's attention to
the romancers—"the prowlers of the night." Yesterday marked the
stopping place for our gridiron history of 1926. We have enjoyed a fairly
successful season. A good team has represented us in every battle. Clean
sportsmanship has been the byword of every Viking on Coach Sam Carver's
football aggregation. After all is said and done, however, when the final
analysis has been made, and the ultimate conclusion has Keen drawn, what
has been the significance of this football season? Let's Co to Alaska.
Alaska envisages to many a land of fascination and reckless adventure. As
a land where summer days are long and growth in nature is rapid and
luxuriant, it is the El Dorado of our dreams. And they tell us that in
that Northern land one is seldom..sick. Fevers, which tax the-travelers of
south countries and create a morbidness and dullish languor are never
known. Trekking over snow ridden hills bring in the late evening but
healthy weariness and welcome sleep to the trapper. The Sourdough Club,
an organization whose members have lived in Alaska or visited there, are
editing a department of this issue of the Messenger. .Their contributions
are attractive and provide for us an interesting acquaintance with one of
the alert societies of the Normal. T H I R D H O M E C O M I N G IS E N J
O Y E D BY ALUMNI (Continued from Page One) . before President Fisher
arrived, so his speech was missed. The luncheon in Edens Hall and the
Cafeteria Saturday noon was .well attended and the following numbers x
gt;n the program given by students kept everyone in good spirits: College
Club Quartette, W. A. A. Jinx, MacDowell Club Sextette, Philo Club act,
violin solo by Irene Hagen, and a vocal solo by Ruth McCullough. Game
Features Homecoming, The climax and one of the outstanding features of
Homecoming came when most of Normal students, alumni and town people, dll
eager and excited, watched Bellingham Normal win the footbaU • game
from Following the game was the banquet for alumni and football men in
Edens Hall. The-Cheney team was unable to stay but 250 attended, including
Mr. and Mrs. Noah Shakespeare, of Everett, as honor gue.sts. Mr.
Shakespeare is a member of the Board of Trustees. Miss Olive Edens was
toastmis- • tress of the.evening and told the story of the
"Prodigal Son" to fit the alumni at Homecoming. Mrs. Katherine Myers
Hess, '24, entertained with three vocal solos. Pres. Fisher gave a talk
on the "Significance of Homecomng" and Mr. Harold Smith led everyone in
community singing. The Armory, decorated with streamers and footballs
was the final place of enjoyment for the students at a dance in the
evening and those attending the banquet joined them about fc:30.
•'•:„•"'• '::' Homecoming this , year has
left..; ah indelible inark on everyone: who was p r e s e n t ;
•:•':;} • ; gt; ^7=^^^j::-- gt;Vo.'; O-Ii
=;"i-:^:T--ui^-^'-';V.^: ?^-= After all, the assignments being given by
Miss Wilson in her class in Library instruction, which formerly seemed
long, tedious and boresome to many, are not really so. They are beginning
to prove beneficial to those who, unfortunately, did not know what an
atlas is before they came to the Normal. Of course there are those who
had already learned some of these library tools in their high school days
by dint of their curiosity instinct (?). '.'^RAdlO RECIPE" This goes to
show that in the majority (perhaps) of cases, our difficulties are but
blessings in disguise. And this sounds familiar to many. Speaking of
school organizations, reminds me that in our school there seems to be a
concentration of effort on the Literary club, which, in some cases like
the Philos, also includes music. Why should there not be also an
organization devoted to the study of parliamentary procedure? While we
are here with an idea of becoming teachers, some day, who knows? We might
also be entering the arena of politics and share in the work of the
law-making bodies. Why should we not organize a Junior House, of
Representatives, or a Junior Senate, and thus learn in theory and in
practice parliamentary law' and procedure ? A little scrutiny of the
pages of the Messenger would reveal that we have in our midst a
reasonable number of men and women inclined to journalism. The presence
of men and women with journalistic ambitions in this school strictly
consecrated to the field of pedagogy calls attention to the fact that
this phase of school work should merit more than a passing consideration.
