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Weekly Messenger - 1927 May 20 - Page 1



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^^pL^XXVl—NO.. 30 WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM,
WASHINGTON Friday, May:20m927il$^m  IM-Normal Track Meet Tomorrow On Waldo
FilH  l^^®utipus; Day Celebration Passes  ^ Into History; A Howling
Success  kfeSv  Hi  All School Party and Entertainment at the American
Theater Brings to  ! a Close a Day That Will Long be
Remembered—Students Work and Frolic  from Early Morning Until Late at
Night—Chariot Races, Ball Games and  Eats Feature the Day's Events.
Berg Acquits Himself With Glory.  S  Returns to Bellingham After 
Delightful Vacation in  the South.  Campus Day, on its second annual
occurrence, was by all odds the  £• most successful event of the
school year. The spirit of the students was  ?;• excellent, and
co-operation between everyone produced a "spick and  A span*' Campus. The
program of fun beginning with the eight o'clock  5 assembly and lasting
through the theater part at the American, was  ; -packed with enjoyment for
all.  | ;; Festivities began with the assembly at 8:00, when the hit of the
day  ; was made, namely the burlesque given by "Six Glowing Boys", featur- 
; i n g the prettiest sets of legs among the male gender. The staff, under 
^Generalissimo Berg, was introduced among, various flourishes. After 
••general instructions the army was properly equipped and
turned loose  on the waste arid debris.  The picnic' at noon was a caloric
as well as a palatable success. Full  justice was done all "grub".  ; "/
Another assembly at one o'clock  : : set everyone for the afternoon  -y.';
sports. These took place on Wal-  -; do Field and were a "riot" of fun  g
for all. The ball games between  ;; students and faculty for both men  and
women aroused deep hostilities  and the bloody battles were  Hard fought,
fast and furious. An  excellent program of sports contests  under the
direction of Dorothy  Irvin and Miss Keller kept everyone  happy all
afternoon. Feature  attractions included the stupendous  bicycle race
between faculty members,  Mr. Bond proving the betting  favorite. Ben Hur's
only rivals  and equals set the crowd positively  "mad" with the daring, 
killing, and side-splitting Chariot  Race.  What might be called a Relay 
Carnival was staged by competing  groups of the students, it was at  least
composed largely of relay  .contests and games The winners,  although of
doubtful ability and  deservance, were awarded balloons  with squawkers
that certainly  squawked.  An evening with Reginald Denny  and various
varieties of student  foolishness provided the grand climax  at the
American Theater. Romeo  and Juliet heart-rendingly re-enacted  the
fetching balcony scene  and brought the house into tears,  tiers upon tiers
of laughter. The  embryo tragedians were great stuff,  as comedians.  There
were various sundry and  "Sundstrom" rumors that Campus  Day officially at
least, began during  the wee small hours of the  night before. Both class
presidents  were able to be about on Campus  Day, so it has been assumed
that  no serious casualties were entailed.  BERG REFEREES  Mr. TJerg was
referee of a Boy  Scout encampment at Woodland Park  in Seattle the past
week-end. Demonstration  of a complete camp.equipment  was given. On
Saturday, the  boys participated in a Field Day.  Two thousand scouts
attended the  meet.  E  E  AREJNNOUNCED  Successful Contestants Will Meet 
Last Quarter's Winners  Assembly May 20.  M OFFERED  Course Will Be
Supplemented by  Field Trips to Places for  Good Composition.  Miss
Crawford Now  Recovering From Illness  in Sanitarium  Pupils and teachers
in the training  school were very glad to see Miss  Crawford back last week
after an absence  of several weeks. She found  however, that she was not
strong  enough yet to take over her old duties,  so is now recuperating in
Rest  Haven Sanitarium, Sj'dney, B. 0.  Mrs. Whitmore is taking Miss 
Crawford's place for the rest of this  quarter.  o  Miss Edens Has  Written
Another  Successful Story  . Miss Edens is the author of a  story, "Heart
and Hand," appearing  f in the June McCall's Magazine. Reviewing  the
contents of the current  ; issue, the publishers comment as foll  o w s : 
; ; " I n addition to short stories by  :; such well-known authors as
Fannie  ;rHea!slip Lea, Frank E. Vemey, Vir-  Sginia B. Reynolds, and Olive
"Edens,"  jthe June issue will contain (etc)."  ; lt; ;"Heart and Hand" is
a story of  v-theiWest, in fact, it centers in Ana-  'cortes, on Puget
Sound. Miss Edens  oJsaid: "Every story "which I have  8^;5,K ?«: sold
has as its background the Puget  |fgf| ;3p^Sound region. 'Rhododendrons,' a
 ^ ^ | | l | s t o r y of the Cypress Islands, has re-  ^ ^ ® ^ c e n
t l y ; been accepted by a syndicate."  ^ ^ g l p ^ ^ ^ t r o p o l i t a n
, .Pictorial .Review,;' and  Miss Rich returned Monday morning  from a
delightful vacation in California.  She says that is was pleasant  from a
recreational and a professional  point of view. She met  a number of
friends with whom she  had worked at the School of Education,  University
of Chicago, who  are now on the faculty of the U. of  California at
Berkeley. She attended  the Mission play with them, at  San Gabriel. '
There were friends  and interesting experiences at every  stop.  Miss Rich
visited the appointment  bureaus at the University of California,  at Los
Angeles, and Stanford,  gathering ideas which will tend toward  making the
work of the bureau  here of greatest use to the students.  Miss Rich says
that California is  a delightful place to play in, but  she would rather
work in Bellingham.  She has come back convinced  that we have something to
do here,  and that what we are tiying to do  follows the best lines of
philosophy  and science of education.  The course in photography, which 
was given for the first time last summer,  will be offered again this
summer  quarter. The course is a two  period a week laboratory course
designed  mainly for the study of photography  from the standpoint of the 
amateur and will take in all phases  of photographic work.  Two credits
will be given for the  course. The fee will be about one  dollar and a
quarter which will cover  the cost of material used.  Mr. Ruckmick plans to
divide the  class into groups and each group will  work out a certain phase
of work in  the photographic line which will be  amplified by supplementary
reading  material.  There will be a few field trips to  places which will
be good composition  for landscape photography. All  of the possibilities
of the surrounding  district that will lend themselves to  amateur
photography .will be- used.  The training school shop has been  equipped
with a new enlarging machine,  also a new automatic printer.  Students will
get experience in making  enlargements and a few lessons  on the way in
which the printing of  photographs is accomplished. They  will also study
the making of sepia-tones  on photographs and the use and  compounding of
developing solutions  such. as might be done at home by  amateurs.  The
victors in extempore preliminaries  held Tuesday evening, were as 
folloAvs: June Wetherell, Grace Jac-obson,  Borghild Jensen, August Zoet, 
Edward Dingerson, and Leonard Kep-pler.  Their topics were: "The Nation's 
Chief Asset," "The Nation's  First Citizen," "The Greatest Living 
American."  Mrs. Vaughan, Miss Ullin, Miss  Spieseke, Mr. iKibbe, and Miss
Madden  judged the contest. The six  speakers will compete in today's
assembly.  Three topics will be conservative;  three radical. From this 
group, three will be eliminated, and  three will compete with the winners 
of last quarter's extempore contest  in assembly, May 20. 
