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Identifier: wwu:11511
Title: Normal Messenger - 1907 December
Date: 1907-12-01
Description: Cover title: Messenger
Digital Collection: Western Front Historical Collection
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Text preview (might not show all results): 1907_1201 ---------- Normal Messenger - 1907 December - Cover ---------- THE Messenger Bellingham, Washington December, 1907 Marie Odegaard-'06 ---------- Normal Messenger - 1907 December - Page [i] ---------- State Normal Schooll BELUNGHAM, WASHINGTON CALENDAR FOR SCHOOL YEAR 1907-1908: School
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Show more1907_1201 ---------- Normal Messenger - 1907 December - Cover ---------- THE Messenger Bellingham, Washington December, 1907 Marie Odegaard-'06 ---------- Normal Messenger - 1907 December - Page [i] ---------- State Normal Schooll BELUNGHAM, WASHINGTON CALENDAR FOR SCHOOL YEAR 1907-1908: School year opens September 11 , 1907. Second quarter opens November 18, 1907. Thanksgiving vacation—Nov. 28-Dec. 2,1907. Holiday vacation—Dec. 20, 1907-Jan. 6,1908. Second Semester opens February 3, 1908. Spring vacation—April 3 to 7, 1908. Fourth quarter opens April 7, 1908. Annual Commencement—June 11, 1908. «J New classes are organized each quarter. Full new program is offered for the second semester. « New Dining Hall offers an attractive cultured home for young ladies. Completion of the new science annex will provide excellent laboratory facilities for all science work, including laboratories for drawing and manual training. «J Certificates and diplomas may be issued at the close of any quarter of the school year. Students may enter in September or February and find tegular work. Expenses are reduced to the minimum. Illustrated catalogue will be mailed free. E. T. IIATHES, Principal. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1907 December - Page [ii] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS MONTAGUE McHUGH BELLINGHAM. WASH. 20 Per Cent Discount On entire stock this month. All goods marked in plain figures. R e d u c t i o n s are made at time of purchase. ALL HOLIDAY LINES ARE INCLUDED For Modern Hethods in Showing lien's Wear, see Our Wardrobe System TheGage-DodsonCo Hart, Schaffner flarx Clothing for Hen CLOVER BLOCK The Famous Shoe House We have the largest and most exclusive Stock of Shoes on the Bay. : : Agents for "SOROSIS SHOES" THE FAMOUS SHOE HOUSE ---------- Normal Messenger - 1907 December - Page [iii] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS PHONE MAIN 2231 BlRNEY GOODHEART Snrgery, Diseases of Women and X-Ray Work a Specialty Rooms i, 2, 3, 4 and 5, Red Front Bldg Residence Residence Phone Dr. Goodheart—Both Phones Dr. Birney Main 146 Main 1072—Home A 102 Sunset • Ioffice gt; M a i n l634 Automatic • ( °fficf' A $41 Sunset. J R e s i dence, Main 2889 Automatic . j Residence, A 942 24-25 DAYLIGHT BLOCK, ELK STREET DR. CARL M. ERB Specialist Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Glasses Fitted. Office Hours: 9:00 to 11:30 a.m.; 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. Evening and Sundays by Appointments. BELLINGHAM, - WASHINGTON DR. KIRKPATRICK SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN SUNSET BUILDING Office f 10 to 12 a. m. Telephone Main 3243 Hours 1 2 to 5 p. m. Home A 835 Res. Telephone Main 943 DR. WILBUR N. HUNT PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON OFFICE: BELLINGHAM, Rooms 313-314 Sunset Bldg. WASHINGTON ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL BELLINGHAM HEIGHTS PRESCRIPTIONS CALLED FOR AND DELIVERED When You Are Sick Enough To demand the attention of a physician you certainly need t h e help that only t h e best drugs and medicines will provide. Bring your Prescriptions here and that is the kind you'll get. GRAHAM MUNCH OWL PHARMACY „ „ „ _ _ /Sunset, Main 556 Free Delivery J-HONES. 1 Home, A 556 Anywhere Anytime ---------- Normal Messenger - 1907 December - Page [iv] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS DR. C. A. DARLING DENTIST Rooms 18 and 19 Fischer Block Corner Dock and Holly Streets PHONE MAIN 3074 BEIXINGHAM, WASH. Phone Main 3203 Red Front Block DR. E. EMORY ROSS DENTIST MANAGER OF THE CITY DENTAL PARLORS DR. T. M. BARLOW DENTIST Rooms 3-4-5-6 Phone Main 975 Lighthouse Block Residence Home A 862 Office Phone, Main 985 Home A 471 CHAS. L. HOLT, M. D. Specialties: Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Rooms 1 and 2 Fischer Block GLASSES ACCURATELY FITTED HANN PHOTOGRAPHER SUNSET BLOCK Corner Elk and Holly. Phone Main 3325 New Studio and Equipment Modern Methods in Photography Blevator at Holly St. entrance BellingHam, Washington MONARCH RANGES Always the best Absolutely Guaranteed Easy to buy B. B. Furniture Co. Everything to furnish a home ---------- Normal Messenger - 1907 December - Page [v] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS 2 0 Per Cent Discount For Ten Days we will give the above discount on every piece of goods in the house. This includes a complete line of Jewelry, Cut Glass, Silverware, Watches, Clocks, and Fancy Novelties, Gold and Silver Headed Umbrellas, Etc., Etc. GEO. E. LUDWIG Watchmaker and Manufacturing Jeweler Telephone Main 770 311 West Holly Street Bellingham, Wash, TH K CAVE Good Candy is made fresh daily at The Cave, 1240 Elk Street TRY OUR BITTER SWEETS W. O. MORGAN. PROPRIETOR Handkerchief Centers and Linens, Exquisite Handkerchief Laces, Beautiful Ribbons for Opera Bags, Bretteles, Corset Covers and for many other Useful Gifts. IN FAOT EVERYTHING YOU NEED IN "ART ---------- Normal Messenger - 1907 December - Page [vi] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS +*ww%*%s% THE LEADER Fall's Smartest Fashions in Women's Wear. FROM the Fashion Centers of the world we have gathered the most complete stock of Women's Wearing Apparel ever shown by a Bellingham store. Our showing of Women's and Misses' Tailored Suits, Skirts, Coats, Rain Coats, Waists, Costumes and Millinery, is representative of the best thoughts and ideas of the most renowned Fashion Designers. It is extensive and varied as becomes our great Ready-to- Wear Section, where the largest business in women's apparel centers. No matter how high you place your fashion ideas, nor how acute your economical ideas may be, it is only natural that "The Leader," in its position of pre-eminence, should and will meet them in a manner most gratifying to you. We invite you to come and see the show. »%^%%%'% ^%^%^% %%**/»%*/**3 J. W. ROE R. LAMONT Telephones, Main 130 Home, A 130 GREAT NORTHERN FURNITURE CO. ROE LAMONT, Props. Home Furnishers Complete Corner Commercial and Magnolia Streets BELLINGHAM, - - WASHINGTON ---------- Normal Messenger - 1907 December - Page [vii] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS Byron Grocery Co. INCORPORATED DAIRY PRODUCTS AND GROCERIES Our grades of Teas and Coffees are the best. Our Green Vegetables are fresh daily. Our Butter, Cheese and Eggs— no better to be found. Our Canned Goods best on the market. Our prices are right and quick delivery. BYRON GROCERY CO. t Daylight Block 'Phone Main 200 | { Home A 202 5 { 1207 Elk Street BEUJNGHAM, WASH. J MORSE HDW. 60. 1025-1039 ELK ST. Tr^e JVIoden? Hardware Store Phones: Pacific Main 25 Home A 225 BELLINGHAM HAVE YOUR TEETH ATTENDED TO BY RELIABLE DENTISTS WHO GUARANTEE THEIR , WORK WHATCOM DENTAL PARLORS OR. OHAS. O. TURNER. MQR. CLOVER BLOCK ---------- Normal Messenger - 1907 December - Page [1] ---------- THE NORMAL MESSENGER DECEMBER, 1907 LITERARY DEPARTMENT. (By Inez Wyman, A. D. Foster.) THE KILLARNEYS OF WISCONSIN. Many of us have seen the sun set on Men-dota; watched the moon playing in the dancing waves of Monona, and enjoyed the pleasure of Geneva. But for one who loves nature in her more primeval beauty, these scenes are dimmed by those of the rustic Waupaca Chain of Lakes, " t h e Killarneys of Wisconsin." The beautiful group of fifteen lakes, situated about forty miles northeast of Lake Winnebago, is not only interesting because of its present beauty, but for its geological past. The lakes owe their origin to the glaciers, whose handiwork is in evidence in the surrounding vicinity, for the terminal moraine made by the last, or Wisconsin, ice sheet is only some fifteen miles to the west. As the disappearance of the glacier was not effected by one uniform retreat, small terminal morains are found at several intervals, one of which forms a row of hills running in a north and south line just south of two of the larger lakes. The adjacent surface is generally level, with the lake basins dropping abruptly below, but above this plain, large, isolated hills with comparatively flat tops and steep sides rise to a height of one hundred feet. The term chain has been appropriately applied to the lakes. The main part comprises nine lakes, each having an area of not less than ten acres. The largest. Rainbow Lake, contains one hundred and forty-six acres and has the greatest depth, ninety-five feet. They are all on the same level and are separated only in name, being connected by narrow channels, which are passable by rowboats, and a few of them by small steamers. The most romantic of ---------- Normal Messenger - 1907 December - Page 2 ---------- 2 The Normal Messenger these passageways is Indian Crossing, the old historic ford, which joins Round and Columbia Lakes. On the western side, Beasley's brook connects a chain consisting of four much smaller lakes with this main one, and the remaining two of the fifteen lakes, Drake and Miner, which are connected with each other, but not with the chain proper, lie just to the east. The shores are steep, and those of the smaller chains are separated from the water by an intervening belt of grass and tamarack swamp. This invasion of the water's edges, accompanying the accumulation of vegetable mire on the bottom, gives to the water of some a peculiarly black appearance; others have a dull gray appearance owing to their marl bottom. Despite the smallness of the lakes and the limited sweep of winds, the waves and currents have modified the shores, for the exceptionally sandy character of the plains has made erosion at their base comparatively easy. But the cutting back has nowhere been sufficiently rapid to expose any surface bare of vegetation. Aside from their physiographical interest, there is a peculiar fascination about them, for in rowing the half dozen miles necessary to traverse the entire extent of the principal chain, there is an ever changing field of view. High banks contrast with the low; here the dense forest reaches to the water's very edge, and one may pick the pine cones from overhanging boughs, as he passes; there a clearing has been made by the destroying ax, and the meadow or the cornfield come down to the water. Imagine the autumnal picture presented by the shores. Nearby is a maple, touched by King Midas' hand, standing out in bold relief against the scarlet of its mates and the somber red of the many oaks. Beside these are the yellow leaves and white stems of the birch trees and the green of the conspicuous, towering pines. It is in this beautiful retreat that the summer sunbeams early find their way to the dewy graces, brush away the dampness; then go to wake the sleeping water lilies. One by one the ---------- Normal Messenger - 1907 December - Page 3 ---------- The Normal Messenger 3 snowy petals unfold until they look like a fleet of fairy ships, with sails half furled, riding at anchor in their quiet harbor, while here and there a yellow cousin appears among her fairer companions. In this spot, the botanist's hand has left the green lilypads to tesselate every bay and inlet at will. The placid surface of the water reflects "the sky and the wood in their mimic vault, and occasionally the image of a bird or the soft, watery outline of a cloud floating silently through the sunny hollows.'' Turn again the leaves of fancy. It is winter. Ice is upon the lakes, the ground is covered with snow, and the pine boughs are laden with its beautiful whiteness. Now and then a squirrel jumps from tiee to tree, and here and there a rabbit is seen scurrying away to some safe hiding place. Whether viewed in autumn, in summer or in winter, one is silenced by the rustic beauty of the scene; and surrounded by this silvan solitude, he recalls Bryant's words: "The groves were God's first temples, ere man learned To hew the shaft and lay the architrave, And spread the roof above him—ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems, in the darkening wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down And offered to the Mightiest, solemn thanks and supplication." —CORA E. BURR. Extracts from a letter by Miss Ida Baker to the Girls of the Alkisiah Club: October 21, 1907. Broompin Hall. Dear Girls: I am still strenuously resting at Broompin Hall, but as the time draws near for me to go out into the world again I think of you and want to talk to you. I said out into the world, for Broompin Hall is ten miles from a road, half a mile from my nearest neighbor, in a clearing of several acres, walled by the silent, black forests, its only noise the perpetual arguings, bickerings and chatter-ings of Little Deer Creek, at the foot of my clearing. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1907 December - Page 4 ---------- 4 The Normal Messenger I know nothing of what the world is doing. The neighbor who packs for us, and lives a mile away by the trail, some times takes or leaves letters for me in my post box, that is, a cigar box nailed to a tree just where Broompin Hall trail leaves the main trail. None of the little wild denizons of the wood are ever curious about them, not even the mice. But there are few papers; they are too heavy to pack gratis. My daily news items would run something like this: How far has the clearing fire burned during the night in that big log? Has my clover seed sprouted? How many potatoes were there in that last hill? What fine, tender heads of lettuce there are! I 'm using my last can of cream. Just finished tacking a beautiful comfort. The wrens made me a visit today and I sacrificed a tin can, nailing it up in the woodshed, to tempt them to live here. Is my washing, that has been out for three days, dry? Made a cake, without eggs or milk; took the recipe out of my head, which is a dangerous thing to do in town. Miss B., my neighbor three miles away, came to visit me and said the cake was good. There is a beautiful new moon and it floods my clearing at night, peeping into the black shadows of the forest walls. This morning, when I went to the creek to wash potatoes, the blue incense from my clearing fire hung above the brook, apparently pinned there by the trunks of the tall white alders and all shot with the morning sunshine. It is like doing kitchen work in a picture gallery, accompanied by the anthem of the waters. There are frosts at night and the ground steams in the noon sunshine. I grubbed out two square yards of soil today. At that rate, how long will it take me to get an acre under cultivation? My nasturtiums are blooming, and my roses .are growing ---------- Normal Messenger - 1907 December - Page 5 ---------- The Normal Messenger 5 And so on and on, there is no limit to the news items for my bulletin, but you will not find them in the daily paper. The other day I almost met my Waterloo. There was a long dry hemlock log near my back door. A log of reasonable sizes, for I judged that back logs cut from it might be handled by a woman. One end rested across a root. With the cross-cut saw I cut off the jutting end with ease. But then came the long part resting on the ground and root. I knew it was likely to defeat me, and tried to push the log over the stump again, but it was immovable. I saw plainly that by the time I was half through that log its own weight would change the line of at ever so little, but enough to bind my saw. If I could place a prop under it tight enough to keep it straight I would be all right. I could see beautiful angles and lines and material for problems right there before me, but I failed in the Squeers test. Knowing it, I could not go and do it, for I tried to put under the prop. I pulled and pushed and rolled and tugged and—kicked, but to no purpose. I sat down and studied on the subject of levers, and tried again. The saw grew bigger and heavier every time I moved it. If my neighbor, the big Swede, had "been there he could have broken that log's back and been guiltless of any knowledge of angles or levers. I grew discouraged in doing my own clearing and burning and hired the Big Swede to help me. So our Hercules took up the labor and I brought wood and water and cooked the meals. I had a three-course dinner cooked over a fireplace. The days are so short that dinner served at six sent him homle in the dark. So he made himself a torch. He made a bundle as big as my arm and five feet long of long cedar splinters, tied them together in several places, then lighted one end in my fireplace, stood his burn-, ing torch at my table while he found his gun and hat and tools, and then, with his flaming torch on high, plunged into the blackness, light- ---------- Normal Messenger - 1907 December - Page 6 ---------- 6 The Normal Messenger ing the gray branches for a little space about his big frame. It was a pieture that seemed to me to belong to past ages. I. A. B. A VISIT TO FAIRYLAND. This was not like Eva's visit, where the imagination takes one off to worlds unknown and brings up golden visions of a perfect abode, where nothing but imaginative beings can live. Oh, no! this was real; in fact, too real at times to be entirely comfortable. This happened at the Fairyland skating rink a few Saturdays ago. A crowd of jolly Normal students conceived the idea of going down and enjoying an hour or two on the skates. Consequently, at the appointed hour of 10 o'clock, the manager of the rink was confronted with about twenty-five students with skates to be put on. With all expediency he soon had them ready to spin off. Some were there who were much more experienced in other affairs of life than in the sensational exercise of skating. These were puzzled as how to get on their feet and out on the floor. There being a few gallants present this difficulty was soon removed, and all, experienced and unexperienced, were soon moving. Such movements as were made by various would-be skaters to retain their equilibrium, would have brought laughter to the most solemn countenance. Gracefulness was not at first considered, but self preservation was. As one girl asked, "will we get hurt if we fall?" Her question was answered immediately by the sudden movement of her feet in a forward direction with such velocity that a reclining position was her only refuge. Her next inquiry was to know what had happened. She took a short rest, but was on the floor again shortly after. Over in one corner of the rink one fellow was going through maneuvers not much different from the Highland Fling, but he didn't continue, his feet were carried forward and his hoad back. Then he got up and did it right over. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1907 December - Page 7 ---------- The Normal Messenger 7 One young fellow was successful in assisting the ladies for a time, but presently he failed. He was skating with Blanche when something happened; we didn 't know what, but heard her say, '' Oh, I fell down; how humiliating, and I a Junior!'' Just opposite we heard from a tender Freshman, " I 'm down, too, wherever they class me." Over on the opposite side of the room Charlie and Grace were serenely gliding along and as they came past we heard her remark, "Mr. Petheram, you're a beautiful skater; I'm sorry I didn't find it out before." At this period of the game was noticed a member of the Class of '07—now teaching at Friday Harbor—strenuously laboring to make his speed more rapid and his actions less ludicrous. He was soon taken in charge by Dorothy Hughes, who demonstrated her ability to steer him on to smoother courses. Then there came a short delay in progress, caused by a tall Normal fellow who had lost a skate and lay sprawling on the floor. He had but few minutes to grieve, as Sadie came up and for the remainder of the morning made his way easier. As they later left the floor he was heard to remark, "How glad I am that we have so many Normal girls to come to our relief." As the hour approached 12 most all were well satisfied with the morning's pleasure, and when Mr. Leavy reminded them that it was almost bell time at the dormitory they soon dispersed. We have heard since that some of the party have made other visits to the rink. They are evidently learning. A. D. F. f ---------- Normal Messenger - 1907 December - Page 8 ---------- 8 The Normal Messenger SOCIETIES. (By Louise Walker.) SCHOOL DIRECTORY. THESPIAN DRAMATIC SOCIETY. President—A. D. Poster. Vice-President—Belle Crews. Secretary—Alice Pence. Treasurer—Leon Cory. Sergeant-at-Arms—Roy Goodell. Critic—Mrs. Nettleton. YOUNG MEN'S DEBATING CLUB. President—M. A. Thompson. Vice-President—A. D. Foster. Secretary and Treasurer—Mr. Boose. Seargeant-at-Arms—Walter Knapp. Critic—Mr. Bond. ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. President—Roy Goodell. Vice-President—Charles Petheram. Secretary and Treasurer—Louise D. Walker. MUSICAL CLUB. President—Cora E. Burr. Secretary and Treasurer—Lura Jayne. Leader—Miss Moore. ALKISIAH CLUB. President—Veda Forrest. Vice-President—Pearl Stanton. Secretary—Jennie Deichman. Critic—Mr. O'Sullivan. Y. W. C. A. President—Cora E. Burr. Secretary—Olive Kale. Chairmen of Committees:— Finance—Beth Shoemaker. Membership—Agnes Morrison. Bible Study—Dollie Jennings. Devotional—Ethel P. Revelle. Missionary—Grace Barrett. Social—Clara Tarte. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1907 December - Page 9 ---------- The Normal Messenger 9 SENIOR CLASS. President—Louise D. Walker. Vice-President—Beth Shoemaker. Secretary and Treasurer—Grace Hedger. Sergeant-at-Arms—Gertrude A. Peterson. B. B. Manager—Mazie Moore. Class Teachers—Mrs. Nettleton and Mr. Thompson. JUNIOR CLASS. President—A. D. Foster. Vice-President—Mr. Swartz. Secretary—Maude Wescott. Treasurer—Ruby Marston. Sergeant-at-Arms—Mr. Clarke. B. B. Manager—Margaret McDonald. Class Teachers—Miss Hogle and Mr. Epley. FOURTH-YEAR CLA8S. President—Amelia Kesterson. Secretary and Treasurer—Charlotte Claud. B. B. Manager—Emlie Chabot. Class Teachers—Miss Sperry and Mr. Bond. THIRD-YEAR CLASS. President—Pearl Stanton. Vice-President—Harriett Mendenhall. Secretary and Treasurer—Lura Jayne. B. B. Manager—May Call. Class Teachers—Miss Beebe and Mr. Forrest. SECOND-YEAR CLAS8. President—Harvey Smith. Vice-President—Edna Smith. Secretary and Treasurer—Jennie Deichman. Sergeant-at-Arms—Jesse Trimble. B. B. Manager—Anna Hall. Class Teachers—Miss Moore, Mr. O'Sullivan. FIRST-YEAR CLASS. President—Earl Forrest. Vice-President—George Allen. Secretary—Ruth Priehard. Treasurer—Miss Seeley. B. B. Manager—Ruth Harmon. Class Teachers—Miss Cribbs and Mr. Romine. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1907 December - Page 10 ---------- 10 The Normal Messenger THE NORMAL MESSENGER Published Monthly by the Students of THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL BELLI NGHAM, WASHINGTON Press S. B. IRISH Co., lt;^m%M%i gt; 1311 Railroad Avenue EDITORIAL STAFF ROY GOODELL Editor-in-Chiet ETHEL REVELLE - - Assistant Editor-in-Chief INEZ WYNN Literary A. D. FOSTER . . . - . - Literary LOUISE WALKER Societies N. DAVENPORT Athletics HELEN LINDEN Locals CLARA TARTE Alumni LEON CORY . . . . . Business Manager TERMS—FIFTY CENTS A YEAR Address all communications to the Editor-in-Chief, Bellingham, Wn. Issued the first of every month. All copy must be in the hands ot the Editor-in-Chief on or before the 20th of the month. Entered December 21, 1902, at Bellingham, Washington, as second-class matter, under Act of Congress of March 3,1879. Vol. VII. DECEMBER, 1907 No. 2 EDITORIAL. There is at present a great need of a student organization in the school. The Athletic Association is the only student organization we have, and this comprises comparatively few of the students. What we need is an association of which every student is a member. This association should govern all matters pertaining to the student body, i. e., The Messenger, Athletics, and should provide means for different kinds of amusements and pastimes. That students need diversion from their daily grind of school work is a conceeded fact. But if one is not fond of basket ball, no diversion is now offered. We should branch out into different fields of amusements. A movement like this cannot be accomplished by any one society or organization, but must be done by organized effort of the student body. With a comparatively small fee from each the desired result could be obtained. A small sacrifice on the part of each would mean much for all. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1907 December - Page 11 ---------- The Normal Messenger 11 Football in the future will absorb the attention of the student body during the fall months. The team did not make a startling success this year, but it must be remembered that we had only two or three seasoned men at the beginning of the season, and that a few of the twelve candidates had never seen the game played. The season's work, however, has been far from a failure. The football spirit which had been in a dormant state for three years was awakened. Considering that a great many of this year's team will return next year, also that a great deal of new material will come in, the Normal next year will have a "scoring machine," which will hold its own with any school in its class. The students, since returning from their Thanksgiving vacation, are busy wearing the "turkey smile" and counting the days till Christmas, ATHLETICS. (By Noah Davenport.) For the first time in three years the Normal has had a football team in the field. The following schedule has been played: October 26—Normal, 0; Mt. Vernon, 17. November 9—Normal, 0; Anacortes, 18. November 16—Normal, 0; Bellingham, 27. November 29—Normal, 28; Blaine, 0. When the boys started football this year it was with no intention of winning many games, but it was intended to start a football spirit which will grow and grow until the Normal shall get enough young men into the school to start a winning team. We started with no coach and barely enough men to form the eleven, and no one to buck against: The result was, since some of the players had never seen a game, that the team was not drilled for sledge-hammer work. and they ran too much into individual playing. The first two games ---------- Normal Messenger - 1907 December - Page 12 ---------- 12 The Normal Messenger taught the boys that individual playing would not win games. The best coach in town was* secured after the Anacortes game and in four days the team turned out against the Belling-ham High School, played them a game, which has not been surpassed for interest on the local gridiron this year. All the city papers complimented us highly. Our Normal blood being now up we went out to look for Mt. Vernon and Anacortes. They were nowhere to be found. Practice was kept up daily, but neither prayer nor entreaty would coax these two high school teams out of their holes. In short, neither team would play us another game. Then, on the 29th of November, we taught Blaine football to the tune of 28 to 0, and we are anxious to show those other teams the same trick. Next year we are going to have a football team that will win. To Mr. O'Sullivan is largely due what success we have had, and in a large measure what we are going to have. Mr. 0 'Sullivan is a football enthusiast whom we all appreciate, and we take this method of thanking him for his efficient help and encouragement. BASKET BALL. The Normal basket ball team is going to be heard from this year again. Since the football season has ended practice has begun, and the boys, profiting by their last year's experience, are getting down to hard and fast work. A schedule including all the prominent teams in the western part of the state is being arranged, and they expect to bring in a good string of scalps. The Kline Cup contests are going merrily on. Every afternoon may be heard the delightful screams of basket ball girls mingled with the treble of the referee's whistle. Four games have been played. The Freshmen won from the Sophs, but lost to the Third Years in the next battle. The Fourth Years lost to the Juniors, but won from the Seniors. Many are- ---------- Normal Messenger - 1907 December - Page 13 ---------- The Normal Messenger 13 the conjectures as to who will win out, but nothing can be told at present. All classes are taking time to go into the thing right and many exciting games are assured before the contests ^lose. ALUMNI. (Clara Tarte.) Miss Julia Fritz, '04, is teaching at Friday Harbor. Miss Mabel Wright and Miss Mary O'Laugh-lin are teaching near Chelan. Miss Grace Mansfield, '07, is a teacher in one of the Tacoma schools. Miss Bessie Stanton is teaching at Wahl, "Washington. Miss Leslie Hankins is teaching in Rockport, Washington. Miss Ada Meyers, '07, is teaching in her home school at Shelton, Washington. Miss Jennie Byington is teaching on Sam-mish Island, near Anacortes, Washington. Miss Beatrice Armour is now living in Billings, Montana. Miss Ida Crooks is teaching at North Yakima. Miss Winnie Childs is attending Vashon College. Miss Grace Heaton is teaching near Seattle. Mr. Raymond Montgomery is a student at Pullman College of Agriculture. Miss Edith Watson is attending the Seattle High School. Miss Mary Kline was married this summer. Miss Margaret Rosenfield is teaching at Col-ville, Washington. Miss Nellie Leonard has returned to her home in Michigan. Miss Lola Records, '07, is teaching in her home city, Everett. Miss Lois Pebley is teaching at Deming. Miss Alice Gilbert is teaching at Ferndale, and also with her is Miss Bell Comstock. Miss Annette Chase was married this summer to Mr. Clifton Burworth. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1907 December - Page 14 ---------- 14 The Normal Messenger Miss Maud Plummer is teaching in Skagit City, Washington. Miss Daisy Allison is attending the High School at Orting, Washington. Miss Margaret Clauston is teaching at Pleasant Ridge, Washington. Miss Carrie Smith is studying music at the University of Washington. Miss Effie Tuck is attending the Bellingham. High School. Miss Beulah Eaton is teaching at Oak Harbor, near Coupeville, Washington. Miss Cora Conner is teaching at Van Horn, and Miss Selma Beckstrom at Bothel. Miss Blanch Willy is at her home in Tacoma. Miss Hulda Musgrove is teaching at Sultan, Washington. Miss Frankie Frescoln is teaching near Lake Whatcom, Washington. LOCALS. (By Helen Linden.) THE JUNIOR'S SPREAD. The night was growing darker, another day had flown, The Normal stood across the way, dark, gloomy and alone. But everything was ready, the room in perfect trim For the Soph'mores' swell reception, down in the Normal Gym. Arranged around in boxes, golden pumpkin pies, The kind that mother used to make, look good to Junior's eyes So quickly they are summoned from near and from afar, All joy, anticipation, no sad hearts here to mar. 'Twas only in the evening before the guests were there, One lonely little Soph'more, blue eyes and soft brown hair Was left to guard these dozens of luscious pumpkin-pies. And how she stared when Juniors dropped in as from, the skies. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1907 December - Page 15 ---------- The Normal Messenger 15 Alarmed she turned, and flying ran wildly up the stairs, To tell the stronger class-mate this sad state of affairs. Alas! Alas! Sweet Annie, the warning came too late ±or far across the campus the pies were borne in state. Oh, how the Juniors feasted, to each a half a pie, When disappeared the last one, each heard a'happy sigh. 'j.ne cream just meant for coffee, was thick as thick could be, They drank it down with relish, and shouts of boisterous glee. Least said about the apples, 'tis better left untold, They surely needed rip'ning before e'er were sold, But children, don't be worried, the Juniors never would Rebuke for such a trifle when the rest was all so good. That night the Soph'mores reveled 'til after twelve, it seems, While restless tossed the Juniors in weird and troubled dreams. So if you see a Junior with anger in his eye, And wish to see him smiling, just mention "Pumpkin Pie." —A JUNIOR. Miss Evangeline Burns entertained a few friends Halloween night. We are sorry to report thati Miss Nellie Shrum has left school and returned to her home in Monroe. An Eighth Grade Boy—"Is some one dead In your family?" Second Year—"Why do you ask?" Eighth Grade Boy—"Be cause of the red and Mack colors you are wearing." Miss Gray entertained the members of the football team and a few others at dinner Saturday, November 16. Mr. F.—"Good morning, Miss —" Miss —.—"Don't speak to me; I flunked in arithmetic." ---------- Normal Messenger - 1907 December - Page 16 ---------- 16 The Normal Messenger The Third-Year Class gave a surprise party to their class teacher, Miss Beebe, the evening of November 15. The affair took place at the home of Miss Grace Tremain. Roy is a good boy?" We all enjoyed the program whieh the Seniors gave us in Assembly. The Juniors especially, for they decorated the Assembly, having learned in advance of the expected treat. Never-mind, Seniors, it was well done. Clara Eason visited with Mary Lea Pember-ton Saturday, November 16. Her many friends were glad to see her. A Night Owl (passing the dormitory)—"Say, I wonder how many 'kids' stay in that place?" Dean (sotto voice)—"Just 43 'kids.' " The Fourth-Year Class had a party in Society Hall. Saturday evening. November 23. Mrs. Revelle has been visiting her daughter at the Dormitory. We all enjoyed the talk which Dr. Mathes gave us about his recent trip. Mr. Forrest ought to make a good judge (even at a Baby Show). Winifred Walter and Louise Miller entertained a number of friends Halloween night. A good time was reported. Mr. Forrest, illustrating why we should be careful not to drop our (s) in a word: "God help (s) them that help themselves." The Seventh and Eighth-Grade pupils and assistants are to be complimented on their success of the "County Fair." Many Normal students attended and paid marked attention to the fortune-telling ---------- Normal Messenger - 1907 December - Page [viii] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS What Shall I Give? We've a store full of useful articles that will be appropriate as gifts. A few thoughts to their consideration lessen greatly the difficulty of your deciding; more than this, it really will be a pleasure to us to show these goods and help you. Handkerchiefs In this line we are particularly strong. We've many dainty, out - of - the - ordinary s t y l e s . New hemstitched edge, embroidered border style; some have cross bar centers; some have embroidered figures in the centers. 15c, 20c, 25c to 75c Special Reduced Prices on all Suits and Long Coats, etc. Among these suits are the prettiest styles of the season. Reliable Kid Gloves, N e c k w e a r , Pretty Linen Collars, Jabots, Combs, Purses, Belts, Fine Hose. All are acceptable presents. Kaufman Bros. College Brand Nobby Young Mens' Suits We give a B. S. N. S. Pennant with every $5 Purchase RED FRONT ---------- Normal Messenger - 1907 December - Page [ix] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS THE BIG BANK Bellingham Wash. We want all Normal Students to bring their checks to this bank where we will be pleased to cash them and extend any other favors possible. : : : First National Bank Corner Elk and Holly Sts. UNITED STATES DEPOSITARY Blake Hardware Co. —WE SELL— SRORT/NG Fine, up-to-date Cutlery, Jack Knives Scissors. TELEPHONES : MAIN 35 HOME, A 435 130 East Holly Street Bellingham, Wash. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1907 December - Page [x] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS College and ScHool Emblems CLASS PINS FRATERNITY PINS BEREN8' Jewelry and Optical House ENGRAVING FINE REPAIRING NORTHWEST HARDWARE CO. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 8HBLF AND HBAYY HARDWARE BELLINGHAM, - - WASHINGTON WELL DRESSED FEET Have your feet dressed in the approved styles. Our winter and wet weather stock is crowded full of the most dainty and pleasing patterns, for dress or school wear. The old familiar lines, tried and proven reliable. GEO. F. RAYMOND no EAST HOLLY ST. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1907 December - Page [xi] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS H. J. WELTY, Pruldint F. J. WOOD, Vfce-Fmidtnt E. B. M0R6M, Cithltr HOME SECURITY SAVINGS BANK BELLINGHAM, WASH. The only Savings Bank in Northwest Washington P a y s 4- P e r C e n t I n t e r e s t C o m p o u n d e d Q u a r t e r ly KERN'S L E A D I N G C O N F E C T I O N E R Y IN T H E C I TY MAKES PURE ICE CREAM AND CANDIES WE SERVE LUNCHES AND OYSTERS 105 W. Holly Street BEIvLINGHAM, WASH. PACIFIC STEAM LAUNDRY ESTABLISHED 1889 BUSIEST, BIGGEST, BEST Phone Main 126 Home A 738 UDNESS ERHOLM MARZ FRANK M E A T , POULTRY AND F I SH QUICK DELIVERY Phone Main 2221 Home A 552 1047 Elk St., near Morse, BELLINGHAM BEOK OAFE Known as Pavenport E. J. Beck, Prop. O. W. Neelands, Mgr. Patronage of Normal Students Solicited Dock Street . . . . BELLINGHAM, WASH. PACIFIC BINDERY J. E. IMPEY, Proprietor Magazines and Books Bound and Rebound Call and see our new and up-to-date Bindery WHITEHOUSE B'L'G, W. HOLLY ST. Phone Main 164 Home A 164 BELLINGHAM, WASH. VICTOR A. ROEDER, Prest. F. F. HANDSCHY, Cashier WM. G. BROWN, Vice-Prest. H. WIRTH, Asst. Cashier The Bellingham National Bank BELLINGHAM. KASHINSTON CAPITAL STOCK AND SURPLUS St^O.OOO.OO This Bank transacts a general banking business. Highest prices paid for warrants and bonds. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT A thoroughly equipped Savings Department has recently been opened. Accounts in any sum received and interest paid thereon and compounded semi-annually. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1907 December - Page [xii] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS WW W W W ? ? ? ? f ? ? ? f ? f f f ? ? f ? ? f f f ? f f f J. N. S E L B Y CO. B. S. N. S. Penant-Calendars for 1908. HOLIDAY GOODS Now on Display. 204 WEST HOLLY ST. BELLI NGH AM, WASHINGTON RED CROSS PHARMACY Offerman Drug Co. PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS PHONE MAIN 119 HOME A 119 FREE DELIVERY MERRIN WALL PAPER PAINT CO. CAN DECORATE YOUR HOUSE WITH BEAUTIFUL. PICTURES DAYLIGHT BLOCK ELK STREET Xmas Photos SPECIAL Carbon Panel Photos 50c PER DOZEN Cabinet Photos our Specialty. S a n d i s o n S t u d i o °pp°siteGraHdTheatre Phones: Main 989 A 071 BELLINGHAM. WASH. JOHN B. AGEN'S CREAMERY is the name on the best butter. It is guaranteed by the largest dealers on the coast and yet costs no more than unknown makes. INSIST ON IT AT YOUR GROCER'S JOHN B. AGEN BELLINGHAM, WASH. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1907 December - Page [xiii] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS A FEW CHRISTMAS SUGGESTIONS By COLLINS lt; CO. LET US HELP YOU OUT THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON FOR LADIES FOR GENTLEMEN Perfume, Kodaks, Candy, Fountain Pens, Brushes, (Parker) Kodaks, Set of Brushes, Leather Purses, Shaving Sets,. Hand Bags. Cigars. Telephone Main 1485 206 Bast Holly Street H. L, Munro • E. N. Haskell MUNRO HASKELL HARDWARE, TINNING PLUMBING, HEATING 1163 ELK ST. TELEPHONE MAIN ts BellingHam, "WaaH* Larson's Livery Transfer Boarding, Feed and Sale Stables. Wood and Coal. Hacks at all hours. Heavy trucking. Furniture and piano moving a specialty. Express and draying. Brick storage rooms. Cadillac automobiles for hire. Ambulance on short notice. :: :: :: PHONES: SUNSET, MAIN 70; HOME, A 670. W. B. LARSON, MANAGER. - 1328-30 ELK STREET Sixty Per Cent Of. atl headaches are' caused through defective eyes. Little eye defects grow to bite ones if not properly and promptly attended to. WOLL THE OPTICIAN 112 West Holly Street BELLI NQH AM, WASHINGTONPPPPP
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Title: Normal Messenger - 1908 January
Date: 1908-01-01
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Show more1908_0101 ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 January - Cover ---------- THIS NUMBER IS DEVOTED TO THE YOUNG MEN OF OUR INSTITUTION THE ggtaetfineton MARIE- OOtOMtttD-Vb ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 January - Page [i] ---------- Normal 8 gt;t\p$l BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON CALENDAR FOR SCHOOL YEAR 1907-1908: School year opens September n , 1907. Second quarter opens November 18, 1907. Thanksgiving vacation—Nov. 28-Dec. 2,1907. Holiday vacation—Dec. 20, 1907-Jan. 6,1908. Second Semester opens February 3, 1908. Spring vacation—April 3 to 7, 1908. Fourth quarter opens April 7, 1908. Annual Commencement—June 11, 1908. 0 New classes are organized each quarter. Full new program is offered for the second semester. New Dining Hall offers an attractive cultured home for young ladies. Completion of the new science annex will provide excellent laboratory facilities for all science work, in. eluding laboratories for drawing and manual training. Certificates and diplomas may be issued at the close of any quarter of the school year. Students may enter in September ro February and find regular work. Expenses are reduced to the minimum. Illustrated catalogue will be mailed free. E. T. nATHES, Principal. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 January - Page [ii] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS 20 cBBB-TO 50 Ob OFF Everything The greatest bargains in Dry- Goods and Ready-to-Wear Apparel ever offered to the buying public. All now a t your disposal. Everything in the House is Re= duced Absolutely Nothing Reserved MONTAGUE McHUGH BELLINGHAM. WASH. § For Modern riethods in Showing rien's 8 Wear, see Our Wardrobe System [TheGage-DodsonCo. I Hart, Schaffner flarx 1 Clothing for fieri 1 CLOVER BLOCK The Famous Shoe House We have the largest and most exclusive Stock of Shoes on the Bay. : : : : Agents for "SOROSIS SHOES" THE FAMOUS SHOE HOUSE ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 January - Page [iii] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS PHONB MAIN aasi . BlRNEY GOODHEART Surgery, Diseases of Women and X-Ray Work: a Specialty Rooms I, 2, 3, 4 and 5, Red Front Bldg Residence Residence Pbone Dr. Goodheart—Both Phones Dr. Birney Main 146 Main 1072—Home A 102 Sunset • -f o f f i cf. M a i n ,6?4 Automatic • J Office, A 941 bunset. } R e g i d e n c e ( M agJ a 8 8 g Automatic. | R e s i d e n c ^ A ^ 34-35 DAYLIGHT BLOCK, ELK STREET DR. CARL M. ERB Specialist Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Glasses Fitted. Office Hours: 9.-00 to 11:30 a.m.; 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. Evening and Sundays by Appointments. BBLLINGHAM, WASHINGTON DR. KIRKPATRICK SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN SUNSET BUILDING Office f 10 to 12 a. m. Telephone Main 3243 Hours 1 2 to 5 p. m. Home A 835 Res. Telephone Main 943 DR. WILBUR N. HUNT PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON OFFICE: BELLINGHAM. Rooms 313-314 Sunset Bldg. WASHINGTON ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL BELLINGHAM HEIGHTS • PRESCRIPTIONS CALLED ^ POR AND DELIVERED ^B When You Are Sick Enough To demand the attention of a physician you certainly need the help that only the best drugs and medicine* will provide. Bring your Prescriptions here and that is the kind you'll get. m GRAHAM MUNCH ffi ^ B OWL PHARMACY ^B «•»*«... /Sunset, Main 556 FreeDelwery PHONES. I Home, A 556 Anywhere Anytime ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 January - Page [iv] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS DR. C. A. DARLING DENTIST Rooms 18 and 19 Fischer Block Corner Dock and Holly Streets PHONE MAIN 3074 BEIXINGHAM, WASH. Phone Main 3203 Red Front Block DR. E. EMORY ROSS DENTIST MANAGER OF THE CITY DENTAL PARLORS DR. T. M. BARLOW DENTIST Rooms 3-4-5-6 Lighthouse Block Phone Main 975 Residence Home A 862 -Office Phone, Main 985 Home A 471 CHAS. L. HOLT, M. D. Specialties: Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Rooms 1 and 2 Fischer Block BUSSES ACCURATELY FITTEt HANN PHOTOGRAPHER SUNSET BLOCK Corner Elk and Holly. Phone Main 3325 New Studio and Equipment Modern Methods in Photography Jtlevator at Holly St. entrance BellingHam, W a s h i n g t on MONARCH f RANGES B. 1 Ev B. Fur erything to f • " ^ Always the best VI Absolutely J l Guaranteed H Easy to buy niture Co. urnish a home ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 January - Page [v] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS Geo. E. Ludwig WatchmaKer and Manufacturing Jeweler EN6RAVIN6 AND SPECIAL ORDER WORK Jewelry, Cut Glass, Silverware, Watches, Clocks and Novelties, Gold and Silver Headed Umbrellas Telephone Main 770 311 West Holly Street Bellingham, Wash. TH K CAVE Good Candy is made fresh daily at The Cave, 1240 Elk Street TRY OUR BITTER SWEETS IV. C. MORGAN, PROPRIETOR :i_Wi«*vs~~ an Handsome Serges for School Skirts - lt; f . y. and Gym Suits—42 inches wide.... »' w e l 0 , 50 inches wide.... $1,25 " Muslin Underwear—Good Hosiery "V Mt MUMNGS ™W TS ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 January - Page [vi] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS »/%•«*%**% %*/%%/%% lt;%%^%^%^%%^ THE LEADER Smartest Fashions in Women's Wear FROM the Fashion Centers of the world we have gathered the most complete stock of Women's Wearing Apparel ever shown by a Bellingham store. :: Our showing of Women's and Misses' Tailored Suits, Skirts, Coats, Rain Coats, Waists, Costumes and Millinery, is representative of the best thoughts and ideas of the most renowned Fashion Designers. It is extensive and varied as becomes our great Ready-to- Wear Section, where the largest business in women's apparel centers. No matter how high you place your fashion ideas, nor how acute your economical ideas may be, it is only natural that "The Leader," in its position of pre-eminence, should and will meet them in a manner most gratifying to you. We invite you to come and see the show. %%%%%%%%%i J. W. ROB JR. UMONT Telephones, Main 130 Home, A 130 GREAT NORTHERN FURNITURE CO. ROE LAMONT, Props. Home Furnishers Complete Corner Commercial and Magnolia Streets BELLINGHAM, - - WASHINGTON ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 January - Page [vii] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS Byron Grocery Co. INCORPORATED DAIRY PRODUCTS AND GROCERIES I Our grades of Teas and Coffees are the best. Our Green Vegetables are fresh daily. Our Butter, Cheese and Eggs— no better to be found. Our Canned Goods best on the market. Our prices are right and quick deliverv. BYRON GROCERY CO. | 5 Daylight Block 'Phone Main 200 5 I Home A 203 » J iao7 Elk Street BEU.INGHAM, WASH. | MORSE HDW. 60. 