There must be established here a permanent source of stimuli, an
appropriate and wholesome inducement to students to a more serious study
of the newspaper work. We can do this in part by organizing a 'Scribe's
Club," which shall try to promote interest and love in the Journalist's.,
work. in., various ways. ..Under the auspices of the culb, noted
journalists of the city, the state, might be asked to give lectures on a
line of journalism work which they have pursued or are actually
pursuing... The value of this to would-be editors, publishers, and
correspondents, cannot be overlooked. Then we might also organize an
honorary journalism fraternity • and elect to its membership those
Normal students: who deserve such an honor. Honorary journalism
fraternities are found in all progressive colleges and universities
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%M gt;~0s^^^M s^o^ VlkiNG| GLQSE GRIDSEASON BASKETBALL v
BunmimmwtfiimnHniihnmiimuaiiBHiumnnauMiiiidi liipe^Vikiiigs To Open ^
VIKINGS WIN FROM CHENEY IN ANNUAL HOMECOMING GAME Carverites Avenge
Themselves by Grid Classic, Playing Superior Football in Every
Department. C A P T . ODELL B R I L L I A NT Cheney Held Scoreless After
First Quarter. Seymour, Clarke Make Big Gains, with Line Invincible.
With an attack that •could not be denied, Bellingham Normal
thoroughly redeemed themselves, by'defeating Cheney Normal 9 to 3 in the
annual Viking Homecoming classic. Although eliminated by Ellensburg from
the championship race, the local team defeated the possibility of being
the cellar occupants, and incidentally reaped revenge for last season's
reverse at the hands of the Savages, Cheney Scores First. Cheney took
advantage of an early break, a fumble in the fore part of : the first
quarter, and when the Bellingham defense held, resorted successfully to a
field goal. The first quarter ended with Cheney leading 3-0. Thereafter,
however, the "Vikings started roughriding their heavier pedagogical
rivals who came west for the Vikings' scalp. An oft prevented touchdown
was pushed over shortly before half time. Turner, Cheney, signal barker
was forced to punt from behind his goal due to a bad pass from center on
the previous play. Bellingham starting on the 25-yard line "Seymoured" it
al a bucks and passes to the 3-yard line, where Ted Clark slipped over.
Odell's attempt to convert was blocked. Vikings Threaten Constantly.
Throughout the second half the Vikings continued to play superior
football. After pushing the ball to the Savages' two-yard line, a bad
pass from center resulted in a twenty-yard loss. A drop kick by Odell was
barely unsuccessful. Again in the fourth quarter, when the Cheney team
was under its goal posts, Seymour lost his footing on the slippery field
when 'attempting to pass and was downed for a loss. Odell again called
upon to kick, planted the ball squarely between the uprights, boosting
the total to 9 over 3 for Cheney. Cheney Nearly Scores. Cheney remained
a threat throughout the game and nearly scored in the last quarter, when
the Savage line broke through and blocked a punt, Farrier, end, grabbing
the ball and tearing off 50 yards before he was stopped. Although in
excellent scoring position, Cheney was helpless and the Vikings came out
of danger as the game ended. ELLENSBURG MEETS CHENEY TOMORROW
Ellensburg Normal will meet Cheney on the Savage's field tomorrow, as
the" principal diversion on the lat-ter's annual Homecoming program.
Ellensburg is the heavy favorite to win the mix by virtue of. her victory
over the Vikings while Cheney succumbed to the Carverite's attack 9-3,
here last week. Cheney, however, will have the advantage of being at home
and playing before the home crowd. A. victory for Ellensburg will give
them the Tri-Normal championship and a practically undisputed claim to
the Northwest Minor College title. Last week the Wildcats tucked away
another pelt when they defeated St. Martin's 13-0, at Ellensr burg.
Robinson, Ellensburg halfback, starred, scoring both of Ellensburg's
touchdowns as the result of Jong end, runs. The Normal team held the
advantage throughout the game. By this win tlie Wild^ts (can even cjeim
superiority ayer teams of'the North- • west Conference, St. Martin's
having previously registered a victory over: College of Puget Sound,
^bjc$ jisjead-.', • ] ^ al ^ t h ^ S ^ a | ^ ^ l d c a t ; c o n f
l i c t '-yrith in;-, ^teresi:;jw'^a;' v i c t o ^ for' thefSavages1!
cornered tie. for the Tri-Normal title. l gt;0 Hitting the line WITH
SULLY Ladies and Gentlemen readers of this too original column: r am
sorry to announce that this will be the last appearance of my writings.