NOTICE—RECITAL  Miss Byrd Elliott, violinist; Miss  May Taylor,
contralto; will appear  in recital at the Garden St. M. E.  church on
Tuesday evening, May 24,  8:15 o'clock. The program is given  in aid of St.
Paul's Church Benefit  Fund.  FOR FINAL WEEK  Annual Baccalaureate Service 
be Held Sunday, June 5,  in Auditorium.  to  Viking Track Stars Raring
To^^^^^^J  Carver's Men In Pink of COIN  Cheney and Ellensburg Normals are
Bringing a Galaxy of Stars and E ^ r ^ ^ ^ p  to Sink Our Viking
Ship—Weather Conditions Look Favorable ; T o w a | a ^ ^ ^ ft  the
Breaking of Many Records—Competition Looks Keen ^ " " — —
^ ^ ^^  Event, With Wingard the Only Sure Winner—Two-mile Race 
"Forest Wonders"  Staged By  Grades    U0-'  m  $   Jack Perine Gives 
Pleasing Program  on Friday, May 13  Jack Perine, a young and talented 
pianist, was most enthusiasticalty  received in last Friday's regular
assembly.  Beethoven's well-known Moonlight  Sonata was delivered in a most
artistic  manner displaying exquisite  harmony, modulation, masterfulenss 
and vivaciousness in swift movements.  Mi-. Perine's selections of the
extreme  classical type were presented  with all the powerfulness or
softness  with which they were written. Especially  was Debussy's Prelude
filled  with an enchanting and artistic melodiousness.  The Etude of St.
Saen  was also interpreted in an intriguing  spirit.  o ;  "U" JOURNALISTS
EDIT  SEATLE STAR A DAY  :ww-v-vvvv.vvvvv%vv«v  (Monitor  The
Journalism, class at the University  of Washington stepped out  of their
class last week and edited  the Saturday editions of the Seattle  Star.
Features, Editorials, sporting  gossip, in fact the entire issue was  taken
over by the rising young journalists.  This is an annual affair at the  "U"
and each year it proves to be  the red letter day for the embryo  hews
hounds. The benefits derived'  arc two-fold. The University folks;  are
given an opportunity "to apply  their knowledge in a .practical manner  and
incidently the regular staff  of the.Star gets a day off for fish-.:  ing.
As yet we have received no invitations  from local papersto per--  JfbrmTa
similar featU-:\v gt; ;:; \;^  FRIDAY—May 20.  Freshman All School
Party in big  gym, at 8 o'clock. • ,  Tri-Normal baseball game.
Cheney  vs. Bellingham, 3 o'clock.  SATURDAY—May 21.  Tri-Normal
meet: Tennis, 9; track,  2; baseball 10.  Edens Hall Informal at Edens Hall
 at 8:30.  TUESDAY—May 24.  Upton Close of the University of 
Washington, to lecture at regular  assembly.  THURSDAY—May 26. 
Ohiyesa banquet at Victoria Hotel  FRIDAY—May 27.  Extempore Contest
in regular as-semblv.  A charming outdoor play, which  was worked out by
the children in  the fourth and fifth grades, was  given on the far side of
the knoll  at nine o'clock this morning.  The play, called "Forest
Wonders",  was taken from the Italian folk  play, "Forest Spring/ 'by
Constance  D'Arcy Mackay. In the action of the  play the children picked
out the  poems, songs and dances which they  had enjoyed and which fitted
best  with the scenes in the forest, with the  trees, grasses, birds,
flowers, mountains  and moon. The dances were  tation exercises that they
have had  had in their gymnasium work.  The play opens with the entrance 
of three children who have come to  the forest to gather flowers. Two of 
them go on, but the other stays and  sees the wonders of the forest.  The
complete program is as follows:  Enter; Amata, Giovanni, Fiam-ma,- 
gathering flowers. Enter, the  Spirit of the Wood.  Enter tlie children of
the Forest.  Dance of Spring—Mendelssohn.  Song—  • Now
is the Month of Maying—  Thomas Morley.  Poems:  Out of the
Morning..Emily Dickinson  Little Folks in the Grass  Annette 



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mm  lllltltl_  MM  ^Sf^3§;Pal»lished?by
Students*-Association"of  llil^ft?ft;'.;;|''; Entered in 'the ':•
Postoffice at; Bellin  State Normal School, Bellingham, Washington  ^J||if 
gham, 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.  » ' ' ^ ' - : ; '
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ll^v?#fti':i'* gt; Address -all communications, other .than news items,  mm
M'^ot thei Weekly Messenger, Bellingham, Washington.  to The Business
Manager  iBRYAN HANKINS ,............  ROBERT FISHER ..:.......  ROBERT
WAGNER  THEO. NORBY ..._:  GLADYS BU RTON  RUTH STURM AN  MARY HIBNER
..;....-..;..-...-...  SVERRE ARESTAD ;..  HERBERT E. FOWLER .........;... 