1025-1039 ELK ST. Tl?e ^oderi? Hardware Store Phones: Pacific Main 25 Home A 225 BELLINGHAM HAVE YOUR TEETH ATTENDED TO BY RELIABLE DENTISTS WHO QUARANTEE THEIR WORK WHATCOM DENTAL PARLORS OR. OHAS. G. TURNER, Mam. OLOVER BLOCK ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 January - Page [1] ---------- THE NORMAL MESSENGER Published Monthly by the Students of THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Press S. B. IRISH Co., lt;30^S?gp 1311 Railroad Avenue EDITORIAL STAFF ROY GOODELL Editor-in-Chiel ETHEL REVELLE - - Assistant Editor-in-Chief INEZ WYNN Literary A. D. FOSTER Literary LOUISE WALKER Societies N. DAVENPORT Athletics HELEN LINDEN Locals CLARA TARTE Alumni LEON CORY Business Manager TERMS—FIFTY CENTS A YEAR Address all communications to the Editor-in-Chief, Bellingham, Wn. Issued the first of every month. AH copy must be in the hands of the Editor-in-Chief on or before the 20th of the month. Entered December 21, 1902, at Bellingham, Washington, as second-class matter, under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Vol. VII. JANUARY, 1908 No. 3 THE NUMBER OF MEN IN THE TEACHING PROFESSION. The popular impression that the number of male teachers in our American schools is decreasing both relatively and absolutely is confirmed by official statistics. From the report of the U. S. Commissioner of Education for 1904-05 we learn that the percentage of male teachers in the United States in 1870 was forty-one, in 1890 it was thirty-four, in 1900 it was thirty, and in 1904-05 it was twenty-four. In the present State of Washington the numbers were for 1870, forty-six per cent, forty per cent in 1890, twenty-nine per cent in 1900, and twenty-four per cent in 1904-05, the same as for the country at large. In both state and nation the decline has been continuous, but the rapidity greatest within recent years. The causes of the change are evidently not local and are probably to be sought first in the unparalleled demands for both skilled and unskilled labor at wages more inviting than teachers usually obtain, with greater freedom from petty parental annoyance and political ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 January - Page 2 ---------- 2 The Normal Messenger v interference, and with more flattering promises of promotion. The tendency of boys to leave school at an early age and of girls to continue has reversed the former proportions prevailing among those posessed of elementary or high school training. Thus an increasing proportion of women are adding to their native qualifications for teaching the acquired one of scholarship and are thus better fitted for teaching our elementary schools where the greatest numbers of teachers are employed. Furthermore, young women in increasing numbers, from desire or from necessity, are becoming wage-earners and by their competition with each other and with men tend to depress the wages of teaching in which so many women are finding employment. The result of all these conditions is to reduce the number of young men who can or will enter the teaching profession and to increase the number of young women who can and will teach. That any further decrease in the proportion of men in the teaching profession should occur is universally regarded as undesirable. The prevention of a further reduction will necessitate better pay for teachers, greater security of position, and a higher standard of professional qualification. PRANK DEERWESTER. ADVANTAGES OP TEACHING AS A BUSINESS FOR A YOUNG MAN. The young man who takes up teaching as a life work, expecting to gain wealth as measured by money, is doomed to disappointment. But the young man who is filled with a desire to be a factor for good in the world; to lighten a brother's burden; to be the moulder of true character and the builder of patriotic citizenship has a boundless field for labor. He can become the silent power that moves and moulds the community in which he labors. "As is the teacher so is the school," and as the school so is the community. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 January - Page 3 ---------- 1 The Normal Messenger 3 It may be a great pleasure to be at the front in the battle of business, but it must be a greater pleasure for the teacher, who is preparing the young for the commercial struggle, to look on and see how his training has made the boy not only a captain of industry, but also an intellectual and moral giant whose every act is tempered with justice and mercy. One honest business man is worth more to the world than a score of those who gain wealth by questionable means. The teacher who has turned the wayward boy into the path which leads to an honest and upright manhood has accomplished a greater good than he who leads a devastating army or amasses a monument of gold. There is pleasure in growth. The life of the teacher is one of continual growth. It is a late and false notion that wisdom and usefulness in the school room decrease with age in the true teacher. The salary is only a small part of the pay that the teacher receives. As the years go by he can look back with pleasure upon the work he has done. Now and then he will be delighted by a letter of appreciation from some pupil who has been benefited. A knowledge that there are many who do not think to write, yet have a feeling of gratitude, will give him a crown of joy that money could not buy. The true teacher may not have his name recorded in history. He may at last rest in an unmarked and neglected grave, overgrown with weeds and briars, yet his influence will spread out over the lives of his pupils in ever increasing circles. This influence will in a large measure control the action of the future citizens. No greater reward can come to any man. J. T. FORREST. DISADVANTAGES OF TEACHING AS A BUSINESS FOR A YOUNG MAN. While the business of teaching has many advantages and compensations, it does have features that are not attractive and that can not be ignored. One of these disadvantages ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 January - Page 4 ---------- ./ 4 The Normal Messenger which appeals strongly to a man as he grows older is that he is a foreign element in a community. He is generally regarded as a "bird of passage." He can not take an aggressive part in political or social movements of the community where he teaches, except at the peril of sooner or later losing his position. It is not difficult for a disaffected faction to secure a business or a political leverage upon his school board with the result that he may be discharged. While teachers MAY stay in a place for many years, in practice they rarely do so. The teacher is not only under a board of directors at all times, but in addition must please the people as well. He thus has more masters to please than a young man in commercial life. The work of teaching is quite different from commercial or other forms of work. It is idealistic or altruistic and looks for its reward not alone to salary, but also to the satisfaction of seeing the race uplifted. Hence it is that teaching tends to unfit a man for other lines of work. This same result is also hastened by the fact that the teacher usually deals with minds more immature and hence less acute than his own, and long used to such minds he becomes more and more unfitted for conflict with minds his equal or superior. The effect of teaching upon the disposition is often noticeable. The teacher at his work is used to saying to this one, '' Go,'' and he goeth; to that one, "Come," and he cometh. Outside of the school room he is liable to retain the habit of dictating, and this incurs the displeasure of his fellows. The rewards of the teacher are certain, but they certainly are not large. Nearly every other business holds out many chances of fortune or large competence which are a constant stimulus to do one's best. Not so to any great extent the teacher's work. He must watch himself constantly lest he become a fossil and out of date. This is especially true after the novelty of teaching has worn off and the subject matter is familiar. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 January - Page 5 ---------- The Normal Messenger 5 The teacher must keep up appearances and this necessitates incurring many expenses which the size of his salary and common prudence would forbid. Many young men aspire to college positions and view with longing eyes the apparently large salaries of those positions. But the expense of living, the show that must be kept up cut the salary down so that the college professor often takes roomers and boarders to piece out his income. The long and expensive preparation now necessary for such positions is often forgotten. It now seems necessary to spend at the least calculation seven years of time beyond the high school in order to become eligible to a university chair. And the money expenditure for so long a period of study can not be much less than $3,500. It really seems that teaching is the business par excellence for wealthy young men. They can afford the expensive preparation. They can live beyond the slender salary afforded. They may assert their opinion freely, knowing, as do their directing boards, that they can not be driven from town or bread be cut off from wife and babies' mouths by turning them out of position. It therefore seems that the young man who would teach must be strongly altruistic, care little for the things that wealth can buy, finding his greatest pleasures in helping others, and be content to wield his influence, not through personal contact with the world, but rather through the lives of his pupils. F. W. EPLEY. ACADEMIC WORK OFFERED. During the development of the public school system in our state it has been found advisable to offer both academic and professional training in the State Normal Schools. The wisdom of this plan was demonstrated long ago in older states, where even at the present time few Normal School may be found that offer only professional courses, and the limited number of High ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 January - Page 6 ---------- 6 The Normal Messenger Schools in our state has rendered academic work in our Normal Schools a real necessity. At the present time a large number of the subjects taught in the average high school are offered in the Normal Schools of our state, and we give below a general list of these studies. In literature, courses are given in English and American classics, Rhetoric and Composition, History of English Literature, History of American Literature, English Grammar, and an intensive study of several standard English masterpieces. In the foreign languages, classes are conducted in Latin and German. In history, classes are taught in Ancient History, European History, English History, American History, History of Political Institutions, and Sociology. In the sciences, laboratory courses are offered in Botany, Agriculture, Zoology, Biology, Geology, Physical Geography, Commercial Geography, Physics and Chemistry. In mathematics, instruction is offered in Algebra, Plane and Solid Geometry, Trigonometry, and Higher Arithmetic. Classes are also taught in the subjects of Vocal Music, Drawing, Manual Training, Oral Expression, Psychology, and History and Philosophy of Education. In addition to these courses many classes are offered in professional subjects, including thorough reviews of all common school branches. Students who do not expect to enter the teaching profession may attend a Normal School in the state by the payment of a tuition fee of ten dollars per semester. Those who pay the tuition fee do not sign the "pledge of intention" to teach school. Any young man or woman of good moral character and sixteen (girls, fifteen) years of age may enter a State Normal School in Washington and enjoy the privileges offered by the institution. E. T. M. WORK ACCEPTED B7 OTHER INSTITUTIONS. A large number of students have entered other institutions of learning after completing ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 January - Page 7 ---------- The Normal Messenger 7 their work at the Normal School, and the following statement will give a general idea of the advanced standing granted to our graduates by some of the leading colleges and universities. Two graduates from our advanced courses who entered the University of Michigan received full credit for the freshman year and part credit for the sophomore year; one graduate who entered Oberlin College was given full credit for the freshman year and half credit for the sophomore year, and another graduate secured practically the same standing at the University of Minnesota. We are also informed that the University of Wisconsin offers special two-year college courses for graduates of approved State Normal Schools. Our own State University accepts a total of fifty-six credits from Washington Normal School graduates toward a total of one hundred and twenty-eight required for graduation from the University. Our State College also grants advanced standing to Normal School graduates upon practically the same basis as our State University. It should also be added that many other excellent institutions have accepted grades from our institution and given full credit for the same. Many letters have been received from eastern institutions calling the attention of our graduates to the lines of work they offer for advanced study. It is the steadfast aim of our faculty to make our academic work equal in character to that offered in the best schools in the land. E. T. M. POSITIONS SECURED. During the past eight years one hundred and eighty-seven different young men have attended the Normal School. Of this number, eighteen have received diplomas; five, secondary Normal School certificates; seven, elementary certificates; and a total of one hundred and ten have taught in the public schools of the state. While the number of young men in attendance has always been small comparatively, they have been young men of high ideals and clean moral ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 January - Page 8 ---------- S The Normal Messenger characters. Never in the history of the school have our young men brought dishonor to the institution. Eight of the graduates from the advanced courses have entered other institutions and continued their education. In addition to these a large number of other young men have made preparation in the Normal School for admission into other institutions or have taken special courses preparatory to the work of teaching. The following list indicates what our young men graduates are doing at the present time: George R. Bright—Teacher and farmer, Riffe, Wash. Chas. O. Curry—Deceased. C. H. Bowman—Principal of Schools, Lynden, Wash. Thomas Korstad—Teacher of Science, High School, Wenatchee, Wash. Martin Korstad—At-torney, Seattle, Wash. Thomas Monnett—U. S. Collector of Revenue, Su-mas, Wash. L. A. Jones—Principal of schools, Nooksack, Wash. Earl Morris—Art student, Philadelphia. F. W. Rhodes—Teacher of Mathematics, High School, Seattle, Wash. Burton Doran—Teacher, Public Schools, Skagit Co. L. A. Kibbe—Principal of Schools, Tumwater, Wash. Harry F. Raymond—Student of Music, New York City. Guy S. Allison—Principal, McKinley Building, Taco-ma, Wash. Andrew Anderson—Student University of Washington, Seattle Wash. Byrd Anslow—Principal of Schools, Port Orchard, Wash. H. W. Copeland—Principal of Schools, Ephrata, Wash. Walter Nichols—Principal of Schools, Friday Harbor, Wash. Roger Williams—Principal, Ward School, Renton, Wash. OPPORTUNITIES TO SECURE WORK. During the past eight years nearly three hundred students have secured places to work for their board while attending the Normal School. The school has always been able to secure a place for every student desiring an opportunity to work for his board, and many young men are able each year to secure good positions where they receive cash payment for work by the hour in doing odd jobs, or receive a regular monthly ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 January - Page 9 ---------- The Normal Messenger %J salary for giving a definite number of hours of work each day. To illustrate the kind of work open to young men while attending school, we enumerate some of the different calls that have lt;jome to the office during the past few months: The janitorship of a church, at $8.00 per month; janitorship of a club house at $8.00 per month; janitorship of a business house at $20.00 per month; two routes for carriers on daily papers on commissions paying from $6.00 to $12.00 per month; place to work for board and room in family hotel; position as mailing clerk in daily newspaper at good salary; place to take care of offices for room rent, and a position to care for a private yard. In addition to these positions numerous other inquiries have been made -asking for young men who will accept regular employment on Saturdays, and scarcely a day passes without calls for young men to do odd jobs around private homes. The Normal School also gives employment each year to several young men to assist in the janitor work of the buildings. Occasionally students are employed to serve as office assistants to members of the faculty. Compensation for these services averages about $10.00 per month. GENERAL INTEREST IN YOUNG MEN. Seldom have the interests of the male student been fostered so well as by the Bellingham Normal. Her care does not end at the class room; she follows the young man out into the world, even assisting him to secure employment during and after school days, tnd thus many a worthy student is enabled to earn an education. The Normal School also requires physical training and generally encourages athletics. She has engaged an experienced athlete as Physical Director for men, and a former Iowa football star to assist him in coaching the football team. What is vitally essential to success in athletics her faculty and student-body encourage the games. For instance, more than half of the faculty and almost half of the •student body attended the football game be- ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 January - Page 10 ---------- 10 The Normal Messenger tween the Normal and Bellingham High School teams November 28, 1907, and supported the team. But the care of the Normal extends beyond the material interests of the young man; desiring that he be able to make the most effective use of his knowledge, she offers him every inducement to proficiency in declamation and debate. Besides the required training in the Department of Oral Expression and Literature, she offers an hour's credit for a year of faithful work in any one of the numerous literary,, dramatic, historical and debating societies. The Debating Club, meeting weekly and debating some current questions, as supplemented by forensic speeches and set orations, offers splendid training. Moreover, the Board of Trustees offers two annual prizes in debate of Forty and Twenty Dollars. The First National Bank of Bellingham also offers a prize of Twenty-five Dollars in declamation. Any student is eligible for the preliminary contests, which are held in February each year, and the victors contest in the finals in June. Last year the declamation contest was won by Mrs. Faith Pope, and Mr. G. S. Allison, in a brilliant speech, carried off first honors in debate. Then the faculty attempts to bring the students together and to make them feel at home. The Dormitory has been established as a social center, not only for the hundred students who-gather daily at its board, but also for the students who board about the city. Special efforts are made to entertain those students who are obliged to remain in Bellingham during vacations. The ladies of the faculty hold student receptions occasionally and the science department, combining work and pleasure, organize excursions to places in the vicinity of Bellingham, rich in scientific and historic suggestion. To crown all, a grand excursion among^ the beautiful isles and limpid waters of Puget Sound is usually given under faculty auspices annually in June, and if the weather is good the steamer goes through the Straits of Juan de Fuca to the Pacific. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 January - Page 11 ---------- The Normal Messenger 11 Finally, the Normal School offers many opportunities to the student to broaden and deepen his character by social relations with a high-minded and cosmopolitan student body. Each class holds a reception annually, to which all students are invited. Student jaunts and picnics to Lake Whatcom and Lake Padden are frequent, and the students publish a monthly paper. The Messenger, which promotes the social life. J. 0'SULLIVAN. ATHLETICS. True education looks to the harmonious and symmetrical development of the various powers and faculties of the human body and soul. Fortunately it is unnecessary to cite arguments in proof of the foregoing assertion, since it is universally believed that the body needs the training of carefully directed physical culture. It is proof sufficient that the Y. M. C. A. and kindred organizations are dotting the country with gymnasiums and the people receive them gladly. While, in my judgment, much harm has been done in our schools of higher learning in overdoing the school athletics, there is a place in every school for properly regulated athletics. Especial stress should be placed upon the cultural and ethical side of education, but the bodily should in no wise be neglected. The present is an age of competition, and it is highly desirable that the student enters into competitive games—school competitions; inter-scholastic competitions; class competitions. The spirit of competition should be encouraged, since it gives vim and enthusiasm to the participants. It is the policy of the Department of Athletics of this Institution to interest and instruct the young men in those games which will likely be the ones taught to the pupils of the schools to which our young men go as teachers. The athletics of the school are under the supervision of a faculty committee, which acts in conjunction with the Athletic Association formed from the student body. While membership to ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 January - Page 12 ---------- 12 The Normal Messenger this body is wholly voluntary, yet a large percentage of the students are members. The young men have long had a winning basketball team, that game being the one receiving especial emphasis because of the inclemency of the winter weather. The school is provided with a gymnasium of ample size for a splendid basket ball game. For several years the team of thia school has held its own with the best teams of the Sound. This year football was the game of the fall months. The school put out a team which developed into a strong one as the season progressed. It played with several high school teams in this part of the state. In the spring the attention of the athletics will be turned towards baseball and track events. While participation in these games is voluntary on the part of the student, he is required to spent at least two hours per week in some kind of directed physical culture. Thus it is that the recreation and amusement of the student are cared for. E. A. BOND. ACCEPTANCE OF CREDITS. All students upon entering the Normal School will be granted credit for work done in other schools, provided the work has been completed under competent instructors and is approved by the credits committee of the Normal School faculty. Full information concerning the regulations for acceptance of credits will be furnished by the Principal upon request. CORRESPONDENCE. It is probable that this bulletin does not answer fully all questions which many young men may wish to ask concerning the work of the school, and all readers are therefore cordially invited to correspond freely with the Principal concerning the advantages offered by the institution. Copies of the annual catalogue and other literature will be mailed free upon request. EDWARD T. MATHES, Principal. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 January - Page [viii] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS Attend Kaufman Bros/ January Sale or SUITS, COATS , SKIRTS, WAISTS, 1 HATS College Brand Nobby Young Mens' Suits We give a B. S. N. S. Pennant with every $5 Purchase RED FRONT ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 January - Page [ix] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS THE BIG BANK " t Ka m We want all Normal Students to bring their checks to this bank where we will be pleased to cash them and extend any other favors possible. : : : First National Bank Corner Elk and Holly Sts. * UNITED STATES DEPOSITARY Blake Hardware Co. —WE SELL— SRORT/NG m • • • Fine, up-to-date Cutlery, Jack Knives Scissors. TELEPHONES : MAIN 35 HOME, A 435 130 East Holly Street Bellingham, Wash. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 January - Page [x] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS College and School Emblems CLASS PINS FRATERNITY PINS Jewelry and Optical House ENGRAVING FINE REPAIRING NORTHWEST HARDWARE CO. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL S H E L F A N D H E A VY H A R D W A R E BELLINGHAM, - - WASHINGTON WELL DRESSED FEET Have your feet dressed in the approved styles. Our winter and wet weather stock is crowded full of the most dainty and pleasing patterns, for dress or school wear. The old familiar lines, tried and proven reliable. GEO. F. RAYMOND no EAST HOLLY ST. Call and see the new Electric Chafing Dish Whatcom County Railway and LigHt Co. BAY AND HOLLY HOME B 111 SUNSET EXCHANGE 7 ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 January - Page [xi] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS H. i. WEITT, PmMmt E. I . MONM. Cnktar HOME SECURITY SAVINGS BANK BELLINGHAM, WASH. The only Savings Bank in Northwest Washington F a y s 4- P e r C e n t I n t e r e s t C o m p o u n d e d Q u a r t e r ly KERN'S LEADING CONFECTIONERY IN THE CITY MAKES PURE ICE CREAM AND CANDIES WE SERVE LUNCHES AND OYSTERS 105 W. Holly Street BELLINGHAM, WASH. PACIFIC STEAM LAUNDRY ESTABLISHED 1889 BUSIEST, BIGGEST, BEST Phone Main 126 Home A 738 UDNESS ERHOLM MARZ FRANK MEAT, POULTRY AND PISH QUICK DELIVERY Phone Main 2221 Home A 552 1047 Elk St., near Morse, BELLINGHAM F?^IC CAF-tZz K n o w n a s Davenport E. J. Beck, Prop. O. W. Neelands, Mgr. Patronage of Normal Students Solicited Dock Street . . . . BELLINGHAM, WASH. PACIFIC BINDERY J. E. IMPEY, Proprietor Magazines and Books Bound and Rebound Call and see our new and up-to-date Bindery WHITEHOUSE B'L'G, W. HOLLY ST. Phone Main 164 Home A 164 BELLINGHAM, WASH. VICTOR A. ROEDER, Prest. F. F. HANDSCHY, Cashier WM. G. BROWN, Vice-Prest. H. P. JUKES, Asst. Cashier The Bellingham National Bank B E L L I N G H A M , CUASHINOTON CAPITAL STOCK AND SURPLUS Si40,000.00 This Bank transacts a general banking business. Highest prices paid for warrants and bonds. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT A thoroughly equipped Savings Department has recently been opened. Accounts in any sum received and interest paid thereon and compounded semi-annually. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 January - Page [xii] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS rA•wAwA'vA-wAWA WA AWA AWAWA Aw AWA WAWA wA AwAwAwAwAw AvA AwA wA A •A AwA Aw y J. N. S E L B Y CO. 307 WEST HOLLY ST. Keep constantly in stock full lines of ScKool Supplies BELLINQHAM. WASHINGTON RED CROSS PHARMACY Offerman Drug Co. PRESCRPTION DRUGGISTS PHONE MAIN 119 HOME A 119 FREE DELIVERY MERRIN WALL PAPER PAINT CO. CAN DECORATE YOUR HOUSE WITH BEAUTIFUL PICTURES DAYLIGHT BLOCK ELK STREET I A L Carbon Panel Photos 50c. per Doz. S n d l S O r i S t u d i O Opposite GrandTneatre Phones: Main 989 A 071 BELLINQHAM. WASH. JOHN B. AGEN'S CREAMERY is the name on the best butter. It is guaranteed by the largest dealers on the coast and yet costs no more than unknown makes. INSIST ON IT AT YOUR GROCER'S JOHN B. AGEN BELLINGHAM, WASH. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 January - Page [xiii] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS Iff J J Y PONT YOU GET A KODAK? Pictures taken now will be treasures in the future $5 to $ 1 00 COLLINS lt;£ GO. Druggists a n d KodaK FolKs Telephone Main 1485 206 Bast Holly Street H. L. Munro £. N. Haskell MUNRO HASKELL HARDWARE, TINNING PLUMBING, HEATING 11G3 ELK ST. TELEPHONE MAIN i2 Belling'Ham, "WasH. Larson's Livery Transfer Boarding, Feed and Sale Stables. Wood and Coal. Hacks at all hours. Heavy trucking. Furniture and piano moving a specialty. Express and draying. Brick storage rooms. Cadillac automobiles for hire. Ambulance on short notice. :: :: :: PHONES: SUNSET, MAIN 70; HOME, A 670 W. B. LARSON, MANAGER. - 1328-30 ELK STREET Sixty Per Cent Of all headaches ate caused through defective eyes. Little eye defects grow to big ones if not properly and promptly attended to. WOLL THE OPTICIAN 112 West Holly Street BELLI NQH AM. WASHINGTONPPPPP
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Title: Normal Messenger - 1908 February
Date: 1908-02-01
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Show more1908_0201 ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 February - Page [i] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS MONTAGUE McHUGH Every Article in the Store to Reduce this Month We must Move all Fall and Winter Goods Everything in the Store this month is offered at a Discount of from 20 to 50 per cent from regular retail price. Come and see. MONTAGUE lt; McHUGH BELLI NGH AM. WASH. AGENTS FOR BUTTERICK PATTERNS For Modern Hethods In Showing Hen's Wear, see Our Wardrobe System TheGage-DodsonCo. Hart, Schaffner Harx Clothing for flen CLOVER BLOCK The Famous Shoe House We have the largest and most exclusive Stock of Shoes on the Bay. : : : : Agents for "SOROSIS SHOES" THE FAMOUS SHOE HOUSE ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 February - Page [ii] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS FHONB MAIN 3381 BIRNEY GOODHEART Surgery, Diseases of Women and X-Rmy Work a. Specialty Rooms i, 2, 3, 4 and 5, Red Front Bldg Residence Residence Phone Dr. Goodheart—Both Phones Dr. Birney Main 146 Main 107a—Home A 10a c„„«,„« • / Office, Main 1634 Automatic • I ° f f i c f •A 9*1 Sunset: j R e s i d e n c e gt; M a £ 2889 Automatic. {R e s i d e n c e ) A ^ 24-25 DAYLIGHT BLOCK, ELK STREBT DR. CARL M. ERB Specialist Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Glasses Fitted. Office Hours: 9:00 to 11:30 a. m.; imo to 4:30 p.m. Evening and Sundays by Appointments. BMXINGHAM, WASHINGTON DR. KIRKPATRICK SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN SUNSET BUILDING Office f 10 to 12 a. m. Telephone Main 3243 Hours l 2 to 5 p. m. Home A 835 Res. Telephone Main 94} DR. WILBUR N. HUNT PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON OFFICE: BELLINGHAM, Rooms 313-314 Sunset Bldg. WASHINGTON ST. JOSEPHS HOSPITAL BELLINGHAM HEIGHTS • PRESCRIPTIONS CALLED JK FOR AND DELIVERED ^M When You Are Sick Enough To demand the attention of a physician you certainly need the help that only the best drugs and medicines will provide. Bring your Prescriptions here and that is the kind you'll get. • GRAHAM MUNCH m OWL PHARMACY ^B «•»•»••———————^—^^P-—— « _ „ . _ . . /Sunset, Main 556 Free Delivery PHONES. ^ n o m e j A. 556 Anywhere Anytime ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 February - Page [iii] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS DR. C. A. DARLING DENTIST Rooms 18 aud 19 Fischer Block Corner Dock and Holly Streets PHONE MAIN 3074 BELLING HAM, WASH. Phone Main 3203 Red Front Block DR. E. EMORY ROSS DENTIST MANACER OF THE CITY DENTAL PARLORS DR. T. M. BARLOW DENTIST Rooms 3-4-5-6 Phone Main 975 Lighthouse Block Residence Home A «6a Office Phone, Main 985 Home A 471 CHAS. L. HOLT, M. D. Specialties: Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Rooms 1 a nd 2 Fischer Block GLASSES ACCURATELY FITTED HANN PHOTOGRAPHER SUNSET BLOCK Corner F.Ik and Holly. Phone Main 3325 New Studio and Equipment Modern Methods in Photography Elevator at Holly St. entrance BellingHam. Washington MONARCH* RANGES Always the best Absolutely Guaranteed Easy to buy B. B. Furniture Co, Everything to f u r n i sh a home ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 February - Page [iv] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS Geo. E. Ludwig WatchmaKer and Manufacturing Jeweler EN6RAVIN6 AND SPECIAL ORDER WORK Jewelry, Cut Glass, Silverware, Watches, Clocks and Novelties, Gold and Silver Headed Umbrellas Telephone Main 770 311 West Holly Street Bellingham, Wash. THK CAVE Good Candy is made fresh daily at The Cave, 1240 Elk Street TRY OUR BITTER SWEETS W. O. MORGAN. PROPRIETOR S. B. IRISH CO. PRINTING WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF ENGRAVED CARDS AND WEDDING STATIONERY 1311 RAILROAD AVE. fflERSfflt , B U L New Embroideries — New Laces Sahlin Waists—ftabo Corsets Agents for Ladies' Home Journal Patterns lOc. and 15c. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 February - Page [v] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS gt;%*%**%%*%*%% %^%%*%*/%' THE LEADER Smartest Fasbions in Women's Wear FROM the Fashion Centers of the world we have gathered the most complete stock of Women's Wearing Apparel ever shown by a Bellingham store. :: Our showing of Women's and Misses' Tailored Suits, Skirts, Coats, Rain Coats, Waists, Costumes and Millinery, is representative of the best thoughts and ideas of the most renowned Fashion Designers. It is extensive and varied as becomes our great Ready-to- Wear Section, where the largest business in women's apparel centers. No matter how high you place your fashion ideas, nor how acute your economical ideas may bet it is only natural that "The Leader," in its position of pre-eminence, should and will meet them in a manner most gratifying to you. We invite you to come and see the show. lt; %S*%^%* % ^ % ^ % * %%/*%/%% lt;%% lt; J. W. ROE R. LAMONT Telephones, Main 130 Home, A 130 GREAT NORTHERN FURNITURE CO. ROE LAMONT, Props. Home Furnishers Complete Corner Commercial and Magnolia Streets BELLINGHAM, - - WASHINGTON ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 February - Page [vi] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS Byron Grocery Co. INCORPORATED DAIRY PRODUCTS AND GROCERIES Our grades of Teas and Coffees are the best. Our Green Vegetables are fresh daily. Our Butter, Cheese and Eggs-no better to be found. Our Canned Goods best on the market. Our prices are right and quick delivery. BYRON GROCERY CO. 5 Daylight Block 'Phone Main 200 I £ Home A 202 5 J 1207 Elk Street BEUINGHAM, WASH. | MORSE HDW. 60. W25-1039 ELK ST. Tfye JWoderr? Hardware Store Phones: Pacific Main 25 Home A 225 BELLINGHAM HAVE YOUR TEETH ATTENDED TO BY RELIABLE DENTISTS WHO GUARANTEE THEIR WORK WHATCOM DENTAL PARLORS OR. CHAS. O. TURNER, MQR. CLOVER BLOCK ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 February - Page [vii] ---------- Jenkins Transportation Co. THE RAMONA, I lt;ake Whatcom's Fastest and Finest Passenger Boat : : : Between Silver Beach {White City), Geneva and RAMONA PARK RAMONA PARK, The most beautiful Picnic Grounds on the Lake Fine Dance Pavilion, Seats, Swings and Tables EVERYTHING FREE FARE 10c. For charter to any point on the Lake GEO. A. JENKINS, Phone Main 2712 Owner ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 February - Page [viii] ---------- MISS CORA BURR MISS MARY LEE PEMBERTON ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 February - Page [3] ---------- THE NORMAL MESSENGER FEBRUARY, 1908 LITERARY DEPARTMENT. {A. D. Foster, Inez Wynn.) A paper prepared for arithmetic methods by Miss Ruby Marston The pedagogy of Jesus r rum uie luur uuspeis we learn that desus gave uuL lung discourses ur lectures, but snort • pregnant sayings and parables. These sayings nave a siyle peculiar to themselves, winch dir-lerentiates them lrum the Proverbs or any other Biblical literature. The Proverbs generally compare the way of a bad man with that of a good man. i hey represent not the healthy aspirations 01 youth, but the gouty pessimism of old age looking back on youthful indiscretions. The sayings of desus, on the other hand, are the instinctive expression of a normal, healthy mind. He never argued with a man, but appealed to those things which ail would recognize as true. .is compared with the Decalogue, Jesus' sayings are immeasurably superior. The commandments hold up an evil before the mind and say : "Thou shall not," and straightway the desire to possess that evil is aroused if it was not in the mind before, and strengthened, if already there. Jesus' sayings are all positive. When the Pharisees said, "Master, which is the great commandment in the l a w / " Jesus did not say, "Thou shalt not," but, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind." Thus Jesus, consciously or unconsciously, taught according to the pedagogical principle that to be good or to do good, one must think of the good rather than of the exclusion of evil. Whatever the mind continually dwells upon wrill unfailingly exclude all else. It is not unlearning bad habits that is to be emphasized, but learning new and better ones. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 February - Page 4 ---------- 4 The Normal Messenger The parables of Jesus have been universally admired. Though in common use at his time it is said that they were never used so extensively or so well by anyone as by Jesus. This was be-caused He used them so aptly. When asked a question, He would not answer positively or negatively, but instead would tell a story, a parable, which told his answer so clearly and drove home the truth he wished to teach so surely that his hearers were convinced. The great value of the parable is its teaching by concrete examples. The 35 parables of Jesus may be catalogued as follows: 10 about the Flocks and Field. 1 about the Sea. 10 about Home Relations. 5 about Business. 3 about The State. 4 about Society. 2 about Religion. It will be noticed that all these topics concern the every-day life of the people to whom he was speaking. The interpretation of these parables has caused much difference of opinion and that of itself is of great pedagogical value. These parables were given to sift the crowd and compel them to think if they would find his meaning. And so the teacher is successful only when he leads the child to think for himself and then draw his own conclusions. The parable of the Good Samaritan shows admirably how Jesus brought his stories down to the very lives and experiences of the people, and compelled them, if they were honest, to answer their own question as He would have answered it himself. It tells how the Rabbi rose up from his seat among his students and said, as Jesus was passing by. "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life"? We know what the Rabbis enjoin, but what sayest thou?" Jesus did not answer directly, but said, "What is written in the Law? How readest thou ?" Then ((noting a passage which every Jew repeated in every morning and evening prayer, He ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 February - Page 5 ---------- The Normal Messenger 5 answered, '' Thou shalt love the Lord, thy God, with all thy heart * * *," and added in a Jewish sense, "' and thy neighbor as thyself.'' "Thou hast well said," said Jesus. "This do and thou shalt live." This answer hardly left room for anything further, but the Rabbi would not be balked, so he continued: "But who is my neighbor f Then Jesus answered indirectly again, but with a story so near the lives of this Rabbi and his students that no one of them could fail to be convinced of the truth he wished to teach. l ie told of the man going down from Jerusalem to Jericho over the steep, dangerous way, known as the Bloody Road. How some robbers overtook him and stripped him of his clothes, beat him when he resisted, and then were off, leaving him half dead. He told of the priest, who on his way home to Jericho, was busy reading his copy of the law. As he came near and saw the wounded man he hastily crossed over and passed by on the other side. Then he told of the Levite, also from the temple, who came, and when he saw the injured man, stepped over to him and stood for a time looking at him, but presently crossed the road and walked on. Finally he told of the Samaritan who was traveling that way, and who, when he saw the poor man, went to him, and, alighting from his mule, bound up his wounds, set him on his own beast and brought him to the khan. There he had every care taken of him, stayed with him through the night and at daybreak, when business called him to depart, he told the keeper of the khan to take care of the poor stranger and he would recompense him for it upon his return. ' ' Which of these,'' said Jesus, '' do you think was neighbor to him who fell among the robbers?" And the Rabbi, even before his students, bad to own that he was beaten; that the hated Samaritan was, no doubt, his neighbor. Then Jesus made his story come home to ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 February - Page 6 ---------- 6 The Normal Messenger thein by saying, '' Go and do thou likewise.'' Ail Jesus' parables stimulated self-activity and prevented mental stagnation. .No principle of pedagogy is more fundamental than this. His teaching was by concrete lessons from such tilings as interested his listeners, most probably they were object lessons. He taught by positive precepts, thus creating ideals oi right living and habits of right thinking. His teaching was most forceful and convincing because he took old ideas and gave them new life. liUBY MAJKSTOiN. OUR NEED OF ENGLISH. The (irst essential of a modern education is the ability to express thoughts intelligently— clearly and forcibly. The strong man is handicapped if lie lias not a command of language. in evwy community we hud moral men, of splendid ability, inefficient in public affairs because they have not learned to express their ideas forcibly, that is, in a way to convince their fellow men. and they fail to exert the influence in their community which is expected of the educated man. Swift calls good style the proper word in the proper place. We delight in being entertained by such a style; and although this precision is desired, we have no sympathy for those who are finical or affected in their use of language. By the study of the best writers we get their thoughts, and these thoughts expressed witli a large vocabulary, in the most finished style, with copious illustrations and figures to give exactly their shade of meaning. A study of such helps us to express our ideas clearly, and easily. We find ourselves gaining power in expression and dissatisfied with the stunted vocabulary which may contain but few time-worn terms which cease to be discriminating. Not the least of our study of English is the ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 February - Page 7 ---------- The Normal Messenger 7 satisfaction in the familiarity we get with fine p.issages of imagination. Certain characteristics of thought and pleasure are reflected through the language; and the imagination, when led by the rich thoughts of those who are skilled in opening their minds to us, will often furnish inure pleasure than the immediate association with dozens of fellows who have nothing new to oifer. The style of every well written article in the magazines gives us pleasure in studying both the author and his production. \\ hen once we have cultivated a love for good iiierature, as has been well said, the society of kings and princes is open to us. Note the pi easing strain from Charles Lamb: *' VY nat an antique air had the now almost effaced sun-dials, with their moral inscriptions, seeming coevals with that time which they measured and to take their revelations of its flight immediately from heaven, holding correspondence with the fountain of light! How would the dark line steal imperceptibly on, watched by the eye of childhood, eager to detect its movement, never catched, nice as an evanescent cloud, or tiie first arrests of sleep. Ah! yet doth beauty like a dial-hand Steal from his figure, and no pace perceived I What a deau thing is a clock, with its ponderous embouelments of lead and brass, its pert or solemn dullness of communication, compared with the simple altar-like structure, and silent heart-language of the old dial!" ilore excellent in sentiment and equal in polish are the following lines from Tennyson, in which King Arthur utters his last words at the close of his wondrous career, just ere the barge moves from the brink: " I f thou shouldst never see my face again, Pray for my soul. .More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. Wherefore, let thy voice Rise like a fountain for me night and day.' For what are men better than sheep and goats That nourish a blind life within the brain, If, knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 February - Page 8 ---------- 8 The Normal Messenget Both for iheinselves and those who call thein menus i .for so tne vvnoie round earth is every way jjounu uy gold cnains about me xeet ol (iod." i H t S ^ I M I A BARBrtrtA iVhSSiON. Tins romantic old mission over whose orchards and gardens tne invigorating breezes ol the ocean nave swept these nundred years has iieid ner own against the on-siaughts of time. It is uovv perhaps tiie most xamous ol the group oi oiu missions, ri was uegun m lbli) and completed in lo2U. .built of hewn stone with buttresses and uoubie towers holding six beilsj it is a most beautiful building. At the zenith of her prosperity there were gathered within her ponderous, vvaiis a community of nearly two hundred and fifty adobe buildings, whitewashed and tiled, and floored with a newly discovered sort of bitumen. Secularization was less devastating here than elsewhere. Just as of old, cowled monks walk and pray in the mission garden, treading the same path beneath the trees as did the friars of long ago. Courteous and pleasant ever, they lead the visitor into the ancient chapel and dwell at length upon the treasures that were gathered there in the past. An air of ancient sanctity pervades the chapeJ, that in tile stillness is solemnly impressive and moves the visitor to speak in whispered tones. The incense that has burned these scores of years has perfumed dome and pillar, its heavy breath denying life to the weakly sunbeams that strive to enter. The most important treasure of Santa Barbara Mission is a portion of the true cross, brought from the Holy Land. There are also massive books of parchment, illuminated, and rare old manuscripts descriptive of the life and scenes of former days in this country. A fashionable city has arisen at the feet of the old mission monks, but they regard it not. A trolley car brings curious tourists to their doors, but the ways of the Santa Barbara Fathers are those of long ago. Like aged pil- ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 February - Page 9 ---------- The Normal Messenger \) grinis dreaming by their fireside they seem to be living in the past. They certainly have no present worthy of the name. But the visitor who lias within his soul a spark of emotion and appreciation of the sad sublimity of departed glories cannot help but feel that the world is not so old but that it still contains all the romance, the poetry, and rosy glamor of its youthtul years, Eor in this peaceful spot, sheltered by the neighboring mountains, stands one of the most magnificent and romantic structures ever erected to our Lord in the beautiful "Land of Sunshine." —SELECTED. SOCIETY. (By Louise Walker.) A very enjoyable evening was spent at '"Eden's Hail," Friday, January 2-4. A farewell party, given in honor of the graduating class, Mary Lea Pemberton and Cora E. Burr, and the girls who are leaving the Hall at the close of this semester, Mazie Perrault and Belle Parrott. The party was a mask affair, and many original costumes were in evidence. One of the features of the evening's entertainment was mock commencement exercises, at which the following impromptu programme was given, Dr. Mathes presiding in cap and gown: Address to Class—President Judson, Chicago University. Vocal Solo—Miss Moore. Oration—"After Graduation What?" Miss Burr. Oration—"Parting of the Way." Mary Lea Pemberton. Class Song—"The Brave Old Seniors." Presentation of Diplomas—Dr. Mathes. Presentation of Honorary Degrees—By Dr. Alexander Jeremiah Hezekiah Jones, Phd. D.D. LL.D. D.D. S.