My inadequacy to comprehend the tactics and • intrigues of the
science of basketball to their fullest extent, compel me most annoyingly
to discontinue my motiveless ambiguity. - Truly yours, Wilson Creek
Sullivan, Wilbur, Wn. Wednesday, the football men hit the dummies for
the last time this-season.. No scrimmage was held this week on account of
the mid-week game. * * * * All in all, the Vikings have been fairly
successful in this season's encounters. With two wins1 and two defeats,
exclusive or yesterday's encounter, Carver's men can acclaim recognition
of the fact that they have not been stuffing on the job. * * »
» Ray Odell and Rumpy Seymoui ran wild over the Cheney Savages last
Saturday. The., line played a magnificent game, with Dan Beighle and Ray
Christman outstanding. Occie Thorsen and Grover Brown performed like men
beset, like very demons at the wing positions. Harold Hawkings and Lyman
Stickney turned in a neat defensive game although they did not shine on
the offense. * * * * Tomorrow the U. of W. football efeven clash with
the Stanford grid-ders. According to the dope from Seattle, Baggy's men
intend to administer a sound whipping to Pop's warriors. One thought
seems to be haunting the U. of W. men. How are we to overcome Stanford
when they beat U. S. C? * # * » Next Saturday two big games are on
schedule in the East. Ohio State, heretofore undefeated, meets Michigan
in the deciding game of the Big Ten conference. The game that has
porbably been looked forward to with the greatest deal of interest by
enthusiastic football fans is the Army and Navy game. GIRLS TO PLAY OFF
ATHLETIC CONTEST Schedule of Five Games Arranged. Season to Last From
Nov. 15 to Nov. 24. Captains Are Chosen. In order that every girl who is
turning out fo rone of the three major sports, Hockey, Soccer, or Volley
Ball, may have a chance to play on a team, a schedule of intra-inural
games has been arranged. The aim of these intra-mural games is to bring
out mass participation and also to give Freshmen and Sophomore girls a
chance to play together instead of against each other as they would do in
class games. The season for these games will extend from November 15 to
November 24. The girls are electing their captains and deciding upon a
name for their team. There will be five intra-mural teams in soccer, two
in hockey, and four in volley ball. Some novice games will be played by
those who do not make the class teams in connection with the class games.
Class turnouts will be resumed on Monday, November 29, following
Thanksgiving vacation, and all games, both intra-mural and class, will be
over by December 10. The upper sections of the P. E. I classes will play
off inter-class games toward the end of the quarter. Intramural games
will be played at four o'clock, although it may be necessary to play off
some of the soccer games at 12 o'clock, _ because of the fact that some
girls are turning out for more than one sport. Orange and green blazers
will be used to distinguish the teams on the field. INTEREST IS SHOWN IN
SPLASH HOUR Arangements Made by Jean Woll. Swimming Hour at Y. W . C. A.
Next Recreation Hour Nov. 9. The Splash Hour at the Y., last Friday, was
enjoyed by 22 girls. Many advanced swimmers as well as beginners, took
advantage of this extra dip hour to brush up oh fancy strokes. This
recreation hour was arranged for and very capably managed by Jean Woll,
and it is hoped that the girls will continue to take an interest in it.
The next swimming hour will be held November 19. By paying the small
amount of 10 cents one may have one hour of fun. Sign up on the W. A. A.
bulletin board by Thursday.
iUHHniHinfflUiumiiniH!i[roiiiiinHinn«iHMiin^ Jack On The Sportstalk
fMuiamniiuiiinMiiMiMitiuKHunHEflmnKHHaHim^ Our football season is over,
but basketball will soon be here. We saw many good grid games t h i s
year —games in which the Vikings acq u i t t e d themselves nobly.