....;.„ ......................„.Editor-in-Chief 
r................... .Assistant Editor  .:'.. Associate Editor  .-. Sport
Editor  ... .Women's Sport Associate  ...Training School  ...;..... _
Society Editor  .._.. Business Manager  .Faculty Advisor  Robert Fisher 
Mary Hibner  EDITORIAL COUNCIL  Robert Wagner  Theo. Norby  Gladys Burton 
Ruth Sturman  . STAFF  John Gudmundson Andy MacCall June Wetherell^ _
Barney Chichester  Peggy Cress Tait  Roy Sundstrom  Ray Odell  Fave Scanlon
 Bud Bunnell Ladd Smith Ellsworth .Lumley  REPORTERS  Emmeline Moss Phyllis
Westover Naomi Johnson  •":.' Cecelie MacDonald Shirley Blake  Nelson
Robinson  Leslie Brown  " The Spring Supplement number of the W e e k l y
Messenger is now  in your hands. We hope you will like it. This special
number is  published not so much for the Normal students as it is for high
school  seniors throughout the Northwest who might be interested in coming
here.  M a r y Hibner, special supplement editor,.deserves much praise for 
Ker efforts in making this y e a r ' s issue a success. She gave
unstintingly  of. h e r time a n d efforts to place a first class paper in
our hands. We  believe s h e , h a s succeeded.  •ft. Miss Hibner has
been ably assisted by Theo. Norby, regular  sports editor. The spirit
manifested by these two students has meant  much to the other members of
the journalism classes.  A recent canvas among students  of our course in
Civilization brought  out the s t a r t l i n g fact t h a t less than  n
per cent are keeping abreast of  theHhnes, less t h a n ten per cent are 
keeping-viri touch with the major  topics o f \ t h e clay.  This
.condition, if present in all  schools of higher  alarming one, and 
education, is an  a complete diagnosis  of our curriculum should be  made
with the view of adopting corrective  measures.  "Time to kill but not one
minute  for current problems" could very  well be applied to a majority of
the  students of this and other schools.  There is time for loafing in t h
e halls,  t h e r e are spare minutes for horseshoes  or tennis, there is
ample time  for strolls here and there, but there  i s not a minute t o
give toward intelligent  citizenship.  Descendents of Ichabod Crane fail 
dismally when they endeavor to dis?  cuss political and industrial problems
 on a common level with the  business and professional man. We  claim' t h
a t teaching is a profession,  but, down deep in our hearts, we  know t h a
t very few of us undergo  the preparation that warrants the  t e rm applied
to our chosen work.  Indeed, we like the word profession  and use it cjuite
freely, although  conscious all the time t h a t we are  falling short in
our preparation.  There is no time like the present  t o get started in
this matter of  keeping abreast of the times. Magazines  and papers are
crying for your  patronage. The Presidential campaign  will soon be in full
swing.  Thousands of coal miners out of  work, on strike, are pushing their
 cause through the periodicals. Delicate  foreign affairs in China,
Nicaragua,  and Mexico are thrashed out  in the papers. The library with
its  scores of weekly and monthly magazines,  is a regular gold mine of 
worthwhile contemporary information.  Resolve today t h a t henceforth you 
will carry a double load A PREPARATORY  " COURSE IN TEACHING  AND IN
CITIZENSHIP.  PASSING WEEK  By A . S - S .  I n "Elmer Gantry," Sinclair
Lewis  has again driven his probing pen int  o one of society's sore spots.
He  has snatched the mantle of traditional  spiritual authority and
omniscience  from the shoulders of the  conventional American divine and" 
vivisected the decidedly human being  t h a t it shrouded. He shows us the 
other side of the stage and the  strings t h a t move the puppets.  Lewis
is a realist, and is apt to  be a bit indigestible to one who suddenly 
forsakes his diet of Zane Grey,  Cm wood, Pollyanna piffle or Elinor 
Glynish sob-stuff, perhaps and probably  more than a little irritating. 
But despite this, Lewis is well worth  the effort it may require to read 
him: "Elmer Gantry" contains food  for some very pertinent thinking. 
fWWVWWWWWVWWVWWWWWWVW  Student Opinion 
VVV^tfVVVVtf^LW^AVy%V^%SVVVLV%V^flA%VW'.Vl^AV^A^A/  f w P Notebooks and
Outlines  ;fP; •; - : "Oh, Hello there! I've been hunt-  I t * ! ; ;
* : ing all over creation for you. Say,  s ^ v ; ; ; listen, ole dear,
didn't you t a k e His-t  l f t f t f t : ' f t t q ry 14 A last quarter? I
thought  ?fp/\ftS ; so and thanks be. My notebook on  | |   (jX; Hebrews is
due tomorrow and I've  I f r ^ ; v, ' j u s t got to hand it in on time.
May  !£!;? gt;:; J have yours? I knew you wouldn't  lifted:?! ^mind
because you said you'd let me  ftlSi'v^ have yours for t h i s quarter when
you  j|%;iftv were copying Jane's last quarter. Fll  | s | % - • :
come up and get it. Thanks a lot."  IP S-?vV'v:' Episode 2.—'Lo Jack.