—E. T. C, University of Podunk Center. At the close of the exercises an informal re- ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 February - Page 10 ---------- 10 The Normal Messenger ception was held, at which the graduates received many congratulations. During the evening recitations were given by Mrs. Nettleton, Zelma Wingard and Margaret Bird. The Bride and Groom took the prize tor be-' ing the best looking couple. The refreshments consisted of ice cream and cake. The Young Men's Debating Club "is no more." They have disbanded lor the year. A new society has been organized, its name is "The Athenian." All students are invited to join. The officers are: President, Mr. Charles Leavy; Vice-President, Evangeline Burns; Secretary and Treasurer, Grace Griffiths. Mr. O'Sullivan, Critic. The Choral Club furnished music for the first mid-winter commencement exercises, January 31. The Second Year Class had their " d a y" postponed, but instead secured a graphophone from Sherman Clay Co. and gave a very pleasing and instructive concert on December 13. We will hear from them again later. Assembly hour, Friday, January 21, was the Third Year's day to entertain the school. The class is only twenty in number, but numbers didn't count in this case. The scene from "Hamlet" was well received. Lois Whitney, as Hamlet, deserves especial mention. Miss Allen and Miss Umbarger also played their parts well. Miss Mazie Perrault's vocal solo, "Save Me and the World Is Mine," was rendered in a very pleasing manner, as was also Miss Max-son's Irish impersonations. The tennis drill of sixteen young ladies was good. The class song was the closing feature of the morning's entertainment. This was original, being written by two members of the class. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 February - Page 11 ---------- The Normal Messenger 11 The First Year Class furnished a very en-, tenaining programme for tlie assembly hour on rriuay, ueceinDer 1'6. i n e nrst xive selections, consisting oi readings ana a song, altnougn worthy oi mention, were so lar superseded by the pantomine whicn closed me exercises that we will not consider them in this article, but pass on to the play, which Alias Lriobs dramatized irom a poem: "The Three Covers, ' by Will (jarleton. As JVIISS Cribbs read the description of each character, the person representing that character walked across the stage, First came Laaium bmith, impersonated by Miss Seely, and a very good farmer she made. Miss .Nichols Look the part oi Liakim's wife. It was evident from the applause that all thought the place well tilled, fiess, the conscious young daughter, tripped across the stage, casting coy glances at the gentlemen in the audience. Karl Forrest made a very admirable "monstrous young hulk," as the poet called Bessie's farmer lover, The second lover was represented by Miss Bar7 ker, who acted the dandy to perfection and ilirted desperately with Miss Bess. Young Patrick made love to her on the sly and openly carried out her lather's orders to keep the others away. Most of the success of our entertainment must be attributed to Miss Cribbs, one of our class teachers. The rest of the honor we, as a class, relinquish to Mr. Romine, our other class teacher. FIRST YEAR STUDENT. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 February - Page 12 ---------- 12 The Normal Messenger THE NORMAL MESSENGER Published Monthly by the Students of THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL BEWNGHAM, WASHINGTON Press 3. B. IRISH . Co., ajj^jfe^scp 1311 Railroad Avenue EDITORIAL STAFF ROY GOODELL Editor-in-Chiet ETHEL REVELLE Assistant Editor-iu-Chiet INEZ WYNN Literary A. D. FOSTER - Literary LOUISE WALKER - - - - - Societies N. DAVENPORT Athletics HELEN LINDEN Locals CLARA TARTE Alumni LEON CORY - - - - - Business Manager TERMS—FIFTY CKNTS A YEAR Address all communications to the Editor-in-Chief, Bellingham, Wn, Issued the first oi every mouth. All copy must be in the hands ol the Editor-in-Chief on or before the 20th of the month. Entered December 21, 1902, at Bellingham, Washington, as second-class matter, under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Vol. VII. FEBRUARY, 1908 No. 4 EDITORIAL. The regular editorial stuff take in charge the editing of the paper after a rest of one month. How many students have accustomed themselves to calling the once "Dormitory" or "Dining hall," "Eden's Hall?" The Board of Trustees have established the custom of holding a mid-year commencement. This will mean that students who finish at the end of the first semester will not have to come back in June to be formally graduated. High school students can enter at mid-year as well as in September. Some of our readers will be glad to hear that word has been received concerning the time and place of the next Northwest Summer Conference of the Young Woman's Christian Association. The conference, since its beginning, ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 February - Page 13 ---------- The Normal Messenger 13 has been held each summer, either at Gearhart or Seaside, Oregon. Any girl who has ever attended one of these conferences knows what it means. She will never forget the ten beautiful days spent at the seaside—the great towering hills, the miles of shining white beach, the grand old ocean, and the soft sea breezes, which made her feel so like a new person. No, she will not forget these, nor will she forget the many girls from the other schools of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana, whose beautiful Christian characters made such an impression on her life. And the leaders—the girl can never forget them. The strength, purity, love, and the exquisite sweetness of their lives touched her innermost soul and lifted her to a much higher plane of living. She realized that there was something which all might have and which she had been missing all her life. She learned, too, how she might make this something hers. The spirit of the conference was beautiful. The whole atmosphere so uplifting—and restful. Everything was in perfect harmony—and when the time came to leave there was not a girl who did not feel that she had spent a delightful ten days and hoped that she might go again next year. The next conference will be held at Seaside, the same as last year, but from June 19th to 30th, instead of the later summer. No girl can afford to miss it. ATHLETICS. (By N. Davenport.) The Kline contest has ended and the Junior five are the victors. The last game was played Friday, February 7th, between Fourth Year and Junior teams. Score, 13 to 4. This Junior team was the victor last year. The line-up was as follows: Center, Pearl Barnett; forwards, Dorothy Jennings and Clara Tarte; guards, Grace Slaght and Hazel Horn. The contests started out with a vim this year, the First Years, Second Years, Third Years and ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 February - Page 14 ---------- 14 The Normal Messenger Seniors all put on teams at the start, but these soon gave wax* to the fast junior and .Fourth l e a r teams, so that almost ail the games were forfeited, without playing', to the latter teams. BOYS' TEAM. The .Normal team has made a good showing among city players, but as yet have played no outside games. They have a good schedule arranged and expect to take a trip as far east as the Eilensburg formal. The team is a fast one this year and they have just now blossomed out in new suits. They will, no doubt, make a good record this season. ALUMNI. Miss Lena Dodd is enjoying a second year oi teaching at Kalama, Wash. Miss Lena Smith is teaching music in one of our city schools. Miss Juanita Ambrose is teaching in Kelso, Wash., and also studying music. Miss (Jelestine Shea is teaching at Auburn. Miss Hulda Peterson is principal of a school near Tacoma. Miss Irma Whittier is teaching at Foster, near Seattle. Miss Minerva Lawrence is at Snohomish, teaching domestic science. Miss Grace Smith and Miss Amy Moyer are teaching in our Bellingham schools. Miss Elizabeth Souders is teaching at Auburn, Wash. Mr. Max Hipcoe has been attending the " U . , " but on account of his eyes had to give up his studying, and at present is assisting in the office of the institution. Miss Florence MeKeen is teaching at lien ton, Wash. Miss Tyra Thompson is teaching in Tacoma. Wash. Miss Velma Moorman is teaching drawing in one of the schools at McMurray, Wash. Misses Evelyn Jones, Laura Vale, Ethel ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 February - Page 15 ---------- The Normal Messenger 15 Waite, Pearl Van Ostrand and Elva Duncunson are teaching at Ferndale, Wash. Miss Jessie Ferris is now Mrs. N. E. Watson and lives at Oak Harbor, Whidby Island. Miss Bertha Myer is teaching at Lynden, Wash. Miss Bessie Boyer and Mr. Enzo Loop, former students of the Normal and teachers at East Sound, Orcas Island, were married at Puyallup on December 26th. Mr. and Mrs. Loop will reside at Puyallup, Wash. Miss Althea Nuttall has accepted a school near her home, Coupeville, Whidby Island, and will teach there the remainder of the year. WE EDITORS. Editing a school paper is a nice thing. If we publish jokes, people say we are rattleheaded. If we don't, we are fossils. If we publish original matter, they say we don't give enough selections, they say we are too lazy to write. If we don't go to church, we are heathens, if we do we are hypocrites. If we remain at the office we ought to be out looking for news items, if we get out then we are not attending to business. If we wear old clothes they laugh at us. if we wear good clothes they say we have a pull. Now what are we to do? Just as likely as not some one will say we stole this from an exchange. So we did.—Ex. How long does it take Margaret to see a joke ? Can Harvey steer a sled down the slide in front of school? The skating rink is as popular as ever on Saturday mornings. " Before and After!" When did this notice appear ? Several new students have entered this semester. Make them welcome. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 February - Page 16 ---------- 16 The Normal Messenger LOCALS. Mr. Hughes, city superintendent of schools, gave an interesting talk to the teachers on January 15. Miss Belle Parrott and Maizie Perrault left school to begin teaching this semester. If money talks, As we've heard tell, To me it always says: "Farewell." The first mid-year graduation exercises were held Friday, January 31, when Misses Cora Burr and Mary Lea Pemberton received their diplomas. Following the exercises a reception was held. Miss Burr and Miss Pemberton have both secured positions in Tacoma's schools. Tis wrong for any maid to be Abroad at night alone; A chaperon she needs, till she Can call some chap 'er own. —Ex. Don't forget to say "Eden's Hall." Miss Gray gave a masquerade party at Eden's Hall, Friday, January 24, in honor of the two graduates. Miss Seeley has returned to her home. Roy and Morton distinguished themselves in Assembly when the Second Years had cleverly hung a Junior in effigy. He was bashful—so was she. As they approached the fair one's domicile, she said, beseechingly: "Zekyl, please don't tell anybody you beau'd me home." "Sorry," said he; "don't you mind; I am as much ashamed of it as you are." ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 February - Page [ix] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS The New Suits iot Spring W E invite you to come and see the collection of New Spring Suits, Waists, Voile Skirts, Millinery and Fancy Novelties. It will be of interest to you for the Suits you can get, even if you are not prepared to buy. We can show Earliest Spring Check Suits at from $18 up. You'll be surprised at the reasonableness of prices. Kaufman Bros* College Brand Nobby Young Mens' Suits We give a B. S. N. S. Pennant with every $5 Purchase RED FRONT ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 February - Page [x] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS THE BIG BANK " « - We want all Normal Students to bring their checks to this bank where we will be pleased to cash them and extend any other favors possible. : : : First National Bank Corner Elk and Holly Sts. UNITED STATES DEPOSITARY Blake Hardware Co. —WE SELL— SPORTING GOODS Fine, up-to-date Cutlery, Jack Knives Scissors. TELEPHONES : MAIN 35 HOME, A 435 130 East Holly Street Bellingham, Wash. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 February - Page [xi] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS College and ScKool Emblems CLASS PINS FRATERNITY PINS BERENS' Jewelry and Optical House ENGRAVING FINE REPAIRING NORTHWEST HARDWARE CO. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL SHELF AND HBAYY HARDWARE BELLINGHAM, - - WASHINGTON WELL DRESSED FEET Have your feet dressed in the approved styles. Our winter and wet weather stock is crowded full of the most dainty and pleasing patterns, for dress or school wear. The old familiar lines, tried and proven reliable. GEO. F. RAYMOND no EAST HOLLY ST. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 February - Page [xii] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS H. J. WELTT, PTMHMI E. I . M0R8M, Citkltr HOME SECURITY SAVINGS BANK BELLINGHAM, WASH. The only Savings Bank in Northwest Washington F*ya 4- P e r C e n t Interest C o m p o u n d e d Q u a r t e r ly KERN'S LEADING CONFECTIONERY IN THE CITY MAKES PURE ICE CREAM AND CANDIES WE SERVE LUNCHES AND OYSTERS 105 W. Holly Street BELLINGHAM, WASH. PACIFIC STEAM LAUNDRY ESTABLISHED 1889 BUSIEST, BIGGEST. BEST Phone Main 126 Home A 738 UDNESS . ERHOLM MARZ . FRANK MEAT, POULTRY AND FISH QUICK DELIVERY Phone Main 2221 Home A 552 1047 Elk St., near Moi-ee, BELLINGHAM BECK CAFE Known as Davenport E. J. Beck, Prop. O. W. Neelands, Mgr. Patronage of Normal Students Solicited Dock Street - - - . BELLINGHAM, WASH. PACIFIC BINDERY J. E. IMPEY, Proprietor Magazines and Books Bound and Rebound Call and see our new and up-to-date Bindery WHITEHOUSE B'L'G, W. HOLLY ST. Phone Main 164 Home A 164 BELLINGHAM, WASH. VICTOR A. ROEDER, Prest. F. F. HANDSCHY, Cashier WM. G. BROWN, Vice-Prest. H. P. JUKES, Asst. Cashier The Bellingham National Bank B E L L I N G H A M , (BASHINGTON CAPITAL STOCK AND SURPLUS $140,000.00 This Bank transacts a general banking business. Highest prices paid for warrants and bonds. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT A thoroughly equipped Savings Department has recently been opened. Accounts in any sum received and interest paid thereon and compounded semi-annually. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 February - Page [xiii] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS rA A A A A. A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A W W W W W W W W V ^ W W V W w w - w - v - v V J. N. S E L B Y CO. J07 WEST HOLLY ST. Keep constantly in stock full lines of ScHool Supplies BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON $ • • » » » • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • RED CROSS PHARMACY Offerman Drug Co. PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS PHONE MAIN 119 HOME A 119 FREE DELIVERY MERRIN WALL PAPER PAINT CO. CAN DECORATE YOUR HOUSE WITH BEAUTIFUL PICTURES DAYLIGHT BLOCK ELK STREET S P E C I A L Carbon Panel Photos 50c. per Doz. d S H l d l S O n O t \ l d l O Opposite~Grand Theatre Phones: Main 989 A 071 BELLINGHAM, WASH. JOHN B. AGEN'S CREAMERY is the name on the best butter. It is guaranteed by the largest dealers on the coast and yet costs no more than unknown makes. INSIST ON IT AT YOUR GROCER'S JOHN B. AGEN BELLINGHAM, WASH. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 February - Page [xiv] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS KODAKS. We Show You How Collins Co. Dru* 8 Kn#oih, Telephone Main 1485 206 East Holly Street H. I,. Munro E. N. Haskell MUNRO HASKELL HARDWARE, TINNING PLUMBING, HEATING 1163 ELK ST. TELEPHONE MAIN 12 BellingHam, "WasH. Larson's Livery Transfer Boarding, Feed and Sale Stables. Wood and Coal. Hacks at all hours. Heavy trucking. Furniture and piano moving a specialty. Express and draying. Brick storage rooms. Cadillac automobiles for hire. Ambulance on short notice. :: :: :: PHONES: SUNSET, MAIN 70; HOME, A 670 W. B. LARSON, MANAGER. - 1328-30 ELK STREET Sixty Per Cent Of all headaches are caused through detective eyes. Little eye defects grow to big ones if not properly and promptly attended to. WOLL THE OPTICIAN 112 West Holly Street BELLINQHAM. WASHINGTONPPPPP
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Show more1908_0301 ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 March - Cover ---------- THE Messenger Bellingham, Washington MARCH, 1908, March, 1908 Marie Edegaard-'06 ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 March - Page [i] ---------- State Normal School BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON CALENDAR FOR SCHOOL YEAR 1907-1908: •School year opens September11 , 1907. Second quarter opens November 18, 1907. Thanksgiving vacation—Nov. 28-Dec. 2,1907. Holiday vacation—Dec. 20, 1907-Jan. 6,1908. Second Semester opens February 3, 1908. Spring vacation—April 3 to 7, 1908. Fourth quarter opens April 7, 1908. Annual Commencement—June 11, 1908. New classes are organized each quarter. Full new program is offered for the second semester. . * * New Dining Hall offers an attractive cultured, home for young ladies. Completion of the new science annex will provide excellent laboratory facilities for all. science work, including laboratories for drawing and manual training. Certificates and diplomas may be issued at the close of any quarter of the school year. Students may enter in September ro February and find regular work. ' Expenses are "reduced to the minimum. Illustrated catalogue will be mailed free. E. T. riATHES, Principal. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 March - Page [ii] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS MONTAGUE McHUGH Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods BELLINGHAM. WASH. New White Goods and Wash Goods We believe we are displaying the prettiest line ever exhibited in this city. All the novelty and dainty weaves; all the exclusive patterns; all the latest and newest fabrics at extraordinary low prices. : : : : : Special Prices Given to Graduates For Modern Hethods in Showing Hen's Wear, see Our Wardrobe System TheGage-DodsonCo, Hart, Schaffner Harx Clothing for Hen CLOVER BLOCK The Famous Shoe House We have the largest and most exclusive Stock of Shoes on the Bay. : : : : Agents for "SOROSIS SHOES" THE FAMOUS SHOE HOUSE ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 March - Page [iii] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS PBOMB MAIM aasi - BIRNEY GOODHEART Surgery, Diseases of Women and X-Ray Work a Specialty Rooms i, 2, 3, 4 and 5, Red Front Bldg Residence Residence Phone Dr. Goodheart—Both Phones Dr. Birney Main 146 Main 1072—Home A 102 » „ . „ , . f Office, Main 1634. . ..»«».»*;«. J Office, A 941 Sunset: ( R e s i d e n c e i M a | » a889 Automatic: {R e s i d e n c £ A ^ 24-35 DAYLIGHT BLOCK, ELK STREET DR. CARL M. ERB Specialist Bye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Glasses Pitted. Office Hours: 9x10 to 11:30 a.m.; IMO to 4:30 p.m. Evening and Sundays by Appointments. BELUNOHAM, WASHINOTON DR. KIRKPATRICK SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN SUNSET BUILDING Office f 10 to 12 a. m. Telephone Main 3243 Hours 1 2 to 5 p. m. Home A 835 Res. Telephone Main 943 DR. WILBUR N. HUNT PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON OFFICE: BELLINGHAM. Rooms 313-314 Sunset Bldg. WASHINGTON ST. JOSEPHS HOSPITAL BELLINGHAM HEIGHTS PRESCRIPTIONS CALLED FOR AND DELIVERED When You Are Sick Enough To demand the attention of a physician you certainly need the help that only the best drugs and medicines will provide. Bring your Prescriptions here and that is the kind you'll get. • GRAHAM MUNCH M , OWL PHARMACY ^B »=««»o. /Sunset, Main 556 Free Delivery rHONBs. ^ Home, A 556 Anywhere Anytime ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 March - Page [iv] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS DR. C. A, DARLING DENTIST Rooms 18 and 19 Fischer Block Corner Dock and Holly Streets PHONE MAIN 3074 BEIXINGHAM, WASH. Phone Main 400 Exchange Block DR. E. EMORY ROSS DENTIST MANAGER OF THE CITY DENTAL PARLORS DR. T. M. BARLOW DENTIST Rooms 3-4-5-6 Phone Main 975 Lighthouse Block Residence Home A 862 Office Phone, Main 985 Home A 471 CHAS. L. HOLT, M. D. Specialties: Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Rooms 1 and 2 Fischer Block GLASSES ACCURATELY FITTED HANN PHOTOGRAPHER SUNSET BLOCK Corner Elk and Holly. Phone Main 3325 N e w S t u d i o a n d E q u i p m e nt Modern M e t h o d s in P h o t o g r a p hy Elevator at Holly St. entrance BellingHam. W a s h i n g t on MONARCH RANGES Always the best Absolutely Guaranteed Easy to bny B. B. Furniture Co Everything to furnish a home ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 March - Page [v] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS Geo. E. Ludwig W a t c h m » K er and Manufacturing Jeweler EN6RAVIN6 AND SPECIAL ORDER WORK Jewelry, Cut Glass, Silverware, Watches, Clocks and Novelties, Gold and Silver Headed Umbrellas Telephone Main 770 311 West Holly Street Bellingbam, Wash. TH B CAVE Good Candy is made fresh daily at The Cave, 1240 Elk Street TRY OUR BITTER SWEETS W. C. MORGAN. PROPRIETOR ZIOINI CITY LACES Edges, Insertions, Readings, All Overs Exquisite Taste in Laces Has spread the' fame ef tHe Battersbx Store ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 March - Page [vi] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS •%*%%%%%*%%'%% lt;***%%%%%%+ THE LEADER Smartest Fashions in Women's Wear FROM the Fashion Centers of the world we have gathered the most complete stock of Women's Wearing Apparel ever shown by a Bellingham store. :: Our showing of Women's and Misses' Tailored Snits, Skirts, Coats, Rain Coats, Waists, Costumes and Millinery, is representative of the best thoughts and ideas of the most renowned Fashion Designers. It is extensive and varied as becomes our great Ready-to- Wear Section, where the largest business in women's apparel centers. No matter how high yon place your fashion ideas, nor how acute your economical ideas may be, it is only natural that "The Leader," in its position of pre-eminence, should and will meet them in a manner most gratifying to you. We invite you to come and see the show. 4% % * * % *% %4f%**% %%*%*%*% lt; J. W. ROE R- LAMONT Telephones, Main 130 Home, A 130 GREAT NORTHERN FURNITURE GO. ROB I.A.MONT, Props. Home Furnishers Complete Corner Commercial and Magnolia Streets BELLINGHAM, - - WASHINGTON ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 March - Page [vii] ---------- J ADVERTISEMENTS Byron Grocery Co. INCORPORATED DAIRY PRODUCTS AND GROCERIES Our grades of Teas and Coffees are the best. Our Green Vegetables are fresh daily. Our Butter, Cheese and Eggs— no better t o be found. Our Canned Goods best on the market. Our prices are right and quick delivery. S BYRON GROCERY CO. 5 Daylight Block 'Phone Main 200 5 5 Home A 202 £ € 1207 Elk Street BEUINGHAM, WASH. | MORSE HDW. 60. W25-J039 ELK ST. T1qe ^oderrp Hardware Store Phones: Pacific Main 25 Home A 225 BELLINGHAM HAVE YOUR TEETH ATTENDED TO BY RELIABLE DENTISTS WHO GUARANTEE THEIR WORK WHATCOM DENTAL PARLORS OR. CHA8. C. TURNER, MOW. CLOVER OLOOX ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 March - Page [1] ---------- THE NORMAL MESSENGER MARCH, 1908 LITERARY DEPARTMENT. (By A. D. Foster, Inez Wyman.) TWO STUDENTS. The light began to flutter low, 'Twas near the midnight hour, When a student on the Normal hill Displayed a visage sour. Her lessons, only just begun, She thrust aside and rose, But ere the morrow's setting sun, She bade adieu to calm repose. The time since school had been her own, To spend in work or no, And she had chosen the latter course, Hence all the morrow's woe. "Perhaps," thought she, "I'll wake in time To scan my lessons o'er, And then tomorrow I'll begin To work in earnest, SURE!" She sought her couch with troubled mind, But her plans did not mature, For when the morrow's breakfast bell Rang out its summons pure, It chanced to wake from slumbers deep This dreamer with a start, And ere she had opened wide her eyes Came back those lessons half forgot. The day went by as others had, With many sighs and failures, And ended with a fervent wish That learning held no treasures. This girl was young and debonair, At home an only darling, Whom parents fond had sent to school To tread the paths of learning. She entered the ranks; 'twas the thing to do, But how she hated striving! She'd much prefer to spend her time Twixt beaux and v/iin contriving. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 March - Page 2 ---------- 2 The Normal Messenger The year wore on, and in its wake Appeared the final reckoning, And strange, to say, some yellow slips Contained this girl's awakening. Wie leave her thus, and fondly trust That ere this life she severs She may have known the joys that come From really true endeavors. * * * * * * The light began to flutter low, 'Twas near the midnight hour, When another student on the hill Had gained for herself new power. Her books she closes with grateful heart, No lesson left unlearned, Tomorrow is a day of rest Which she has so well earned. With thoughtful brow she muses now On present, past and future, On what this year will mean to her In the way of her mind's true culture. Since but a child she had longed to tread The paths of fame and learning, But duties stern had made of it A dream—an idle yearning. In spite of it all she had struggled on To gain her soul's desire, She entered at last the Normal halls To make her dreams transpire. The hours now passed in busy flight Each study revealed its treasures, She found her dreams had not been false. True effort brought its pleasures. We leave her thus, but this we state, That ere the year was ended . This girl had made a stride or two In the way her efforts tended. No need to trace in after years The sum of her failures and feats, Though she may fall far short of her mark, Such courage can surely surmount defeats. MISS IRMA WH1TT1BR. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 March - Page 3 ---------- The Normal Messenger 3 THE SOPHOMORE CLA88. "Who are the Sophomores?" is the question we heard put. Why, the Sophomore class is that wily little class that takes in all students that are cast out of other classes. It is even more charitable than this, it is a hospital or rendezvous for all those fellows who lurk around the Normal looking for some place to go or some class to join. From the name one would naturally conclude that it was made up of those students who were doing second year work in the school. But these only make up a small part of the class known as "Sophs." Why, until we saw the Fourth Year class demonstrate their ability to carry out the jovial traits of their Scottish ancestors, we were not wholly conscious that there were more than three classes in school, namely, Junior, Senior and Sophomore. This may seem strange, but a few remarks will acquaint all of the whereabouts of such an organization. Along in the early autumn of '07 the Juniors shrewdly secured a few luscious pumpkin pies from a sleepy little band of Sophomores. There were not enough pies to treat all the under classmen and this pie famine seemed to create an organization for common defense. As a result of this, many minor movements have been made by this little body of aliens. There may always be seen, just before a '' doings'' a so-called '' Soph'' noseing around the halls and corners of the building, looking up BUSINESS. This determined bunch of ramblers ran in on a bunch of worthy Juniors who were preparing for a peaceful repast at the club house, and gobbled their supplies. We will suppose they were hungry and forgive them for this. Now, who constitutes this class is the question. It is made up of a few Second Year fellows like Ex-President Smith and Walter Knapp, of basketball fame. President Leavy, from Missouri, who is taking a post graduate course, is an earnest supporter of the cause. Little Neita Scott doing first-year work, is do- ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 March - Page 4 ---------- 4t The Normal Messenger ing second-year stunts. Annie, who stands for pies and pleasant smiles, is a Soph booster. Jim Feidler, who has been traveling up the ladder for several years, is now resting on the second round. Loretta Rutherford, that little first-year Latin student that failed to flunk, sings to the tune, '' Second Years, Rah! Rah!'' Another earnest supporter of the cause is Fred Klager. Fred does first-year work, second-year stunts and travels with a seventh grade lassie. Another hand is helpful in waving the banner, and that is Mr. Trimble, who declares that the higher classes have better girls. Among the other ardent workers of this ex-trundel- bed fraternity are Mr. Stults, from Indiana, who is taking a short course in agriculture; Earle Forrest, who never went with a girl in his life, and many other members ot: doubtful wherabouts. We advise all new students of doubtful standing, and all who have received the icy hand in other classes to apply for membership in the Sophomore class. RHYTHM. (A Paper prepared by Miss Grace Barrett for work in the Training Department.) A complete study of rhythm would commence with the time when the morning stars first sang together, for do not laws of rhythm control the movements of the heavenly bodies ? In human life we observe the rhythmic movement of respiration, the beating of the heart, tension and relaxation of the muscles. In fact, rhythmic movement is constantly as- gt; sociated with the life of man. Alteration of light and darkness brings about corresponding alteration of activity and rest. Change of season causes physiological changes. The nervous system is subject to rhythmic changes. It is this alternating process of breaking down and building up of the energy-producing substance with its accompanying loss and return of power, both physical and mental, which plays such an important part in the study of fatigue. Thus the study of rhythms becomes of educational value. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 March - Page 5 ---------- The Normal Messenger Rhythmical movements are performed with greatest economy of effort. Nature has proved this to us. Perfect harmony governs the movements of plants and suns. The rippling of the stream, waves of heat, light and sound are subject to laws of rhythm. There is inherent in every child a response to rhythm in the world about him. The little baby shows his pleasure in the regular movement of a swinging object or ticking clock. Instinctively a mother hushes her child by song or regular movement. With the first "bye-low" baby^s rhythmic training begins. Later he shows his response by imitating flying birds or galloping horses. "To imitate," says Aristole, "is instinctive in man from his infancy, and through this instinct he receives his earliest education." If, then, the child has this response to rhythm in his nature, how can it be used as a means of growth and development? What is its legitimate place in the. school program? In early Greek education every boy was taught singing and playing the lyre and trained in bodily exercise, which included dancing. Plato writes: "Wrongness of form and un-rhythmicalness and unharmoniousness are akin to bad thinking and bad character, while their opposites are akin to the opposite, a temperate and noble character, and are imitations (lit expressions) of it." Modern education has ignored this phase of development. Recently much attention has been given to physical development. A careful study of children's plays, especially those of imitation, has resulted in many delightful rhythmic songs and games: Such exercises must not be merely of artistic value, but must be based on principles of right physical training. To be of value they must result in progressive development of mental and moral as well as the physical life of the child. For subject matter, such games must be based * on the natural interests of children as imitation of human activities and movements of familiar animals. These movements can not be per- ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 March - Page 6 ---------- 6 The Normal Messenger formed with ease or grace unless there is control of the body. In the beginning, then, of this phase of the child's education the body must be trained to respond to the mind. Great care must be exercised in selecting the games so that they will lead from the simple, in execution as well as thought, to the more complex. A program should be arranged at the beginning of the year which will show such progression. In choosing the exercises consider the large centers of motion, the ankles, hips and shoulders. Have some games which demand controlled movements, balancing on the toes, or walking a narrow board. In contrast to these choose some of freer motion, such as flying birds, butterflies or whirling snow flakes. Thought, too, must be given to the music which accompanies these movements. It must truly suggest the idea to be represented. Signals and commands should be reduced to a minimum. Let each direction be clear, simple and very definite. Quick obedience to commands must be demanded and secured. Such directions as rise, march, take distance will soon be performed subconsciously, which will lessen fatigue and permit better attention to new suggestions. There is danger of giving too definite and complex rhymic exercises to the children. The attention is held too closely and too long, resulting in a breaking down rather than an upbuilding process. Physical exercises should be followed by a short rest period, one which does not tax attention or memory, perhaps a quiet oft-told story, or, best of all, the listening to restful music. Watch the relaxing of little faces and bodies as a lullaby is played and perhaps you will see the eyes close while perfect rest and satisfaction is shown by the whole body. But in a moment they will "wake u p " fresh and ready for work. GRACE A BARRETT. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 March - Page 7 ---------- The Normal Messenger 7 SOCIETIES. (By Louise Walker.) One of the most enjoyable Senior functions of the year occurred on Thursday evening, February 6, when the class, their class teachers and brother-in-law, Mr. Forrest, met in the manual training rooms and had an in-door picnic. Thirty-five Seniors sat down to a gumptious spread, at the close of which Mr. Forrest told an Indian legend. Mr. Smith told of his experiences in Physical Culture Methods class, "One Boy Among Thirty-five Girls." Short speeches were also made by the class teachers and class officers. The Thespian Dramatic Club will present scenes from David Copperfield Friday, March 13. The young men entertained at Assembly Friday, February 21, with a mock trial. A breach of promise suit was brought against Miss Rockefeller by Count Demontespan. On Monday evening, February 3, the Junior class gave their annual reception. The halls were beautifully decorated with evergreens and class eolors. The first part of the evening was taken up by a program. The class marched to the stage and sang their class song, after which Mr. Swartz, as Dr. Mathes, visited "Eden's Hall." The usual scrambling of girls getting things presentable, followed. Next was shown a Senior's room, and the Seniors were ably "taken off" by observing Junior girls. Mr. Forrest's Arithmetic class, with Mr. Bowman, as instructor, and Mr. Deerwester's Philosophy class, with Mr. Davenport as instructor, made quite a "hit," as did also "Wednesday^ Teachers' Meeting," presided over by Mr. Clark as supervisor, and "The Council Meeting," at which the Seniors were passed on or failed. Assembly period, at which Miss West-cott acted as musical director, followed by original pictures thrown on the screen. At the close of the program the class received their friends in the halls and several ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 March - Page 8 ---------- 8 The Normal Messenger recitation rooms. Refreshments of tea and wafers were served by young ladies dressed in Japanese style. The Fourth Year class entertained the school at Assembly period, February 28, with a Scottish program. Several interesting and instructive papers were read. "The Highland Girls' Drill," in costume, made the "hit" of the morning. Mr. MeLeod's bag-pipe selections were also well received. The class closed their performance by singing their class song. The Second Year class gave their program Friday, March 6. The first thing on the program was a lady jury, which failed to come to any agreement. This was followed by a military drill by ten of the young men in the class, with Mr. O'Sullivan as captain. They were encored and marched to the stage to the tune of a funeral march, bearing the last remains of "Sophomore Troubles." Mr. Sydney Johnson rendered a cornet solo, "Bonnie Sweet Bessie." The program closed by the singing of their class song. The formal dedication of "Eden's Hall" took place Friday evening, March 6, when a reception was given the citizens of Bellingham. A short program was given and light refreshments served. The entire house was thrown open to the visitors. The Young Woman's Christian Association gave a Library Party at Eden's Hall, March 13, in honor of the new members and the new officers of the association. The social committee of the Y. W. C. A. has arranged the following talks on social customs for alternate Friday afternoons at 2:30, beginning March 13: "Table Etiquette," by Mrs. Deerwester; "The Host and Hostess," Miss Montgomery; "Conversation," Mrs. Nettleton; "Correspondence," Miss Cribbs; "Dress," Miss Wilson. Have you a school pennant ? Watch the sales. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 March - Page 9 ---------- The Normal Messenger I) THE NORMAL MESSENGER Published Monthly by the Students of THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Press 5. B. IRISH Co., esSgifgjfe* 1311 Railroad Avenue EDITORIAL STAFF ROY GOO DELL Editor-in-Chiet ETHEL REVELLE : - Assistant Editor-in-Chiei INEZ WYNN Literary A. D. FOSTER Literary LOUISE WALKER - - ' - - - - Societies N. DAVENPORT Athletics HELEN LINDEN Locals CLARA TARTE Alumni LEON CORY Business Manager TERMS—FIFTY CENTS A YEAR Address all communications to the Editor-in-Chief, Bellingham, Wn. Issued the first of every mouth. All copy must be in the hands of the Editor-in-Chief on or before the 20th of the month. Entered December 21, 1902, at Bellingham, Washington, as second-class matter, under Act of Congress of" March 3, 1879. Vol. VII. MARCH, 1908 No. 5 EDITORIAL. Gonzaga college, of Spokane, is one of the most interesting colleges in the Northwest. Here we find about five or six hundred boys, whose ages range from 8 years to early manhood, attending their different classes, living in the same building, eating in the same rooms. One is reminded of the story of '' Tom Brown's School Days," or "Tom Brown at Rugby." The sleeping departments are large rooms with cots upon which the boys sleep. I believe that as many as one hundred of the cots are placed in one room. As you look over these rows of neatly made beds with their washstands between them you feel that you have been taken from the present and placed back a century and allowed to visit the European schools of that time. Here stands one of the instructors dressed in his robe and cap, living in the building under the same conditions as the boys. We find these instructors high-minded men—men who are ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 March - Page 10 ---------- 10 The Normal Messenger willing to give up their life to the educating of these young boys. These "Fathers," as the boys call them, receive no pay for their work; simply their clothes and food. The boys have a good time, but not all is play. At the tap of a bell play begins; at the tap of a bell work begins. We find the day divided into time for work, sleep, eat and recreation. System rules everywhere. Once again spring is here. On every vacant lot you see boys with their bats, gloves and a ball, enjoying a game of "scrub," or sides, as the case may be. Whenever these signs begin to appear, know you that summer is not far off. The Messenger takes great pleasure in extending greetings to its readers from the students of Ellensburg and Cheney Normals. ATHLETICS. (By Noah Davenport.) The year 1908 marks a new epoch in athletics in the Normal. The association has sent its basketball team as far east as Spokane on a two-weeks' tour, playing, in all, six games. The team made a very creditable showing in all the games, with the exception of the one at Ellensburg. This tour has brought the schools played with in much closer touch with, and has put the institution on the map in large letters where, possibly, it was scarcely known before. It has taught us a few things about the game, which will be useful in the future. In the first place, two hard games cannot be played successfully on successive evenings. We found this at Gonzaga college. We played there the evening following the Cheney game and lost by a narrow margin. The team claims it could have defeated Gonzaga had they been in the pink of condition. Again, it has taught us to include schools alone in the list of teams we play. The team was well received and well treated by each school we played, in marked contrast to the treatment accorded us by the Seattle and ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 March - Page 11 ---------- The Normal Messenger 11 other Y. M. C. A. teams last year. The Y. M. C. A. and Athletic Club teams seem to go into the game with the idea of victory alone, sacrificing all ethics of sportsmanship to attain this end. In the schools a somewhat different .spirit obtains, and they, for the most part, can win or lose gracefully. The eastern Washington teams play a little different style of game from the western, but on the whole the teams rank about equally. A team which goes away from home has every disadvantage: loss of sleep, fatigue of travel and change, and the fact that they play on strange floors every game. Our poor showing at Ellensburg was largely due to the fact that after a sleepless, or nearly sleepless, night we did not reach the city until 9 p. m., and rushed immediately on the floor. We met everything in the way of a gymnasium from barn-like structures with supporting posts of the same style of architecture scattered about the floor to long coop-like structures with eleven-foot ceilings and a standing rule that any ball caged after striking the ceiling did not score. Gonzaga college has a magnificent gymnasium, with the possible drawback that three sides of the basketball court are the brick sides of the gymnasium, and brick do not give to any great extent when you collide with them. The Snohomish High School has the advantage of an excellent court to play on. Before starting on this trip the Normal team defeated the Bellingham High team in two games and lost two to them. Three of these games, however, were played with the High on their own floor. There will be a few more games played before the season closes for us. We have arranged for a meet with the Snohomish High on our own floor. RECORD OF GAMES. February 25—Bellingham, 10; Ellensburg, 30. February 27—Bellingham, 20; Cheney, 11. February 28—Bellingham, 12; Gonzaga College, 17. March 2—Bellingham, 28; Davenport, 18. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 March - Page 12 ---------- 12 The Normal Messenger March 3—Bellingham, 14; Almira, 5. March 5—Bellingham, 24; Snohomish, 15. Line-up—Forwards, Petheram and Cory; center, Ray Goodell; guards, Bowman and Davenport. ALUMNI NOTES. (By Clara Tarte.) Miss Margaret Howe is attending the High School at Burlington, Wash. Miss Mary Jacobson is teaching at Machias, Wash. Miss Ada Shidler is teaching in Seattle, Wash. Miss Susie Allison is a student at Vashon college. Miss Artie Thrall is teaching at Gold Basin, Wash. Miss Wilda Smith is attending the High School at Aberdeen. Wash. Miss Nellie Schrum, a student of the Normal last semester, is attending a business college of the city. Miss Freda Berger is teaching at Burlington. Miss Kate Long is most successfully teaching the primary grades of the Pleasant Valley school, near Custer. Miss Alma Whittier is now Mrs. I. E. Moore and is living at North Bend, Wash. Miss Mazie Perrault is teaching at Skamo-kawa, on the Columbia river, Kalama County, Washington. Miss Bell Parrot is teaching at Mt. Vernon. Miss May Fisher is teaching in the primary grades of a LaConner school. LOCALS. (By Helen Linden.) Eden's Hall was formally dedicated Friday evening, March 6. Quite a number of townspeople attended. Mr. O'Sullivan—"Did you ever agree to form a society with your fellow? ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 March - Page 13 ---------- The Normal Messenger 13 Dolly J.—"Not exactly. It isn't compulsory. Evidently Leon made a " h i t " with the Faculty at Cheney Normal school. Miss Gray returned from two weeks of Institute work. Miss Clara Eason spent Saturdajr and Sunday with Miss Grace Hedger. Why did the Sophs not dilute the Junior punch which they stole. The Juniors knew enough to do it. The "Mock Court Trial" was well given by a number of students in Assembly Friday, February 21. a Wouldn't Mr. 0'Sullivan make a fine judge? Sunday School Superintendent — "Who led the children of Israel into Canaan?" No answer. Superintendent sternly repeats the question. Little Boy (badly frightened)—"It wasn't me. I—I just moved from Missouri."—Ex. Eden's Hall has had a number of visitors lately, among which were Misses Edna Dow, Mae Dolson, Judith Linden, Jess Wilson and Mrs. Markham and Mrs. Barrett. Mr. Epley—"How long does it take the earth to wobble on its axis?" •Mr. Schwartz—"Twenty-four hours." Mr. Epley—"No, 26,000 years." Did Mr. Stoltz unconsciously fall into the arms of a young lady at Sumas during the basket-ball game? The basket-ball team received such names on their trip as "Baldy," "Curly," "Pretty," "Funny." Can you decipher them? ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 March - Page 14 ---------- 14 The Normal Messenger AN APPLICATION. Subject—Job. The Honorable School Board. My Dear Sirs: How about getting a job at your knowledge factory. I hear that you are full-handed at present time, but that there will be a show when you start up the camps for the fall trade. What are you paying for good wallopers? If you can put me to work let me know at the earliest possible time so that I can begin borrowing money from my friends on the strength of having a job in sight. Let me know if I have to furnish my own blankets and if you charge up hospital fees out of my wages, as you don't get Willie to go to work where they hold out a graft for some bum hospital. and, besides, I don't want to have to trade at any company store. I hold a union card in the Amalgamated Union of School Marms of America, and for three years was the Grand 0 'Holli-han of the union, and can, therefore, draw lots of trade to your outfit that might otherwise go out of town or patronize some of the big mail order houses. Trusting that you will not be blind to your own interests in this matter, and turn me down like others have done, but that having in mind the duty you owe to the numerous young ideas of your thriving, prosperous and cultured community, you will, in simple justice to the rising generation, give me the job herewith applied for at once. Very respectfully, Miss Pemberton is now teaching in Centralia. P—ierce lessons. L—ate hours. U—unexpected company. N—othing prepared. K—nocked standing. —Ex. Mr. Epley—"Close the door, Mr. Schwartz." Mr. Schwartz (just coming in the door)— "Present." ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 March - Page 15 ---------- The Normal Messenger 15 Teacher — "Correct this sentence, 'The teacher am in sight." Pupil—"The teacher am a sight." I came, I wrote, I flunked. 'Tis better to have worked and flunked, Than never to have worked at all. Of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these, "I've flunked again." —Ex. I hate to see my couch at night, Beneath the snowy spread, Because I hate to lift my feet And put them into bed.—Ex. Cross-eyed Teacher—"The boy I am looking at will please stand u p . " (The whole class stood up.)—Ex. 'Twas all on account of a football game, This story which I shall relate, For a certain young gentleman won great fame, And a certain young lady met her fate. Now one could easily see, at sight, That she was all in a flutter; And during the "we sma' hours" that night Miss was heard to mutter: "Oh, Bowman, why don't you ask me to?" Was what this maiden plead, "Anywhere, if but with you, I would willingly be led." Then slept on throughout the night, Unconscious of what she had said; But there was one who heard it alright, And she stored it away in her head. Next morn around a well-spread board As we all were gathered there, The story was heard from a little bird Who'd been near and heard her prayer. So if her heart be light or sad, Or she a secret is keeping, If you want to know it very bad Just listen when she's sleeping. —A FIRST TEAR. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 March - Page [viii] ---------- Jenkins Transportation Co. r p i j u O A ]WI/^1VT A Lake Whatcom's Fastest and I n E 1V/\1V1W1 gt;I/V, Finest Passenger Boat : Between Silver Beach (White City), Geneva and RAMONA PARK RAMONA PARK, The most beautiful Picnic Grounds on the Lake Fine Dance Pavilion, Seats, Swings and Tables EVERYTHING FREE FARE 10c. For charter to any point on the Lake GEO. A. JENKINS, Phone Main 2712 Owner ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 March - Page [ix] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS The New Suits for Spring 1X7E invite you to come and see the collection of New Spring Suits, Waists, Voile Skirts, Millinery and Fancy Novelties. It will be of interest to you for the Suits you can get, even if you are not prepared to buy. We can show Earliest Spring Check Suits at from $18 up. You'll be surprised at the reasonableness of prices. Kaufman Bros. College Brand Nobby Young Mens' Suits We give a B. S. N. S. Pennant with every $5 Purchase RED FRONT ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 March - Page [x] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS THE BIG BANK " W We want all Normal Students to bring their checks to this bank where we will be pleased to cash them and extend any other favors possible. : : : First National Bank Capital $900,000.00 Corner Elk and Holly Sts. UNITED STATES DEPOSITARY Blake Hardware Co. -WE SELL-SPORTING Fine, up-to-date Cutlery, Jack Knives Scissors. TELEPHONES : MAIN 35 HOME, A 435 130 East Holly Street Bellingham, Wash. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 March - Page [xi] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS w» J« WELTTi PTMWIII E» •• W9MM* CstMtr HOME SECURITY SAVINGS BANK BELLINGHAM, WASH. The only Savings Bank in Northwest Washington Fays 4* Per Cent Interest Compounded Quarterly KBRN'S LEADING CONFECTIONERY IN THE CITY MAKES PURE ICE CREAM AND CANDIES WE SERVE LUNCHES AND OYSTERS 105 W. Holly Street BELUNGHAM, WASH. PACIFIC STEAM LAUNDRY ESTABLISHED 1889 BUSIEST, BIGGEST, BEST Phone Main 126 Home A 738 UDNESS ERHOLM MARZ FRANK MEAT, POULTRY AND PISH QUICK DELIVERY Phone Main 2221 Home A 552 1047 Elk St., near Morse, BELLINGHAM RP^^Lf ^^AF^F K n o w n a s Davenport E. J. Beck, Prop. O. W. Neelands, Mgr. Patronage of Normal Students Solicited Dock Street . . . - BELLINGHAM. WASH. PACIFIC BINDERY J. E. IMPEY, Proprietor Magazines and Books Bound and Rebound Call and see our new and up-to-date Bindery WHIT CHOUSE B'L', W. HOLLY ST. Phone Main 164 Home A164 BELLINGHAM. WASH. VICTOR A. ROEDER, Prest. F. F. HANDSCHY, Cashier WM. G. BROWN, Vice-Prest. H. P. JOKES, Asst. Cashier The Bellingham National Bank B B L L I N 6 H A M , U1ASHIN8TON CAPITAL STOCK AND SURPLUS 91AO.OOO.OO' This Bank transacts a general banking business. Highest prices paid for warrants and bonds. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT A thoroughly equipped Savings Department has recently been opened. Accounts in any sum received and interest paid thereon and compounded semi-annually. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 March - Page [xii] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS College and School Emblems CLASS PINS FRATERNITY PINS BBREN8' Jewelry and Optical House ENGRAVING FINK REPAIRING NORTHWEST HARDWARE CO. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 8HBLF AND HJBAYY HARDWARE BELLINGHAM, - - WASHINGTON Stylish. Spring SKoes To dress your feet in the correct covering for the spring summer months is a problem easily solved, when you visit our store :: :: :; :: GEO. F. RAYMOND no EAST HOLLY ST. Cook with Gas WHatcom County Railway and LigHt Co. BAY AND HOLLY HOME B If I SUNSET EXOHANQE I ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 March - Page [xiii] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS J. N. SELBY CO. 307 WEST HOLLY ST. Keep constantly in stock full lines of School Supplies BELLINQHAM. WASHINGTON TAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT 9 W W W W W W W W W W W W V W V W W V W RED CROSS PHARMACY Offerman Drug Co. PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS PHONE USEm"? US regg pgjjygify MERRIN WALL PAPER PAINT CO. CA/V DECORATE YOUR HOUSE WITH BEAUTIFUL PICTURES DAYLIGHT BLOCK ELK STREET I A L Carbon Panel Photos 50c. per Doz. S n d l S O I l O t l l Q l O Opposite Grand Theatre Phones: Main 089 A 071 BELLINGHAM. WASH. JOHN B. AGEN'S CREAMERY is the name on the best butter. It is guaranteed by the largest dealers on the coast and yet costs no more than unknown makes. INSIST ON IT AT YOUR GROCER'S JOHN B. AGEN BELLINGHAM, WASH. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 March - Page [xiv] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS KODAKS — We Show You How Collins Co. Drutocf«hroih, Telephone Main 1485 ao6 Bast Holly Street H. I,. Munro E. N. Haskell MUNRO HASKELL HARDWARE, TINNING PLUMBING, HEATING 1103 ELK ST. TELEPHONE MAIN 12 BellingHam, "WasH. Larson's Livery Transfer Boarding, Feed and Sale Stables. Wood and Coal. Hacks at all hours. Heavy trucking. Furniture and piano moving a specialty. Express and draying. Brick storage rooms. Cadillac automobiles for hire. Ambulance on short notice. :: :: :: PHONES: SUNSET, MAIN 70; HOME, A 670 W. B. LARSON, MANAGER. - 1328-30 ELK STREET For Perfect Fitting Glasses See W O L L THE OPTICIAN xia West Holly Street BMLUNQHAM. WASHINGTON Sixty Per Cent Of al(, headaches areT caused through defective eyes. Little eye defects grow to big ones if not proper-fy and promptly attended to.PPPPP