A hough the number of games won and lost is about equal, all of those on
the "lost" side were dropped by. close margins. The St. Martin's contest
was 14-13, and that with Ellensburg 13-9, and in both of them, the Vikings
threatened throughout to turn the score in their favor. Yesterday's game
climaxed a
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^ \s-v'..i:V.i';- WAlSBINGTW Alaskan life Depicted By Old Time
WINTERS OF ALASKA ARE TIMES OF LIVELY SPORTS ON ICE AND SNOW: MUSHING OVER
MOONLIT TRAILS WITH SLEDS DRAWN BY HUSKIES SPELL EXCITEMENT In November,
the fall of the year, the rivers of Alaska are freezing over, to stand
immovable and silent for the winter. The sunshine is fading, and those
wierd, gray, twilight days are beginning to dawn. On a clear, cold, dark
night the play of the Aurora appears. It seems like a myriad of dancing
nymphs in the sky, with fluttering drapes in pastel shades, and filmy as
cobwebs. Soon the snow will come.1 Then, when the brilliant, glaring
moonlight sets it all aglow, there is a feeling of vastness, silence, and
awe. It grips you, and you like it, you don't know why. The malamute
chorus is heard, and you shudder. A stray wolf howls, and you think it
wierd. You think of the wheels of time—the winter days just
starting, and you shake up the fire and settle down snugly in your cabin
with a feeling of safety and content. : The winters in Alaska are
mar-velou. Everyone is preparedt in advance to meet the needs of the
season. Comforts are plenty, and hardships are mostly tales of the past.
The pleasures are the chief concern of the winter. It is a time for
sleighing, skiing, snow-shoeing, hunting, trapping, and other northern
sports. One of the most enjoyable sports ,in Alaska is to mush dogs, or
even • to be tucked in a nice big basket : sleigh, and let a
regular niusher do •the driving. The sleigh is comfort- •
able with soft, warm furs and robes; ;you are strapped safely in. The
musher, often a husky native, stands on the runners, in back of the sled,
holding the handle bars to guide, shouts to the dogs, and away you go!
All is still, save for the tinkle of bells on the dogs' harness and the
occasional shouting of the musher to ; the dogs. The Alaskan dogs are the
most interesting and intelligent creatures imaginable. They know where
the ice is safe and where there is danger. They can take you safely over
any trail by day or night, and they are to ALASKAN GLACIER, As Seen from
the Steamship Alameda. be depended upon. I have safely traveled over a
river trail at night when it was so dark that I could see nothing before
me. There were many dangerous holes and crannies in the ice. The dogs had
the entire responsibility. Sometimes they would come to a stop, back
away, and swerve in another direction, Again the speed was picked up and
I knew that we had safely passed a hole. The leader is the cleverest dog
of the team, and travels alone, taking responsibility of sounding the
ice, selecting the safest route, and leading the others. The other dogs
work in pairs, and usually obey their lead er very*Vell. The dogs are
very strong, active, and powerful. If you wish to test their strength,
just take a team out alone and try to stop them when they see a fox or a
rabbit that they want to chase. Finally, the grayness of the days
lessens, a sunbeam appears on the scene, and then, by leaps and bounds,
the spring is on hand. With it come floods of sunshine. It is deeply
appreciated after having been absent about four months. Everything takes
on an air of renewed brightness, happiness, and new life. The ice breaks
up and the rivers start moving again. All Alaska gambols on the date of
the "break up." This is a big feature of the end of the winter each year.
It has become a custom, and everyone looks forward to the ice-pool
contest, and it's pot of gold for the winner. The. dogs have finished
their winter's work and retire for the summer, to bask in the sun and eat
dried fish. Tlie days lengthen so rapidly, that by the twenty-first of
June we are enjoying- the midnight sun. In this season everyone is busy.
The days run on into the night, and the beauty of the sky and landscape
is beyond mere words. The vegetation, flowers and small plants, vegetable
gardens, etc., grow two or three times as fast as those in the States.