You say you  §^|ftft:ftft want to see me about something im-f  i l f e
l portant ? Well, hurry up because  g y ; y j c . ; I've Sue's notebook and
she has to  Sy'vKft;'ft:-'; have it next period. Yes, I took  ^ s p ^ ^ :
Ed. 13 l a s t quarter and yes, you can  l ^ p * ; ^ , iv have my t e rm
paper in it. I t ' s a good  §ffl0 lt;;'ft ft:; one too.r I got an A
on it. Just  WPMiiftft•/-•change the wording here and there 
Ifliyj-51: v; and the prof, won't know the differ-  W$0T-;0'i;'ence. You're
welcome. So long."  | | ^ ; ^ ; S ; . It's the same old subject being  | |
| ; g ^ | # v i brought to life once more. You stu-fff||  ftftftft^dents
who are above, copying note-  ^ ^ f t ' i f t f t - b o o k s and outlines
are t o be congrat-lpa$$.  sftftulated. It is a poor policy to de-j 
§|§p|ftf f tyliberately copy from some one else  i l g p f t f t
i f t a n d i t .certainly is a bad habit to get  ^ | | S | f t ^ m t o ; ;
•/•;._' •  llstf;ft;ft '•.-ftftftBut t h e r e are
some students, who  SSSftsft-ftdo think it is all right t o copy and 
fjIK^ftftftf:tney do put up a good argument.   §§f§|They:'
say.:ft. . .;. A • , ; '• - • '."- ; :.  ^ ^ | | ^ | i ;
^ ^ : ; W h y ; ' - s h o u l d ' a n y , student have to  ^ ^ f | ^ f t j
! \ B i t f t a n d ' outline page after page of  ^^^SS'^SbmeV'-'book;- on-
a subject he isn't in-  SMa^^*;tiereBted. in and knows, he will never 
findftiise for ? •'! I n compiling . notebooks  ;why spend hour
after; hour  ^ f | | p | o j  gt; y u i g ; ; some one else's "-ideas'; on
a  ^ l l ^ c e r l t a m :f.-.subject', when you don't:- j r i -  ^ ^ ^ ^ |
| ^ i s ; U s ' ^ u s t | plain: busy workfand  *"'"'*"'"'"''"
«prmaiftinBtructoTSy~throw | u p  Last week someone waxed eloquent  on
the lure of the carnival. What  is a carnival except a crass explanation? 
Granted t h a t it has a certain  a t t r a c t i o n by its very novelty.
But,  aside from this its compensations  are few and small. Its tents and 
side shows are grotesque and barbaric.  And, where is the romance  of
doubtful hot clogs and a hundred  vile stenches?  But it draws its quota of
pleasure  seekers, who eagerly catch at a few  crumbs of artificial bliss.
After all  is said and done, isn't this just one  more drug t h a t serves
to keep the  illusion of life from crumbling?  I n a satirical article in
the May  munber of the American Mercury, a  Mr. Gillespie deplores the fact
that  colleges confer degrees in subjects  t h a t really are so much
ballast. He  says t h a t the Bellingham Parish Junior  High School is
offering a course  in the a r t of automobile dodging. We  wonder what Mr.
Gillespie would  t h i n k on hearing Gunnar Berg's lament  that no Doctor
Degrees follow  Boy Scout training.  An editorial of last week takes  space
with the subject of "petting."  "To pet or not to pet," t h a t is their 
question. Is this a question? Aside  from promiscuity, can it not rather 
be termed a biological necessity? If  you would be proper and understood, 
don't call it petting, or m u g g i n g -  call it love!  Friends are
people Avhose peculiarities  are identical with your own.  After all, the
human race is p r e t ty  good considering what it came up  from.  Perhaps
the greatest discovery of  1927 is t h a t angels have no business  except
in heaven.  ^JjMi^ti-]^^^ mere  ^Im^i^i^ta^ijiii^eA fftftilfft students ^ m
s s a "" ••••-••-• •- - 
are interested in any subject they'll  t a k e notes of their own accord
and  will outline any number of pages. If  t h e instructors aren't
original enough  t o think up new subjects for notebooks  and books t o
outline why must  t h e students waste valuable time in  t r y i n g t o
collect material for a notebook  when some one else already has  t h e
material compiled and ready for  use? Why should students have to  make
detailed outlines on subjects  when these outlines may be purchased  very
cheaply and are more complete?  This business of outlining and of  making
notebooks should be done  done away with and the students  should .have the
right t o decide what  subjects they wish to make notebooks  on and
outlines for. If this  could be practiced for awhile we'd  .find out what
we really want t o keep  for future reference and our school  life wouldn't
be one grand rush from  morning until night, trying to get  a number of
chapters copied for a  certain class or in compiling a notebook  t h a t
has t o have so much and  •no more in it t o please some teacher. 
— —-o—  Many students were very much  disgusted with the
article t h a t appeared  on our editorial page last  week. The subject of
p e t t i n g is not  discussed in the higher class college  papers any
more as it has been discussed  pro and con for years and people  will not
change their opinions on  t h e matter no matter how much is  said either
for or against.  Why should such a cheap article be  given as much space,
and space on  t h e editorial page a t t h a t , when there  are so many
things to write about  t h a t are of interest to the students  as a whole?
: Just such an article,  with almost identical wording ; w i l l  be
foundSin any cheap magazine t h at  a s ;Iow T ^ jt-ft  ft gt;: Ourft
iNorinai;;--:? Schbolft'istehasft.tfor':  higher and better things and
therefore  our school paper should stand  for the same things. If the
student  wishes to write let him put his talent  in this line to better
advantage  and let him realize t h a t he is writing  for his school paper
and t h a t the  school paper is above discussing such  a crude subject.  a
 By Barney  I SAY, OLD BEAN, THIS 



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• . ^ m m m m m m m m a  W$m0099S!!zSSSS^£ ,.  mm ia  K?;
gt;:v •••.'-••  NOR BY  Many interesting
events occurred  on the last Viking baseball trip. It  was learned that a
carnival was going  in full blast at Ellensburg, and  as a result McClurken
was connected  with it. It was called "Zeke's One-  Ring Circus."  »
» » *  "Bolivar" Estill, they say, got  sicker than a dog riding
on the whip.  How come Myron?  Eddie Wingard and Bob Wiley  met some of
their old playmates at  Ellensburg, and took them on a fer-ris  wheel ride.