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Show more1908_0401 ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 April - Cover ---------- The Messenger Bellinghanm, Washsington APRIL, 1908 Marie ODEGAARD-'06 ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 April - Page [i] ---------- State Normal School BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON CALENDAR FOR SCHOOL YEAR 1907-1908: School year opens September11 , 1907. Second quarter opens November 18, 1907. Thanksgiving vacation—Nov. 28-Dec. 2,1907. Holiday vacation—Dec. 20, 1907-Jan. 6,1908. Second Semester opens February 3, 1908. Spring vacation—April 3 to 7, 1908. Fourth quarter opens. April 7, 1908. Annual Commencement—June 11, 1908. lt;J3 New classes are organized each quarter. Full new program is offered for the second semester. $3 New Dining Hall offers an attractive cultured home for young ladies. Completion of the new science annex will provide excellent laboratory facilities for all science work, including laboratories for drawing and manual training. Certificates and diplomas may be issued at the close of any quarter of the school year. Students may enter in September ro February and find regular work. Expenses are reduced to the minimum. Illustrated catalogue will be mailed free. E. T. riATHES, Principal. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 April - Page [ii] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS MONTAGUE McHUGH Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods BELLINQHAM. WASH. Choice White Goods for Graduating Gowns We are showing the choicest, the best and most moderately priced White Goods in the Northwest. An assortment so comprehensive has never before been exhibited in this city Special Discounts to Graduates . For Modern flethods in Showing Hen's Wear, see Our Wardrobe System TheGage-DodsonCo Hart, Schaffner flarx Clothing for flen CLOVER BLOCK The Famous Shoe House We have the largest and most exclusive Stock of Shoes on the Bay. : : : : Agents for "SOROSIS SHOES" THE FAMOUS SHOE HOUSE ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 April - Page [iii] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS PHONE MAIN 3231 BlRNEY GOODHEART Surgery, Diseases of Women and X-Ray Work a Specialty Rooms i, 2, 3, 4 and 5, Red Front Bldg Residence Residence Phone Dr. Goodheart—Both Phones Dr. Birney Main 146 Main 1072—Home A 103 c..~o*.» . f Office, Main 1634 » „t„«,-*,v . / Office, A 941 Sunset: j R e s i d e n c e ) Mam* 28g9 Automatic. j R e s i d e n c ~ A ^ 24-25 DAYLIGHT BLOCK, ELK STREET DR. CARL M. ERB Specialist Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Glasses Fitted. Office Hours: 9x10 to 11:30 a.m.; 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. Evening and Sundays by Appointments. BEIXINGHAM, WASHINGTON DR. KIRKPATRICK SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN SUNSET BUILDING Office f 10 to 12 a. m. Telephone Main 3243 Hours 1 2 to 5 p. m. Home A 835 Res. Telephone Main 943 DR. WILBUR N. HUNT PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON OFFICE: BELLINGHAM. Rooms 313-314 Sunset Bldg. WASHINGTON ST. JOSEPHS HOSPITAL BELLINGHflM HEIGHTS PRESCRIPTIONS CALLED FOR AND DELIVERED When You Are Sick Enough To demand the attention of a physician you certainly need the help that only the best drugs and medicines will provide. Bring your Prescriptions here and that is the kind you'll get. m GRAHAM MUNCH j | ^ B OWL PHARMACY «B Free Delivery Anywhere Anytime ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 April - Page [iv] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS DR. C. A. DARLING DENTIST Rooms 18 and 19 Fischer Block Corner Dock and Holly Streets PHONE MAIN 3074 BEUJNGHAM, WASH. Phone Main 400 Exchange Block DR. E. EMORY ROSS DENTIST MANAGER OF THE CITY DENTAL PARLORS DR. T. M. BARLOW DENTIST Rooms 3-4-5-6 Phone Main 975 Lighthouse Block Residence Home A Ma Office Phone, Main 985 Home A 471 CHAS. L. HOLT, M. D. Specialties: Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Rooms 1 and 2 Fischer Block GLASSES ACCURATELY FITTEI HANN PHOTOGRAPHER SUNSET BLOCK Corner Elk and Holly. Phone Main 3325 New Studio and Equipment Modern Methods in Photography Klevator at Holly St. entrance BellingHara, Washington- MONARCH RANGES Always the best Absolutely Guaranteed Easy to buy B. B. Furniture Co, Everything to furnish a home ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 April - Page [v] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS Geo. E. Ludwig watchman and Manufacturing Jeweler ENGRAVING AND SPECIAL ORDER WORK Jewelry, Cut Glass, Silverware, Watches, Clocks and Novelties, Gold and Silver Headed Umbrellas Telephone Main 770 311 West Holly Street Bellingham, Wash. TH K CAVE Good Candy is made fresh daily at The Cave, 1240 Elk Street TRY OUR BITTER SWEETS W. O. MORGAN. PROPRIETOR \ V l i l t© GfOOClS-Swiases, Indialinons, Persian Lawns, New Embroideries, Allover Laces, Waist Nets, etc. New Oxfords—in fact everything in Summer Foot-wear ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 April - Page [vi] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS */% gt;%*%**%%*%*/*% **/*%/*%*%%*£ THE LEADER Smartest Fasbions in Women's Wear FROM the Fashion Centers of the world we have gathered the most complete stock of Women's Wearing Apparel ever shown by a Bellingham store. :: Our showing of Women's and Misses' Tailored Snits, Skirts, Coats, Rain Coats, Waists, Costumes and Millinery, is representative of the best thoughts and ideas of the most renowned Fashion Designers. It is extensive and varied as becomes our great Ready-to- Wear Section, where the largest business m women's apparel centers. No matter how high you place your fashion ideas, nor how acute your economical ideas may bet it is only natural that "The Leader," in its position of pre-eminence, should and will meet them in a manner most gratifying to you. We invite you to come and see the show. lt;%^%%^%- %^%^%% *%*%/%%'%%' lt; J. W. ROE R. MMONT Telephones, Main 130 Home, A 130 GREAT NORTHERN FURNITURE CO. ROE LAMONT, Props. Home Furnishers Complete Corner Commercial and Magnolia Streets 8ELLINGHAM, - - WASHINGTON ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 April - Page [vii] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS Byron Grocery Co. INCORPORATED DAIRY PRODUCTS AND GROCERIES Our grades of Teas and Coffees are the best. Our Green Vegetables are fresh daily. Our Butter, Cheese and Eggs— no better to be found. Our Canned Goods best on the market. Our prices are right and quick delivery. ! BYRON GROCERY CO. \ Daylight Block 'Phone Main 200 ? 5 Home A 202 i \ 1207 Elk Street BELLINGHAM, WASH. I MORSE HDW. 60. I02B-1039 ELK ST. Tfye ^floden? hardware Store Phones: Pacific Main 25 Home A 225 BELLINGHABt HAVE YOUR TEETH ATTENDED TO BY RELIABLE DENTISTS WHO GUARANTEE THEIR WORK WHATCOM DENTAL PARLORS OR. CHAS. G. TURNER, Meff. CLOVER BLOCK ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 April - Page [1] ---------- THE NORMAL MESSENGER APRIL, 1908 LITERARY DEPARTMENT. PIONEER LIFE IN THE LATE SIXTIES. (A True Story by Chelnesha M. Olsen.) The old stockade on the Sevier has long since gone to ruin. It is now a little less than a half a century since that fateful summer, when the Cheyenne lurked in every shadow and in the sage-brush surrounding the town, ready to spring upon the ambitious settler who ventured from the stockade to find some food for the half-starved settlers, or ventured out to his badly suffering crops long ago left to the mercy of the savages who swooped down upon the little town of Richland. And the settlers! Only a few are still living who remember when the men wore rough beards, hunting shirts, weather-beaten and often stained with blood; when the women often went barefooted and wore homespun gowns, for the nearest store was almost one hundred miles distant and could not be reached without great risk of life. Many were those who, driven to desperation, ventured forth, and whose tortured bodies were found later by the scouts. The children, too, seemed to comprehend the danger, and stood the sufferings of the settlement as staunchly as did the grown people, often showing marvelous bravery. There were not many horses in the town, especially those fit for Indian warfare. Several of the fastest were owned by Jacob Schmidt, who was considered one of the bravest and most useful men in the town. He devoted his time to carrying dispatches from Richland to the surrounding settlements, and rode through the Indian infested hills and valleys, lying close to his horse's back to escape the flying bullets of the Indians. He would grow white with hatred at the mention of the "red devils," as he termed them. Two years before, while Schmidt was absent from home, his wife and three small chil- ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 April - Page 2 ---------- 2 The Normal Messenger dren had been murdered by the savages, and his oldest daughter, then a girl of thirteen years, had been taken into captivity. He later recaptured his daughter, at the same time killing ten of the Indians. Mary inherited her father's bravery; it was she who cared for the horses while her father was engaged in carrying the dispatches. One morning Schmidt learned from a renegade Indian that a neighboring settlement was. to be attacked by the Cheyennes that night, and leaping upon his already saddled steed he hastened with the warning. The day passed, it began to grow late; the sun began to lower, the shadows were lengthening, the sun dropped behind the trees, and still Schmidt had not returned. "What had happened?" the settlers asked one another, for Schmidt was long over due! "Had the Indians killed him?" "He is coming," shouted one of the men. All eyes turned to the direction in which he pointed. Dimly outlined in the distance they beheld a man on horseback coming toward them very swiftly. If it were Schmidt, why was he coming so fast? The rider was within a few yards and the horse was heaving as if it had run a great distance. The man was not Schmidt, but another who had been out scouting and had discovered that it was upon this settlement that the attack was to be made. Schmidt was still out and a dispatch had to be sent for help to Centreville, eighteen miles away, to summon the company of soldiers. Not a man in the town would venture, for the Indians were everywhere and it would be certain-death, they thought. Something had to be done, and that quickly. "Look!" cried a voice. Everyone was speechless as they gazed after a woman's form on a black horse, fast receding in the moonlight. " I t ' s Mary," they whispered, "on black Bess. She's taking the dispatch!" About two hours after the girl's disappearance Schmidt returned. Upon hearing of his-daughter's departure he became frantic and; ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 April - Page 3 ---------- The Normal Messenger 3 was prevented from remounting his horse and following her by the men, who had all they could do to hold him. He had not slept for three nights and four days, having been carrying messages constantly, but his Mary needed his help. The news of the danger spread over the little town like magic. Men, women and children rushed to the fort. A shot told them that the red men had been sighted. The fields were still dotted with running figures when a volley, and still another, came. As those inside the stockade watched the stream of settlers dash inside the gate they grew cold at the sound which haunted them in their dreams at night—the warwhoop. The deep, hideous gutteral notes of the scalp hallaoing rose and fell with a terrible fierceness. Nearer and nearer came the savages, yelling like demons. Before the rushing savages were a few settlers who had not yet reached the gate. All in, the gate closed with a bang, and instantaneously a shower of bullets beat against it like hail. Inside the stockade there was no confusion, even the little children kept quiet and out of the way. Every man was at his loophole, and every man, too, was aware that every shot he fired must count, for the supply of powder was getting low. The women and older children busied themselves in making bullets and loading the guns for the men at the loopholes. Over all the moon and stars looked down in solemn dignity. Fiercer grew the fight, and lower grew the powder supply. Although this little band of pioneers were doing deadly work there were always plenty of redskins to take the place of the ones who dropped. But the supply of powder was fast giving out. Suddenly the impish yelling ceased. Those on watch could see in the moonlight the skulking black forms moving away in the distance. It was too much to hope that the Indians had given up. "Wonder what their little game is now?" ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 April - Page 4 ---------- 4 The Normal Messenger said Schmidt. "You may depend upon it, they are up to some new deviltry.'' It was a period of intense stillness and fearful suspense; the settlers hardly dared to breathe freely. Nor did the strict vigilance lax; every man at his loophole strained his eyes, peering out into the dim moonlight to detect some sneaking savage. Where was Mary? Was one of those skulking redskins wearing her scalp ? or had she succeeded in reaching the soldiers at Centreville? If help would only arrive in time! was the muttered prayer. They waited an hour—maybe two. It seemed ages to the waiting townspeople. A white-faced woman ran out of her cabin, and in an awe-stricken whisper: "They're boring under the stockade." Which investigation proved to be true, for a stealthy, crunching sound fell upon their listening ears. So this was their scheme. Two silent, determined men took their places near where they thought the hole would be made. The noise kept on at intervals. Men. women and children took places at the walls to listen for that grinding sound. Several other-places were discovered, at each place two men knelt with axes raised to kill the first Indian to come from under the wall. Through the loopholes the watchers could see several black wriggling forms making their way through the grass to the wall. They were becoming bolder again and the silhouettes of several forms carrying something toward the stockade could be seen. They did not have to wait long for soon they smelt smoke. It was small pieces of wood the Indians had carried and they were starting fires all around the walls. Now they were carrying poles. What was to be done ? No powder to shoot with and the Indians about to burn up the fort, and climb over the walls by means of poles. In the cabin where the digging and boring was first heard, the ground was beginning to loosen. A small light was made, showing the guards what the Indians were doing. Finally ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 April - Page 5 ---------- The Normal Messenger 5 the ground caved in. The earth was quickly taken out of the hole from the outside and two feathers poked through. Higher and higher they lifted; then a cruel face. The men made quick use of their weapons; then settled to watch once more. After some time had elapsed the dead body of the Indian disappeared and a hideous yell rent the air. Onee again the deep gutteral sound of the warwhoop seemed to come from every side. It was almost daylight. Several feathered heads were seen slowly rising over the stockade wall. The settlers waited breathlessly. They were helpless, and knew now that they would be massacred if help did not come immediately. Suddenly the fearful yelling stopped. A volley rang out some distance away. Soon another volley; this time very much nearer. A flash of hope brightened the solemn faces of the besieged pioneers. Could it really be help coming or was it another band of the Cheyennes ? The Indians seemd to be dissatisfied. They hesitated a moment, and then they could be seen running hither and thither in a confused way. There was a rush, not at the fort this time, but to the heavy woods, for there, riding across the fields, came a band of soldiers. A great cheer came from the townsmen in the stockade as they watched their rescuers rush triumphantly toward the gate, which was swung open to meet them, and the first to enter was Mary. At the sight of her three rousing cheers were given. She had insisted upon returning with the soldiers, knowing that her father would be uneasy until he had her with him again. SENIOR TROUBLES. The close of each school year finds many impatient Seniors daily visiting the various departments in quest of grades, credits, recommendations, assistance on this and other numerous requirements that so concern members of that class. Already have those elderly people versed in pedagogy begun to ply their magic ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 April - Page 6 ---------- 6 The Normal Messenger quest to the end of securing that which fits a Normal student for "abnormal" life. At almost any period of the day one may see some members of the faculty, closely and secretly interviewed by a judicious Senior. It may be that the conference is with the teacher in mathematics, when such a question as '' Do you think I display marked ability in mathematics?" is asked. The question comes similarly to the depart ment of education when one asked, "Do yoj think I will make a psychological reasoner?" These and many other worries make the life of the average Senior as busy as a bee in June. Here is the rehearsing of the events that are dated for the near future, as we overheard them betwen two Seniors: "Oh, just think what we have before us; there are our finals, and our back work will all have to be made up soon. I'm conditioned in gym., also in agriculture because my grafts didn 't grow; then we have to have the outlines for our theses in by the fifteenth of April, and the girls think they won't give us longer than the tenth of May to have our graduating dresses finished. And besides this we'll have to get our pictures taken before school closes; then there's the Junior banquet; do hope I'll be able to eat. But just think of the applications we 11 have to send out. Oh! I'll be glad when it's over." ALUMNI. And Undergraduates. (By Clara Tarte.) Misses Nora Corbett and Helen Goldwaith are teaching at Buckley, Wash. Miss Jessie Jamison is now Mrs. G. Eames and is living in California. Mr. Martin Korstad is practicing law in Seattle. Mr. Korstad is in the same city, engaged' in the manufacturing of artificial limbs. Miss Laura Grant is teaching at Prosser Wash. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 April - Page 7 ---------- The Normal Messenger 7 Mr. Kibbe is now married and is principal of a school at Tumwater, Wash. Misses Jessie Bryant and Frances Moncriei are teaching in Olympia, Wash. Miss Anna Walden is teaching at North Yakima, Wash. Miss Bertha Johnson is teaching near Burlington, Wash. Miss Edna Cochel, of Mt. Vernon, is married to Mr. Wycoff. Miss Maude Drake was called home a few days ago on account of her father's illness. Miss Lillian Miller, '01, is teaching in the Seattle High school. Mr. Lucius Jones is married and living at Nooksaek, Wash. Miss Grace Dickey is teaching in Seattle. Mrs. Meyers is teaching at East Sound, Wash. Mr. Earl Morris is attending an art school at Philadelphia, Pa. Miss Josie Little and Mr. Walter Wells were recently married. Miss Ammie Lowe is teaching at Walla Walla. Miss Gladys Patric has had to give up her work and go south for her health. Miss Edna Andett is teaching at West Seattle, Wash. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 April - Page 8 ---------- 8 The Normal Messenger THE NORMAL MESSENGER Published Monthly by the Students of THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Press S. B. IRISH Co., lt;i lt;^|s^^ gt; 1311 Railroad Avenue EDITORIAL STAFF ROY GOODELL Editor-in-Chier ETHEL REVELLE - - Assistant Editor-in-Chief INEZ WYNN Literary A. D. FOSTER . . . - . - Literary LOUISE WALKER Societies N. DAVENPORT Athletics HELEN LINDEN Locals CLARA TARTE Alumni LEON CORY . . . . - Business Manager TERMS—FIFTY CENTS A YEAR Address all communications to the Editor-in-Chief, Bellingham, Wa. Issued the first of every month. All copy must be in the hands oi the Editor-in-Chief on or before the 20th of the month. Entered December 21, 1902, at Bellingham, Washington, as second-class matter, under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Vol. VII. APRIL, 1908 No. 6 EDITORIAL. Nine years ago, when this school first came-into existence, Dr. Mathes was chosen the administrative head. Dr. Mathes was then occupying the chair of history in the Idaho Normal School at Lewiston. The choice has proven to be a wise one. Under his farseeing and conscientious management the school has prospered greatly. This Normal is the only one in the state that has had but one president. This fact speaks well of Dr. Mathes' ability as an organizer and executive. Dr. Mathes has had many tempting offers, by other institutions of learning, if he would sever his connection with the school. But he is a firm believer in the great future of this institution, and we find him today guiding and directing its manageemnt toward that end. Let us look at just a few of the great changes during the last eight years. In 1900 the campus consisted of frog ponds, rocks and stumps? ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 April - Page 9 ---------- The Normal Messenger 9 today we have a beautiful plot of ground, and with the plans which are laid for the future there will be no more beautiful campus anywhere. There was no gymnasium, no dormitory, no greenhouse, no society or Y. W. C. A. halls. With the completion of the Science Annex we have the most beautiful building in the state. The faculty has increased from six to twenty-six members. Here a comment should be made upon the kind of faculty which he has chosen. We find all of the faculty strong, broad and intellectual, graduates of various eastern colleges and universities. In bringing about these changes in selecting the members of the faculty, Dr. Mathes has been the ever-present and active factor. It is by these that he is judged by the outside world, but we students, who meet him everyday, who sit in his classes, feel his influence in another way, more subtle and far-reaching. His kindly nature, his refinement and courteous manner has its effect upon the scholars. We leave the school and pass out into the world feeling that we have learned lessons from him never to be forgotten—lessons that we could not have gotten from a less noble character, a less deep nature. And so we find Dr. Mathes respected by the world without, loved and respected by the student body. It is with much pleasure that we publish the original story, found in Literary Department. The management of the paper would like to see it made a permanent feature. Let others follow Miss Olsen's example. One thing which we lack in this school is school spirit. It is not because there is lack of spirit in the schools. Class spirit runs high at times. But it is the prevailing opinion that class spirit is carried to an extreme, and to the extinction of school spirit. A school is a unit and there should be unity between the students We find class contests, class functions better patronized than those where the school as a whole is concerned. Not that we do not believe ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 April - Page 10 ---------- 10 The Normal Messenger in class spirit, a great deal of good may be gotten from contests and friendly rivalry, but we should not forget that school matters are far more important than class matters. Let us salute with one accord the "Blue and White," our school colors. What do you think about a school pin? ATHLETICS. (By Noah Davenport.) Back row, from left to right: Clark, Manager; Bond, Coach; Davenport, (Captain) Guard; Goodell, Center; Bowman, Guard; Petheram, Forward; Cory, Forward. NORMAL VS. EVERSON. The most amusing and really pitiful game of the season we played some time ago with an "alleged" team from the burg of Everson. Guy Dunning, captain. It will be remembered that Mr. Dunning made a record here in times ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 April - Page 11 ---------- The Normal Messenger 11 past. One of our professors was heard to apply the name of "Greek gods" to the athletes of the school, and it has occurred to us that this term was suggested by the athlete in a bathing suit who starred for Everson. To the "god" characteristic he added all the charm of a, Romeo and scarce could make a free throw (of which his referee gave him many) without casting languishing eyes at the Juliets in the gallery. We are justly proud of this Normal product the way he sustains his old name. Everson has since forgotten to give us our re-tur game or to return the nine good dollars we gave them. We notice that Mr. Dunning has headed a baseball team of rural teachers to combat city teachers. Probably it is due to this fact that he has overlooked us. Basket ball season has closed at the Normal and with the close of the season activities in the line of athletics cease. We have been unfortunate in getting outside teams to play here, there being no outside team in the gymnasium this year. We notice that Ellensburg Normal is claiming the state championship of all Normals and High School teams on the ground that they won from us and from the champion High School team of Seattle. We would like to call attention to the fact that Ellensburg has not played a single important game outside their own gym. this year. They arranged two dates with us, calling the games off in each case after we had done our advertising. It is all very well for a team to stay in their own so-called gymnasium and boast about beating all comers, but the team that deserves credit for their victories is the one that will move away from home and risk a game. We question this assertion of yours, Mr. McKinstry. and invite you to take a chance away from home. Our season was to close with a game with Snohomish, on March 28, but without notifying us they failed to appear. We made up a team from the school and the local Y. M. C. A., which put up as good a game as Snohomish would have furnished us. We thank the Y. M. C. A. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 April - Page 12 ---------- 12 The Normal Messenger boys for their kindness. If there is such a thing as honor in athletic sports we would like to suggest that one or two or three high schools on the coast might profit by practising it when they deal with other schools. The habit of breaking contracts is not a good one to form in the high school. The association has taken up the matter of building an asphalt tennis court in the near future. The Normal has put out a magnificent baseball team. With Mr. Leavy to secure the games and Mr. Bowman to lead the team to victory there will be things doing in baseball. LOCALS. (By Louise Walker and Helen Linden.) THINGS OF INTEREST. The faculty had an enjoyable evening on Wednesday, March 26. This was one of a series of parties of the year. The faculty was divided into three divisions for entertainment, each division to entertain twice during the year. One of these divisions presented a play, "The Shakespearean Conference,'' to the rest of the faculty, after which the east and audience adjourned to the faculty room, where a genuine college spread followed. The following is an extract from the W. W. H. S. Pedestal: First Girl—"Oh, kids, there are 300 girls at Bellingham and only five boys." Second Girl—"Well, five will do me." We would like to inform our Walla Walla friends that we have twenty-five boys, and that quality, not quantity, counts. Mrs. Nettleton entertained very delightfully the Seniors, Saturday evening, March 28. The Shakespearean Conference, which was given Thursday night, was repeated. The class and cast were then escorted to the faculty room, where dainty refreshments were served. Songs and stories concluded the evening's entertainment. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 April - Page 13 ---------- The Normal Messenger 13 Miss Maud Drake was called home Monday by the serious illness of her father. Charis Thompson entertained a number of her little friends at a party in honor of her sixth birthday, Tuesday, March 31, in Edens Hall. DID ANY POTTY SEE DOT CALF? Eond a vay. Von ret und vite calf mit its to behind legs was plack. He vas a she calf. Any potty dot prings dot calf home pays me five dollars. HANS BOGG. Tree miles behind the pridge. A large number of students spent their vacation at home. We are glad to hear the Athletic Association are working hard for a tennis court. The students should help the cause along. We Seniors have our pins Don't you see, They're as pretty as can be So think we. And this class of 'Naughty Eight' Will wear them early and late, For we think they're simply great, And they be. The members of the school and the Y. W. C. A. girls were treated to an interesting talk on "Host and Hostess," by Miss Montgomery, March 26. The Training School has a garden under construction. Stella F.—"What will I do with 100 visiting cards ? Agnes M.—"You'll use them up before you change your name." The Sophs took the Freshmen girls to a beach party a few nights ago and was frozen out. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 April - Page 14 ---------- 14 The Normal Messenger DECLAMATORY TRIANGLE. A Triangle Declamatory Contest will be hell May 15, at Ellensburg, between Cheney, Ellens-burg and Bellingham Normals. Each school will have two representatives, one in declamation, the other in an original oration. Contestants will work for honors. Our declamation representative will be Miss Clara Tarte. Miss Lucille Griffith and Roxy Mendenhall are visiting Edens Hall. Olive K.—"Do you want to buy some two-cent stamps?" Grace H.—"How much are they?" We are glad to see Mr. Stone and Mr. Forrest back in school again. The Junior class is coming quite proficient in the art of grafting, through the careful instructions of Mr. Epley. The students are glad to have a new piano in the gym. Trimble says it's time for "Bird" hunting. O.—Grace (Waikle) where are you going to teach, in college or high school? Grace—Oh, I am going to teach the primary in my own home. Miss Nissen—"Mr. Romaine, has the earth worm a down side that it walks on?" Mr. 0'Sullivan (in Sociology)—"What effect has moisture on—(Miss) Wood?" Mr. Stults kindly informed the local editor that his name was mis-spelled in the previous issue. Please note the correction thereof. Window seats are in great demand at Junior class meetings. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 April - Page 15 ---------- The Normal Messenger 15 Katherine had a little lamp, A jealous lamp, no doubt; For as soon as Katherine's beau came in, The lamp, you see, went out. The following members of the faculty have visited neighboring high schools recently. Mr. Romaine, Arlington; Mr. Stone, Stanwood; Mr. Epley, Edmonds; Mr. Forrest, Nooksack; Mr. Bond, Burlington; Mr. Deerwester, Blaine. Professor, 'tis of thee And Sociology The Seniors sing. "We love the ties you wear, Your smile and curly hair, But think your tests not fair O'Sul-li-van. Mr. Epley gave an illustrated lecture before the Indian students at Tulalip Agency, March 20. Dr. and Mrs. Mathes spent Saturday, March 28, in Mount Vernon. E—verythmg quiet. D—ark the night. E—very one studying. N—o not quite. S—econd years practicing. H—ear a shout. A—wful scrimmage. L—ights out. L—ecture, private (girls pout). Miss Iva Whitesides. who recently underwent an operation for appendicitis, is getting along nicely. Miss M. B. Sperry spent her vacation in Seattle. The earth worm—Bah! ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 April - Page [viii] ---------- Jenkins Transportation Co, T n i l F J O A 1\/I/^1VT A ^ate Whatcom's Fastest and i n n I Y / M V I V J I N f\) Finest Passenger Boat : Between Silver Beach {White City), Geneva and RAMONA PARK RAMONA PARK, The most beautiful Picnic Grounds on the Lake Fine Dance Pavilion, Seats, Swings and Tables EVERYTHING FREE FARE 10c. For charter to any point on the Lake GEO. A. JENKINS, Phone Main 2712 Owner ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 April - Page [ix] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS Merry Widow Hats For Merry Maidens Are having an enormous run at present. We show them in great varieties of styles, both trimmed and untrimmed in straw, braid, proxelend and dotted nets. Also the new Merry Widow Veils in all the fashionable colors. Kaufman Bros* College Brand Nobby Young Mens' Suits We give a B. S. N. S. Pennant with every $5 Purchase RED FRONT ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 April - Page [x] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS THE BIG BANK 1 B C We want all Normal Students to bring their checks to this bank where we "will be pleased to cash them and extend any other favors possible. : : : First National Bank Capital $200,000.00 Corner Elk and Holly Sts. U N I T E D S T A T E S D E P O S I T A RY Blake Hardware Co. -WE SELL-SPORTING Fine, up-to-date Cutlery, Jack Knives Scissors. TELEPHONES : MAIN 35 HOME, A 435 ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 April - Page [xi] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS College and ScKool Emblems CLASS PINS FRATERNITY PINS Jewelry and Optical House ENGRAVING FINE REPAIRING NORTHWEST HARDWARE CO. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL S H B L F A N D H E A VY H A R D W A R E BELLINGHAM, - : WASHINGTON Stylish. Spring Shoes To dress your feet in the correct covering for the spring and summer months is a problem easily solved, when you visit our store :: :: :; :: GEO. F. RAYMOND no EAST HOLLY ST. Cook with Gas Whatcom County Railway and Light Co. BAY AND HOLLY HOME B 111 SUNSET EXCHANGE I ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 April - Page [xii] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS I . J. WELTY, PmMtit E. I . MOMM, Cithltr HOME SECURITY SAVINGS BANK BELLINGHAM, WASH. The only Savings Bank in Northwest Washington Pays -4 Per Cent Interest Compounded Quarterly KERN'S LEADING CONFECTIONERY IN THE CITY MAKES PURE ICE OREAM AND CANDIES WE SERVE LUNCHES AND OYSTERS 105 W. Holly Street BELLINGHAM, WASH. PACIFIC STEAM LAUNDRY ESTABLISHED 1889 BUS/EST, BIGGEST. BEST Phone Main ia6 Home A 738 UDNESS ERHOLM MARZ FRANK MEAT, POULTRY AND PISH QUICK DELIVERY Phone Main 3231 Home A 552 1047 Elk St., near Morse, BELLINGHAM PiiP^K CAFE Known as Davenport E. J. Beck, Prop. O. W. Meelands, Mgr. Patronage of Normal Students Solicited Dock Street . . . . BELLINGHAM. WASH. PACIFIC BINDERY J. E. IMPEY, Proprietor Magazines and Books Bound and Rebound Call and see our new and up-to-date Bindery WHITEHOUSE B'L\ W. HOLLY 8T. Phone Main 164 Home A 164 BELLINGHAM, WASH. VICTOR A. ROEDER, Prest. F. P. HANDSCHT, Cashier WM. G. BROWN, Vice-Prest. H. P. JUKES, Asst. Cashier The Bellingham National Bank BBLUNOHAM, OASHINSTON CAPITAL STOCK AND SURPLUS 9t40.000.00 This Bank transacts a general banking business. Highest prices paid for warrants and bonds. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT A thoroughly equipped Savings Department has recently been opened. Accounts in any sum received and interest paid thereon and compounded semi-annually. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 April - Page [xiii] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS rA A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A W W W W W W w w w w w w w w w w v J. N. SELBY CO. 207 WEST HOLLY ST. Keep constantly in stock full lines of ScKool Supplies BELLINQHAM. WASHINGTON • • t•A A• W4 AWA AV 4V4 W4 A WA A AW4 AW4 4W4 AWA AVAWA AWA AWA AWA WA AWA A AWA RED CROSS PHARMACY Offerman Drug Co. PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS PHONE MAIN 119 HOME A 119 FREE DELIVERY MERRIN WALL PAPER PAINT CO. CAN DECORATE YOUR HOUSE WITH BEAUTIFUL PICTURES DAYLIGHT BLOCK ELK STREET S P E C I A L Carbon Panel Photos 50c. per Dot S n d l S O n S t X l d l O Opposite GrandTneatre Phones: Main gSq A 071 BELLI NQH AM, WASH. JOHN B. AGEN'S CREAMERY is the name on the best butter. It is guaranteed by the largest dealers on the coast and yet costs no more than unknown makes. INSIST ON IT AT YOUR GROCER'S JOHN B. AGEN BELLINGHAM, WASH. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 April - Page [xiv] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS KODAKS. We Show You How Collins Co. DruttKnFoiK, Telephone Main 1485 ao6 East Holly Street H. I,. Munro E. N. Haskell MUNRO HASKELL HARDWARE, TINNING PLUMBING, HEATING 1163 ELK ST. TELEPHONE MAIN 12 BellingHam, WasH. Larson's Livery Transfer Boarding, Feed and Sale Stables. Wood and Coal. Hacks at all hours. Heavy trucking. Furniture and piano moving a specialty. Express and draying. Brick storage rooms. Cadillac automobiles for hire. Ambulance on short notice. :: :: :: PHONES: SUNSET, MAIN 70; HOME, A 670 W. B. LARSON, MANAGER. - 1328-30 ELK STREET Sixty Per Cent Of all headaches are caused through defective eyes. Little eye defects grow to big ones if not proper- • Jy and promptly attended to. WOLL THE OPTICIAN 112 West Holly Street BEU-INQHAM. WASHINGTONPPPPP