This is to be expected, when you realize that the sun is shining on them
two to three times as long each day as it does here. Alaska is a flower
garden in the summer time. The flowers are deep in color, large, of many
kinds, and very plentiful. It is bounteous in.wild blueberries,
strawberries, rasperries, cranberries, etc. ' Alaska is ideal for hunting
and fishing. It has a wealth of natural resources. It's people are
sturdy, and brave, with hearts of gold and with an everlasting devotion
to their chosen land. Alaska is our very own! A territory of the United
States. Get acquainted with it. It's big, open, and full of
opportunities; and besides, it is a dreamland. —Mamie Clark. li^f
^ Knick Knacks . ^ 3S FOR KNICK KNACKS. He looked at her—She was
his idol. Her little hood perched jauntily On one
side—tantalizingly. "You're different—not like the others,"
hes murmured, and sighed. "They are too noisy—you are so quiet.
Theirs is the pace that kills— yours is gentle and easy. They are
emotional—they break down— Not so with you! I love your
coolness! And to think that you'll soon be my own! "But—are you
tired? Oh! I had forgotten my date. We shall have to hurry." And so he
cranked her, jumped in, and drove away. —Madelle. SMITH APPEARS IN
TUESDAYS MEETS Problems of Interest Will Engage Discussions in Special
Students" Assembly of Next Friday. Mere Mouse? NORMAL HAS MANY TIES
WITH ALASKA SOURDOUGH Mrs. Nye lived near Cape Prince of Wales and is
our farthest north Sourdough. * * * * Mr. Tait can tell you all about
branding reindeer. * * * * Ask Miss Clark about coal mining and dog
sledding in the Interior. » * * * We don't know about Mrs. Tait's
sourdough flapjacks, but she flings a wicked pumpkin pie! » * * *
Mr. Arestad was a fish monger in Chatham Straigths, wherever that is. He
can tell you stories. » • * * Miss Montgomery is one of our
most enthusiastic and efficient work- Our honorary resident members are:
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Shiels, Mr. and Mrs. M J. O'Connor, Miss Ella
Higginson, author of "Alaska, the Great Country." * * * * All
instructors who have made a trip to Alaska are club members by virtue of
their having visited the Terirtory. • _ • " . . * * * * .
The Responsibility of This Normal School. • Bellingham Normal has a
heavy responsibility in connection with education in Alaska. Because of
its nearness- to Seattle, the point of embarkation for our northern
territory, it ^furnishes the most convenient place for teacher training.
i Therefore, it follows' that the "jjnethods of teaching, the school
-background of culture, and the ideals ;_of citizenship^ given to the
-Alaska ^jehildreh are largely those formulated : %r developed at this
Normal school. ^Although Alaska is small in population she is:great in
her almost un- -Cjbouched natural resources, and con-. Jge^uently her
citizens in future years ^wilt-have important influence in the
•industrial and recreational life of the FROSHES HERE, FROSHES
THERE, VERDANT FROSHES EVERYWHERE WISER SOPHOMORES TAKE THE AIR
(Dedicated to the Freshmen) * . These Freshmen, they're like the poor, we
have them with us always. Even when we learned Sophs sojourn to the
Library for a couple of hours of uninterrupted gleaning of book lore each
night, lo, they are with us still. We call for a book at the desk—
It's gone, some Freshman has it, and is busily looking at the pictures and
sounding out the words, his finger in his mouth. We go to the card
catalog, intent upon getting references oh the subject of Psychoanalysis,
but some Freshman has the whole drawer and is feverishly copying the
contents on a ream of paper. Sighing resignedly, we move around to the
encyclopedia shelves. Surely we'll find it there. Let's see— volume
twenty-three, not there. We look again; maybe it's misplaced. Yes, it's
misplaced all right. One of our verdant friends is sitting propped up in
the window laboriously going through the account of the work of
Pythagoras, and having an heroic fight to keep from going to sleep and
yet maintain an expression of bored intelligence. . With a feeling of
martyrdom we move on up the Library and resolve to look on the shelves
for material. We find the place and are deep in the perusal of facts when
the silence is shattered by a sibilant whisper which may be heard as far
as Edens Hall, "Say, would you mind moving over? I'm working on a Library
Methods: project, and it's due tomorrow, and I've got to find out all
about the library between now and then.?' -; : "Wie obediently move over
and;the industrious Freshman commences--to paw around among the books,
taking out one and putting: half a dozen^in its place -and by the time
lie's through with that shelf, Miss Wilson herself would go into
hysterics when she came to PPPPP