Have a good time  Eddie and Bob?  * * * *  EXTRA! EXTRA!  FLOWER THIEF 
"Hank" Durr steals flowers for  some woman friend at Ellensburg.  It's
tough to be so popular isn't it  Hank?  * » * *  Even though the
Viking Diamond  squad did have a good time on their  trip, they sure
scalped the Ellensburg  Wildcats. The Wildcats might  be good, but Coach
Harold Keeney's  men are better.  « * » *  Heard from an
Ellensburg girl after  dinner:.  . "Where's that curly headed first  sacker
of yours?" Of course she  was referring to Bob Wiley, the  beautiful
blonde.  * * * «  P. S. Bob Wiley hit the ball  three times on the
trip.  * * * *  Ask Zeke why he wanted to get  out of the bus . Keeney and
Cooper  had something to do with it.  * * * *  Art Isaacson was caught
under the  table in Ellensburg. What was he  hiding from?  * * * *  : Bob
Wiley mistook a soup bowl  for a finger bowl and was caught  washing his
hands in it, and wiping  his hands on a napkin.  » » * *  Eay
Odell doesn't want me to say  anything about him, so I won't. I  think he
is afraid of his reputation.  * * * *  All high honors go to Eddie Wingard 
for the homeruns he hit. The  left field fence must have been very  close
to home plate.  o  BELLfNGHAM HOLDS 5  OUT OF 14 NORMAL  RECORDS  Meets
Have Been Held Since '20.  Vikings Have Captured Their  Share of Meets. 
Today is the first day of the Fifth  annual meeting of the tree Normal 
teams in track, baseball and tennis.  I t is the custom of the schools to
be  hosts to the other's teams every  third year so it now comes the 
Viking's turn to extend the welcoming  hand to Cheney and Ellensburg.  The
.first annual meeting was held  in 1923 at Ellensburg, with the Vikings 
coming out as victors in track.  Due to an agreement, the next two  meets
were held here at Bellingham  with another victory scored by the  Vikings
in 1924. In '25 the victory  went to the visiting Red Skins from  Cheney.
Last vyear the meet was  held at Cheney and after a close  competition
Bellingham emerged the  victor again.  During these past five years a set 
of records has been set up. Of the  fourteen records, Bellingham holds 
five; .'..-".••.,•.'.  The records are as follows:  Mile
run—Reed, C, 4:42.2.  Shot put—Large, B., 40»6.%". 
iOO-yard dash—-Fogarty, E, 10.4.  Pole vault—Davis, C; and
Burns,  E- tied; IPS''.  120-yard hurdles—-Howton, C; 16.4. 
Discus—Erickson, C; 123'11".  440-yard Dash—Schwarck, E; 51.6. 
^ H i g h jump—Benken, B; 5'9'\  ; 220-yard da*h-^HannaV B; 22.9. 
^^^eiin^-Sheltoiij B; 176'8".  |o|»6^ya^  ff^^yi^r^dl^^im^ C; 26.2, 
||8Blr^d|j^  WILD CATS MEET SAD  FATEAtHANDS  OFMINGS  Patterson Allows
Sluggers From  Ellensburg Three Knocks  During Six Innings.  "ZEKE" IGNITES
FUSE  Don Patterson, curve ball artist,  set the Wild Cats down Saturday 
morning S-2. Don's slants and hooks  were way too good for the batsmen  who
faced him. Nine putouts were  accredited via the strike-out route.  "Zeke"
McClurken, classy third  baseman, started the fireworks in  the third
inning with a single, Stick -  ney sacrificed him to second, and he  scored
on a double by Odell. The  Vikings were hitting Mr. Haker, opposing 
pitcher, hard, but his support  tightened at the crucical moment to  save
him trouble in the first part of  the game. A base on balls, two stolen 
bases, and two singles counted for  two more runs in the fifth. In the 
meantime the best that Ellensburg  could do was to get thre hits off the 
stingy Patterson in six innings. The  eighth and ninth innings proved
disastrous  for the Wild Cats. Cooper  singled and Wingard hit his second 
home run in as many days, to score  him. " In the' ninth inning "Zeke" 
caught hold of a fast one and poked  the ball into the next lot for a home 
run, scoring two runs ahead of him.  Jack Connars, fast outfielder for the 
opponents, hit a home run to count  for Ellensburg's two tallies.  Box
score, second game—  Ellensburg—  AB R H PO A E  Connors, cf.
.... 4 1 1 1 0 0  Haker, p ... 3 0 1 0 2 0  Boulton, ss 3 0 1 1 3 0  Cote,
3b. 5 1 1 0 1 1  Ruble, If 4 0 0 1 0 0  Hedlund, 2b 4 0 2 1 2 1  McMakin,
lb. .... 4 0 0 13 1 1  Calkowski, rf. .. 4 0 0 4 0 0.  Donalson, c. ... 4 0
0 0 0 0  33 2 6 21 9 3  Bellingham—  AB R H PO A E  McClurken, 3b.
.... 5 2 2 2 4 1  L. Stickney, cf. .... 4 2 2 0 0 1  Odell, 2b .... 5 0 1 2
2 0  Cooper, e .... 5 1 3 0 0 0  Wingard If. .... 4 1 1 ,1 0 0  Isaacson,
ss. ... 3 0 1 2 1 1  Estill, rf. .... 4 0 0 2 0 0  Patterson, p. . .... 4 0
0 0 1 0  Wiley, lb. 3 2 0 G 0 0  38 8 10 15 8 3  Summary—Er rors:
Stickney, Mc-  Clurken, Isaacson, McMakin, Hedlund,  Cote. Earned runs:
Ellensburg  2; Bellingham 7. Doubles: Stickney,  Odell, Cooper, Haker. Home
runs:  Wingard, McClurken, Connars. Struck  out: Patterson 9, Haker 6. 