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Show more1908_0501 ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 May - Cover ---------- TH£ Messenger Bellingham, Washington MAY, 1908 Marie Odegaard-'06 ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 May - Page [i] ---------- State Normal School BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON CALENDAR FOR SCHOOL YEAR 1907-1908: School year opens September 11 , 1907. Second quarter opens November 18, 1907. Thanksgiving vacation—Nov. 2S-Dec. 2, 1907. Holiday vacation—Dec. 20, 1907-Jan. 6, 190S. Second Semester opens February 3, 1908. Spring vacation—April 3 to 7, 1908. Fourth quarter opens April 7, 190S. Annual Commencement—June ir, 190S. lt;£ New classes are organized each quarter. Full new program is offered for the second semester. New Dining Hal] offers an attractive cultured home for young ladies. Completion of the new science annex will provide excellent laboratory facilities for all science work, including laboratories for drawing and manual training. Certificates and diplomas may be issued at the close of any quarter of the school year. Students may enter in September ro February and find regular work. Expenses are reduced to the minimum. Illustrated catalogue will be mailed free. E. T. HATHES, Principal. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 May - Page [ii] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS MONTAGUE McHUGH Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods BELUNQNAM* WASH. Attend Our 20 per cent Discount Sale Everything in the Store Reduced. Nothing Reserved At tilts Sale is likely to be called off at any moment, we advise you to hurry For Modern Hethods in Showing Jlen'a Wear, see Our Wardrobe System TheGage-DodsonCo. Hart, Schaffner ilarx Clothing: for Hen CLOVCR BLOCK mMmMmmmmmmammmmmMmMmmmmmmmmmmmmm The Famous Shoe House We have the largest and most exclusive Stock of Shoes on the Bay. Agent! for "SOROSIS SHOES" THE FAMOUS SHOE HOUSE ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 May - Page [iii] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS P H O N B MAIN aoai BIRNEY GOODHEART Surgery, Diseases of Women and X-Ray Work a Specialty Rooms i, 2, 3, 4 and 5, Red Front Bldg Residence Residence Pbone Dr. Goodheart— Both Phone* Dr. Birney Main 146 Main 107a—Home A 103 «s«nB ^ / o f f i c e ' M a i n , 634 Automatic ./Office, A 941 Sunset. I R e s i d e n c e i M a i n 2889 Automatic. {R e s i d e n c e i A ^ 94-25 DAYLIGHT BLOCK, ELK STREET DR. CARL M. ERB Specialist Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Glasses Fitted. Office Hours: 9:00 to 11:30 a.m.; IMO to 4:30 p.m. Evening and Sundays by Appointments. BEM.INGHAM, WASHINGTON DR. KIRKPATRICK SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN SUNSET BUILDING Office J10 to 12 a. m. Telephone Main 3243 Hours l a to 5 p. m. Home A 835 Res. Telephone Main 945 DR. WILBUR N. HUNT PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON OFFICE: .- •• BELLINGHAM. Rooms 313-314 Sunset Bldg. WASHINGTON ST. JOSEPH'S HOSFlTrtL BELLINGHAM HEIGHTS • EATON-HURLBUT'S « PUCES * W ELEGANT STATIONERYjEIgLJIt For Prescriptions, Sick Room Supplies, or Druggists Sundries, see us first. Our stock is the largest and most complete in the city. Take advantage of our free delivery system. m GRAHAM MUNCH ffi ^ B OWL PHARMACY ^H „ _ _ _ - f Sunset, Main 556 Free Delivery JTOONES. 1 Home, A 556 Anywhere Anytime ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 May - Page [iv] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS DR. C. A. DARLING DENTIST Rooms 18 and 19 Fischer Block Corner Dock and Holly Streets PHONE MAIN 3074 BELUNGHAM, WASH. Phone Main 400 Exchange Block DR. E. EMORY ROSS DENTIST MANACER OF THE CITY DENTAL PARLORS DR. T. M. BARLOW DENTIST Rooms 3-4-5-6 Phone Main 975 Lighthouse Block Residence Home A 862 Office Phone, Main 985 Home A 471 CHAS. L. HOLT, M. D. Specialties: Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Rooms 1 and 2 Fischer Block SUSSES ACCURATELY F1TTEI HANN PHOTOGRAPHER SUNSET BLOCK Corner Elk and Holly. Phone Main 3325 New Studio and Equipment Modern Methods in Photography Elevator at Holly St. entrance Bellingham. Washington «. , , . MANAPnn ^•Mwrtw^, MUWAliWl I B S ' RANGES H ^ ^ U I S p B f i l ^ ^ Always the best ( • § • / WBSl^lBSa96MB Absolutely ^JJr | S M | ^ E 5 | 3 | Guaranteed W S^SIS ^ftfl Easy to buy B. B. Furniture Co. Everything to furnish a home ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 May - Page [v] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS LUDWIG ®. C O L L I NS Watchmakers, Jewelers and Opticians——^ Successors to GEO. E. LUDWIG J. C. F. COLL'NS GEO. E. LUDWIG Watchmaker Optician Watchmaker and Mfg. Jeweler Errors of Refraction s ial Q r d e r W o rk Properly Corrected of Every Description Telephone Main 770 311 West Holly Street Bellingbam, Wash. THE CAVE Good Candy is made fresh daily at The Cave, 1240 Elk Street TRY OUR BITTER SWEETS W. O. MORGAN. PROPRIETOR WHITE GOODS For Commencement Gowns D a i n t y SilK Mulls a n d O r g a n d i e s for R e c e p t i o n a n d Party Gowns "White C l o v e s , W h i t e H o s i e r y , W h i t e Shoes,. Exquisite L a c e s a n d Waist Nets ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 May - Page [vi] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS .'%^%^%^%'%^%^%^ */%/*%/%^%% gt; lt; THE LEADER Smartest Fashions in Women's Wear FROM the Fashion Centers of the world we have gathered the most complete stock of Women's Wearing Apparel ever shown by a Bellingham store. :: Our showing of Women's and Mis-es' Tailored Suits, Skirts, Coats, Rain Coats. Waists, Costumes and Millinery, is representative of the best thoughts and ideas of the most renowned Fashion Designers It is extensive and varied as becomes our great Ready-to- Wear Section, where the largest business in women's apparel centers. No matter how high you place your fashion ideas, nor how acute yoi^r economical ideas may be, it is only natural that "The Leader," in its position of pre-eminence, should and will meet them in a manner most gratifying to you. We invite you to come and see the show. J. W. ROE R. I,AMONT Telephones, Main 130 Home, A 130 GREAT NORTHERN FURNITURE CO. ROE LAMONT, Props. Home Furnishers Complete Corner Commercial and Magnolia Streets BELLINGHAM, - - WASHINGTON ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 May - Page [vii] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS Byron Grocery Co. liNCOKPORATRD DAIRY PRODUCTS AND GROCERIES Our grades of Teas and Coffees i are the best. : Our Green Vegetables are fresh § daily. j Our Butter, Cheese and Eggs— I no better to be found. 5 Our Canned Goods best on the | market. 5 Our prices are right and quick 5 deltverv. i BYRON GROCERY CO. I Daylight Block 'Phone Main 200 Home A 202 « 1207 Elk Street BEIXINGHAM, WASH. g ******** ******** ************** **************** ******** **** ****** ****** MORSE HDW. 60. 1025-1039 ELK ST. TIpe IWoderi? Hardware Store Phones: Pacific Main 25 Home A 225 BELLINGHAM HAVE YOUR TEETH ATTENDED TO BY RELIABLE DENTISTS WHO GUARANTEE THEIR WORK WHATCOM DENTAL PARLORS OR. OHAS. O. TURNER, MOff. CLOVER BLOCK ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 May - Page [1] ---------- THE NORMAL MESSENGER MAY, 1908 LITERARY DEPARTMENT. (By Inez Wynn, A. D. Foster.) HOME HAPPENINGS IN THE LIFE OF A NORMAL STUDENT. An entertainment of high dramatic talent having been given by the Thespian Dramatic Club of the B. S. N. S., the members of that august body assembled the following day at Students' Hour to listen to the report of the committee on finances. "Has anyone seen Leon Cory this morning'f " asked Fred Reymer, the president, as he arose to preside. "Yes," piped up a female voice, " I saw him just now in the lower hall. He was very busy talking to a young lady." "Since he is chairman of this committee, we cannot proceed until he comes," observed the president. Just then they were startled by the voice of a messenger asking if Mr. Hallam was there. Yes, he was, and after a hasty perusal of the message handed him, announced that he had been called away unexpectedly and as treasurer of the club he would leave the money in charge of the president until his return, and was gone. Just as the last gong sounded, Mr. Cory, smiling and breathless, appeared on the scene with the announcement that $50 had been cleared the night before. The money was forthwith deposited in the hands of the president, much against that gentleman's will, for had he not had cause to suspect of late that Hallam had been using underhand methods in regard to him? Any person interested in Mr. Reymer's wel: fare might well have had cause for anxiety had he seen him, with wild eyes and disheveled hair, rush madly from the Normal steps that evening, or heard his muttered words as he turned up the street toward his room and spied ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 May - Page 2 ---------- 2 The Normal Messenger pretty, blue-eyed Dorothy Cook strolling arm in arm with a strange young gentleman. For weeks past he had caught himself at times reading whole pages of psychology without knowing one word of what it contained— only vaguely conscious of having feasted his eyes on the bewitching features of this fair damsel instead. He had lingered to talk with her in the halls; he had walked to luncheon with her at noon; he had managed to be on hand to carry her books home in the evening, and who would conjecture that his eyes had not often conveyed fair speechless messages as a tribute to that indefinable something about her that made her of more interest to him than all the other girls of the Normal put together? " 0 , 1 say, Old Fellow!" burst out the cheerful voice of Harvey Smith, as he slammed a book down on Fred's table that evening after supper, "I'm having a deuce of a time with that outline we have to write for Miss Sperry. Can't you help me out?" "Hang you, no! Don't mention English to me, on pain of your life!" came in a spasmodic gulp from a corner of the room. "Why, er-r-r, what's the matter? You look as if you had seen a ghost!" (Harve had only now caught sight of his friend's face.) "Ugh! Seen a ghost, indeed!! I wish to goodness nothing worse had happened!" "Well, what has happened, anyway! Come, let's have i t ." "Harve, that $50 Hallam left in my charge; has been stolen!" " I t has?" Harve gave a prolonged whistle. "Are you quite sure that you have not mislaid it somewhere instead?" "Never was more sure of anything in my life. It was taken from a shelf in the cloakroom, where I happened to leave it for a few minutes this evening." "Have you told anyone about i t ?" "Not a soul but you, and don't intend t o !" "But why not?" asked Harve, with bulging «yes. "Don't you see that that would put me in ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 May - Page 3 ---------- The Normal Messenger 3 Hallam's power? You know the way he has been acting toward me of late, and somehow I feel that he is mixed up in this affair. I never liked the fellow. I must manage someway to get the money before he returns and let no one be the wiser. Set your wits to working, old fellow, and help me out.'' " I see you are right. We must devise some means," said Harve. "Let's see; have you any friends in town of whom you might borrow it ?" "No, not one." "How about your father; couldn't you send to him for i t ?" '' Impossible! You don't know father.'' "Then isn't there a rich old maid in town whom you might win?" '' Nonsense!'' Many other ways and means were suggested before the two friends parted, late in the night, but none gave satisfaction. Neither did Fred mention that other matter that had played such an important part in the conflicting emotions with which he was torn, but strangely enough it was not the stolen money alone that made that night seem a hideous nightmare. As Fred strolled down Happy Valley the evening following he was watched by two faces at different windows. One was the face of Dorothy Cook. "Why has Fred avoided me today and acted so strangely?" she mused. "It is not like him. Harve said it was on account of that grammar test, but I don't believe him. I wanted him to meet Cousin Frank before he leaves; but I shall never ask him up when he is in such a temper." The other was the face of a lady of very unquestionable age. She was rich. She had no one to care for but herself. She was very fond of Mr. Reymer, and, as she watched him pass her window, the thot occurred to her: "This is Leap Year. What's to stop me?" Strangely enough she was out for an evening stroll when Mr. Reymer returned, and encountered him with a sweet "Good evening." Possibly Fred himself could not have told yon how he came to spend that evening at her ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 May - Page 4 ---------- 4 The Normal Messenger home, or how it was that he was an engaged man before he left, but such was the case. It was all arranged, even to the wedding, which was to take place soon. Of course it would be kept quiet till the end of the year. In the meantime he should have all the money he wished. Harvey had to be taken into his friend's confidence, but he wondered much at his friend's changed philosophy, and how he could so soon tire of such a girl as Dorothy. One evening he happened across these verses on Fred's table, and they set him to wondering: "Why should a man his chances lose, Of gaining a fortune if he choose To take with the gift the giver fair, Tho' twice his age and silvered hair? That man's a fool who thinks that for him There's only one girl in this world to win. Than court a pretty, senseless, prue. The greatest man in the world of art Has set us a pace in the choice of his heart. And who can say that this older dame Helped not to decide his future fame?" Could Fred really mean this, or was he only trying to justify himself? When Hallam returned the money was handed over to him. But what made him act so strangely at the time, I wonder? There were also some strange rumors afloat to the effect that Fred and Dorothy had quarreled. "Oh, dear," sighed a lady member of the faculty, "those foolish children." A fortnight later the battleships California and Tennessee left port and the next day the papers stated that Frey Reymer, the most promising boy in the Normal school, had sailed with them, which was very true. But only Harvey knew the particulars. A letter to him ran thus: Dear Harve : As you know, I was to wed a certain lady this evening. But I have turned coward, as you see, and will not be on hand. I know it is a beastly thing to do, but don't blame me too much, and don't under any consideration ever put yourself in the same position. I may never ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 May - Page 5 ---------- The Normal Messenger 5 see you again, but, believe me, I shall attempt to mend my ways and never again stoop to so low a thing. Yours Ever, FBED. Four years later Mr. Goodell in a visiting address to the Normal school, described his travels thru Australia and mentioned having seen Mr. Fred Eeymer. He stated that he was an educator of some importance there; also that he had been recently married and seemed very happy; that the fortunate girl was Dorothy Cook, who had gone there to teach and accidentally came across her old friend Reymer* The renewal of their acquaintance in this far away country had ended thus. A STUDENT. FOND RECOLLECTIONS. They present to view many pleasant scenes. They bring together associations never found elsewhere. The varicolored lights and the changing shades they throw upon our lives enoble and quicken. Were thoughts unchaste, were spirits low; or, were they simple, pure— kaleidescopically they come forth changed or made more simple and true. Those wee small hours of the morning, when senior classmates tranuilly slept—how often were they tossed restlessly by underclassmates. endeavoring to outwit and overstep their fellows advanced in years. The long, tedious tasks, often set to try the patience or keep down youthful spirits; wanderings afar through northern jungles in search for some new genus in animal or vegetable life; hours drinking deep the effulgence of Luna's magic; practices many and wondrous; songs, jests, and smiles—aye, perchance a frown—these are but settings in the presentment of life at Belling-ham Normal. B. M. ANSLOW, Class of '07. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 May - Page 6 ---------- 6 The Normal Messenger PRAISEWORTHY FEATURES OF THE TRAINING SCHOOL. The decided improvement in the grade schools of the present over the older system is worthy of much commendation. We wish to take up a few of the advanced features of the training department of the Normal, not as a model department altogether, but as a progressive grade school, one that is adopting all improvements that seem in keeping with the present advance in education. A few years ago all that was considered a requisite for the boy in the grades was a fairly good knowledge of the subject matter in four or five text books. His social life was left to take care of itself, his training for citizenship was not considered; his special ability in ay one line was left undeveloped. Now we are inclined to treat boys and girls as men and women, and it is generally conceded that if a boy is placed on his honor and given the privileges of men he will use them as men do. When you find a child that is dissatisfied with the school there are just three sources to which his dissatisfaction may be pointed. There is something wrong with the school, the teacher or the child. The conditions of the training school are such as to reduce such discontent to a minimum and to offer something that will appeal to a child of the most eccentric nature. The regular course in the grades has a variation both in subject matter and varied exercises for general development. A short course in plane geometry and physics, the latter largely experimental, is given. These subjects will be an incentive to higher education to many boys that would otherwise drop out of school on the completion of the grades. Very good work is done in drawing and manual training. Some of the boys have constructed useful articles of furniture that are worthy of anyone's praise. Some of the natural taelnt, that has been displayed by the students, has taken the form of inventions. Arthur Hook invented a machine for a moving electric sign, which works perfectly; Edric 'Walling made an arc light by use of pieces of ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 May - Page 7 ---------- The Normal Messenger 7 carbon; Ray Martin arranged a wireless telegraph by which he communicates for a short distance. Besides this social and business responsibility is aimed at as a part of the natural development of the child. Social organization exists among the higher grades for the purpose of physical, mental and moral development, and to foster democratic sentiment. Through the ingenuity of the higher grade students, a unique fair was held in the gymnasium in November, at which almost one hundred dollars were made. With this fund these grades have been supplied with numerous conveniences that every industrious school could have. The idea of doing things has thus been inculcated in the minds of these students and it becomes clear that they may act now instead of deferring all action or responsibility to the future. We hear some objection to the training school, that it is a place where children are practiced on by novices. This variety of teachers gives a broader understanding of the different phases of the same subject and a greater acquaintance with the different characters among people than is received in the grades of most city schools. This benefit extends to the teacher as well as to the pupil, and the wideawake teacher will be able to leave the training school with much reserve power that may well be applied in even the best of graded schools. A. D. FOSTER. THE DEVIL'S GARDEN. (By S. Johnson.) When I was but a small boy my parents took me for a ride across the Devil's Garden. The Devil's Garden is a vast expanse of elevated ground, bordered on the north, the east and the south by lofty mountains, and on the west by a broad, fertile valley. We rode in an open carriage, and upon emerging from a forest of gigantic pines, through which everyone must pass who would enter the garden, the prospect that greeted my eyes was that of an endless waste of lava-flow ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 May - Page 8 ---------- 8 The Normal Messenger and boulders, boulders so large that at a great distance the Deril's Garden looked like a mighty legendary city of gigantic castles built of stone. One of these mimic castles in particular, rising high above the rest, with a grove of juniper trees (the only living thing that could muster courage to inhabit this desolate region) at its foot, and the burning sun surrounding it with a halo of fire, reminded my childish fancy of the castle of the sleeping beauty. I even declared that when I grew up I would don a magic armor and do over again what the gallant knight did in the times of mythology. But as we drove on the scene remained ever the same, and the burning sun became ungrateful, so that my heart was filled with a deeper gladness upon reaching the green valley below, where the winding river and the waving sycamores presented an ever changing and refreshing beauty. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 May - Page [9] ---------- B ELLIN CHAM STATE NORMAL AS IT APPEARS TODAY ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 May - Page 10 ---------- 10 The Normal Messenger THE NORMAL MESSENG R Published Monthly by the Students of THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Press S. B. IRISH Co., e | | § £ x £ s » 1311 Railroad Avenue EDITORIAL STA1-K ROY GOODELL . . . . - Kditor-in-Chiet ETHEL REVELLE - - Assistant Editor-in-Chiei INEZ WYNN Literary A. D. FOSTER Literary LOUISE WALKER Societies N. DAVENPORT Athletics HELEN LINDEN - - Locals CLARA TARTE Alumni LEON CORY . . . . - Business Manager TERMS—FIFTY CENTS A YKAK Address all communications to the Editor-in-Chief, Bellinghain, Wn. iMued the first of every month. All copy must be in the hands OJ the Editor-in-Chief on or before the 20th of the month. Entered December 21, 1902, at Bellinghani, Washington, as second-class matter, under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Vol. VII. MAY, 1908 No. 7 EDITORIAL. There is at present a movement on foot to perfect an organization of the student body. A committee of students has been appointed to confer with a committee appointed from the faculty and to draw up plans for such an organization. This movement should be looked upon with the greatest of favor by the student body. It marks the greatest stride toward advancement yet taken by students of this institution. Such an organization would bring, to a great extent, the much needed quality of school loyalty and school spirit. It would bring the students into closer relation with each other, give them common interests, and develop a kindred spirit which should exist. It is not known as yet what action these committees will take, but it is thought a tax of 50c a semester will be collected from each student. With this annual income many things could be done. It has long been felt that the printing space of the Messenger is too limited. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 May - Page 11 ---------- The Normal Messenger 11 With this additional capital the space could be doubled. Those two long-coveted asphalt tennis courts could be built. A bookstore could be run, selling school supplies to the students at cost. Boats could be placed upon Lake Whatcom for the use of the students. Necessary-funds to send teams to compete in athletic meets could be raised. And so we might go on enumerating the things that could be done. The perfecting of such an organization means great things for the students, the faculty and the school. Miss Irma Whittier was the winner in the prize story contest. The story appears upon the first pages of this paper. And we should like to see Miss Whittier develop more fully the talent she displays. The next issue of the Messenger will be edited by the Senior class. This will give the regular staff a chance to rest and the Seniors a chance to display their knowledge. ALUMNI. (By Clara Tarte.) Mr. Harry Raymond, '05, has recently returned from New York, where he has spent a , pleasant and successful winter in the study of music. Miss Florence Griffith, '00, a member of the first graduating class in 1900, is now in Nebraska, representing a publishing house of that state. Her sister, Mabel, a student of the Normal for a few months in 1906, is with her in the same position. Both girls are enjoying their work, and are very successful. The students and faculty will be grieved to near of the deaths of Mr. Cecil Spurling and Mr. Frank Scannell. Miss Ida McMillian, '02, is now Mrs. W. A. Hitchcock, of Ellensburg, Wash. Miss Edith Fouts, '01, has lately returned from the East, where she has been successfully studying music. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 May - Page 12 ---------- 12 The Normal Messenger Miss Anna Iverson is teaching at StanwoocL Mrs. Effie Bear Knapp, '03, and her husband are attending the State College at Pullman. Miss Alice Kellogg, '04, is teaching at present, but contemplates attending a university in the East next year. Miss Albra Paddock, '04, is teaching at Elber-ton, Wn. Miss Bessie Service, '04, has moved to Oregon to live. Mr. Guy Allison, '07, is improved in health and is continuing with his teaching. He i planning a visit this summer to his home in Kirksville, Missouri. Miss Ada Meyers, '07, and her sister Eva are both teaching in their home town, Shelton, and still take a great interest in basket ball, both playing in the Shelton team. LOCALS. (By Helen Linden, Louise Walker.) OUR MERRY WIDOWS Mr. H. G. Lull, of U. of W., was a visitor at Normal for a few days recently. The Senior girls at Edens' Hall are proud of the fact that they have a table all to themselves. On the 16th of May the finals of the triangle declamatory and oratorical contest will be held at Ellensburg. Miss Clara Tarte will represent the school in declamation and either Mr. "Will Bowman or Noah Davenport in oratory. Mr. A. P. Romine has a leave of absence for the coming year. He expects to travel during, the summer and enter Harvard this fall. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 May - Page 13 ---------- The Normal Messenger 13 Mr. R.—We will go to Chuckanut on the train. Verne B.—How'11 we get home? Mr. R.—By Shank's livery stable. Mr. Forest is making a desperate effort to arrange for the school to go to Olga, on Orcas island, and climb Mount Constitution. Miss Catherine Montgomery will be away on a leave of absence next year. She will spend her time traveling in Europe. The Messenger is glad to report the rapid recovery of Miss Ida Whitesides. Mrs. Nettleton presented a college play "The Man in the Case," Friday, May 2. The cast was chosen from the Oral Expression department, assisted by one member of the faculty. A great deal of credit is due the cast for the manner in which the play was given. Quite a neat little sum was realized. This is to be used to make a present to the school. Mr. Forrest spoke at the Schoolmasters' Club May 2, in Seattle. The Senior class will publish the next issue of the Messenger. A habit young Fiedler possessed which was bad. As Miss Sperry viewed it she grew very sad; She knew that some day the poor boy would regret, "So daily she watched him; she could not forget His chair ever rested on legs—only two— When there should have been four, as chairs generally do. One day thus he balanced, with unconscious bliss, When all of a sudden •siirj asni papuei an. The Choral Club, assisted by a mixed chorus and Dr. Chase, organist of First Presbyterian Church, Seattle, as soloist, will give a concert June 1st. It will be in charge of the First Presbyterian Church, Bellingham. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 May - Page 14 ---------- 14 The Normal Messenger Miss Berenice Barnes has accepted a position-in Ann Arbor, Mich. Miss Le Conte has received a leave of absence and will spend the following year in California. I always laugh at jokes Romine tells to me, Not because they're funny, But because it's policy May 16 the students of the Y. W. C. A. and Athletic Association will hold a May Day festival on the Normal campus. A queen will be chosen from the school. The program of the morning will consist of a procession representing all classes and organizations to escort the Queen to her coronation. Each organization will offer some form of entertainment. At noon luncheon will be served on the campus. In the. afternoon the men members of the faculty, young men of the school and representatives of schools in Whatcom county will contest in Field Day ecsereises. An interesting baseball game will be played. A small admission of 25 cents will be charged for the day's program. Teacher—"What animal is satisfied with the least nourishment?" Brilliant Pupil—'' The moth. He eats holes.'r —Ex. HAPPENINGS April 9—Normal School visits battleships. April 10—Miss Gray entertains U. S. S. California and B. S. N. S. baseball teams at dinner. April 17—Grace Hedger visits in Anacortes. April 20—Dunbar Bell Ringers give concert at Normal Auditorium. April 24—Leon leaves school. April 27—Mr. Romine takes Biology class te visit new building. April 28—Miss Le Conte visits new building with Hygiene class. April 30—Seniors receive invitations (?) Y. w- a-A. A large number of Normal ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 May - Page 15 ---------- The Normal Messenger 15 joyed an Easter service at 6 o'clock Easter morning on the summit of Sehome hill. The Normal Association is sending a representative to assist Miss Day in the city work three times a week. Miss Ross, student secretary of Washington -and Oregon, is expected to soon visit the Normal Y. W. C. A. Mr. Epley took a picture of the school Junior and Senior classes and the Young Men's Debating Club April 29. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 May - Page [viii] ---------- Jenkins Transportation Co. T ' L J C O A lVA/^lVT A Lake Whatcom's Fastest and H I E IY/\1V1 W l N l\j Finest Passenger Boat : Between Silver Beach (White City), Geneva and RAMONA PARK RAMON A PARK, The most beautiful Picnic Grounds on the Lake Fine Dance Pavilion, Seats, Swings and Tables EVERYTHING FREE FARE 10c. For charter to any point on the Lake GEO. A. JENKINS, Phone Main 2712 Owner ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 May - Page [ix] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS THE TIME s i s r s - Dress, or Costumes is right now, while assortments are in their prime and glory, before they are all picked over. We have all sorts of them, for am7 in or out-door function, including Graduating and Confirmation Dresses The assortments here are very extensive, the styles individual, and the prices within reach of all. You are welcome to look over the showing at Kaufman Bros* I College Brand Nobby Young Mens' Suits We give a B. S. N. S. Pennant with every $5 Purchase RED FRONT ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 May - Page [x] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS THE BIG BANK " t ST We want all Normal Students to bring their checks to this bank where we will be pleased to cash them and extend any other favors possible. : : : First National Bank Capital $200,000.00 Corner Elk and Holly Sts. UNITED STATES DEPOSITARY Blake Hardware Co. —WE SELL— SPORTING GOODS Fine, up-to-date Cutlery, Jack Knives Scissors. TELEPHONES : MAIN 35 HOME, A 435 108 West Holly Street Bellingham, Wash. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 May - Page [xi] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS College and Scliool Emblems CLASS PINS FRATERNITY PINS Jewelry and Optical House ENGRAVING FINE REPAIRING NORTHWEST HARDWARE CO. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL S H B L P AND HEAVY HARDWARE BELLINGHAM, - - WASHINGTON StylisK Spring SHoes To dress your feet in the correct covering for the spring and summer months is a problem easily solved, when you visit our store :: :: :; GEO. F. RAYMOND no EAST HOLLY ST. Cook with Gas Whatcom County Railway and Lig'Ht Co. BAY AND HOLLY HOME B HI SUNSET EXCHANGE I ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 May - Page [xii] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS M. J. WELTY, President E. I . M0R6AN, Cashiar HOME SECURITY SAVINGS BANK BELLINGHAM, WASH. The only Savings Bank in Northwest Washington P a y s 4- P e r C e n t Interest C o m p o u n d e d Q u a r t e r ly K B R N ' S L E A D I N G C O N F E C T I O N E R Y IN T H E C I TY MAKES PURE ICE CREAM AND CANDIES WE EfrVE LUNCHES AND OYSTERS 105 W. Holly Street BELLINGHAM, WASH. PACIFIC STEAM LAUNDRY ESTABLISHED 1889 BUSIEST, BIGGEST. BEST Phone Main 126 Home A 738 PDNESS ERHOLM MARZ FRANK MEAT, POULTRY AND FISH QUICK DELIVERY Phone Main 2221 Home A 552 1047 Elk St., near Morse, BELLINGHAM JDCT^NIX" C^AF- Known as Davenport E. J. Beck, Prop. O. W. Neelands, Mgr. Patronage of Normal Students Solicited Oock Street . . . . BELLINGHAM. WASH, PACIFIC BINDERY J. E. IMPEY, Proprietor Magazines and Books Bound and Rebound Call and see our new and up-to-date Bindery WHITEHOUSE B'L', W. HOLLY ST. Phone Main 164 Home A 164 BELLINGHAM. WASH. VICTOR A. ROEDER, Prest. F. F. HANDSCHY, Cashier WM. G, BROWN, Vice-Prest. H. P. JUKES, Asst. Cashier The Bellingham National Bank B E L L I N G H A M , WASHINGTON CAPITAL STOCK AND SURPLUS S1AO.OOO.OO This Bank transacts a general banking business Highest prices paid for warrants and bonds. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT A thoroughly equipped Savings Department has recently been opened Accounts in any sum received and interest paid thereon and compounded semi-annually. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 May - Page [xiii] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS J. N. SELBY CO. 207 WEST HOLLY ST. Keep constantly in stock full lines of School Supplies BELLINQHAM, WASHINGTON RED CROSS PHARMACY Offerman Drug Co. PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS PHONE MAIN 119 HOME A 119 FREE DELIVERY MERRIN WALL PAPER PAINT CO. CAN DECORATE YOUR HOUSE WITH BEAUTIFUL PICTURES DAYLIGHT BLOCK ELK STREET _ 1 • P O T O S We Make Photos of all kinds CABINET PHOTOS Our Specialty ^^ gt;'v " Good Work. Prices Seasonable S n d l S O I l S t X l d l O Opposite GrancMrLatre Phones: Main 989 A 071 BELLINQHAM. WASH. JOHN B. AGEN'S CREAMERY is the name on the best butter. It is guaranteed by the largest dealers on the coast and yet costs no more than unknown makes INSIST ON IT AT YOUR GROCER'S JOHN B. AGEN IVKLLINGH \M, WASH. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 May - Page [xiv] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS KODAKS We Show You How Collins Co. "^ESffrU. Telephone Main 1485 ao6 B u t Holly Street if. I,. Munro E. N. HaskeH MUNRO HASKELL HARDWARE, TINNING PLUMBING, HEATING n03 sue «r. TKiMPMOMK MAIN 12 BellingHam, "WaaH. Larson's Livery Transfer Boarding, Peed and Sale Stables. Wood and Coal. Hacks at all hours. Heavy tracking. Furniture and piano moving a specialty. Express and draying. Brick storage rooms. Cadillac automobiles for hire. Ambulance on short notice. :: :: :: PHONES: SUNSET, MAIN 70; HOME, A 670 W. B. LARSON, MANAGER. - 1328-30 ELK STREET AGENTS WANTED! You can make 400 per cent profit or $36 per week. 16x20 Crayon Portraits 40 cents, Frames 10 cents. Sheet pictures one cent. New photo-colored stereoscopic views, one-half cent. No experience or capital required. 30 days' credit. Catalogue and Samples free. FRANK W. WILLIAMS COMPANY, 1208 W. Taylor St., Chicago, IllinoisPPPPP
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Title: Normal Messenger - 1908 June
Date: 1908-06-01
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Text preview (might not show all results): 1908_0601 ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Cover ---------- The Messenger Senior issue June 1908 Bellingham .....Wash. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Page [i] ---------- State Normal School BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Tenth school year OPENS SEPT. 8TH, 1908 The daily program for the c
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Show more1908_0601 ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Cover ---------- The Messenger Senior issue June 1908 Bellingham .....Wash. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Page [i] ---------- State Normal School BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Tenth school year OPENS SEPT. 8TH, 1908 The daily program for the coming year will include several new subjects. Among these will be a new department in Domestic Economy.The work will iinclude courses in cooking and sewing. '$60$ tiite second • * EDENS HAM, offers an attractive cultured home for young ladies. Completion of the new science annex will provide excellent laboratory facilities for all science work, including laboratories for drawing and manual training. * Certificates and diplomas may be issued at the close of any quarter of the school year. Students may enter in September or February and find regular work. Expenses are reduced to the minimum. Illustrated catalogue will be mailed free. E. T. nATHES, Principal. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Page [ii] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS MONTAGUE frMcHUGH Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods BELLINQHAM. WASH. Attend Our 20 per cent Discount Sale Everything in the Store Reduced. Nothing Reserved As this Sale is likely to be called off at any moment, we advise you to hurry I ., I For Modern Hethods in Showing lien's Wear, see Our Wardrobe System TheGage-DodsonCo Hart, Schaffner Harx Clothing for flen The Famous Shoe House We have the largest and most exclusive Stock of Shoes on the Bay. : : : Agents for "SOROSIS SHOES" THE FAMOUS SHOE HOUSE ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Page [iii] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS PHONE MAIN aasi BIRNEY GOODHEART Surgery, Diseases of Women and X-Ray Work a Specialty Rooms I, 2, 3, 4 and 5, Red Front Bldg Residence Residence Phone Dr. Goodheart— Both Phones Dr. Birney Main 146 Main 1072—Home A 102 lt;;i,nspt • / o f f i c e gt; M a i n ,634 Automatic • I °fficf' A 9+1 Sunset. J R e s i d e n c e i M a i n 2889 Automatic. | R e s i d e n c e i A 94» 24-35 DAYLIGHT BLOCK, ELK STREET DR. CARL M. ERB Specialist Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Glasses Fitted. Office Hours: 9:00 to 11:30 a.m.; 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. Evening and Sundays by Appointments. BEDLINOHAM, WASHINGTON DR. KIRKPATRICK SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN SUNSET BUILDING Office f 10 to 12 a. m. Telephone Main 3243 Hours 1 2 to 5 p. m. Home A 835 Res. Telephone Mam 943. DR. WILBUR N. HUNT PHYSICIAN AND SURCEON OFFICE: BELLINGHAM. Rooms 313-314 Sunset Bldg. WASHINGTON ST. JOSEPHS HOSPITAL BELLINGHflM HEIGHTS • EATON-HURLBUT'S « mas t gt; ffi ELEGANT STATIONERY."™, M For Prescriptions, Sick Room Supplies, or Druggists Sundries, see us first. Our stock is the largest and most complete in the city. Take advantage of our free delivery system. • GRAHAM MUNCH m OWL PHARMACY ^B _ _ „ „ , / Sunset, Main 556 Free Delivery truonss. -j | j o n l e gt; A 556 Anywhere Anytime ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Page [iv] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS DR. C. A. DARLING DENTIST Rooms 18 and 19 Fischer Block Corner Dock and Holly Streets PHONE MAIN 3074 BEUJNGHAM, WASH. Phone Main 400 Exchange Block DR. E. EMORY ROSS DENT/ST MANAGER OF THE CITY DENTAL PARLORS DR. T. M. BARLOW DENTIST Rooms 3-4-5-6 Phone Main 975 Lighthouse Block Residence Home A 16a Office Phone, Main 985 Home A 471 CHAS. L. HOLT, M. D. Specialties: Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Rooms 316 and 317 Exchange Bldg. 6USSES ACCURATELY FITTEI HANN PHOTOGRAPHER SUNSET BLOCK Corner Elk and Holly. Phone Main 3325 New Studio and Equipment Modern Methods in Photography Elevator at Holly St. entrance BellingHam. Washington MONARCH RANGES Always the best Absolutely Guaranteed Easy to buy B. B. Furniture Co. Everything to furnish a home ^ ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Page [v] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS LUDWIG CEL COLLINS Watchmakers, Jewelers and Opticians — . Successors to GEO. E. LUDWIG J. C. F. COLLINS GEO. E. LUDWrG Watchmaker Optician Watchmaker and Mfg. Jeweler Errors of Refraction s ial 0 r d e r W o rk Properly Corrected of Every Description Telephone Main 770 311 West Holly Street Bellingbam, Wash. THE CAVE Good Candy is made fresh daily at The Cave, 1240 Elk Street TRY OUR BITTER SWEETS W. G. MORGAN, PROPRIETOR W. E. TERRILL ^ f ^ / S / N f W Successor to c r n r U U c tx H. GEORGB Best family trade solicited. Fresh Vegetables and Fruits always on hand Holly Street, near Elk Bellingham, Wash. FOR VACATION TIME Materials for BatHing Suits «« " Outing Suits " Boating Suits all Kinds V a c a t i o n Costumes A l s o T e n n i s S h o e s , Parasols, etc ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Page [vi] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS BUSINESS COLLEGE BELLINQHAM, WASH. Summer School, Affording an opportunity to Normal Students to take a Special Course in BooKKeeping, Shorthand, Typewriting, Penmanship and Correspondence Full information upon request WILSON'S BUSINESS COLLEGE Phones: M 786, A 684 Holly Street T H E — Bellingham Herald The only paper north of Seattle taking the complete leased wire service of the Associated Press. The only paper north of Seattle owning and operating a Hoe Press. : : : : : : ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Page [vii] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS Byron Grocery Co. j INCORPORATED DAIRY PRODUCTS AND GROCERIES Our grades of Teas and Coffees are the best. Our Green Vegetables are fresh daily. Our Butter, Cheese and Eggs-no better to be found. Our Canned Goods best on the market. Our prices are right and quick delivery. § BYRON GROCERY CO. I \ Daylight Block 'Phone Main 200 L 5 Home A 202 5 J 1207 Elk Street BELUNGHAM, WASH. | FINEST STATIONERY CHAS. W. PEASLEE IMPERIAL PERFUMES PHONS MAIN 1QQ J . W. W H A L EY Insurance, Real Estate, Loans "We go on your Bond" BELLINGHAM. WASHINGTON ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Page [viii] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS f^% %*%*%%«*%*%%«*%%*%'»%'' THE LEADER Smartest Fashions in Women's Wear FROM the Fashion Centers of the world we have gathered the most complete stock of Women's Wearing Apparel ever shown by a Bellingham store. :: Our showing of Women's and Misses' Tailored Suits, Skirts, Coats, Rain Coats, Waists, Costumes and Millinery, is representative of the best thoughts and ideas of the most renowned Fashion Designers. It is extensive and varied as becomes our great Ready-to- Wear Section, where the largest business m women's apparel centers. No matter how high you place your fashion ideas, nor how acute your economical ideas may be, it is only natural that "The Leader," in its position of pre-eminence, should and will meet them in a manner most gratifying to you. We invite you to come and see the show. lt; %%*%*% gt; %%*%*%- lt;%**%*%*/%*^ J. W. ROE R. LAMONT Telephones, Main 130 Home, A 130 GREAT NORTHERN FURNITURE CO. ROE LAMONT, Props. Home Furnishers Complete Corner Commercial and Magnolia Streets BELLINGHAM, - - WASHINGTON ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Page [ix] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS We pay particular attention to the accounts of Normal Students. Bring in your checks and we will cash them without charge. : : Northwestern National Bank BELLI NGH AM. - WASHINGTON MORSE HDW. 60. 1025-1039 ELK ST. Tf?e ^ioden? Hardware Store Phones: Pacific Main 25 ,XT^T* A »* Home A 225 BELLINGHAM HAVE YOUR TEETH ATTENDED TO BY RELIABLE DENTISTS WHO GUARANTEE THEM WORK WHATCOM DENTAL PARLORS OR. GHAS. G. TURNER. Man. CLOVER BLOOK ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Plate [a] ---------- DEDICATION We, the Class of '08, gratefully dedicate this issue of the Normal Messenger to our beloved class teachers, Mrs. Daisy Nettleton and Mr. A. N. Thompson. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Plate [b] ---------- ^§s# MRS. DAISY NETTLETON MR. A. N. THOMPSON ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Plate [c] ---------- S C H O O L C O L O R S: B l u e a n d \x73nite; I S C H O O L Y E L L: S k o o k u m T u r n Tu-m, PClujsii "Wet "Wa., B e l l i n g t i a m lSlorm.a.1, R.a.1 Ra.1 K.a.1 ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Plate [d] ---------- TH,% FACULTY From left to right, Standing: Miss Sperry. Mr. Bond, Miss Gray, Dr. Matties, Miss Revetle, Mr. Epley, Miss Dawson, Miss Barnes, Miss Hogle, Miss Beebe, Miss heConte, Miss Cribbs, Miss Montgomery, Miss Jensen, Miss McBride. Sitting: Mr. O'Sullivan, Mr. Stone, Mr. Thompson, Miss Drake, Miss'Moore, Mrs. Nettleton, Mr. Deerwester, Mr. Forrest, Mr. Routine. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Page [x] ---------- FACULTY. MISS DAWSON— Her winsome ways and manners ever please. She wields the saw and plane with graceful ease. MR. BOND— Staunch friend and true to every worthy cause, In science and in sports, he wins applause. MR. FORREST— We wish we had your stories bound in calf, The theorems we may forget, but not the laugh. MR. EPLEY— Though chemistry and physics win him fame, His interests are more than tongue can name. MR. ROMINE— Jack of all sciences, he can much impart, Bugs, flowers, rocks, and girls he knows by heart. MISS GRAY— If all the girls were like the Seniors gay— To be the Dean of Women, would be play. MRS. NETTLETON— Life is sweeter, truer, better for her presence here, Her gracious influence inspires far and near. MR. THOMPSON— A practical school man of high dgree. He rules the training school with equity. MISS BARNES— In Physiology and Psychology she's smart, She knows about the brain—yes, and the heart. MISS HOGLE— She with her artistic view, Should paint her Juniors with a greener hue. MISS SPERRY— Had Browning lived, he might apall, The Seniors by explaining "Saul." MISS MOORE— The muses have endowed her with an art, She sings and rivals e'en the larks. MISS LE CONTE— Witty, audacious and jolly—then vexed, You really never know what's coming next. MISS CRIBBS— She teaches Rhetoric, but many things can do, A friend to every "First Year," she proves true. MR. DEERWESTER— Were patience only left to rule the land, He'd be the first to take his stand. MR. STONE— Latin, German and English, too. You must know these facts e're you get thru. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Page [xi] ---------- MISS BEEBE— So dainty and petite, yet wise as fair, In mathematics none with her compare. MISS JENSEN— Earnest and helpful ever true and kind, A critic more sincere you'll seldom find. MISS DRAKE— A cheery nature and a winning smile, Makes life worth living, and work worth while. MISS MONTGOMERY— "To know her is to love her," so say we, For just and true and kind of heart is she. MISS WILSON— She has a merry wit, she's clever, too— But woe to her whose book is overdue. MISS McBRIDE— Her patience is unlimited, her manner always bright, For general information and assistance she's all right. DR. MATHES— Hail to our chief whose earnest efforts tend, To make our school the best in all the land. MR. O'SULLIVAN— This brilliant class in Sociology, Will soon be changed to "Ancient History." ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Plate [e] ---------- Egj! mm Pi •Pt m ALMA WILLS— "And still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all she knew." GRACE BARRETT— "Ever gathering- wisdom, that to others she might give." GERTRUDE PETERSON— II "A mother's pride, a father's joy. 1 SARA COCKRAN— "Rich in' saving common sense.' IONE CANFIELD— "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." MERRIE McGILL— "The warmth of genial courtesy, The calm of self reliance." ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Plate [f] ---------- DOROTHY JENNINGS— "Learn, nor account the pans; dare, never grudge the throe!" WINNIFRED WALTER— "There was a soft and pensive grace, A cast of thought upon her face." TILLIE HENRY— "A merry heart doth good like a meSicine." STELLA FOWLER— "Sweet promptings unto kindest deeds were in her very look." MABEL OSGOOD— "We grant although she has much wit, She's very shy in using it." BETH SHOEMAKER— "Her glossy hair was clustered o'er a brow Bright with intelligence and fair and smooth." ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Plate [g] ---------- RAY SMITH— "A rose among thorns." EDNA KERR— "A good heart is a letter of credit. MARTHA WELTON— "Bright gem instinct with music. MINNIE DOW— "All mankind doth love a lover.' JANE WILSON— "Wearing all that weight Of learning lightly as a flower. MARTHA WITTER— "True as the dial to the sun." ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Plate [h] ---------- MAUDE WHIPPLE— "She is so constant, and so kind." MAZIE MOORE— "She is a bonny wee thing.' MAY COPELAND— "Such a merry, nimble, stirring spirit." LOUISE WALKER— "Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever." GLADYS KRIETER— "Ready in heart and ready in hand." KATE WOOD— "She is most fair, and there unta Her life doth rightly harmonize." ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Plate [i] ---------- '•"'Sfpl* ETHEL. REVELLE— "The hand that hath made you fair hath made you good." LOUISE MILLER— "Free without boldness, Meek without a fear." AMY HARNED— "Let us, then, be up and doing." ALICE SCHUHMAKER— "In the bright lexicon of youth, there is no such word as fail." CARRING PETERSON— "Great feelings hath she of her own, Which lesser souls may never know." SADIE FASKEN— "A friendship that like love is warm." ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Plate [j] ---------- INEZ WYNN— "An unborn grace that nothing lacked Of culture or appliance." ABIGAIL ARNSTON— "So sweet the blush of bashfulness Even pity scarce can wish it less." GRACE HEDGER— "From the crown of her head to the sole of her foot, she is all mirth." ANABEL NOBLE— "Her voice was ever soft, gentle, and low; an excellent thing in woman." AGNES MORRISON— "I laugh, for hope hath happy place with me." ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Plate [k] ---------- EVA MCDONALD— 'She knows something of everything and everything of something." LUCY BAYTON— "Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity a grace." LILLIAN ARKE— "Happy am I; from care I'm free! Why ar'n't they all contented like me?" MYRTLE WRIGHT— "She doth little kindnesses Which most leave undone." ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Page [1] ---------- THE NORMAL MESSENGER JUNE, 1908 gt; SENIOR CLASS. Officers. President, Tillie M. Henry. Vice-President, Ethel P. Revelle. Secretary-Treasurer, Alma Wills. Sergeant-at-Arms, Ray Smith. Motto: "Cape diem." Colors: Crimson and white. Flower : Red carnation. Yell: Karo! Kero! Kiro! Kee! Senior! Senior! Rah! Rah! Ree! Karo!! Kero! Flippity Flop! Senior! Senior! We're on top! COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM. Sunday, June 7 Baccalaureate Sermon Dean Henry L. Southwick, Emerson College. Boston. Monday, June 8 Contest in Declamation and Debate Normal School Students. "Tuesday, June 9. Class Play Senior Class. Wednesday, June 10 Athletic Exhibition Normal School Students. Wednesday, June 10, 8:15 P. M Alumni Reception Thursday, June 11 Annual Commencement Prof. Herbert G. Lull, University of Washington. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Page [2-3] ---------- S E N I O R NAME. Lillian Arke Abigale Arnston Lucy Bayton Grace Barrett lone Ganfield May Copeland Sara Cochran Minnie Dow Stella Fowler Sadie Fasken Grace Hedger Tillie Henry Amy Harned Gladys Krieter Edna Kerr Dollie Jennings Mazie Moore Merrie McGill FAVORITE STUDY 3:30 Gym. Class Sociology? "Man in the case" Froebel School Ad. Manual Tr.? Oral Expression Child Study Palmistry U. S. Geography A New Slang Phrase Sch. Hygiene Teaching Drawing Stars Thesis English History Novels Drawing Eva McDonald Louise Miller Anabel Noble Agnes Morrison Erika Nordburg Mabel Osgood Gertrude Peterson Carring Peterson Ethel Revelle Ray T. Smith Louise Walker. Winn Walter Martha Welton Beth Shoemaker Alice Schumaker Maude Whipple Jane Wilson Alma Wills Kate Wood. Inez Wynn Myrtle Wright Martha Witter Bugs Sawing Wood Athletics Lingual Athletics "Fill" of Ed. Writing Plans Boyology Teaching Library Prof, of Sportology Hasn't Any Teenys Pestalozzi Doctors P. C. Methods Everything Yarns Man. Tr. Fashions Geology U. S. History History of Music? F A V O R I T E S FAVORITE PASTIME FAVORITE SAYING Early Rising "Go On" Studying Sociology "Oh, Dear" Killing Snakes "Oh ! ! !" Public Speaking "It Makes Me Weary" Writing Letters "Hec" Rushing "I Aimed to Do It" Light Housekeeping "Listen to That." Flirting "Goshy" Spooning "Oh Joy" Selling Peanuts "My Goodness Gracious" Hunting Snaps "The Worst I Ever Gazed On" ! Calling Class Meetings "Like a-that" Traveling "Golly" Pub. History Outlines "I'd Like to Say" Changing Room-mates "Rats" Bridge Walking "Oh, I Don't Know" Roller Skating "Heavens to Betsy" Chewing the Rag "Fiddle Sticks, Here Top" mmmmmmmpl:. Bugs Visiting Music Stores Clairvoyant Smiling "Hunting a Husband" "Trying to Get Fat" Younger Brother Talking Saying "No" Raising Whiskers Peddlin' Winks Operatic Singing Killing Time Giving Up Her Room Jollying Keeping Quiet Pumping Pasting Looking Pretty Dress Making Raising a Rumpus Gazing Around "Oh Bugs" "Just Dandy" "?" "You Don't Say" "My!" "I'm Scared to Death" "Darn Fool of a Business" "Dear Me" "Oh Poodle Dogs" "Now Girls" "About Two Shakes" "Land a Cotton" "Splendiferous" "Du Tell" 'Wouldn't That Rattle Your Slats' "Nothing" "Glory Be" "?»» "Hasn't Any" "Glo-ree" "Well! !" "Dear Me" ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Page 4 ---------- 4 The Normal Messenger CLASS PROPHECY. The "Scopus" is a machine that has been invented for revealing future events. A photograph and a large amount of imagination are the essential features of the instrument. Naturally ones thots would enter upon that which has been brought very forcibly upon their lives and as we gaze into the luminous-depths of the magic sphere a picture of the Normal passes into view. Hurriedly the interior is brought before us, and in the gymnasium, presiding with all the dignity of former days, we see Mr. Smith, endeavoring to teach some awkward student the "swing" of the polka step. The room that always brought that sleepy, tired feeling to the heads of '08 Senior* next comes into view. As of yore, Mr. 0 'Sullivan is walking the floor and expounding Sociology, but there is another figure in the picture. Owing to the increased size of his classes, caused by flunking so many Seniors, Mabel Osgood has been chosen as his assistant. From the old wormroom, where students have wasted so many precious hours, the scene changes to the Oral Expression Department, on the third floor. Can it be? Yes, it certainly is Miss Cockran teaching bodily expression and dramatic reading. Now the "Scopus" shifts a little and settles upon Edens Hall. We see a sunny-haired woman bustling among the pots and pans. Just as she is in the act of serving up hash for luncheon we recognize Gertrude Peterson. The Scopus-then passes to the dining-room, where we find Myrtle Wright presiding in the capacity of Dean. As we are still gazing at the above sight in astonishment the vision changes. A business portion of Second avenue in San Francisco is-brought to view and the sight of the Scopus seems fixed on two large buildings. Upon • closer examination of one we can read the following names: Arnston, Moore Wood— Daily Publishers of Funny Paper and Fashion Books. The interior of the other building ier ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Page 5 ---------- The Normal Messenger 5 revealed. Over the door of a private office we read the following: Manager of Consolidated Telephone Co., and within sits our old friend Carring Peterson. We are not astonished, for we remember her wonderful ability to talk. How different the scene! A peaceful valley on the banks of Squalicum creek. A small, withered old lady in a faded calico dress is feeding a flock of white chickens. But what strange motions! The machine seems to draw nearer. The mystery is solved, for we recognize Grace Barrett teaching rythm to her charges. As the vision fades away a scene of a different nature is brought to view. A large crowd seems gathered around a group of people. "We watch closely, for the people seem to be singing. Then we see that the principal character is the second Maud Ballington Booth, assisted by her famous quartet. As the Scopus draws nearer we recognize our old classmate Amy Harned, and the quartet no others than Martha Welton, Sadie Fasken, Enda Kerr and Maude Whipple. As the crowd passes up the street we see two familiar faces in the door of a very fashionable establishment. Over the door these names appear: Arke Noble, Up-to-Date Hairdressing and Manicuring. We must follow the famous Amy Harned to the opera house, where she is to deliver a lecture in behalf of her cause. Imagine our surprise when we see Beth Shoemaker presiding at the ticket office. The vision of the "Scopus" seems blurred for a time, but as it clears we see the pleased crowd leaving the theater. The crowds pause to look upon a queer old woman, for they are reading a sign on the basket she carries. It reads: '' Hot Tamales Scientifically Prepared.'' She seems to be doing a good business, too. The Scopus draws nearer and this old lady proves to be Eva McDonald. Another picture appears. It is a farm for taking care of stray cats. The matrons of the establishment, for they are all on the porch, are ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Page 6 ---------- 6 The Normal Messenger three persons perfectly familiar to us. They are three former classmates, Merrie McGill, Dollie Jennings and Gladys Krieter. The Scopus seems to be moving along a country road. What is that strange looking vehicle gliding along? It is an automobile loaded down with school children. Bustling among them we see May Copeland, and at the driver's seat, attired in automobile garb, sits Louise Walker. As the carriage vanishes in the distance we read the sign on the back: "School Children Taken to and From School. Round Trip, 5c. M. Copeland, Mgr. L. Walker, Chauffeur." Our curiosity is aroused and we gage the machine again on the automobile. It has stopped in front of an Orphans' Home. There at the gate stands Minnie Dow, saying goodbye to her little charges. We persume that she is the matron. In the background we can see Stella Fowler and from her dress we know that she must be a "Sister of Charity." Then the sphere vibrates with color. It is a wedding. No common affair is this, but it is the wedding of lone Canfield and the Italian Duke Signore Petritta Degnotti Raymondi-patrius, second in line for his father's title. This comes to an end as the bridal procession leaves the church, and now a new scene comes before our eyes. It is the crowded streets of New York city. The "Scopus" settles upon one figure going up the street. The vision is so clear that we can read the name—"Inez Wynn, Agent for Patent Eggbeaters," on her suit case. We follow her into a drug store and as she reads the city directory we notice a look of surprise come over her face. This interests us and we read the following names and professions over her shoulder: Martha Witter, President of Humane Society; Jane Wilson, Instructor at Idlewilde Skatmg Rink; Erika Nordberg, Teacher of Dancing and Fancy Steps. Another picture appears. The machine seems to be clouded with sand, but gradually ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Page 7 ---------- The Normal Messenger 7 clears and the interior of a grocery in Pasco ia before us. In one corner of the room a small lady, whom we recognize as Alma Wills, is demonstrating the quality of Heinz' Pickles. In the bookkeeper's stall sat a little figure and as she straightens up we recognize Ethel Re-velle. From this quiet scene we turn to one far across the water. In a beautiful home on the Rhine we find our friend Lucy Bayton, happily married to the son of Paderewski. What is this the Scopus is focused upon? It is Dot Island, with Louise Miller and Winifred Walter, the happy owners of a summer home there. The Scopus also reflects across the bay and we see Alice Shumaker, happily married and living on a ranch near Edison. Now the Scopus takes us to the Northland and centers on a little schoolhouse. Out in the yard near it we see a group of little Indians, and romping with them, her face lit with that well-remembered smile, we recognize Agnes Morrison. The vision ends, for 'tis night and the Scopus has lost its power of illumination. Many years have gone by, but still the Scopus has not passed out of existence. As a machine for revealing future events it has never been equalled and, having been used by many people, has become very famous, as well as the inventors. You cannot pick up a paper without read ing of the wealth of the "Scopus Manuffactoring Co." Under the careful direction of the inventors, Grace Hedger, Manager, and TUIie Henry as auctioneer the Scopus has proven to be a great "seller." In behalf of those interested in matters or the future we would advise all before placing money and confidence in the hands of impostors to consult the reliable firm of the "Scopus Manufacturing Co." ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Plate [l] ---------- DR. EDWARD T. MATHES President Bellingham State Normal School ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Plate [m] ---------- ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Page 9 ---------- The Normal Messenger 9 THE NORMAL MESSENGER Published Monthly by the Students of THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Press S. B. IRISH Co., q # g | | | | | i a 1311 Railroad Avenue EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-in-Chief Assistant Editor-in-Chief Literary . Art Commencement Notes Locals Business Manager TERMS—FIFTY CENTS A YEAR Address all communications to the Editor-in-Chief, Bellingham, Wn. Issued the first of every month. All copy must be in the hands 01 the Editor-in-Chief on or before the 20th of the month. Entered December 21, 1902, at Bellingham, Washington, as second-class matter, under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Vol. VII. JUNE, 1908 No. 8 THE NORMAL COLLEGE. There is an ever increasing demand for the Normal College, a school to combine collegiate work with actual normal training, and prepare teachers both for high school work and broader work in the grades. No subject can be well taught in which the teacher has not covered immeasurably more ground than the pupil or student is expected to cover, and thereby gained a proper perspective, -without which successful instruction cannot be given. ALMA WILLS MERRIE P. McGILL INEZ WYNN 3THEL REVELLE TILLIE HENRY -GRACE HEDGER RAY SMITH ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Page 10 ---------- 10 The Normal Messenger The educational standard for teachers is being gradually raised. There was a time when it mattered very little whether or not a teacher was a Normal graduate. Now, in all the cities and towns, large or small, Normal, or College, or University graduates are preferred, while in the majority of places special preparation is required, and College or University graduates often rank above the Normal. A school which is founded and carried on primarily for pedagogical purposes cannot help but be the institution in which students can best prepare for the profession of teaching. In the Normal College they can do the work, as in the University ot College, which they prefer and for which they are best fitted and at the same time receive the training for which the Normal school now stands. Many of the leading states support their Normal Colleges. Let us change our Belling-ham State Normal to Bellingham Normal College. Altho we are the youngest of the three schools, yet are we the largest and the leading Normal of "Washington. We are in the oldest and most thickly populated portion of the state. The natural surroundings are of unusual beauty and the climate is healthful and pleasant. The summer school can be comfortably, therefore profitably carried on. All these things, together with the higher standard of learning, will tend to increase the ever growing attendance of the school. Let us look forward to the time when this change shall be brought about and our Bellingham Normal College be a leading institution which represents a high standard of scholarship and efficient preparation to enter the teaching profession. In this the last number of the Messenger we Seniors bid farewell to the school building, with its multitudinous rooms, halls, corridors and crypts, which we have wearily traversed during our one day duty as office girl; to the campus, with its velvety verdure and inviting knoll. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Page 11 ---------- The Normal Messenger 11 "We bid farewell to our beloved principal and faculty members who have so wisely and kindly directed our faltering footsteps; and to the other classes, especially the Juniors, who have regarded us always with grateful respect and all due reverence, sorrowing that all the dear and familiar associations will be ours no more, but rejoicing that we are free to strive, to work and, if so we will, to succeed. JUNIOR CLASS. On the hills or near the brine, Here's to the class of 1909. Yell: Huli!Huli!Huligan! Huli!Huli!Ha! Juniors! Juniors! Rah! Rah! Rah! Officers. A. D. Foster, President. Morton Clark, Vice-President. Maude Westcott, Secretary. Roy Goodell, Treasurer. Leon Corey, Seargeant-at-Arms. A Bit of Junior Advice: If you strike a thorn or rose, If it hails, or if it snows, Go on! 'Taint no use to sit and whine, Just because it ain't our time. Butt right in and keep a tryin'. Go on! When you tumble from the top, And from school you wish to stop, Go on. Suppose you're down in every class, And you're sure that you won't pass, Go on. When it looks like all is up, Drain the sweetness from the cup. Go on. When the fever of the Spring ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Page 12 ---------- 12 The Normal Messenger Makes you loath the bells that ring, Just think how the Juniors sing, Go on. W. W. W. FOURTH YEARS. Motto: "Vincunt qui se posse putant." Colors: Crimson and silver gray. Flower: Scotch thistle: Yell: Walla! Gazook! Gazook! Gazook! Walla! Gazook! Gazenn! We're the best of all the rest! The class of Nineteen Ten! Officers. Nellie Tegland, President. Cecelia Stroup, Vice-President. Irma Whittier, Secretary-Treasurer. Lucetta McKecknie, Seargeant-at-Arms. The Fourth Tear Class of 1910.v The Fourth Year Class is the baby class of the school, consisting of only sixteen members. But in spite of this they have not disgraced their colors. By making the best of themselves and their numbers they have been a living demonstration of the fact that quality and not quantity is essential for success. The secret of whatever measure of success has been attained by them is—unity of purpose and loyalty to the class. The confidence and support necessary to the highest success of any organization has been given us by bur beloved class teachers. Class Teachers— Miss Belle Sperry. Mr. E. A. Bond. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Plate [n] ---------- JUNIORS ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Plate [o] ---------- wmm S*^ftM' wass FOURTH YEARS ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Plate [p] ---------- THIRD YEARS ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Plate [q] ---------- SECOND YEARS ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Plate [r] ---------- FIRST YEARS ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Page 13 ---------- The Normal Messenger 13 Class Members— Liela Allen. Zella R. Blackbirn. Emelie L. Chabot. Charlotte J. Cloud. Harriet M. Clouston. Ruth Easterbrooks. Gertie A. Hoover. Gwendolyn M. Crandal. Lucetta M. McKecknie. Clare E. McLean. Alice Pence. Cecelia V. Stroup. Ragnild Thoen. Nellie M. Tegland. Irma Whittier. Laura V. Wiley. THIRD YEARS. Yell: M D C C C C X I V I C T O R Y M D C C C C X I Third Years! Colors: White and green. "Small," did you say? Yes, small, but oh my! We do constitute the smallest class in school in numbers, and don't even pay taxes on one remnant of the remnants of this school which we call the Normal boys. But we have navigated quite successfully without them, and much is due to the cautions steering of our class teachers, Miss Beebe and Prof. Forrest. There has always been a mutual understanding between the members of our class, but we never knew before that it was termed "mental tel-e-pathy" till the proclamation was read at the May Festival. We bid you a fond farewell and hope to ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Page 14 ---------- 14 The Normal Messenger meet you next year as "Fourth Years." The Normal has a little class, A class of might and main. We number twenty girls in size, And hail Queen Lura 's reign. Glass Officers. Olive Kale, President. Pal Arnold, Vice-President. Olive Watson, Secretary. Lura Jayne, Treasurer. Olive Maxson, Sergeant-at-Arms. Harriet Mendenhall, Yell Master. SOPHOMORES, OR SECOND YEARS. Kiro! Kiro! Zis, boom, bah! Sophomores, Sophomores, Rah! Rah! Rah! Power, ability and the accomplishment of great things depend upon union and harmony— a united effort. The Sophomore Class realize the truth of the above fact. It has been their one great principle throughout the year and it has been the measure whereby an enviable record has been established. As the Sophomores look back over the past year and recall the numerous happy gatherings of their numbers—the jolly beach parties that they've had without the expense of "renting a hall" they mutually regret to see the day when they must separate. But those who will again be students of this institution next year and will know the principle upon which success is founded, as formulated by the Sophomore Class of 1908. The following are a few of the happenings of the year 1908: September—Sophomore Class organized. October—Sophomores capture Junior pennant. November—Some half hundred Juniors steal a few pumpkin pies from one of the Sophomore girls. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Page 15 ---------- The Normal Messenger 15 December—Juniors unsuccessfully attempt to raid a Sophomore party. January—Junior Class hung in effigy by Sophomores. February—Sophomores relieve Juniors of six gallons of expensive punch. March—The great literary production. "Who Are the Sophomores?" April—Juniors request that there be less class spirit. May—Sophomores threw their strength to the Third Years and elected the May Queen, the Juniors supporting their candidate with the liberal contribution of 8 l-3c apiece. FIRST YEARS. Rickety! Rackety! Ziss! Boom! Bah! We're the First Years! Rah! Rah! Rah! Officers. Kate Davis, President. Earl Forrest, Vice-President. Gertrude Perry, Secretary. Ellen Nickell, Treasurer. The "Sophus" have their parties, And the Third Years, too, While the Fourth Years and the Juniors Spat and fight. But the Seniors and the First Years, With a noble purpose true, Seem to have the happy medium, "We're in the right." ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Page 16 ---------- 16 The Normal Messenger / T ^ T \ M \ | lt;OC\VO«\ I TRAINING SCHOOL NOTES. Do not lay your hands on the Training School children. You may get worse than that laid on you. "Train the children up in the way they should go" and it won't hurt you to walk that way once in a while. Don't put ink in the inkwells. Leave that for the children to fill with waste paper and pencil shavings. When you hear that there is to be a caller in the Training School have a written lesson. It will save your reputation. Rise early on Monday and honor thy Supervisor at his meeting, that thy day may be short in the Training School and thy A's many. Raise the windows and you'll raise Cain— Mr. Lemach. If you wish to know how to teach "America" in strictly up-to-date style apply to Miss Drake. Do not try to do the critic teachers or they'll do you. Long consultations with the Supervisor have already been shown to be profitable. The affections of the Training School boys need careful training—leave that to the critics. The following is a good recipe for a schoolroom atmosphere: The night before go to such a play as "Cupid at Vassar," where they sing "The Poppy and the Pink;" come home and get ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Plate [s] ---------- EDENS HALL ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Page 17 ---------- The Normal Messenger 17 -at least four hours sleep! rush through classes; go to assembly, where they sing such songs as "Pt.as and Onions," and race to your classroom, and when you reach the class you will have a perfect atmosphere. We could give you more advice, but " a word to the wise is sufficient." GLASS WILL. We, the Senior Class of Bellingham State Normal, State of Washington, do make and publish and declare this instrument as for and to be our last will and testament, as follows: First—We order and direct that all our just debts be paid. Second—To the Junior Class we do hereby will and bequeath the Senior seats in the auditorium; our Sociology grades, together with the grader; our Friday afternoon freedom, Black Monday morning, all Senior boys except Mr. Smith, Miss Wilson's assistance in writing theses, our class unity, provided they keep it intact; History of Music and notebooks—as they are of no practical value. Third—To the Fourth Years: The Seniors' year of fun (because " I t ' s such a snap to be a Senior"). Fourth—To the Third Years: Sehome Hill —provided they climb it once a week. Fifth—To the Second Years: Leap Year, with all its rights and privileges. Sixth—To the First Years: Our support, dignity and experience. Sevent—To Dr. Mathes: A loyal support in the state. Eighth—To the Dramatic Club: Miss Gray's shawl. Ninth—To Miss LeConte: The heating ap- lt; paratus. Tenth—Our best wishes for a happy future* Eleventh — To Miss Montgomery: Our spoons—those that were on Mr. Thompson's door—for Hard Scrabble. Twelfth—If any legatees above named shall. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Page 18 ---------- 18 The Normal Messenger in any way or manner, either directly, or indirectly, contest or cause to be contested, this our last will and testament, or any part or parts thereof, then and thereupon we hereby revoke and declare null and void any legacy herein given and bequeathed to such legatees so contesting this our last will and testament, or any part or parts thereof, and we give and bequeath the same to the other residuary legatees above named. Lastly—We do hereby nominate, constitute, and appoint Mr. Faculty and Miss Faculty as our executors. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hand and seal this day of June 11, A. D. 1908. (Signed) THE SENIOR CLASS. a ^ ^B ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Page 19 ---------- The Normal Messenger 19 Student whose glances Fall on these pages, Turn from the sayings Of wits and sages, Pause, while the rapid Moments are fleeting; Pause, while we proffer The Seniors "Greeting." —Ex. The Seniors are glad to leave a member of their class as librarian for the coming year. Gertrude P lost her appetite somewhere between the Main Hall and the Dorm. It's quite large, and hence should not escape observation. At the Choral Club concert Miss Moore swallowed a sixteenth rest. She sustained severe injury, but there are still hopes for her recovery. Miss Carrie Schuh is spending commencement week with Winifred Walter. Prof. Epley (in Agriculture)—Miss Junk, name the different classes of hens. Miss Junk—Well, there are laying hens and setting hens. Break! Break! Break! On thy cold gray stones Oh sea! ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Page 20 ---------- 20 The Normal Messenger Broke! Broke! Broke! That's what's the matter with me! A SENIOR Everyone enjoyed the visit of the eight battleships, a few weeks ago. Miss Fowler: Mr. Goodell, have you a piece of string? Mr. Goodell: No, but I have a match. Miss Fowler: No, thank you. I'm not looking for a match. The Seniors and young men of the school spent a very pleasant evening with Dr. and Mrs. Mathes on May 27. Adapated to Mr. Romine: There was an old ''prof" who said, "Where Can I get some good dope for my hair ? "What is left I must cherish, or surely 'twill perish, And then I'll be left in despair." During Vacation. Mr. Forrest and Mr. Deerwester will follow the carpenters' trade. Miss Hogle and Miss LeConte will visit at Columbia University, New York city. Miss Montgomery will retire to "Hardscrab-bble (?)". Miss Jenson is going home—Rolfe, Iowa. Miss Cribbs is going home—Oil City, Pa. Mr. Romine is going to the Bermuda Islands. Mr. Thompson—? ? ? ? ? ? ?— Miss Sperry will visit on the coast. Mr. Lemach is going to visit in Eastern Washington. Mr. 0'Sullivan is going to DO everybody. Here's One on the Seniors. Miss Dawson—What did you do with our supply of brass ? Miss Hoyle—Why, I distributed it among, the Seniors. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Page 21 ---------- The Normal Messenger 21 The following people are to be guests of the Seniors during commencement week: Mrs. G. H. Dow, Mrs. E. S. Whitmore, Mrs. Charles Revelle, Mrs. Kerr, Miss Clara Archer, Mr. and Mrs. Will Hedger, Miss Lucille Darwin. The Faculty made the students happy by granting them two days' vacation May 21-22. Joe Hay ward (in Geo. test)—Yes, there are annual and bi-annual clouds. Miss Minnie LeSourd will attend the University next year. L. W.—Well, Beth, what a grin! Beth S.—A regular Lohengrin, kid! Minnie D.—What's a philosopher? G. H.—One who loves man. Minnie D.—Then I'm one. Roger Williams and Miss Ella Thompson will be married in June. Mr. Romine—Mr. Stone, this girl wants some place to lay her head. I told her your shoulder was the softest spot I knew. Mr. Stone—Well, your head is the softest spot I know. Charles P. (sighing)—"Some may come and some may go, but I stay here forever." The Seniors spent a most enjoyable afternoon on their annual picnic at Mr. Jenkins Park, on Lake Whatcom. Minnie D. (in School Hygiene)—"Yes, thejr use cirrelated glass in the public schools." ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Page 22 ---------- 22 The Normal Messenger It's So Sudden. Dollie J (looking at her card plate)—I'll soon have to have another plate made or add another name to this. Etiquette at Edens Hall. Get under the table to fold your napkin; it's not good form to fold it above the table. Do not leave the table before the rest; if you must go, take the table with you. Do not pick your teeth in the diningroom; do that in the parlor and throw your toothpick behind the davenport or piano. Do not pass things across the table; pass them under. Do not shout at the table; having no ears it can not hear you. Do not rest your elbows on the table; rest them on the floor. Do not come late to breakfast, it spoils the toast to keep it waiting. It is not considered good form at Edens Hall to have clean forks for the pie. Do not eat with your mouth open; the rest at the table may not find the view appetizing. Finally, do not make remarks about the food; people may think you are not ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Page 23 ---------- The Normal Messenger 23 Subscribers! Take Notice! ! Look Out for The Senior Messenger* 1909. To be Cribbed, next year, by Juniors of '09, our enemies And Immediate Successors. Rich old jokes will be copped from the Senior Messenger, '08. Striking stories and brilliant literary articles will be swiped from Hick's Almanac, and other prominent features will bfr condensed from the school catalogue. "Subscribe early by way of Encouragement. •Do not mistake this for Quarterly Bulletin. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Page [xii] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS I f i t I l l V l L Summer S u i t, Dress, or Costumes is right now, while assortments are in their prime and glory, before they are all picked over. We have all sorts of them, for any in or out-door function, including Graduating and Confirmation D r e s s e s The assortments here are very extensive, the styles individual, and the prices within reach of all. You are welcome to look over the showing at Kaufman Bros* College Brand Nobby Young Mens' Suits We give a B. S. N. S. Pennant with every $5 Purchase RED FRONT ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Page [xiii] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS F ~ R E E D E L I V E RY H. M. ARNOLD Co. Prescription Druggists Phone Main 2401 I Sunset Block Home A 954 | Holly and Elk Sts. BBUJNGHAM, WASHINGTON TRY GOODWINS ] D E L I C I O U S H O M E - M A DB Candies Ice Cream Sodas, and ! Ices Both Phones 133 West Holly COliUMBlA BAKERY Makers of the Best Bread and Cake Phone Main 984 1309 Elk St. ROBERT M. WEIHE, Prop. DAINTY LINE OF GIFT BOOKS "My Commencement," A Beautiful Souvenir Record Booh for Student* ON SALK AT SHERMAN'S no West Holly St. Bellingham, Washington ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Page [xiv] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS THE AMERICAN AND REVEILLE Bellingham's great Morning and Afternoon newspapers. "Allday" circulation over 14,000. THe Sunday American-Reveille Bellingham's only Sunday Morning Newspaper, 32 to 52 pages The publications of the American Printing Company cover the field morning, evening, Sunday and Weekly. The only sure mediums for reaching all the people of Bellingham and Northwestern Washington. Subscription R.ates The daily American and Sunday American- Reveille, per month, 25c. The daily Reveille and Sunday American- Reveille, per month 50c. The daily American and Reveille and Sunday American-Reveille, per month 60c. AGENTS WANTED F You can make 400 per cent profit or $36 per week. 16x20 Crayon Portraits 40 cents, Frames 10 cents. Sheet pictures one cent. New photo-colored stereoscopic views, one-half cent. No experience or capital required. 30 days' credit. Catalogue and Samples free. FRANK W. WILLIAMS COMPANY, 1208 W. Taylor St., Chicago, Illinois ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Page [xv] ---------- Jenkins Transportation Co. THE RAMONA, Sl,akSe JW'hSatScomS's Fastest and er Boat : : : Between Silver Beach (White City), Geneva and RAMONA PARK RAMONA PARK, The most beautiful Picnic Grounds on the Lake Fine Dance Pavilion, Seats, Swings and Tables EVERYTHING FREE FARE 10c. For charter to any point on the Lake GEO. A. JENKINS, Phone Main 2712 Owner ; ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Page [xvi] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS THE BIG BANK - « • We want all Normal Students to bring their checks to this bank where we will be pleased to cash them and extend any other favors possible. : : : First National Bank Capital $900,000.00 Corner Elk and Holly Sts. U N I T E D S T A T E S D E P O S I T A RY Blake Hardware Co. -WE SELL-SPORTING Fine, up-to-date Cutlery, Jack Knives Scissors. TELEPHONES : MAIN 35 HOME, A 435 108 ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Page [xvii] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS College and School Emblems CLASS PINS FRATERNITY PINS BERENS' Jewelry and Optical House ENGRAVING FINE REPAIRING NORTHWEST HARDWARE CO. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL SHELF AND HEAVY HARDWARE BELLINGHAM, - - WASHINGTON Correct Summer Shoes To dress your feet in the correct covering for vacation and the summer months is a problem easily solved, when you visit our store :: :: :: GEO. F. RAYMOND no EAST HOLLY ST. Cook with Gas Whatcom County Railway and Light Co. BAY AND HOLLY HOME B 111 SUNSET EXCHANGE 1 ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Page [xviii] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS H. J. WELTI, Pmidtnt E. I . MORBAN, Cnhltr HOME SECURITY SAVINGS BANK BELLINGHAM, WASH. The only Savings Bank in Northwest Washington Pays Ar P e r Cent Interest Compounded Quarterly KERN'S L E A D I N G C O N F E C T I O N E R Y I N T H E C I T Y MAKES PURE ICE CREAM AND CANDIES WE SERVE LUNCHES AND OYSTERS 105 W. Holly Street BELLINGHAM, WASH. PACIFIC STEAM LAUNDRY ESTABLISHED 1889 BUS/EST, BIGGEST, BEST Phone Main 126 Home A 738 CHAS. ERHOLM, Prop. MARZ FRANK MEAT, POULTRY AND FISH QUICK DELIVERY Phone Main 2221 Home A 552 1047 Elk St., near Morse, BELUNGHAM BECK CAFE Known as Davenport E. J. Beck, Prop. O. W. Neelands, Mgr. Patronage of Normal Students Solicited Dock Street . . . . BELLINGHAM, WASH. PACIFIC BINDERY J. E. IMPEY, Proprietor Magazines and Books Bound and Rebound Call and see our new and up-to-date Bindery WHITEHOUSE B'L', W. HOLLY ST. Phone Main 164 Home A 164 BELLINGHAM, WASH. VICTOR A. ROEDER, Prest. F. F. MANDSCHY, Cashier WH. G. BROWN, Vice-Prest. H. P. JUKES, Asst. Cashier The Bellingham National Bank B B L L I N Q H A U , CDASHINOTON CAPITAL STOCK AND SURPLUS 3140,000.00 This Bank transacts a general banking business. Highest prices paid for warrants and bonds. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT A' thoroughly equipped Savings Department has recently been opened. Accounts in any sum received and interest paid thereon and compounded semi-annually. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Page [xix] ---------- ADVERTISEMENTS •••••••••»••»•••••»•••»•••••••»••••• J. N. S E L B Y CO. ~ 207 WEST HOLLY ST. Keep constantly in stock full lines of School Supplies BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON RED CROSS PHARMACY Offerman Drug Co. PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS PHONEZ NE"A9U9 FREE DELIVERY MERRIN WALL PAPER PAINT CO. CAN DECORATE YOUR HOUSE WITH BEAUTIFUL PICTURES DAYLIGHT BLOCK ELK STREET ° F O T O S We Make Photos of all kinds CABINET PHOTOS Our Specialty Good Work. Prices Reasonable S n d i S O I l S t V l O l O Opposite GrandVlieatre Phones: Main 989 Ao7t BELUNGHAM. WASH. JOHN B. AGEN'S CREAMERY is the name on the best butter. It is guaranteed by the largest dealers on the coast and yet costs no more than unknown makes. INSIST ON IT AT YOUR OROCER'S JOHN B. AGEN BELUNGHAM, WASH. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Page [xx] ---------- / ADVERTISEMENTS KODAKS We Show You How Collins Co. Dru^odar#om, Telephone Main 1485 206 Bast Holly Street H. t,. Munro E. N. Haskell MUNRO HASKELL HARDWARE, TINNING PLUMBING, HEATING 1163 ELK ST. TELEPHONE MAIN i2 BellingHam, Wash. Larson's Livery Transfer Boarding, Feed and Sale Stables. Wood and Coal. Hacks at all hours. Heavy trucking. Furniture and piano moving a specialty. Express and draying. Brick storage rooms. Cadillac automobiles for... hire. Ambulance on short notice. :: :: :: PHONES: SUNSET, MAIN 70; HOME, A 670 W. B. LARSON, MANAGER. - 1328-30 ELK STREET BUILDERS OF HOMES REAL ESTATE INSURANCE LOANS I IS W. HOLLY ST. BOTH PHONES 361 AGHItTS IIHAOINXS PIRH IN.SUftAflCH CO. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Page [xxi] ---------- ahflflllnfrWffWWli NEW M MADEFi - IT BUILT Pi Pel n« m m k What pleasant mem of the summer will yours if you use a . IiodaK MP THEM mm ^^- ^M mmpi€tm ---------- Normal Messenger - 1908 June - Page [xxii] ---------- We Have a Good Thing for You Stein-Bloch Smart Clothes. $r - in America. They will fit with a new style that you have never met before. Their workmanship is the careful attention of 53 years of clothes knowledge. Can you think of any other maker or seller who can guarantee you as much ? And is it worth the little time a try-on takes? Come in and look. : : : ' : : : SUMMER SUITS $15 to $25 an Bmat Holly 8U BBLUNQHAM. Hannah Bloek WASHINGTONPPPPP
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Title: Messenger - 1908 October
Date: 1908-10-01
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Text preview (might not show all results): 1908_1001 ---------- Messenger - 1908 October - Page [1] ---------- THE MESSENGER "An Ounce of Performance is worth a Pound of Preachment." SCHOOL PAPBR OF THE BELLINGHAM STATE NORMAL SCHOOL BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON S. B. Irish Co., Frintingc^^^^ gt; 13" Railroad Avenue MESSENGER STAFF
Transcript text preview (might not show all results): 1908_1001 ---------- Messenger - 1908 October - Page [1] ---------- THE MESSENGER "An Ounce of Performance is worth a Pound of Preachment." SCHOOL PAPBR OF THE BELLINGHAM STATE NORMAL SCHOOL
Show more1908_1001 ---------- Messenger - 1908 October - Page [1] ---------- THE MESSENGER "An Ounce of Performance is worth a Pound of Preachment." SCHOOL PAPBR OF THE BELLINGHAM STATE NORMAL SCHOOL BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON S. B. Irish Co., Frintingc^^^^ gt; 13" Railroad Avenue MESSENGER STAFF ROY GOODBLL . - . - - - Editor FRANK UMBARGER - - - - - " Associate MARYDEWAR " Literary GRACE ALLEN - - - - - - " Uterary MARGARET BRYANT . . . - - Exchange CARLSTORLIB \ Athletics VIOLA VAN CUREN i ISABEL WILLIAMS ^ LILLIAN CARLETON [ Local Editors MAY DOLSON f MISS SCHOTT J HERMAN F. SMITH . . . . . Business Manager WINIFRED MAW . . . . Assistant Business Manager BELLE CREWS . . . . . . Art Editor TERMS-FIFTY CBNTS A YEAR Entered December ai, 1902, at Bellingham, Washington, as second-class matter, under act of Congress of March 3,1879. Vol. VIII. October, 1908 No. 1 THE STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION. What and where is the Students' Association? WE are the Students' Association, and HERE we are. Let ns take a look at ourselves. First, we have a good store which seeks to keep in stock just what is needed by the students of the various classes, and which is here in the building, where articles can be obtained, at a moment's notice. It is cheaper. Have you counted up what you have saved in four weeks, and what you will save in forty! Do so, you will feel satisfied with yourself, $fce expenses of running the store ---------- Messenger - 1908 October - Page 2 ---------- 2 THE MESSENGER are small, so, though things are not so dear, it is making a small profit, not from us, but for us. This profit is to be used to make up any deficiencies in athletics, the Messenger, the lecture course, etc. Second, we are going to have a school paper that will rank with the best; one that we will not subscribe for as a matter of duty, but one we shall enjoy,—a bright up-to- date monthly. Why? We have the funds to begin on and the enthusiam that a sound financial basis gives. Third, we are developing a school spirit that will carry all before it. In the Triangle we shall compete with the other two Normals of the State for the honors in declamation and oratory. Our basketball and football teams we shall be proud of. Our football team already has shown us what it can do. Let us pull together for the Students' Association, a long pull and a strong pull, with three cheers for the Bellingham Normal; G. A. All students patronize our advertisers. From Miss Baker's excellent talk at the opening of the school year, September 9th, we gained a number of instructive points. We may deny the fact that "life is what we make i t , " but if we make a failure the world blames us. Is it not a truth that hard WORK has almost always resulted in victory? There are very few things that have ever been undertaken by mankind that have not measured a success. In the words of Miss Baker, "If you would have a friend, be one." "The character of the school is determined by its students. Make the school yours and the students and faculty your friends. Tour numerous interviews when you meet the world as a teacher will be your test. The world will demand this of you: Did you mix in class affairs and social functions? Were you interested in the literary societies? Did you get interested in athletes? Did you have a good lecture course? Was your school paper a success? Did you get acquainted with most of the students? Could you recommend us a number of strong jteachers? ^ere you 3 booster?" F. W. ---------- Messenger - 1908 October - Page 3 ---------- THE ME88MGER 2 GOVERNORS FOLK AND JOHNSON ON LECTURE COURSES. The lecture course this year, which promises to be one of the best in the history of the Normal School, will be opened November 13 by the four great metropolitan artists, Forest Dabney Canon, Florence Gertrude Smith, Shonert, and Edwin Pfouts. November 27 and 28 Opie Bead will entertain, and in January or February, Henry Albert McLean, a Washington lawyer and orator of state reputation, will speak on a burning question of the day. Patrons of the course will be delighted to hear that the famous Dunbar Bell Ringers will repeat their marvellous concert of last year on April 1st. The last numbers on the course, Governors Folk and Johnson, who will speak here April 21 and May 11, respectively, will undoubtedly pack Assembly Hall and prove a splendid climax to this year's course. FIFTY TEARS AGO, The last rays of the setting sun were kissing the earth goodnight when I reached the lonely rock projecting from the side of that lofty hill which had stood as a sentinel, witnessing and guarding my youthful haunts. Tired and fatigued, I sat down to rest. No longer did I possess the powers of childish activity. The scythe of time had unmercifully cut away the bloom of my youth. My eye, now dim with age, unconsciously followed the last rays of the retreating sun, and lulled by nature's silent music, I bowed my head and passed into utter oblivion. • • • • • • "The fire is going out, Joe; bring some sticks and then we can sit down and pretend we are big folks, you know. "Now, mamma says that someday this little farm will be torn away and wise people will come here to dwell. She says I must go away to school. I have always wondered what was beyond that big hill in back of our house, and I am sure that there are lots of people and lots of sorrow there; at least mamma used to read me some of Longfellow's poems, and they always told of death and people and children being sorroy. I tell you, Joe, some day I am going to help everybody.'' ---------- Messenger - 1908 October - Page 4 ---------- 4 TEE MESSENGER "Well, Eve, when I get to be a man, I am going to Harvard. I found an old book of grandpa's and it told all about college life. The world is awful wicked, Eva, and country boys are easily taken in. They've got to know something about the world—I'm going to me a MAN." " 'Children,' sounded a voice from the distance; 'it is late now; come in.' " * * * * * * " I t ' s growing dusk, Eva, and here comes the train. Kemember, Eva, only four years of hard work and then I shall return again. Goodby, God bless you, and a long farewell." "Toot, toot, sounded the train. I did not dare look back. In a few minutes I was bounding toward the east. The heavy shades of night well' worked in harmony with my feelings. A stupor seized me and I forgot^-yes, forgot." "Mamma, it is just four years today since Joe left. Oh! by the way, here is a paper I got this morning. Read it. He is president of his class." "Oh! Why Joe, how and when did you come? Mamma and I were just reading of your success." "My success—my child, there was never a sunbeam without a cloud to hide its rays. In counting up my credits I found that I lacked just one. With that one point the last rays of hope has died within me." "But, Eva, I cannot understand. Where your old home used to be now stands a fine school. The old farm has entirely disappeared." " I did not wish to tell you, Joe, so it would really be a surprise. I am a Normal student now. Tonight we are going to have a bonfire rally at school, but not like the one we had in front of our old farmhouse, where we, as children, played." " I am sorry, Eva, but I must leave tonight. It is my aim to be in Washington, D. C, next Tuesday and enter in the official examinations." " I t is almost selfish of you, Joe; but if it must be, all right." "Yes, the political world is a selfish one—in my heart I almost left the prick of those searching eyes and a vivid picture came before my mind of the sacrifice I was going to make, and for what—a selfish personal fame." • • • • • • "I was sitting quietly and deeply absorbed in thought in my handsomely furnished office, when the door suddenly ---------- Messenger - 1908 October - Page 5 ---------- TEE MESSENGER 5 opened. I cannot recall every thought that wended in and out among the many cavities of my brain, but, in short, my past life glided again before me as a moving picture: the old farmhouse, the childish face, the little old country station, and, alas, the little green path sparkling with gems of dew, leading to the beautiful campus of the Normal school, and—but here my dream was broken." "Say, Logan, today Taft and Root have decided to give us a two months' vacation—after four years of hard hammering." "Look here, old chap, I'm bound for the woolly west; want to come, eh!' "Nothing could have been more suggestive and could have made a better conclusion to my vague dream than this. " I ' l l go it there, old man. Set the date." ' ' Day after tomorrow.'' "Very well; so long." • # » * * * "Well, Logan, just our luck. There go a flock of quail over yonder field. Let's follow." "We did follow, but it was not quail we found. Beyond the field arose a little country church. The tombstones stood as mighty sentinels, sending their icy glare deep in the heart of the spectator. We wandered in among the tombstones and finally sat down on one of the graves to rest, while my companion wandered on. I began to examine the tomstone. It loked as if it had been exposed to the weather for some time, 1880. Why, just four years. Eva—my God, can it be?" "When I looked up evening had set in. The deep blue of the sky, so restful to the eye, lit here and there by a touch of red; the dark shades of the forest below, marking the boundary of the horizon's range; the little old cottage standing in the distance, carried me back to my childhood days, the bonfire and the little face that arose above it." "Joe, we must go." "Unconsciously I followed." • • • * • • "The walls of time have fallen, crumbled and decayed since then. Many a time has the sun climbed above that great horizon, only to fall again. Many an eye has followed it in its great retreat, just as I have done since fifty years ago." * A MEMBER OP CLASS OF '09. ---------- Messenger - 1908 October - Page 6 ---------- 6 THE MESSENGER "Yes and Yea! Yes and Yea! High tide 1 Low tide 1 Beside Seaside! Y. W. C. A." Such was the cheer given by the girls at Seaside Conference in June. Nature, indeed, lavished her beauties upon that bit of Oregon coast. There were the ever fascinating, ceaseless roll of the ocean, the breakers dashing upon the rocks and sandy beach, the moss grown forests, the winding Necanicum river, and the cheery, large, rambling hotel. There was a spirit of unity prevading this gathering for the same purpose