PROGRAM PUT ON  BY GRADE SCHOOL  (Continued From Page One)  Dance The
Toad's Mistake  Poems:  Two Old Crows ..  The Hare  An Explanation  Vachel
Lindsay  .. Walter de la Mare  of the Grasshopper  Vachel Lindsay  Hilda
Conklin  ....Vachel Lindsay  The Snail :.  The Little Turtle  Songs: 
Little Green Frog Gaynor  Frog Round  A Forest Scene: ,  Trees, flowers,
bears, leaping animals,  birds and squirrels.  Poems:  The Sea Emily
Dickinson  Oreol Hilda Doolittle  The Rainbow Walter de la Mare  The
Mountain Emily Dickinson  The Moon Vachel Lindsay  Song:  The Listening
Wood Ganz  Dance: Sunset Scene  Enter; Fiamma and Giovanni with  their
baskets well filled.. Amata  talks with 'them.  Song: Washington, My
Washington.  Oh Ydur Mkrks  ,;::":V^.:::W :Bud'-:;:V::; gt;:-::-  Oh, hum!
(yawn, yawn) I just  had a dream. Oh ,such a dream. I  wonder if dreams
come true, for if  Well, this is what I dreamed: that  in the ,meet
tomorrow we got 50  points, thereby winning the Tri-Nor-mal  track meet;
that Hemmi took  the 100-yd. dash and the 220 event;  that Meek took the
2-mile run; and  that the Vikings placed in the 440.  * * * *  Oh, yes, I
could see Kirvin Smith  leading the low hurdlers to the tape  and Art Allen
was jumping the length  of the football field.  * * * *  Kewpie Wingard was
chasing little  black cannibals and throwing his  hefty javelins in an
attempt to lay  low his enemies.  * * * *  As the dream faded I saAV Al
Kors-boen  placing as he went over the last  hurdle. You know that Al has
developed  the high hurdles. We wish  him luck.  * * * * •  You know
we all have dreams at  times so you must bear with me in  mine.  * * * * 
The dream ended with a grand set-to  of Vikings, Indians and Wildcats,  all
in a jumble.  * * * #  This may be early or late, (which?)  but it just
came to my mind, (Oh,  yes, I have one) that I heard a  couple of our
Normal students making  a comment at a football game  once.  Sez the young
man, "They say the  fullback is going to kick off."  And sez the
Co-ed—"I didn't know  he had been injured."  » « * # 
Neither did .we.  * « » *  Oh, hum. (yawn, yawn,) I'll see  yuh
tomorrow at the meet. Hope  you don't lose too many milkshakes  or win them
either (they make one  fat).  Tri-Normal Net  Stars To Tangle  on Sat.
Morning  -::- « * *  * it * *  APPLICATION  and  GRADUATION  Photos 
Expert Kodak Finishing  E. J. Jacobson,  Photographer  Mt. Baker Theater
Bldg.  112 Champion St.  RANCH WANTED  WANTED—Hear from owner good 
Ranch for sale. Cash price. Particulars.  D. F. Bush, Minneapolis, Minn. 
MARINELLO  Cosmetic Shop  Permanent Waving, Marcelling,  Facial and Scalp
Treatments,  Bleaching, Hair-Tinting,  Bobbing and Manicuring  Evenings by
Appointment  Room 320 Herald Bldg.  Phone 3040  Arthur Thai 
TeacherofViolin  For Appointment Phone3275-W  VIK. DIAMOND SQUAD  OVERCOMES
WILD  CATJtAM  Normal, After .a Hard Fought  Game of 10 Innings, Wins  by
5-4 Margin.  EDDIE HURLS FAST BALL  Eighh Inning Wingard Hits Homer  Odell
Follows Example in  Ninth Inning  With Eddie Wingard on the hilltop 
pitching wonderful ball and receiving  wonderful support, the Vikings 
triumphed over 'the Ellensburg Wildcats  last Friday afternoon 5-4 in  10
innings. Ed had his fast ball  hopping all ways ^averaging a strikeout  an
inning.  In the third inning "Zeke" McClurken  doubled to left, stole
third,  and went home on a wild pitch, for  the first score. In the next
inning  Ellensburg started the fireworks with  a single. The next man up
sacrificed.  A fielder's choice and an argument  scored two runs for the 
Wildcats. In the next inning a  double and an error scored for Bellingham 
to even the count. In the  eighth Wingard put one outside the  park for a
home run and Odell repeated  in the next inning for two  more tallies.  In
the last half of the ninth the  first Wildcat man up walked, Rubles,  the
next man up, and at the  most inopportune time, hit the first  pitched ball
over the left field fence  for a home run and tied the score.  Thor's
descendants seemed a little-peeved  over the way they had been  treated and
proceeded to gather a  couple of bingles and a walk in the  next frame,
scoring one run to win  the game.  Summary—Earned Runs: Bellingham' 
4; Ellensburg 4. Triple, Odell.  Doubles, McClurken, Wingard, Ruble.  Home
Runs: Odell, Wingard, Rubles.  Struck out: Wingard S; Hedlund 8.  Walked:
Wingard 1, Hedlund 3.  VIKING TRACK STARS  ARE RARIN* TO GO  



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;Sfrp?n  Tea-Hounds ^ahd Sharp-shooters  i u 5 ? Entertained by
Famous  % f Baseball Nine.  ^•^Ii?s the way they cook weenies  on
Coney Island" explained Mr.  Ruckmick, rolling his cold dog  around on the
rusty top of the camp  cook-stove, on the annual Philo picnic.  '•; 
'"But look at the rust!" exclaimed  one Philo, who insisted on sticking 
yfco mores and pointed sticks for  roasting weenies.  "JTice, red-brown
rust," replied Mr.  Ruckmick, stroking the now hot-dog's  side fondly.