of nearly two hundred happy, enthusiastic girls, from schools and colleges all through the Northwest. The exchange of ideas and plans, and the suggestions and help from the leaders gave a greater enthusiasm and a renewed vitality to association work for this year. We are proud, too, of our banner won by the best exhibit representing our work. Watch the posters which are going to help win it again. The leaders were men and women universally known in the work for which the association stands, a broad practical, sympathetic Christianity. The personal contact with such characters was an inspiration to the best that is in us. ERMA MISEL. THE ALUMNI SPIRIT. The toast given me to which to respond is the Alumni Spirit. Strange that I, being from Seattle, should be asked to respond to that toast, for the only spirit we ever hear of up our way is the Seattle spirit. It took a contest of several days, carried on in the Post-Intelligencer, in which hundreds of citizens participated, to arrive at an acceptable conclusion as to what constitutes the Seattle spirit. And NOW we don't know, as none of us took the trouble to learn the definition. A spirit being intangible, and almost unthinkable, is hard to define, and its definition being quite unlearnable and not very understandable isn't of much use after it is defined. We, all of us, have sort of vague, hazy notion as to what it is by the way in which it manifests itself, and that perhaps serves our purpose, just as well. And so I won't presume that I am called upon tonight to define the Alumni Spirit, but rather to venture a ---------- Messenger - 1908 October - Page 7 ---------- THE MESSENGER 7 prophesy as to the way in which it would manifest itself if given the opportunity in annual gatherings. I, personally, am very heartily of the view that should an association be formed of our Alumni, and annual meetings- be instituted with prepared programs^ specially adapted to the pleasure of the graduates of our; Alma Mater, Alumni Day would be gt; anticipated by a large number of us, as one of the pleasantest of our annual holidays. : Many schpola of secondary, or higher rank, have their annual alumni gatherings. In our larger cities the graduates of the larger colleges and universities, have, their respective local organizations* and their annual alumni, banquets; My own first Alma Mater, the Iowa State College, has a state organization wi$h headquartera at Seattle, and at our second annual banquet held the past winter in the Lincoln Hotel there, we. had? an attendance of more than thirty^five, almost. all of? one knpwga; alumni in; these parte. Certainly t h e ^ IS ani alumni; spirit. We hay^ our: Four;th, of, Jnjy^, Thanksgiving Days, Ohristmases and lt; so, forth* which are ALL, fine holidays, but for some season,, perhaps because they are general, they do not; quite fill the bill. This is sbpwn in thg number of fraternal organizations such as the Odd Fellows, Masons^. Knjghts, of Pythias and so forth, each, of which, has its own annual festival pqcasion.. We,ihe graduates qf the finest. Normal. School in the Pacific Northwest, have pur; fraternal feeling, and as I s^id.befqre, I believe we are ready to cherish the opportunity to^manjfest it. I, wjil inention a thing or two that seem to me, to be peculiarly fayorable to annual gatherings of the Alumni qfBelllngham State Normal School, Looking at the' question from the viewpoint of geographical fitness. TJiere are two Normal Schools in our State lying to the east of^tne Cascades, arid consequently a very large per bent bf our Alumni are living within the Puget Sound basin: Belling-ham is easily reached by a, majority of them, many being able to come by boat! thus reducing the fare even to within the meansof school teachers. • Furthermore, most of us'BEING school teachers, are abletb come after school closes Fnd'ay evening and return to our work by Mbriday mbrni g1, even though our schools may'nbt yet be e l 6 s e lt; | ^ r ' ^ ^ ^ / w d ' t f a ^ . w d need not lose any time. ;"; ••'£,x',Ji ••^^"- »• ---------- Messenger - 1908 October - Page 8 ---------- e VHE ME 8ENGM And this fact that the larger per cent of us ABE school teachers is further assurance of the desirability of annual gatherings. While at the Normal School preparing for the profes? sion of teaching, we anticipate our future trials and tribulations and share those anticipations with our classmates. It would surely be a pleasure to again assemble with those classmates after experiencing the living realities of actual schoolroom problems, and exchange experiences, knowing that we are unburdening to those who have been there, so to speak, and hence who can understand fully and appreciate. This thought of renewing old friendships and exchanging experiences, in order that sufficient time may be afforded for it, leads me to suggest that an afternoon picnic followed by an informal evening reception would, to my mind, be more nearly ideal than a formal banquet, and I believe much more enjoyable all around. And NOW I reaph the pathetic part. Those of us who are growing old (remember that there were graduates of the Whatcom Normal many weary years ago) ought to come, and, I think, are anxious TO come and drink afresh at the fountain of our own youthful pranks and capers, lest we become, before our usefulness in the schoolroom is over, what are popularly called CRANKY and CRABBED old maid school-ma'ams. How many transgressions in our pupils might we overlook (as we should) if we would but keep afresh in our memories the scores of our own acts that visiting the halls of our Alma Mater might serve to recall. It is this important faculty of being able to bring back into our minds and lives this knowledge and spirit of youthful pranks that WE, OURSELVES, the very personifications of dignity, once indulged in, that enables us to in a measure remain young, though we are actually growing old. I have spoken to several of our alumni, some of whom for sufficient reasons were unable to be present with us this evening, and was met with an almost universal enthusiastic attitude favorable to the idea of our having annual gatherings. We must now have in the neighborhood of three hundred alumni, and our ranks are being augmented each year by upwards of thirty new recruits. That surely should be a sufficient number of people imbued with a kindred spirit and a fraternal feeling, as well as a feeling ---------- Messenger - 1908 October - Page 9 ---------- THEMESSMGM 9 pf loyalty to our Alma Mater, to insure successful annual meetings. Tonight we are here to initiate the movement. In closing I offer this toast: Here's to the .Alumni Spirit, May we all get close and stay near it, May each Alumnus This spirit encompass, And we will foster, encourage, and rear it. CLOSE OF DAY. It was autumn; yes, it was evening, as "the teacher" or the "schoolmarm," as she was called, turned the key of the little school house. She was tired and a little homesick. As she left the yard a merry whistle was heard from the distance. She turned, to learn from whence it came, and a most pleasing, restful scene greeted her. In the distance was a village, back of which rose the foothills, wrapped in that deep, blue azure. Towering above these, with its every outline clearly cut, and in all its majesty and emblem of purity, was Mt. Baker. Following the pine covered foothills her eye rested on the dancing, glistening waves of the Sound. Across the water, on an island, the smoke from the mills was lazily rising and losing itself in the hills. Beyond and covered with that soft fairy like pink and blue azure were the snowcapped mountains bearing that mythical name. These mountains and their high neighbors across the watery . way seemed to vie with each other in winning the admiration of the people. Directly to the west she saw the crowning glory of the picture—the Sound and the setting sun. The islands stretched their arms towards each other and towards the main land as if trying to unite with it. At their feet the sparkling white caps danced and played, as if mocking their sober stateliness. Back and over it all was Apollo, in all his glory. He seemed to have kept his most brilliant rays for the last and to have sent them into all the paths and by-ways. The whole earth rejoiced and sent out one glorious light ere the curtain of night was lowered. Was the keeper of the little school tired and homesick? Is it right, is it possible to look on such splendor, realizing from whose hands it comes, and be unhappy and discontented? M. F. B. ---------- Messenger - 1908 October - Page 10 ---------- 10 THE MESSENGER The Alkisiah Club will this year make a special studV' of Mexico, Norway and Finland. They will also fliscuss; Women's Organizations and current eVents. With! Miss. Watrous as President and Miss Baker of the Faculty as. their adviser, they expect to be one of the strongest. societies in the school. Almira, Wash., September 27, 190? gt; Manager of Messenger, Bellingham, Wash. My Dear Sir: Being an old.student of B. S. N. S., 1: do not feel that life seems right Without the "Messenger."' I am much interested in the Normal and its students. I am teaching primary at Hartline, and want you to write me there concerning the "Messenger" and price for the same. With best regards to the Normal, Factilty and students, I am, yours truly, GRACIE B. JOHNSON. NORMAL VS. MT. VERNON. * * • ' On Saturday, October 10, the Normal again defeated Sedro-Woolley by a score of 23'to 6. Tne'Sedror^TooffeV boys were out-weighed and outplayed. The following is our record so far this year: September 2(8—Normal, 0 • Mt?.Vernon, t)."'; October 1—Normal,\5. ^Be^n^hmJ^Yi, ^i. October 3—Normal, 2$; Se^WooUey^l). October 10—Normal, 23 • Sedro-Wobil^y, IS. NORMAL VS. SBpRp.w60LLl!Y. While the Blue and White'decisively defeated i%o Sedro-Wpolley High, School team,; at.Se^o^oo]|eyj ' $ gt;- ber 3,( tlie game was, stabb0™*^ ^ ? ¥ * ?^f, s P ® ^ ^ * r thjpou^hout. Th«e Mue and white butweigned' aadVbtft-playea tfceir oppomeRts, but; \% wag a flight to see Ae long ---------- Messenger - 1908 October - Page 11 ---------- THE MESSENGER ll forward passes, the splendid interference'aiid the flying tackles of the Sedro-Woolley team. The contest was also enlivened by the rivalry of Coaeh Breniser, the star Normal quarterback, and Coach Ray Smith, the veteran Monmouth player and fullback on the Sedro-Woolley team, who frequently got around the Normal ends by following his splendid interference closely and would have, crossed the Normal goal had. not the fleet Normal quarterback overhauled him. The sturdy warriors who defended the Blue and White unexpectedly met with a rousing cheer as they trotted on to the field to defend the goal, favored by the wind, which Captain Goodell won in the toss. The Burlington High School students, wearing the Normal colors, hatf come five miles to cheer the splendid team which the^ ^ormlM/»tpdents had laot yet learned to appreciate.,; V, gt;^^' y^Ow^^f^^^^^di^^eiJ^oi^ah^ to the fifteen-yard l m e a ^ ^ l a ^ ^ was downed in his tracks. ^ndi^ihO iie and White line invincible, Woolley tried long^lojrward passes and wide end runs, but failed tpgain^llf the ball went over to the Blue and white. ; ^ c H ^ r * -zli:j£'~-" •:-." Then a grand March for the first touchdown commenced. Line smashes, plays outside of tackle, end runs, wing shiftsI'antf^rMiantJquarieirtiack r^ns advanced the ball to Woolly's thirty-fiye^yard liiie^ wheVe, Boyritph, by a dashhig rrih through left tacklej was able to pltot thei oval behind the goal./ The kick out for a place kt^k a^ goal fafleoi!/ The'firstended' with the ball on "^oolley^s ten-yard^Ime" Time of halves, 20 minutes. In the second half the Normal team seemed tt gt; 'strike iti gait/ l^ree^tbuchdowhs were made, the fast being negotiated in tltfee and'one-half minutes of play. Berriiser opened.the sfcyle of game by two successful on-side kicks and ^ne Normal baeks^galloped through tackle and around end for gams' of ten' to fifteen yards? The Normal men ^lkyed with dashj always helped the man; with the ball 1b gt;y gobci i^erference andby dragging him along when off his le'et.' Altogether, the game waVa demonstration of the feossibilittesblf football as played under the new reformed rules^ ' .' J' The A^eriian Society will renew W Work this year with greater zeal-than last. The membership is to be limited ta thirty-five, thus giving all the privilege WH lling ---------- Messenger - 1908 October - Page 12 ---------- 12 THEMESSENGMR part in several meetings. New members will be chosen only for their merits. The regular literary work will be pursued together with debate, and an occasional scene from the classics. A few evening programs will be given during the year, which will take the place of the regular Friday afternoon meetings. EXCHANGES. As I was goin' down the road this morning I met Sam Parsons. You know it's a failin' of us country folks to stop and pass the time of day, and—well, exchange remarks. Then, when I get home, I have some exchanges to make with Mary Ann, my wife. She says I'm wastin' time, and I say I'm not, for I learn a good many things from neighbor Sam. Well, to resume: This girl Sally is goin' to that big stone school house up on the hill, and the learnin' she's gettin' ain't no small amount. Say, do you know there's a lot of schools in this country of ours. Why Sam was telling about some papers Sally brought home last year. She called them "Exchanges," but, anyway, they were papers edited by different schools. He told about the "Normal Pennant" of San Jose, Califrisco. It had lots of good readin', high standard, you know. That's the kind of a paper the "Messenger" is goin' to be, too. He spoke of the "Enterprise," the "Skagina," the "Taho-ma," the "Review," and ever so many others. Sam told about some funny rhymes in these papers. Here's one I remember: ---------- Messenger - 1908 October - Page 13 ---------- %HM kESSEtiGMk 13 A lifeless rat lay on the floor, 'Twas sad to see it there. A Senior girl then picked it up And stuck it in her hair. Now I want to see and read some of these papers this year, so please don *t forget your Uncle Si. MISSION STUDY. The young Women's Christian Association offers an opportunity in Mission Study of which it is worth while for every girl to avail herself. The class work will be based on the "Uplift of China," under the able leadership of Dr. E. T. Mathes. Come and meet with us in the parlor of Edens Hall each Wednesday evening at 6:45. BIBLE STUDY. A nw scheme was inaugurated this year in the Y. W. C. A. Bible study. Rev. James Wilson is teaching a Normal class of girls, each of whom, in turn, will be the leader of a group of girls. There will be several classes at Edens Hall and in the vicinity of the Normal, also in other parts of the city. A group may be organized in any house where at least six girls desire it. The course will be on the life of Christ. The exact time and places of meeting will be posted soon. ALUMNI NOTES. f* ye.yvrit\.v n lt;f Here is where some of the '08 girls are teaching: The Misses lone Canfield, Tillie Henry and Mabel Osgood in the local schools. Miss Minnie Dow, Centralia. Miss Grace Hedges,, Colfax. Miss Grace Barrett, Tacoma. Miss Gertrude Peterson, Auburn. Miss Winnifred Walters, Parkland. ---------- Messenger - 1908 October - Page 14 ---------- 14 TEE MESSENGER Miss Stella Fowler, Anacortes. \ i Miss Beth Shoemaker, Glympia. Miss Jane Wilson, Falls Clity. Miss Louise "Walker, Walla Walla. Miss Kate Wood, Washougal. Miss Inez Welton and Miss Lucy Bayton are in Port Angeles. Miss Agnes Morrison, '08, is attending Whitman Col-lege in Walla Walla. Miss Dorothy Jennings, '08, and Miss Maude West- Cptt, '09, are. teaching, in M^Murray, Skagit Gounfot. .Mr. Ray Smith, '08; is principal of'the,grades in;the South BeUmgham High School building, Wedding bells rang last June f QE-M*. N. A. Thompson, former,supervisor, of;the Training SchopJ, andi Miss Cora B. Burr^a graduate, of '07%.. They hayj? gone, fe* Alaska, where Professor Thompson has[.become superintendent of Native Schools of Southeastern Alaska. The many friends bf-the Misses Olive and Bertha Kale will be delighted to hear of their work in the Domestic Science, Department, of the Indutrial School, in Sitka, Alaska The school is. in, if;s, twenty-ninth, yqar,.. . I t has many and, varied interests. Aside from, the regular school work theTe is a department for. carpentry, drafting, domesticscience, printing, and laundering, joipx (Jrozier is studying this, yea^ in the Ellensburg Nqrjmal. Aliqe Schumaker, '08, is teaching fifth and sixth;gra4e and is also doing some high school work, m;Edison, Wash. Miss Adair Walters (Elementary) is teaching in Fravel. Miss Mabel Robertson (Secondary) is teaching in English. Miss Watts (Review) is teaching in Mount Vernon schools.... CALENDAR. Sept. 9. Sehbol opens. Sept 10. Registration closes (!); : . Sept. 11. Y. W. C. Av giVes a teai -enjoyed by a large number. -^ Sept. 12. Student Association gives campuB frolio and bonfire. ; . Sept. 18, Y/WG gt;A% holds reception; - ' ^ ---------- Messenger - 1908 October - Page 15 ---------- , THft ME SENGEU 15 Sept. 18. Miss Hopkins addresses Assembly. Sept. 23. Miss LeConte returns. Sept. 24. Mr. Alsop reports to Miss L. C. for physical examination. Sept. 25. Mr. Epley tells us why some students fail. Sept. 25. Rev. "Wilson met leaders for the Bible classes. Sept. 26. Football game with Mount Vernon. Score 0 to 0. Next time we beat. Oct. 22. Alkisiah reecption for new members. Oct. 2. Assembly addressed by delegates from Federation of Women's Clubs. Oct. 2. First regular meeting of Thespian Club. Oct. 3. Trinity M. E. Church entertains for Normal students. Oct. 6. Pennant sale, Y. W. C. A. Oct. 7. Mission Study Class at Edens Hall. Teacher Dr. Mathes. Miss Lucy Hopkins, State Student Secretary of the Young Woman's Christian Association, spent a week with the cabinet of the Normal Y. W. C. A., assisting them in the reorganization which always comes at the beginning of the year. The opening reception of the year for students and faculty was given by the Young Woman's Christian Association, Friday, September 18. The entertainment was an intercollegiate meet. Each student represented some college, and the winners in the events of each college contest took part in the intercollegiate meet, held later in the evening. College yells and songs added zest to the final contest. Mrs. Mathes' piano solo, Mrs. Deerwester's songs, and Miss Nord's reading were also greatly enjoyed. Ice and wafers were served. POEM. The Bellingham Normal. The Bellingham campus in days of old, Was then a field which the farmers mowed; But up through the grand old sands of time, There arose a monumental shrine. It stands today in perfect state, Ever unsubject to time's decay. In many a heart it holds a spot, And ever whispers "forget me not." (Finis.) ---------- Messenger - 1908 October - Page 16 ---------- 16 THfi MESSIEtfGUn Bright Student in Third Year Geometry, to Mr. Forrest— To prove that a cat has three tails; no cat has two tails; a cat has one tail more than no cat. Hence a cat has three tails. Overheard at the Y. W. C. A. reception: Wee Little Junior—"Do you like codfish balls, Mr. Smith? Mr. Smith (peering down)—"I really don't know; I never attended one." Mr. Stone, 5:30, Saturday, September 26.—"Morris Schwartz almost had his 'Israelite' put out." Some church preferences seen on the cards in the office : Presbyterian, Prespeterian, Presbeterian; Methodist, Methodust, Medithiest; Luthern, Evangelist Luthern; Unitarian; Episcopalion, Eph.; Christian; Baptist; congregation, Congregational, Congratulational. The Senior who tends to his own business has a good steady job. The boy stood on the Normal steps, His head in a whirl; His mouth and eyes were full of hair, And his arms were full of girl. Spots may be seen on some of the "Freshies" where the green is wearing off. Mr. Epley (drawing on board)—"Now, these are the tail feathers the fish swims with." Great aches from little toe-corns grow.—Ex. Morris J.—"Mr. Deerwester, what is society?" Mr. D.—"You and me." It was a pleasure to witness the warm (?) reception the football team gave Mr. Cory on his return. Teach (Latin Class)—"What English word comes from the Latin ' faciles' meaning easy ? " Student—"The Faculty." ---------- Messenger - 1908 October - Page 17 ---------- m% m sEMM if I. W. (In Oral Ex.)—"I have had this before, Miss Hays." Miss H.—"I am afraid you had a light attack." Hush little First Year, Don't you cry, You'll be a Junior bye and bye. Notice, Boys! If you don't want to work for the Y. W. girls, don't leave your hats lying around. A. D. P. Miss C—ns (Eng. VIII. after telling story)—''Gee! I'm scared." Student—"I want the life of Julius Caesar." Librarian—"Brutus is before you, sir." Mr. Deerwester—"Name a strong emotion." Mis DuB.—"Love." OUB WANT COLUMN. By the football manager—"A little more appreciation.' "An accommodating boy with a jack-knife." "Some one to love me all the time."—Kathleen. "To be let alone."—Chas. P. By Noah D.—"Some pretty girls in German I ." "Some subject you don't have to study."—Hazel Spinning. By Morris S.—"A little more attention, please." "A conceitless boy."—The Girls. "Some correct answers in Psy I."—Prof. D. "A French clock that says, 'Get together.' "—Ray F [ "Some rooters* for the football games." ADVICE TO YOUNG STUDENTS. Sit ye hall not on ye tairs, In pairs. Neither write e on ye chair, So beware. ..*j.j£Z ---------- Messenger - 1908 October - Page 18 ---------- THE MESSENGER Sass ye faculty ? Don't ye dare, Take care. Ye excuse cards don't forget, Just yet. Later on ye will regret, Ye bet. Do not saunter in ye hall, At all. Oh! Ye physical exam. 'Tis a slam. Miss LeConte, ye'd like to jam, Keep calm. To assembly don't came late, Just wait. In e library do not talk, Or walk. On ye sidewalks H M. T. Do not be. On 21st street do not spark, After dark. If these rules ye do not keep, A full harvest ye shall reap; On ye carpet, nice and green, Ye'11 be seen.PPPPP
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Title: Messenger - 1908 November
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Text preview (might not show all results): 1908_1101 ---------- Messenger - 1908 November - Page [1] ---------- THE MESSENGER Most anybody can do a thing: he feels like doing, but it takes a true man to do a thing when he doesn't feel like it.—SAM JONES. SCHOOL PAPER OF THE BELLINGHAM STATE NORMAL SCHOOL BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON
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Show more1908_1101 ---------- Messenger - 1908 November - Page [1] ---------- THE MESSENGER Most anybody can do a thing: he feels like doing, but it takes a true man to do a thing when he doesn't feel like it.—SAM JONES. SCHOOL PAPER OF THE BELLINGHAM STATE NORMAL SCHOOL BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON S. B. Irish Co., Printingc^^^^o 1311 Railroad Avenue MESSENGER STAFF ROY GOODELL, - - FRANK UMBARGER, - MARY DEWAR, GRACE ALLEN, - MARGARET BRYANT, CARL STORLIE, * VIOLA VAN CUREN, ) RUBY MARSTON, - Editor Associate Literary Literary Exchange ' Athletics Alumni ISABEL WILLIAMS, "| LILLIAN CARLETON, I t Local MAY DOLSON, i ' Editor* MISS SCHOTT, J HERMAN F. SMITH, - Business Mgr. WINIFRED MAW, Aist. Business Mgr* BELLE CREWS, - - Art Editor TERMS-FIFTY CENTS A YEAR Entered December 21, 1902, at Bellingham, Washington, as second-class matter, under act of Congress of March 3,1879. Vol. VIII. November, 1908 No. 2 Boost the Messenger. The Friday morning assembly hours are delightful. We particularly enjoyed listening to the members of the Student Body. Not every student body has the opportunity of listening to four of the greatest opera singers of the world— Campanari, Rapold, Jacoby, Martin—for an entire evening. But such was the opportunity of the Belingham State Normal Students. And such ntusic! One evening like that sets us right with the world,—helps to make us better men and women. Where is the Debating Club this year? Let us hear from you. The High School has its team out already. ---------- Messenger - 1908 November - Page 2 ---------- 2 THE MESSENGER Wanted—Students to read the exchanges in the magazine rack in the library. We have received splendid numbers from McMinnville College, Oregon, and Tacoma High School. The blue book will be omni present this next week. It is a step in advance to require a uniform paper for examinations. Whatcom, San Juan and Skagit counties have just completed one of the most successfu institutes held in years. These institutes are of a great deal of practical value to the young teacher, coming about the time that they are most discouraged. The older teachers give fatherly advice to these young pedagogs and send them back to their work with renewed energy and restored confidence in themselves. Lecturers of state and national reputation were in attendance. The clergy of our state are carrying on a strenuous campaign, in their effort to defeat the proposed amendment to Article VII. of our State Constitution. Should this amendment pass all churches and hospitals, etc., would then become subject to tax. The danger of this passing lies in that the public is not informed as to the purport of the amendment. That women are organizing for the furtherance of what they call their rights has been much in evidence in Bellingham of late. Even during the last month in our assembly have appeared representatives of the following: Y. W. C. A., Women's Federation of Clubs, W. C. T. U. It is safe to say that since the organization of the school this number of men's clubs have not been represented. REST OP THE SOUL. When the sky of life is darkened, With the clouds of care and toil, When it seems that fate relentless, Has made life one great turmoil. Do your best— And leave to God the rest. When the heart throbs lone and sore ---------- Messenger - 1908 November - Page 3 ---------- THE MESSENGER 3 When the sky's of leaden hue, Seek some striver harder pressed And the sun will shine for you. Do your best— With that comes blessed rest. Success will follow failure, As the morning follows night; If you do the tasks assigned you By the Ruler, in his light. Do your best— And leave to Him the rest. When there comes that last "amen," And the struggle here is o 'er; When the clouds of earth are rifted, The Soul shall have forever more. God's blessed rest— When we have done our best. GOLDIE WRESTON BROWN. Dedicated to Class of 1910. FORMALIN AS A POWERFUL PRESERVATIVE OF MILK. At the present time it is a well known fact that the usual changes which occur in milk are due to bacteria of some kind. Until our pure food law went into effect, it was quite the practice of dairymen in some localities to use preservatives of high antiseptic power, in order to keep the milk long enough to market it. Formalin has been used for this purpose to a great extent, and yet its high antiseptic power was little known to those who handled it. The following experiments carried on in the bacteriological laboratories of the University of Kansas, show well the high antiseptic power of formalin. Fresh milk was taken, arid litmus was added to it until the milk took on a good blue color, so that the least change toward souring was noted by the pink coloration taken on by the litmus milk. The milk was then put in 100 cubic ceti-meter sterile flasks, 99 cubie eetimeter to each flask, and afterwards 1 cubic eetimeter of dilute formalin was added. The dilution of the formalin was made in sterile flasks and with sterile water. First, 1 c. c of formalin was added ---------- Messenger - 1908 November - Page 4 ---------- 4 M# MESSENGER to 199 e. c of sterile water, giving a dilution of 1-200 (a). Then 1 c. c. of (a) was added to 99 c. c. of sterile water in another flask, giving a dilution of 1-20,000 (b). Further dilutions were made in the litmus milk. The following tables may help to a better understanding of the exact method used in making the dilutions: Commercial Formalin Sterile Water Resulting Percent of Formal dahyde Gas Resulting Percent of Solution (a) i c. c. added to 199^ c.c. —31—500 —1—200 I c. c. of (a') " 99 c. c. ;=i—50,000 —1—20,000 (b) i c . c . of (a) *' Milk rczi—5,000,000 —1—2,000,000 (b) K c c ( b ) " 99 gt;£ c- c - —1—250,000,000 —1—100,000,000 # c . c ( b ' ) 99M c. c. —1—250,000,000,000 — r—1,000,000,000 The experiment was performed five times, giving similar results each time, as shown by the following tables: TABLE No. 1.—March 20, 1907. Whole Milk two hours old. Time of Preservation after Formalin was added. Tempt, of Room Percent of Formalin Percent of For-maldahyde Gas Quantity of Milk Days Hours 190 —21 ° C. 1—10,000 1—249,900 9 c. c. 23 44 «4 1—100,000 1—2,499,000 44 1 2 ^ 44 44 1—1,000,000 I—24,990,000 I I 3 ^ 80 44 44 1—100,000,000 I—249,900,000 lt; lt; 2% 54 44 44 1— 1,000,000,000 1—2,499,000,000 I I 2 48 44 44 Checks IO c. c. 24 44 44 44 I I 24 44 44 44 " 24 TABLE No. 2.—April 2, 1907. Whole Milk two hours old. Time of Preservation after Formalin was added. Tempt, of Room Per Cent, of Formalin Per Cent, of Formaldanyde Gas Quantity of Milk Days Hours 19P so° C 1-20,000 1-350,000 99 C. C. 5*6 .. .. 1-3,000,000 1-35,000,000 " 3 * " " 1-100,000,000 1-350,000,000 " 70 •1 lt;i 1-1,000,000,000 1-35,000,000,000 " 47 •i 11 Check 100 C. C. 24 ---------- Messenger - 1908 November - Page 5 ---------- THE MESSENGER 5 TABLE No. 3.—April 4, 1907. Separated Milk 2 + hours old. l9o.21o c_ 1-100,000,000 Not Detected by Chemicals 99C.C. aK 68 « .. 1-1,000,000,000 ' " 2% 56 .. .. Check 100 C. C. „ 24 TABLE No. 4.—April 6, 1907. Separated Milk two hours old. i8°-ai°C. 1-100,000,000 1-2,500,000,000 99 C . C. 2+ 52+ ,. .. 1-1,000,000,000 1-25,000,000,000 » 1+ 32+ / Check 100 c . c. I 24 TABLE No. 5.—April 18, 1907. Dairy Milk obtained from a City Dairyman 7-8 hours old. I9°-2I° C. 1-20,000 1-250,000 99C.C. *% " " 1-2,000,000 1-250,000,000 " 1% " " 1-100,000,000 1-2,500,000,000 " 32 ,. .. 1-1,000,000,000 1-25,000,000,000 " 28 •• " Check Minus form'lin 100 C. C. I 24 Professor E. H. S. Bailey, of the chemistry department of the University of Kansas, and also State Chemist, made the tests for formalin, using the hydrochloric test. He easily detected quantities of formalin in proportions of 1-100,000. Lower proportions, as 1-1,000,000,000, were not detected by the usual hydrochloric test, but was by the distillation test, which is a much finer test. The tables show that 1 part of formalin, 1,000,000,000 parts of milk preserves the milk above its normal life (which is usually about 24 hours, plus or minus), from 4 to 13 hours. This fact is of great importance both in connection with the enforcement of the pure food law, and with the use of formalin as a powerful preservative and antiseptic. WILLIAM LESLIE MOODIE. Lawrence, Kansas, April, 1907. ---------- Messenger - 1908 November - Page 6 ---------- 6 TEE MESSENGER HOW SALLY GOT THROUGH SCHOOL. On the steps of the great stone building that is sheltered by Sehome hill, sat a boy and a girl. The girl was Sally Decker and the boy was Will Jones. "Will," said Sally, "did you ever hear how Sally worked her way through school?" "No; I don't know much about Sally, but I know what it means to send Willie through. He carries twenty-six hours and works four hours daily outside of school for cash. I am personally acquainted with Willie," said Mr. Jones, who was speaking of his own experience. "Good," said Sally; "three cheers for you, or any boy who has the courage to work his way through school! But I want to tell you about Sally, for I am personally acquainted with her. She was a country lassie who had read a few books like 'Robinson Crusoe,' 'Pilgrim's Progress,' and 'John Halifax Gentleman,' and had heard of Robert Ingersol, William Taft and George Washington. Her appetite for knowing things was whetted by reading of these men and she was eager to go to school and learn something of the world's great reformers and to exercise her active brain. She longed to be 'readin',' 'writin',' and 'Latin,' but Sally's people were poor and had known the grind of poverty for generations. "Her father, however, had succeeded in accumulating a comfortable fortune, still he reluctantly and sorrowfully doled out to Sally a limited number of postage stamps and scolded furiously when asked for a new dress or a pair of shoes. Sally was filled with a miserable dread at mentioning school to her father, and there was no one to help her over the difficulty, for her mother was dead. She had died when Sally was a little girl and had left her to grow up to be her father's housekeeper, ignorant of anything around her excet the drudgery of the farm. But now the time had come when Sally began to realize her individuality, and that there were other things in this world beside hard work; other things beside dollars and cents and mills. Nothing was left her but to walk straight up to her gruff old father and to state her case clearly and fearlessly. If he consented, well, she 'd be very happy; if he refused—she 'd go without his consent; her mind was made up. So one evening, after she had prepared an unusually good dinner, Sally led gt;up to the subject nearest her heart. As she had expected her father put his foot down, and it was not a small foot, either. ---------- Messenger - 1908 November - Page 7 ---------- i THE MESSENGER 7 I "He said, ' I don't approve of your gittin' high flutin ideas in your head about schoolin' and that sort of nonsense. I've never had much larnin' and I 'pear to have made my way in the world, and I ain't goin' to waste good, hard, round dollars in no such fool way as sendin' you off to Normal, larnin' to teach by rule and bringin' home somethin' you call an Elementary. Think you'll catch a weasel asleep, do ye? No such capers' round me.' "With a heart full of spirited determination to win without the aid of her father, Sally set out for Belling-ham. She had been communicating with the president of the Bellingham Normal during the summer and had been informed that there were many good opportunities for a student to work for room and board. Upon arriving in the city Sally secured the names of several people who Avanted Normal girls and she proceeded to make use of the telephone. The conversation with all was something like this: " 'Hello, Central?' " 'Give me three double o g, please.' " 'Hello! Mrs. W—?' " 'This is Sally Decker, a Normal girl. I wish to find a place to work for my room and board that I may attend school. Do you want some one?' " 'Your family is small. How many, please?' " 'Four children, the oldest six years, and the baby is thirteen months; yourself and husband and brother-in-law and myself to do for.' " 'There won't be much cooking or washing?' " 'I am wanted specially to stay with the children while you go out.' " 'You'll try to makje me feel at home? Thank you.' '' ' You live on Ellis street. I '11 come and try it. * "Sally went. At first it was lovely. The lady told her to go right into the parlor and study. The children peeped at her slyly, as if they wanted to get acquainted and hear the stories that the little country lady might tell of the bears and ugly cows that she had seen. So it was for a few days, but at the close of a week she was only too well acquainted with them all. "The children were so noisy that she had to stuff her ears with cotton in order to study. The baby was cross and had to be carried about a great deal. Then it was dinner time, and how to plan that frugal meal was harder than any problem she had to solve in arithmetic, for she had been informed that she must cook so economically ---------- Messenger - 1908 November - Page 8 ---------- 8 THE MESSENGER that the bills would be no larger for her having been annexed to the family. Sally had a ravenous appetite. How could she do it? "Mr. and Mrs. W.— were going out to the theatre after dinner and Sally was to put the children to bed, clear the dining-room, sweep the kitchen, prepare everything for breakfast. By the time this was done it was 9 o'clock and there were yet five hours of studying to do. But Sally had long ago systematized her work: Four and one-half hours on Latin, fourteen and one-half minutes on Psychology, and one-half minute on Agriculture and the study of her Majesty the Hen. This night she was too tired to remember what she went over, with the result that next day she had nervous chills in Latin; in Zoology she was Moody and could not remember scientific terms; in Mental Arithmetic she was lost and was wandering in a great Forest; in Psychology, when asked to give an example of individual notion, she said, a "deer Mr. Wester." When she reached the music room she seemed to be wondering over a vast Moore and would have stumbled dreadfully except for the crooked staff she carried. At last she came to a great sign. She looked blankly for a time, but by degrees she realized that the sign meant to go back to the beginning and repeat. She went home and repeated the care of the children, did some ironing, scrubbed the kitchen floor and cooked a roast for dinner. She had been warned not to burn it and she was just thinking what a delicious brown it was when the baby fell into the scrub bucket, and Johnnie with his dog and six of the neighbors' children came tearing through the house, beating tin pans and blowing tin horns and carrying a red flag, declaring they were the 'Band of Good Hope,' and asking Sally to 'root' for them. Deafened with the noise and disheartened and cross, Sally caught up the baby, who was howling at the top of his voice and was dripping with dirty water, and rushed off to the bath room to give him a bath and change his clothes. Just as she had finished dressing the baby the clock struck six and to her horror Mr. and Mrs. W.— came in. Sally rushed to the kitchen filled with terror, for she had forgotten the roast for fully half an hour and the fire was blistering hot. She opened the door and a great puff of smoke issued forth which blinded her. The kitchen was blue and Sally finally suc-cee4 «d gt; in pulling the roast out of the oven to the kitchen floor just as Mrs. W.— appeared in the doorway. The meat was black and dinner was spoiled. The kitchen was tracked and Sally was called a disorderly girl and a most ---------- Messenger - 1908 November - Page 9 ---------- TEE MESSENGER 9 forgetful one. Even the children seemed to have lost some of their respect for her since she had burned their dinner. "Sally grew thin and wan and wore a troubled expression. When alone she cried a great deal and silently protested against many things that seemed to her to be wrong. She vowed to herself that if she ever got through school she would devote her life to helping poor unfortunate, ambitious girls to get an education. She used to make audible proclamations when she went down cellar after butter and fruit. She was alone then and in the dark and she felt free to stamp her foot and shake her fist at her father, at the lady of the house for over-working her, at her teachers for being so merciless, at the whole world and its selfishness. She was discouraged and was just wondering if it would not be best to give it all up; an education was surely of no value if her health was the price paid for it. "That evening she heard Mrs. W.—announce that the Woman's Federation of Clubs was to meet in Bellingham. Sally wondered what that meant and what a woman's club did. Next morning at assembly it was announced that Mrs. Harper, vice president of the Federated Clubs, would speak to the student body. Sally was all attention. The speaker said the clubs stood for women and girls. She said they were raising an endowment fund for the benefit of girls who were ambitious and who had to work their way through school. Sally was anxious to meet the speaker, who had come like a ministering angel, for some way Sally felt as if the speaker was sent with a message specially for her. "On her way home from school that night, she saw several ladies wearing club badges, and she timidly asked about Mrs. Harper and the meetings of the Federation. These ladies told her that the last meeting convened that evening, and that Mrs. Harper would leave at the close of the meeting and catch the six-thirty train for Seattle. Sally's heart sank. But here was a cloud with a silver lining. The ladies invited her to attend the last meeting with them and she eagerly accepted the invitation, hoping that even yet she might meet Mrs. Harper and learn more about the endowment fund. She wondered if it would be possible for her to obtain the use of it. Sally was growing desperate and something had to happen. And it did happen.: She met Mrs. Harper and it was agreed that Sally-should have the benefit of the endowment fund-'* - ---------- Messenger - 1908 November - Page 10 ---------- 10 THE MESSENGER At this point in her story Sally rose and stood at her fullest height, her cheeks red, and eyes sparkling with excitement as she said, "And I got it, Will." "Hurrah!" said Will. Sally waved the B. S. N. S. pennant over her head and shouted with all her might: "Hail the Woman's Federation of Clubs! "Hail the friend of the student! "No more tired dinners! "No more crying babies! "No more hazy lessons! "Hail! Hail!! Hail!!!" Will was standing beside her now, his hat held reverently in his hand; the sun was sinking out of sight beyond the glorious waters of the sea and its last rays fell upon them in holy benediction. LYDIA RAINEY. NEW MEMBERS OP THE FACULTY. This year we are extremely fortunate in having for our training school superintendent Miss Almina George, of Minneapolis. She is a woman of splendid attainments and highly successful experience. .She is a graduate of the OsAvego Normal School, one of the oldest and best in the country and has studied under Dr. Rein at Jena, Germany; also, in Chicago and Columbia Universities in this country. She has been a ward principal in Minneapolis, a critic teacher in the Winona, Minn., State Normal, and superintendent of the training school at Warrensburg, Mo. Miss Rose Baxter is our new Critic teacher in the seventh and eighth grades. She comes from a similar position at Warrensburg, Mo., where her record for eight years has been in every way successful. She is also well known as prinicpal of the public schools in Springfield, Mo. Miss Baxter is a graduate of Drury College and has studied at Columbia University. She is a woman of fine character and her influence over her pupils is admirable. The new department of Domestic Economy is in charge of Miss Minerva Lawrence of Snohomish, Wash. Miss Lawrence is a graduate of the South Dakota State Agricultural College, of Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, and of the Bellingham State Normal. Her experience covers work in the grades, and special teacher of domestic economy. During the last year Miss Lawrence organized and conducted the domestic economy work of the Snohomish ---------- Messenger - 1908 November - Page 11 ---------- THE MESSEmfitt 11 public schools with great success, and begins her work in our institution under favorable circumstances. During the absence of Professor Romine, the work of the Biological Department will be in charge of Mr. William L. Moodie, of Lawrence, Kansas. Mr. Moodie is a graduate of the University of Kansas and has done graduate work at the University of Iowa. His experience includes a number of terms in public school work, and during the past year he has had charge of the biological work in the Oklahoma City High School. He spent last summer in the science laboratory of the Washington State University at Friday Harbor. Mrs. Edna Horner Sampson has charge of the primary department during Miss Montgomery's absence. Mrs. Sampson was, for a number of years, Critic in the Training School, and we are glad to have her again, even for a short time. Y. W. C. A. WESTERN STUDENT CONFERENCE. The Y. W. C. A. Student Conference met at Whit-worth College, Tacoma, Wash., October 23-25. The schools represented were Bellingham Normal, Ellensburg Normal, U. of W. and Whitworth College. Bellingham was well represented by sixteen students and three faculty members, the Misses Sperry, Lawerence and Gray. There were thirty delegates from the U. of W., and nine delegates from the Ellensburg Normal. We left on the Thursday evening boat, and the following afternoon we left Seattle for Tacoma. On reaching Tacoma, with B. N. S. pennants in hand, we sighted a group of girls with Whitworth pennants, whom we knew to be our hostesses. After a visit to the city Y. W. C. A. building we started for the college. Far above the Sound, overlooking Mt. Tacoma, in sunset glow, we came to one of the most splendid residences of the Northwest, now the Dormitory, of the Whitworth girls. The Whitworth girls made us feel delightfully at home and we could not help but admire the ease with which they entertained so many delegates. The opening service was held Friday evening, at which President Kroeze gave us the greetings of the college in his talk on "The Place of the Association in College Life." During the Conference we heard such speakers as ---------- Messenger - 1908 November - Page 12 ---------- 12 THE MES8MGER Miss Conde, the National Student Secretary; Miss Lucy Hopkins, the Student Secretary of the Northwest; Miss Gage, who is well known to many of the student body; Miss Maud Eaymond, Student Secretary of the U. of W.; Miss Ada Hillman, City Secretary of Tacoma Association, and Miss Sperry, of our own faculty, who is a member of the State Advisory Board. I think all will agree in saying our greatest help and inspiration were found in the Bible Hour with Miss Conde. It is a little early to point out the most vital points ' of the Conference, but we are sure it afforded us: First—A broader outlook of the Y. W. C. A. work. Second—The keynote for the necessity of careful, conscientious Bible study. Third—An inspiration in the friendship of Christian people. ESTHER MAY. W. C. T. U. LECTURE. Mrs. Stone, National Organizer for the W. C. T. XL, addressed the students during the lecture hour of October 23. There are those who consider the work of the W. C. T. IT. a dull subject, but there were none such in the hall after Mrs. Stone's address. She is a winning speaker, with much to say and the power of saying it tersely and pleasingly. As a young woman—she must have been very youthful, by the way—she was one of the crusaders, under the leadership of that wonderful woman, Frances Willard. Her humorous description of her own feelings when first she was led into the work, suggested to us the sickening fear that even the great reformers suffer, and conquer, for conscience sake, when starting upon an unpopular reform. She told us many things that one does not learn from general reading. She made the statement that "Mrs. Carrie Nation is the most maligned woman in the world," and said that Mrs. Nation's work was the deliberate plan of a mass meeting of over eight hundred women, held in Topeka, Kansas. Their purpose was to tempt the owners of illegal liquor joints into court and so, incidentally, get from their own statements evidence that they were running illegal houses. The saloon party feared another crusade. They resorted to the one weapon that women fear, i. e., : ridicule, and they won out. ---------- Messenger - 1908 November - Page 13 ---------- THE MESSENGER 13 The general opinion of Mrs. Nation is a picture formed by the widespread news items about her; items that have been composed, printed and paid for by the saloon party. We have had many instructive speakers at the Normal, but those who inspire and awaken an audience are the peopel who are doing something for the world, such as Mrs. Stone, Mrs. Booth, Jacob Riis, Elbert Hubbard. Mrs. Stone is from Cleveland, Ohio. She is conducting an educational campaign through the Northwest, and spent three days in Bellingham, holding parlor meetings, where she lectured upon one of the vital subjects of the day—the White Slave Traffic. This is the department of W. C. T. U. work to which she is giving her especial attention. I. A. B. Mr. Jones, the father of Mrs. Mathes, died October 22nd, after a long illness. Mr. Jones, with Mrs. Jones, came to make his home with their daughter two years ago, and although he has been in ill health since coming here, he had become well known to the people of Bellingham. He was a man of integrity and noble character, a member of the Methodist Church. We sympathize with the family in their bereavement. ATHLETICS. October 10 the Normal played a game with the Seattle Broadway High School. The Seattle team is probably the strongest in the state. The game resulted in a victory for Seattle, 34-0. It was a much better game than the score would indicate. In the last half Seattle made only 6 counts, and the Normals were within ten yards of making a touchdown. Unfortunately they were penalized and so lost the chance of scoring. We expect to have a return game with Seattle the 21st of November. The next game the Normal played was with the local ---------- Messenger - 1908 November - Page 14 ---------- li ^HE MESSENGER High School. Here, too, the warriors of the blue and white met defeat. Score 5 to 0. The teams were so evenly matched that neither could make much gain by close football, so they had to change to open plays. The High School were successful in working two forward passes and so got the ball to the Normal's ten-yard line. Then by plunging through the Normal's weak side they advanced the ball to the line. After a kick-off the Normal, by a series of line smashes and end runs, advanced the ball to within six yards of the goal. But they were penalized, and as the time was nearly up this decided the game. The day was beautiful, and the attendance was very good. Another game with the High School will be played on Thanksgiving Day. This will be the final game and will decide the strength of the two teams. The boys returned in good humor from both the games. A mass meeting of the boys was held after the High School game. It was decided that more skirmish work was necessary. So a second team was organized and a captain elected. They promised to be out at least twice a week, and have proved to be of much service to the team. Coach Brown was accidentally hurt last Thursday evening on the campus. He was running up the field and made a quick turn and dislocated his ankle. The ambulance was called and he was taken to the hospital. He will not be out for several weeks. The boys on the team were more excited than Mr. Brown was. He talked calmly and not a twinge of pain crossed his face the while. A letter received from Coach Smith of Sedro-Woolley informs us that the accident which he suffered here was not a serious one. His knees are stiff, but he has been to School each day. Tuesday, November 3rd, the Normal team lost to Everett High School by a score of 15 to 0. All the scores were made in the first eight minutes of play. We all appreciated Mr. Stone's parables for his German class. The Latin class need have no fear of any such parables, for all that can be said of Latin is said in the following: All are dead who wrote it; All are dead who spoke it; All will die who learn it; Blessed death, they earn it. ---------- Messenger - 1908 November - Page 15 ---------- THE MESSENGER i5 EXCHANGES. "Good mornin', Sally. Well; well it' pears to me you alius have your nose in a book. I guess you students don't find it all play." " 0 , Uncle Si; this isn't work; this is fun. These papers are so interesting. You see by reading these we keep in touch with other schools and know other students are doing. Just see the class songs that are in this commencement number of the ''Porcupine." "The Spinster'' maidens always have such a pleasing paper, and see what fine paper the "Comus" is printed on. This paper is full of just such little things that add so much to the appearance. And see, Uncle Si, the cover design of the goat; isn't it characteristic, though? 