"HaveVyou had  your iron today ?"  To say they appreciated the meal  is
putting it very mildly, even if  tea-hounds like Emmeline Moss and  Sverre
Arestad did insist on that  beverage in place of coffee. Who  wouldn't eat,
after an exciting baseball  game between Beighle's team  and Ruckmick's,
not to mention a  treasure hunt, in which Maurice  Thompson captured the.
box of all-day  suckers, which were all promptly  seized by the infuriated
mob at  his heels.  Mr. Ruckmick almost tossed Phil  Sisk into Lake Samish,
after the  bold young gentleman had besmeared  Vera Ginnette's face with
charcoal  till she looked like a minstrel show.  A free-for-all charcoal
fight then ensued,  after which they visited the  lake and rubbed each
others faces  vigorously with wet handkerchiefs.  Thelma Butler and Vera
Ginnette  are ready to testify to the warmth  of the lake waters, having
done the  noble deed of dipping for a real  swim, while the
would-be-sharpshooters  among the fairer sex pointed  away carefully at a
Mississippi  Relief fund badge with Alice Ling-ley's  rifle.  Planned or
not, singing around a  campfire inevitably happens at any  picnic. The
variety of songs was  astounding, extending from the old  favorite of "John
Brown's Body" to  the latest song hits.  All that any Philo could add 
would be to say—"it was a darn  good picnic," and "thanks" to Sverre 
Arestad, who ran.his trusty automobile  out and in on so many trips,  and
insured transportation to most  df the club members.  House Notes  SEHOME
MANOR  Miss Mable Heiserman spent the  week end visiting relatives and 
friends in Seattle.  A dinner party was given at Se-home  Manor Sunday,
covers being  placed for three guests, Wendell  Huklin, Joe Marko of
Seattle and  David Willison of Bellingham.  DARKEN HALL  Nina Anderson and
Delma Isaacson  spent the week end at their  homes in Stanwood.  Edna
Arnason and Vera Anderson  spent the week end at their homes in  Bremerton.
 Lucille Williams spent the week  end in Seattle.  - o — — - 
RAHSKOPF  Horace G. Rahskopf, formerly a  member of the speech department
of  this school, and lately of Willamette  University, has accepted a
position  with the Gurrie School of Expression  at Denver, Colorado. 
SUNSET LODGE  Miss Elinor lies spent the weekend  at her home in Arlington.
 Miss Florence McKehzie spent Saturday  with her parents at Anacortes. 
Miss Stella Lawson had as her  week-end guest Mr. Mortimer Stick-lin,  from
Centralia.  Miss Peggy Smith was a member of  a large fishing party held
Sunday at  "Silver Lake. She tells us, "The boy  friend . and I caught
twenty-three  ;frsh." • QuiteVa fish story.  Misses Miidred Hedberg
and Mary  |Fox were1 guests at a dinner party  "Mast Friday night at the
"Chuckanut  ^§SheU/' gt;;i;,./^; 
:-;.::•:-:,•;•.:•:.•=••:
•-:'*..,•-../  ^p!;JPlans are being
'•omade:-forVthe'--fare-  :S well' partyof^Sunset Lodge. This  U'i
party jwill be the^ main ev^nt of the  ft| quarter;-; AW^elaborate party is
bet  i n g ; pliarined.-by Mary Fox,vthe;social  ?||^ir^tress,i.ahd;
h%rassistant Mildred  MaudWfhifiple Giitesa  Fqsri^ing^ of  A dventures in
China  Mjss Maud Whipple gave an interesting  account of her escape from 
Nanking, China, at the Y. W. C. A.  meeting, last Wednesday. When the 
foreigners, as all English and Americans  are called, received word that 
the soldiers were coming, the women  and children were put on the American 
and British gunboats. While  they were on these boats it was necessary  for
them to fire into' the  city to protect the American consular  party, whose
home was surrounded.  While this was going on  the party, consisting of
twenty-two  foreigners, fled over the wall.  When the Southern soldiers had
 driven out the Northerners the missionaries  hoped to be able to return 
to the city but intead of helping, as  they hoped, the soldiers began
looting  their homes. They took out  everything, including the windows and 
doors. After the soldiers had taken  what they wanted they forced the  mob
to come and finish devastating  the homes. The people of the city  were
kind to the foreigners and  helped them as much as they could.  The
servants of the missionaries  would hide them as soon as they  heard the
soldiers were coming. They  supplied them with Chinese clothes  and
disguised them until their friends  hardly knew them.  Miss Whipple's
brother and sister  did not leave .the city until several  days later. Only
one American missionary,  Dr. Williams, was killed.  All of the rest
reached Shanghai  safely. From fear of the threats of  the American
government that they  must be allowed to come out safely,  the Chinese
officials allowed them  to leave.  The missionaries and teachers are 
hoping that they may soon be able  to return, until then native Chinese 
teachers are trying to carry on the  work in some of the schools. The 
University has been completely destroyed,  WOMEN'S MUSIC CLUB  AND SYDNEY
DIXON  APPEAR IN ASSEMBLY  Mr. Harrison Raymond conducted  the Bellingham
Women's Music club  chorus in an entertaining program in  the assembly
Tuesday.  After a group of songs by the  chorus, Sydney Lawrence Dixon was 
enthusiastically received with his  pleasing tenor voice. His two encores 
"Whip-poor-will" and "Little  Mother of Mine," were equally appreciated. 
The audience was greeted with  something new in the presentation  of a
"Fantasy on a Russian Folk  Song," where the alternate mingling  of the
Chorus, piano and violin played  by John Roy Williams, evolved a  pleasing
uniqueness.  As a conclusion, a group of entertaining  songs was presented
by Mr.  Dixon.  — —o  The Sophomore Class will sell hot  clogs,
ice cream, bars, and other  tempting delicacies during the baseball  game
and Tri-Norinal meet.  Bring "two-bits" and enjoy these  luxuries.  "W. A.
A. Would Be Warblers,"  will have an opportunity to express  their musical
thoughts in the form  of a W. A. A. Song. A special incentive  is a trophy
cup to be given  to, the best song which will be sung  at the Sport's
luncheon, June 4.  No organization is complete without  a club song. Let's
go!  AT LAKE SAMISH  Club Holds Quarterly Function  Friday Evening  at
Resort.  Last Friday the Thespian Club,  boasting. of a perfect attendance,
 journeyed to Lake Samish to hold  their quarterly picnic.  With climatic
conditions ideal and  Thespian spirit rampant, the affair  was easily the
outstanding club event  of the quarter.  Swimming, baseball and horseshoes 
amused the club members until Miss  Kinsman, popular Thespian sponsor, 
gave the call for "Eats."  An informal program around the  bonfire brought
the happy party to  an end.  Graceful Violet  Green Swallow  on the Campus 
For grace and beauty when flying  no bird on our campus compares  with the
Violet-green Swallow. He  is a past master at flying, no angle  being so
sharp, no descent so rapid  but that he can accomplish the act  swiftly and
gracefully.  This beautiful creature is easily  recognized by his pure
white chin,  breast and belly, his rich velvety  bronze-green back and his
dark, violet  wings and tail. He is almost  continually flying stopping
only for  short intervals on some wire or fence  to twitter out his
chattering song.  The Violet-greens made their first  appearance on our
campus about  April 2. They are a summer resident  here and will be with us
until  next fall. Before the advent of  white man upon Puget Sound, these 
birds commonly nested in deserted  woodpecker holes and in natural 
cavities in trees. . Since the coming  of man they have forsaken their
ancient  haunts and now occupy bird-boxes  and crannies of buildings. The 
nest is made of dried grasses, with  or without feathers. From four to  six
pure white eggs are laid.  The song of this SwalloAV consists  of
twittering and creaking notes, as  does that of the Barn Swallow. The 
twitterings are easily recognized and  it is not difficult to tell this
bird  by his song.  New birds to be seen on the campus  during the last
week are:  Barn Swallow—May 12.  Russett-backed Thrush—May 14. 
Pine Siskin—May 15.  : o  LOWERY HOUSE NOTES  Dorothy Stearns, Gladys
Brown  and Elma Mustoner spent the last  week-end a t home in Mt. Vernon. 
Agnes Skaglund visited her home  in Sedro-Woolley during the week  end. 
GRADUATES RECEIVE  v DIPLOMAS ON JUNE 9  LEOWYRTHA CLUB  Plans for the work
of the club  for- next year were discussed by  members of the Leowyrtha
Club at  their regular meeting, Thursday evening,  May 12.  The club is
planning a progressive  program-which will include the study  of stories of
the various nations, and  the contributions of each to literature.  Stories
were told by Miss Dixon,  one of the club's sponsors, and Ro-wena  Farmer. 
Diagonally from Postoffice  'Inexpensive.  119 W. Magnolia St.  We Feature
Ladies  IRON GLAD HOSIERY  The Most Satisfactory Wearing Hose Made  All the
New Shades  Harry E. Bell 122 E. Holly St;  (Continued From Page One) 
Vesta Larson, Kathryn G. Leach,  Leona Leander, La Verne Leatha Lind-fors, 
Alice M. Lingley, Helen H. Lip-pert,  Nina Little, Irma Littler, Mildred 
B. Long, .Mary Margaret Luch,  Ruby'.. D. Mclnnes, Irene McKenna,  Janet
MacKenzie, Irene McLane,  Blanche McLaughlin, Agnes McMillan,  Margaret E.
Magooh, Josephine Mark-ham,  Pearl Markham, Bernice Marvin,  Jeannette G.
Maylor, Eli Moa-wad,  Orlena Moore, Calvin R. Moser,  Emmeline Ruby Moss,
Pauline Nack,  Alma Louise Nelson, Annie • Nelson,  Ellen Booinan
Nelson, Bertha E.  Nickel,. Rica Niemi, Agnes Temple  Noyes, Edna Halida
Olson, Erna A.  Olson, Helen Oman, Bertha Omdal,  Doris L. Orr, Blanche E.
Otin, Myrtle  A. Owen, Esther June Pallas, Irene  Phyllis Palmer, Julia M.
Parks,  Kathleen J. Patana, Don S. Patterson,  Dorothy E. Pease, Fernanda
Pen-nacchi,  Bernice M. Peterson, Edna  Peterson, Ellen Peterson, Evelyn I.
 Peterson, Grace R. Petersen, Lillie  Peterson, Mabel K. Polk, Edna L. 
Priest, Ruth Quaife, Annabel Robinson  Reddaway, Hazel L. Reynolds,  Mabel
Richardson, Geneva Rickard,  Frances B. Riel, Inga N. Ring, Ida-belle 
Ritchie, Nina P. Roach, Martha  E. Robinson, Melva M. Ruppel, Mabel 
Samuelson, Margaret . Sandilands,  Gunhild E. Sather, Olive Schuchard, 
John W. Schneider, Elizabeth E.  Scott, Virginia C. Selmer, Opal N.  Shaw,
Florence E. Shields, Arline Lu-cile  Short, G. Gene Shryock, Ellen  C.
Shines, Phil-Arlan Sisk, Agnes  Skaglund, Kirvin R. Smith, Nellie L. 
Smith, Ethyl La Verne Snelson, Fred  Soehl, Esther C. Spaulding, Genevieve 
Spencer, Lillian M. Spoon, Esther  Steere, Marjorie Olive Stevenson, Anna 
Marie Stewart, Alma Stewart,  Max D. Stewart, Lyman B. Stickney,  Margaret
C. Still, Mabel Strand, Mildred  E. Stratton, Elizabeth Stroup,  Evelyn F.
Tawlks, Verta Templeton,  Debitha PPPPP