0, I think it great fun to read these papers; we find such wide-awake stories and joshes, and often excellent poems. Uncle Si, just see this October Tahoma; isn't it splendid. Don't you think they must have a wide-awake High School in Tacoma?" "Tahoma—well, look at that cover; now ain't that neat?" "Yes, and here is our old friend, the Review; just as good as ever. I wish our list was larger." "Never mind, Sally, next month you'll have a lot of 'em, an' you'll have to call on Uncle Si fur help. Good bye, Sally, my gal." Mr. Forrest (turning up a card in mental arithmetic): "Miss Day." 0, Mr. Forrest, I can't!" ---------- Messenger - 1908 November - Page 16 ---------- U ME MESSENGER Miss Ida Zobrist (Sec.) is teaching at Demdng. Miss Freda Honrath (Sec.) is teaching at Mt. Vernon, R. F. D. No. 3. Miss Anna Bascom (Sec.) is teaching at Chilly, Idaho. Miss Mary Umbarger (Sec.) has charge of the fourth grade in the school at Burlington, Skagit County. Beach, on Lummi Island has two of our old students as teachers: Miss Grace Tremain and Miss Clara Tarte. Miss Katheryne Plummer (Sec.) is at Silver Beach, with a crowded room in the intermediate department. Miss Florence Chapin (Sec.) is teaching at The Dalles, Oregon. Miss Iva Whitesides (Ad.) is teaching at Spokane. Miss Belle Parrott (Ad.) is teaching at her home school at Everson. The Misses Tina Wahl (Ad.) and Ellen Graham (Ad.) are teaching in the city schools in Mt. Vernon. Mr. Guy Allison (Ad.) is principal of the Sheridan school at Tacoma. Misses Grace Mansfield (Ad.) and Grace Barrott (Ad.) are teaching in the city schools of Tacoma. Miss Martha Welton is teaching near Seattle. Mr. William Bowman (Ad.) is principal in the North-wood school. Miss Minnie Le Sourd (Ad.) is a Senior at the State University this year. Mr. Charles Levey (El.) is teaching at Everson. Miss Bertha Payne (El.) is teaching at Colfax. Miss Hannah Sorenson (Ad.) is teaching near Deming. Mr. Harry Raymond (Ad.) has gone to New York City, where he will continue his study in voice culture. Miss Fannie Lyle (Ad.) is teaching at Clearbrook. Miss Violet Payne (El.) is doing well with her teaching in the Lake Cushman school. Miss Marie Reese is teaching in her home school at Startup. Miss Lottie Vercoe (Sec), of Skagit County, accompanied by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Vercoe, is traveling in California, Arizona and Colorado in the hope of regaining her health. ---------- Messenger - 1908 November - Page 17 ---------- ME MESSENGER H Miss Myrtle Wright ('08) is teaching reading in the schools of her home city, Sumner. On Wednesday evening, October 21, 1908, Miss Ada Shidler, of Burlington, and Mr. William T. Burke, of Seattle, were married at the home of the bride's parents. Mrs. Burke is a graduate of B. S. N. S. and has been a teacher in the Seattle schools for the past three years. They will make their home in Seattle, where Mr. Burke is cashier in one of the leading banks. Miss Nellie Teglund (Sec.) is teaching at Ethel, Wash. Emmta Burge is teaching at Stratford; Cora Eyde, at Derby; Phoebe Nagley, at Issaquah; Phoebe Boyer, at Longley; Coney Deem, at Tracyton. Miss Cecelia Stroup is at Fairbanks, Alaska, studying Caesar, Cicero and German. Miss Nellie Brainerd is teaching in the primary department in Quincy. Lula and Genevieve Martin are Juniors in Whit-worth College, Tacoma. Miss Nettie Look ('06) was married in September. Mr. Roger Williams, a former student of the B. S. N. S., is the principal of a fine new school at Renton. He and his wife, formerly Ella Thompson, are happy as larks in a cozy little home on the hill overlooking the silent blue waters of Lake Washington. Miss Mary Green has left school and returned to her home. Miss Helen Hopkins, of Port Angeles, who attended the Normal School four years ago, was married August 30th to Will Weber of this city. They will make Belling-ham their home. Misses Mary Patric ('03) and Gladys Patric ('07) are in Los Angeles this winter for the latter's health. They are taking up the study of medicine in the Los Angeles Medical College. Essie Warner, a former student of B. S. N. S., is studying at the Emerson College of Oratory, Boston, this winter. Miss Olive Edens (Ad.) is a Senior in Teachers' College in New York City. Miss Bertha Brekenfeld, of the class of '03, is assistant supervisor of Manual Training in the primary grade in Los Angeles. A break was made in the ranks of our Alumni this last summer when Miss Belle Williams ('03) died, after a long illness. ---------- Messenger - 1908 November - Page 18 ---------- i8 THE MESSENGER Miss Alice Kellogg ('04) is attending the University of Chicago. Miss Elsie Anthon, of the class of '05, became the bride of Dr. Fry last July. Dr.Fry is at the head of the Department of Botany in the University of Washington. Miss Grace Norris (El.) is teaching at Eockport, in Skagit County. Miss Birdie Winchell is now the wife of Prof. F. W. Rhodes. They are both members of the Alumni of the Bellingham Normal. They are living in Seattle, where Professor Rhodes is teaching Mathematics in the High School. AUNT BECKY SOLILOQUIZES. , i_ You know Mirandy Judkins, what goes to school there at the Normal? Well, she's my gal, an' a smarter an' more intelligenter gal never lived. Why, besides knowin' all about notions and relationishps, she can milk and dig 'taters as good as me. When Mirandy comes home of a Friday she alius tells everythin'. One time she was tellin' about a heart-shaped lake they was goin' to have on the camp (but fur the life of me, I never could see no camp there). But when me and Johnnie went to that May festival we saw the lake ('er I'llow I did). Me and Johnnie almos' laughed when Mirandy told us how beautiful it was; we brung forth all our self control an' I coughed, an' Johnnie he—well, he sneezed, an' we never told her it looked like our duck pond—no sir-ee. Speakin' of manners; you know one a them Normal gals said she wouldn't go to that there—er—that—well that kick and tumblin' game, you know. Wall, she wouldn't go 'cause them boys never lifted their hats when they met up with a lady. Now wouldn't that beat you? That ain't bad, 'cause I heard Mirandy's beau say that he's the little fat fellow with curly black hair, an' every time I've seed him, one eye matched his hair. That reminds me, at that las' ball game one of them pop'lar Normal boys got so turrible 'cited an' mad that I jus' tole Mirandy I didn't want none of my young 'uns to go to school to him. Yes, an' I overheerd some of them gals say as how they come to Normal jus' to git out of Examins. Let me prescribe fur you gals. 'Give yer best, do yer best, an' git all there is.' j You'll alius be glad you done it. "Talkin' about ball games; them High School kids ---------- Messenger - 1908 November - Page 19 ---------- TilE MESSENGER 19 were mighty cute. They must have this fur their motto, fur at that ball game they stood outside the gate an' sold tickets, you see, an' made a lot more than that outfit of school marms. "Here comes Mirandy, so I mus' discontinue fur a spell." SOCIETIES. Friday afternoon witnessed the first Thespian programme. We welcome the return of the followers of Thespis with delight, as their programmes are usually very good. The one rendered Friday was no exception. The monologue given by Miss Christine Abild was especially fine. " Since the opening of school the Alkasiah has greatly increased its membership. The club has given three programmes. The first was a successful social affair tendered to the new members; the second a study of Mexico, and the last an enthusiastic discussion of W. C. T. U. work. The classes were prompt about organizing this year, and by this time they are all doing business at full swing —all except the Fourth Year class, which is conspicuous for its absence. The mighty Seniors were the first to organize, and the others were soon following their example. On account of their superior numbers, the Juniors were a little slower than their neighbors, and now that they have started they bid fair to take all before them. The Seniors have given their reception; the Third Years a gayety. The Second Years will entertain the Freshmen Friday, November 7th, in the Society Hall. The Seniors elected the following officers: President, Roy Goodell; Vice President, Herman Smith; Secretary, Viva Flory; Treasurer, A. D. Foster; Basketball Manager, M. Coffman. The Junior elections are: President, Elmer Beal; Vice President, Ethel Nichols; Treasurer, Kittie Westley; Basketball Manager, Viola Van Curen. Third Year elections are: President, Walter Knapp; Vice President, Otis Boyton; secretary and Treasurer, V. Boyd; Basketball Manager, Ruth Barnhart. Second Year elections are: President, Ola Deakins; Vice President, Ruth Prichard; Secretary and Treasurer, M. Parker; Basketball Manager, D. Johnston. Mr. Epley: "Don't give Miss Clouston any laughing gas." Why? ---------- Messenger - 1908 November - Page 20 ---------- 20 THE MESSENGER ANNUAL SENIOR RECEPTION. On the evening of October 30th occurred the annual Senior reception. The following programme was given in the Auditorium: Class Song. Vocal Solo Mrs. Deerwester. Double Quartette Class Chorus. Class Play, "THE MARBLE ARCH." Cast: Mrs. Merriweather Christine Abild. Mr. Merriweather Roy Goodell. Jack Trenton Doah Davenport. ' Constance Cameron Hazel Horn. Vocal Solo Miss Thayer. Instrumental Solo Miss Dewar. Class Song. Original Lantern Slides. At the close of the programme the entire third floor of the building was thrown open for the reception of the guests. The class received in the library, members of the faculty and board assisting. Delightful refreshments were served during the evening. At a late hour the guests departed, voting the Senior Class royal entertainers. CALENDAR. October 3.—B. S. N. S. at Sedro-Woolley. Score 10-0. October 6.—Football speech. J. O'S. October 7.—Some joshes in the training school that were not joshes. October 9.—Mrs. Harper and Professor Fulmer addressed Assembly. October 10.—Sedro-Woolley at Bellingham. Score 23-6. Reception to boys at Edens Hall. October 13.—Mr. Schwartz in Assembly: We want to have a big crowd out to all our previous games in the future. October 15.—Miss Baxter decides that student teachers do not think psychologically. October 16.—Students entertain Assembly. Third Years had a " k i d " party. October 17.—B. S. N. S. at Seattle. Score, 0-30. October 21.—Football speech, J. O'S. ^October 22—Y:W. C. A. girls go to Tacoma. Y; W. C. A. frolic in gym. ; ---------- Messenger - 1908 November - Page 21 ---------- THE MESSENGER 21 October 23.—Mrs. Stone, W. C. T. U. worker, addressed Assembly. October 24.—B. H. S. vs. B. S. N. S. (Silence.) October 26.—Foggy Monday. October 27.—Stone was the hardest thing about the Normal. October 28.—J. O'S. Same speech; same subject. October 29.—Coach Brown injured. October 30.—Mr. Bond and Mr. O'Sullivan address Assembly. Senior Reception. October 31.—Hallowe'en. B. S. N. S. goes to Ana-cortes. Score 6-5. November 3.—Election Day—part holiday for us. B. S. N. S. at Everett. Score, 0-15. November 8.—Y. W. C. A. banquet at Edens Hall. Tenth Anniversary celebration. LOCALS. On October 9th Mrs. Harper, Vice President of the State Federation of Women's Clubs, gave us a short talk in Assembly. Mrs. of Seattle honored us with two vocal solos. The same morning Professor Fulmer, head chemist from the State College at Pullman, delivered a splendid address on Pure Food. It is a great privilege and a great treat to have speakers from different places come to our Friday Assemblies, and we heartily wish we might have them more frequently. On the evening of October 10th the girls at Edens Hall entertained the football team from Sedro-Woolley, and our own boys. From the remarks made by the visiting team, it is safe to suppose that they had an enjoyable time. The hoarse voices of the few loyal students and members of the faculty who went to the Sedro-Woolley game testify to their appreciation of the boys' efforts. We regret greatly that the lack of school spirit made it necessary to arrange the rest of the games away from home, but we hope the number that were present at the game with the Bellingham High will warrant having more games on our own grounds. A very enjoyable impromptu programme was given in Assembly on October 16th. Much praise is due to ---------- Messenger - 1908 November - Page 22 ---------- 22 THE MESSENGER the students who take time from their studies for outside work of that kind. The following took part: Piano Solo Mary Dewar. Vocal Solo Margaret Stewart. Piano Solo Blanche Day. Vocal Solo Warrena Thayer. A large number of our faculty have been away during the last month. Miss Hays has been at South Bend as one of the instructors at a Pacific County Institute. Mr. Bond, Miss Hogle, Miss Moore and Miss Jenson .have been speaking at the Whatcom County Institute, showing that our faculty are appreciated at home. Professor Forrest has been attending institute at Mt. Vernon. He says that about half of the teachers there are old Normal girls and that he had the time of his life visiting among them. It was noticed that a large number of old Normal students were here during the month. We suppose thai, they had to come into town to spend their first monthV-wages and make a "swell" showing at the institute. But whatever their motive for being in town they are always welcome at the Alma Mater. Among those seen loitering about the halls were : Clara Tarte, Artie Thrall, Ida Zobrist, Grace Tremain, Zada McBurnie, Ruth Easterbrooks, Bell Parrott, Pearl Barnett Caring Peterson, Fannie Lyle, Zerpha Spencer, Charles Levey, William Bowman, Walter Nichols and many more. To have a social function of any kind on October 9th they picked up their tin cups and set off for the South Side beach. The evening was spent around a big bonfire toasting marshmallows and singing songs. A fien time was reported by those who were there. The members of the Thespian were among the first of the school bodies to have a social function of any kind. On October 9th they picked up their tin cups and set off for the South Side beach. The evening was spent around a big bonfire, toasting marshmallows and singing songs. A fine time was reported by those who were there. Miss Hoffman, of the Ellensburg State Normal, who was here during Institute, visited our training school. ---------- Messenger - 1908 November - Page 23 ---------- THE MESSENGER 23 She expressed great delight over the work done and methods used. (How many of the student teachers agree with Miss H.?) Professor Forrest went to Seattle on the 17th to take care of the football team, and also to carry some of our school spirit down there. He says that the "children" all behaved and that he is proud of them. Mr. Eobertson, of Scotland, uncle of the Rev. Mr. Macartney, of Bellingham, visited our Normal during the month and spoke to an interested number of students in Professor Mathes' history class. About fifty Y. W. C. A. girls who could not go to the convention at Tacoma, had a consolation party Friday evening, October 24, in the gymnasium. The principal feature was a mock banquet, presided over by Miss Bax- 5} ter as toastmistress. A number of the girls responded to £ impromptu toasts. After enjoying the repast prepared and served by the cooking department, we spent a jolly hour in playing some of our childhood's games. From five to eight o'clock that evening we were not so sorry ^ that we were not in Tacoma. * In a letter from W. Roy Smith, the plucky Sedro- Woolley coach and teacher, we read: "Our boys have only the highest words of gratitude, praise, and commendation for the entertainment received at your hands last Saturday. It was indeed an enjoyable trip. * * * to I am desirous of retaining the friendly athletic spirit and ^ friendship which at present exists between the two schools. « * * * Two of our Senior boys are undecided as to where they will attend school after this year. They were well impressed with your buildings and equipments, and if you desire their names in order to send them literature or correspond with them, I will be glad to inform you at once.'' Letters have been received from Mrs. Daisy D. Net-teton who was with us last year. She is back in her home school, Peru Normal, Peru, Nebraska. She is enjoying her work, but thinks fondly of her year spent on the Coast with Bellingham students. There is talk of the college graduates in the city ---------- Messenger - 1908 November - Page 24 ---------- 24 THE MESSENGER forming an association. The project will have the hearty co-operation of the teachers at the Normal. The following guests have been entertained at the Jenkins house: Mr. Hinman, Miss Chloris Deem, Mrs. Smith of Pacific County, Miss Nora Wahl, Miss Artie Thrall, Miss Johnson, Miss Oral Handy. Mr. Romfine has written requesting us to send the Messenger to him at Woods Hole, Mass. We were glad to hear from him. "Mary had a little lamb, This fact you've heard before; But, have you heard she passed her plate And had a little more." In the First Year Latin Class: Nunc coqua parata sum te invare. Translated—Cook, I am ready to help you now. Prof. S.—Miss R., what gender is parata? Miss R.—Feminine gender. Prof. S.—Why do you think so? Miss R.—Because a man wouldn't go out in the kitchen to help the cook. Mr. Deerwester—"Saying illustration is illustration is not illustrating the point?" What was said about the Freshies in the last Messenger has ben said of all freshies. Say something new about us, please. Are we not worth it ? Sure! A FRESHMAN. Several students are trying the school song. The Messenger will be glad to print a rousing good song next month. Then let us all learn it. JOSHES. Heard in the Class Boom. Prof. O'S.—"The Euphratis river overflew. Miss Carleton (reading a paper)—"Why! I can't read my own writing." ---------- Messenger - 1908 November - Page 25 ---------- THE MESSENGER 25 Prof. E — ''Have we two Miss Sniders?" Student—"My name isn't Snider; it's Schnider." Prof. E— "Ah—I see. But we can't all get the schhhhh, you see." Teacher (in German)—"What is the rule for fem-inines in the singular?" "They get married." Mr. O'S. requests that his history classes buy BLUE books for their exams. Doesn't he know that they will be blue enough themselves, by that time ? Wise Junior—"Yes, it's all over the building." Inquisitive Second Year—"What is?" W. J.—''The roof, little one." Junior—"Who is that cute little new girl?" Senior—"Oh, that is our gym' teacher, Miss LeConte. First Girl—'' Girls! A new boy today.'' Chorus—"Oh, joy. 'Every little bit helps.' " First Student (in whisper to her neighbor)—"Isn't Miss Blank 'batty'?" Professor—Louder, please; perhaps you are right." Heard on the Gridiron. First Year—"Mr. Davenport, what's the score?" Mr. D.—"OtoO." First Year—"In whose favor?" Teacher (Physical Geog.)— "How many zones are there?" Student—"Two; masculine and feminine. The masculine are temperate and intemperate; the feminine are torrid and frigid."—Ex. Prof. E—"Name the properties of nitrogen." J Student—"It is invisible." Prof. E— "How do you know?" Student—"Because I have never seen i t ." Freshman (overheard in hall)—"Why do the faculty make us use BLUE books? They are not at all becoming to us." .-Ljj ---------- Messenger - 1908 November - Page 26 ---------- 26 TEE MESSENGER Prof. D— "You may use this book (Eoyce Psy) for a text book or a reference book or to prop up a window." A young and foolish maiden married a Dutchman, thinking she would become a Dutchess. "Abstractions" from Psy. I. Pupil (illustrating)—" 'Streets of Seattle' would be abstract." Prof. D.—"I think the streets of Seattle are not abstract, but concrete." General Information. For instructions on how to play football, in season and out, go to Otis Boynton. Any one who is short of enthusiasm of any kind, may be supplied by going to Mr. 0'Sullivan. All Normal boys may apply at Edens Hall for escorts to all places of amusements. Hours: 1 a. m. to 12 p. m. daily. Any person desiring to have practice in oratory and speech-making is advised to join the Normal football team. For lessons in smiling, see Noah Davenport. E. W. (writing in Biology)—The leaves grow on the stem so as to receive the right amount of sunset. Prof. E.—"There are about 60,000,000 stars visible through the microscope." Miss S.—"Who counted the stars?" Dr. M. (Hist. Meth.)—"What nationality was De Soto?" Class (in concert)—"Spanish." Dr gt; M.—"Where did he go?" Class—"Mississippi river." Dr. M—"What became of him?" ' Class—"He died." r* [ M. 0 . .;j gt; J..';i Messenger Want Column. '** 'f* U Wanted—Some school spirit.—B. S. N. S. Wanted—Good strong basketball teams to run up against.—Jr. B. B. Girls. Wanted—For Miss Cribbs, an amenuensis. Wanted—More girls around the gridiron.—Football Team. ... . .. (PPPPP
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Title: Messenger - 1908 December
Date: 1908-12-01
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Show more1908_1201 ---------- Messenger - 1908 December - Page [1] ---------- THE MESSENGER " Hew to the line, let the chips fall where they may." SCHOOL PAPER OF THE BELLINGHAM STATE NORMAL SCHOOL BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON S. B. Irish Co., P r i n t i n g a ^ ^ ^ ^ p 1311 Railroad Avenue MESSENGER STAFP ROY GOODELL, PRANK UMBARGER, - MARY DEWAR, GRACE ALLEN, - MARGARET BRYANT, CARL STORLIE, • gt; VIOLA VAN CUREN, J RUBY MARSTON, - Editor Associate Literary Literary Exchange • Athletics Alumni !• Local Editors ISABEL WILLIAMS, ~| LILLIAN CARLETON, MAY DOLSON, MISS SCHOTT, J HERMAN F. SMITH, - Business Mgr. WINIFRED MAW, Asst. Business Mgr. BELLE CREWS, - - Art Editor TERMS—FIFTY CENTS A YEAR Entered December 21, 1902, at Bellingham, Washington, as second-class matter, under act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Vol. VIII. December, 1908 No. 3 Have you sent a Messenger to our friends? Let them know what we are doing here—that we are alive. Subscribe for an extra copy. Let every class appoint a class reporter. It was decided by the faculty to extend an invitation to the other two Normal schools of the State to hold the tri-Normal debating contest here. It is up to the Students' Association—that is, to all of us—to plan to make that meeting a memorable one in the history of the school. BASKETBALL TROUBLES. A petition bearing the signatures of nearly all of the basketball players in the school, asking to have the center lines cut out, has been turned down by the Athletic Com- ---------- Messenger - 1908 December - Page 2 ---------- 2 THE MESSENGER mittee. It seems a shame that the Kline cup contest has to be played another year with these lines in use. Other schools have discarded them long ago, but we still cling to them like a savage to his superstition. Their use prohibits all the team work that makes basketball a game. AVhat player can do her best when she fears all of the time that she will accidentally step across the line ? "What spectator can be interested in a game where play is stopped every minute or so because Mary got a part of her foot across a black mark? The Kline cup contests under the present system are a farce, the players and students alike are glad Avhen they are finished. Attend one of these games and you will find the most noise made not by the "rooters," but by the whistles of the nine officials on the floor. It would seem that the only way to awaken interest and enthusiasm in these games is to do away with the lines, let the players move anywhere on the floor, thus giving the fastest best trained team a chance to win. The other day I asked one of the members of the Junior Class to write a story for the Messenger. "Why! I didn't know anyone except those on the staff were suppose to write," was the answer I received. Is there any one else here who has the same idea? If so, we advise a change of thought on their part. Although this has been repeatedly spoken of in Assembly there still seems to be some misunderstanding. The Messenger editors have no CORNER on the literary talent in this school. Next to the collection of subscription fees the hardest task the editorial board of a school paper undertakes is the making up of sufficient amount of literature for each issue. We are not all born writers, historians or poets, but we can develop talent enough to write something on the many subjects brought before us daily. L. C. THE TEXT BOOK IN THE GRADES. The Text Book is a fine servant, but a bad master, and just so long as we accept it as an educational idol, just so long is the American youth kept out of its birthright— opportunity to think. Why and how has the Text Book become such an object of consideration? The Text Book is an outgrowth from our own peculiar social condition. Because of the tremendous development of our country industrially the need for i ---------- Messenger - 1908 December - Page 3 ---------- THE MESSENGER 3 a broader, more universal education became apparent; but unfortunately the greater demand for teachers did not include a demand for the better qualification of the teacher, hence as the curriculum in our elementary schools grew, the unprepared teacher needed a prop which took the form of the Text Book. Gradually the prop became the pillar whose dislodgement would cause our present educational force to topple. The Text Book serves two purposes. First, it contains a more or less logical survey of a field of material which society demands its youth must know. So far, the Text Book is laudable. Second, it furnishes the unprepared teacher with the necessary equipment for keeping school. The children must know this material, hence the royal road to attainment and success lies through the Text via Memory, the usual custom consisting of the assignment of paragraphs or pages for study and their reproductions in the recitation, while the Book remains fixed in the teacher's hands. So far, the Text Book is to be deplored. But poor preparation academically is not the sole reason for the worship of the Text Book. Another equally vital cause is the lack of knowledge of how the mind works in acquiring wisdom—of how the mind develops. We all have outlived the "pouring in" process of teaching, but our ideas of a better plan are vague, indefinite and unscientific. The Text Book contains the knowledge accumulated through ages of time. It is the general expression of the experiences through which the race has lived. It is the END of a race's knowledge, not its beginning. The child can gather knowledge only as the race did, through HIS OWN EXPERIENCES, consequently when we place a text in the hands of a young child, expecting him to memorize the facts of history or geography or arithmetic, we violate the fundamental principle of his development, self-activity. We expect the child to BEGIN where the work of the race ENDED, and the child mind finds this impossible. Fortunately the child mind is not greatly injured because it wanders from the subject, becomes inattentive to it, occupies itself with matters of interest to itself, and as it grows through other means, gradually gains an understanding of the truths of the text. But can we condone this waste of time and energy, and formation of bad habits? The material furnished by the Text Book is an invalu- \ ---------- Messenger - 1908 December - Page 4 ---------- 4 THE MESSENGER able source of development for the child mind when correctly handled, but the teacher must realize the historical growth of the Text, and its inadequacy in its present form to accomplish the desired purpose. The important part the Text Book plays in the educational scheme is to outline the material the child must know as a result of his work, and which should be studied AFTER THE IDEAS contained in it have largely been discussed between teacher and children in previous recitation periods. That is, the Text Book is a summary of work, not the source of the work to be done by the child, generally speaking, especially in the first seven grades. This conception of the Text Book is difficult or incomprehensible to the unprofessionally trained teacher, but, notwithstanding, the tendency in the best schools today is to use the Text Book as reference material after the opening up or development of a subject. It is the common sense way of using a book, after all. Now the value of the book is felt; its contents are open to examination and question; a blind acceptance because "it is in the book" is impossible. This use of the Text Book will tend to increase its use at present and strengthen a demand for more books. The idol will assume its proper place in the educational system, that of guide and prop, no longer the juggernaut for growing minds that it has often been in the past. To summarize briefly, the Text Book has assumed an unusual position of importance because of the lack of academic and professional training of the elementary teaching body in the past. The value of the Text as a social need and as a guide is unquestioned, but at present its use is too often detrimental to self activity because the untrained teacher is incapable of adapting it to its true service. ALMINA GEORGE. CONSTITUTION. We, the undersigned students of the State Normal School of Bellingham, Washington, in order to promote the general interests of the student body, hereby form an association to be hereafter styled, The Student Association of the State Normal School of Bellingham, Washington. ARTICLE I. Membership. Students enrolled in the school shall be eligible to } ---------- Messenger - 1908 December - Page 5 ---------- THE MESSENGER 5 membership in said association upon the payment of one dollar ($1.00) at the beginning of each school term, to be collected by the principal at his office and signing the Constitution. ARTICLE II. The Power of the Association. Section 1. Said association shall have power to operate a book store in a room in the Normal School, designated by the principal and in accordance with the regulations prescribed by a board of control, to be hereafter denned. Sec. 2. Said association shall have power to edit and manage the Normal Messenger. Athletics. Sec. 3. Said association shall have power to manage the general athletics of the school, subject to the approval of the faculty regulation. Sec. 4. Said association shall have charge of all matters of general social interests affecting the student body; the execution of the aforesaid powers shall be subject to the approval of the board of control. ARTICLE III. Executive. Section 1. The officers of said association shall consist of a President, Vice President, Secretary Treasurer, and Sergeant-at-Arms, elected by the members of the association annually. Sec. 2. The board of ocntrol shall consist of President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, two members at large elected by the members of the association, a member of the faculty appointed by the Principal, and two faculty advisors of the Messenger. Sec. 3. Two faculty advisors on the Messenger board shall be elected at the close of each year, one by the members of the student association and one by the members of the faculty. Sec. 4. The board of control shall have power to appoint editor-in-chief and business manager of the Messenger and such other officers as the board of control deem necessary, and shall exercise general supervision over all other officers of the association, and shall determine the apportionment of and disbursement of funds, and shall fix any salaries paid officers. ---------- Messenger - 1908 December - Page 6 ---------- 6 TEE MESSENGER ARTICLE IV. The Judiciary. An appeal from a decision of the board of control to the faculty may be made by petition of at least ten members of said association. ARTICLE V. Amendments. This Constitution may be amended by a two-thirds vote of all members. THE PIONEER FLAGPOLE. "You're much more comfortably fixed, Jim, than I thought you'd be when I planned to come west six months ago. I was far from serious to give up my modern home, down east in York state, for the log cabin and shacks I imagined you had out here." Jim Clothier, the old man thus addressed, pulled the logs together in the wide fireplace, then leaned back in his easy chair and gazed around at the furnishings of his beautiful home. "If you'd come out to Washington with me, Jack, in the early seventies you wouldn't have found me living in a bungalow out on a well kept county road, with a telephone in my home, the rural mail-carrier bringing my mail every day, the grocery man and laundry man coming past my door twice a week, and my wife touring around, to her women's clubs, in our motor car. Oh, no, Jack, it was much different in Washington then from what it is now.'' " I remember little of what you wrote me about the pioneers' hardships, but now that I'm here, you must tell me more. You must have had many mighty interesting experiences. What was that story about Lorenzy and the flagpole?" ' ' Oh, that happened when I first came west. I lived off on the North Fork trail then; at least eight miles up the trail from Mt. Vernon, the nearest settlement. We had to haul all our supplies from Mt. Vernon, and whenever we wanted to see any of the boys we went there. It was a lonesome place to be—for you know I was all alone then. I didn't marry Carrie till I'd been west ten years. But, of course, I wasn't any more lonesome than dozens of the others fellows, so I couldn't kick. ---------- Messenger - 1908 December - Page 7 ---------- THE MESSENGER 7 "Well, that year on the Fourth of July all the boys and men, young and old, for at least twenty miles around, came from up and down the Skagit in their canoes to Mt. Vernon. Noyes, the storekeeper, had just received the first firecrackers ever brought west of the Eockies. You know, in those days, everything came over the trail, so he hardly knew when his sleds of provisions would arrive. Much less did he know whether they'd carry the firecrackers for our Fourth of July celebration. That morning when Noyes opened the box to sell us boys the firecrackers, to the surprise of every fellow there, he brought out the finest United States flag I ever saw. I've seen many since which cost more and were larger, but I hadn't seen Old Glory for so long that I snatched it from Noyes' hands, fastened it to a broom handle and waved it back and forth, over and over again, while the boys sang 'The Star Spangled Banner,' 'America' and all the patriotic songs they knew. "Just as they quit singing, old man Lorenzy came up and we showed him the flag. He said, at once, that we needed a flagpole. " 'So the old flag might float above the camp,' he said. Lorenzy used to be in the army, and he almost lost his head at the sight of the stars and stripes again. "Well, we all began to look around for a pole, but, of course, there wasn't any; so we boys soon gave it up and began to play ringer. But the idea of a flagpole to put his new flag upon tickled Ed. Noyes' vanity. He and Lorenzy wouldn't give up. They talked over every plan from wiring our oars together to nailing a limb of a tree to the peak of the store roof. After a while Noyes looked down the river to a point just below his store, where a giant fir tree stood. (The tree was burned down long ago when the big fire destroyed almost all of Mt. Vernon, and even the point of land has been washed away by the change of the river's bed.) Well, the sight of this tree gave Noyes an inspiration, and he said: " 'I'll give five dollars to any one of you fellows who'll climb that tree and bark it for a flagpole.' "Now, five dollar bills weren't lying around any place in those days, so we all ran down to the point to see it. But when we measured that fir and found it to be thirty feet in circumference and at least two hundred feet high, I said Noyes could keep his money. And the other boys said the same thing. All but Lorenzy. Poor old man; I suppose he thought of his old wife back in Michigan. ---------- Messenger - 1908 December - Page 8 ---------- 8 THE MESSENGER He'd been saving most of his money ever since he came out to send back to her for the children. And I suppose five dollars looked pretty big to him. At any rate he said: " 'Show your money, Noyes, and I'll bark the tree.' "We tried to pursuade him not to. He was old and all alone out here; but he said: " 'No; if Noyes is fool enough to give away his money I'm not fool enough to refuse.' i "So while we stood by and watched, that old man of seventy years climbed that tree, cut off the bushy top, chopped off the limbs and barked the tree as he came down. " I t was a hard-earned five dollar bill, but when he was through and the pole tapered from thirty feet to three inches at the top, that was one of the prettiest flagpoles I ever saw; and ten or fifteen years later, when the fire destroyed it, we were almost as sorry to lose it as if it h ad been one of the boys." RUBY MARSTON. y. w. c. A. The Y. W. C. A., the oldest organization in the Normal, expects to celebrate its tenth anniversary some time this year. On the evening of November 7th the members met at Edens Hall for their second annual banquet, given in honor of the new members. The hall was artistically decorated with school colors, pennants and posters. The tables were arranged in the form of a square and were beautiful with their snow linen and bowls of trailing green vines. But more beautiful were the young women in their dainty gowns as they took their places. There were one hundred and twenty guests, including Mr. and Mrs. Bond, Mr. Deerwester, Dr. Mathes, and Miss Gage, the State secretary. The menu was served in four courses by some of the oirls. The fun began in earnest when the toast mistress, Miss Mary Greenman told her first joke. The toasts were all spicy and bright, and in each we found helpful words which tend to make us better women. The programme was as follows: Toast Mistress May Greenman First Steps Minnie Carver The New Baby. Viva Flory The Grown Ups Abbie Johnson ---------- Messenger - 1908 December - Page 9 ---------- THE MESSENGER 9 Foster Mothers Miss Gage A Dip in the Deep Erma Misel Other Girls Dr. Mathes Our Hostesses Hilda Musgrove Perspective Miss Sperry In closing all stood and sang, "Blest Be the Tie That Binds." This is only one of the many good times the Y. W. C. A. girls expect to have, but our work consists also of giving good times. We want to give the very best and truest things of life. All over the world we are endeavoring to raise the standard of living and doing among young women. It is a great work, girls; let us do our part. A MEMBER. SOCIETIES. The Athenian Society is now doing general society work and is progressing in such a manner that they expect to give some evening entertainments soon. There is not as much enthusiasm displayed as there was last year, but new members are being taken in all the time, and it is hoped that the club will be better than ever before. With Miss Moore in charge, a; choral club has been organized that promises to be the most successful one ever known in the school. There are about thirty members and they are plannig to learn several classics and, perhaps, a cantata. The following officers have been elected: W. Chappell, president; Ruby Marsten, vice president; Isabel Williams, treasurer; Novello Ziese, secretary. On December 4th the Thespian Club will present Act I, scenes 2 and 3 of "The Merchant of Venice." On December 17th, the same club will present "A Christmas Chime." The Alkisiah are planning to give a program on "The Play Ground Association and Its Spirit." The first ten minutes will be devoted to the practice of college songs. In addition to the papers on this subject there will be illustrative folk dances and music by the society quartet, Ethel Cooke, Minnie Carver, Beatrice Hatt and Grace McKecl-nie. In the near future there will be a debate and also a program upon Alaska. ---------- Messenger - 1908 December - Page 10 ---------- 10 THE MESSENGER ALUMNI. While here at the Normal, Miss Eva McDonald made a specialty of Biology, and is now teaching Botany in the Sumas High school. Miss Edna Kerr, '08, is teaching in Skagit City. Miss Frances Doran, Sec, has one of the grades in the intermediate department of the Avon school, in Skagit County. Miss Prances Burgess (Ad.) is teaching near Oak Harbor, on Whidby Island. Miss Althea Nuttall is working in the primary department of the Oak Harbor school. The school directors of Colfax show their wisdom in choosing three of our B. S. N. S. girls as teachers: Miss Grace Hedger, '08; Miss Carrie Schuh and Miss Bertha Payne. Miss Mazie Moore, '08, is teaching at Yesler. Miss Margaret McDonald is teaching at Charleston. Emily Chabot is teaching at Moclips; Gerty Hoover, at Clearbrook; Ruth Easterbrooks, at Lynden; Artie Thrall, at Lawrence; Gwendolyn Crandall, at Aberdeen. Four of our Normal girls are teaching in Anacortes: Misses Stella Fowler, '08; Gladys Crum, Sec, Eva Harlow, Sec, and Ethel Burroughs, Sec Mrs. L. Hildbrandt, nee Miss Myrtle Porter, is living at Vancouver, B. C. Jane Wilson, '08, is doing well with her teaching at Falls City. Sadie Camp, of the '08 Junior Class, is spending this year with her family at their beautiful farm home, near Ferndale. She recently spent a week with her. many friends here at school. Miss Emma Gruber, '03, is now Mrs. Walter Emory. Her home is in Winlock, Wash. Miss Nina Silsby is teaching at Seattle. Charlotte Cloud is staying at her home near Nooksack this year. Miss Annie Grasser is teaching the primary grades in the school at Oak Harbor. ---------- Messenger - 1908 December - Page 11 ---------- TEE MESSENGER ii The Misses Nellie Roberts, '05, and Lucy Boynton, '08, are teaching in Port Angeles. Miss Isabel McLaughlin is now Mrs. P. A. McNamara. Her homie is in Sequim, Wash. Miss Josie Little, '05, is now the wife of Mr. Walter Wells, of Sedro-Woolley. Miss Christine Thiel, '06; Miss Ida Charroin, '04, and Miss Aime Moyer, '07, are teaching in South Bellingham. Miss Florence Haslara is spending the winter with friends and relatives in Maine. Dorothy Hughes is teaching at Ilwaco, Wash. Mrs. Jennie (Iffland) McCurdy and Mrs. Endora (Oliver) Wilkinson, both live in Port Townsend. F. H. Rhodes, '03, is teaching in the Seattle High school. Miss Statira Biggs, '03, is teaching in the Mt. Vernon High school. Miss Ethel Birney, '06; Miss Edith Fouts, '01, and Miss Florence Griffiths, '00, are teaching in the city schools. Miss Leila Allen is doing primary work in the Stevenson school. She also has charge of the music in the intermediate grades. Miss Ruth Pratt of the 1900 Class is now Mrs. T. E. Doubt of Chicago. Miss Pearl Ostrand is teaching at Ferndale; Ethel Everett, at Lake Samish; Ida Kreidle, at Blaine; Bertha Johnston, at Belleville. Miss Caroline Gunn has a fine little school a mile and a half up the hill from Renton. Miss Mary O'Laughlin is teaching a successful term at Dryad, Wash. Miss Zelma Winegard, one of the '08 Juniors, was obliged to give up her school at Edmonds on account of illness. Miss Ellen O'Farrell, '07, is teaching at Wilkeson. Mrs. Faith Pope, '07, and Miss Ada Pence, '07, are teaching in the city schools. The Misses Irma Whittier and Frankie Sullivan are teaching in Olympia. The latter is supervisor of music in the city schools. Misses Lulu and Genevieve Martin are attending Whit-worth College, Tacoma. Ava Finnegan is teaching in South Bend. Mazie Perrault is teaching at her home in Hamilton. May Copeland, '08, is teaching at Aberdeen. Miss Lois Whitney, whose home is in Mt. Vernon, is ---------- Messenger - 1908 December - Page 12 ---------- 12 THE MESSENGER fitting herself in the Seattle General Hospital for a nurse. Misses Alice McCollough, Nellie Thompson, Lottie Fleming, Frances Moncrief and Ruby Bergman are teaching in Everett. Mrs. Belle (McRae) Dearie is living in Seattle. Miss Ethel Peek is teaching at Green Lake, Seattle. Julia Ambrose is teaching in the primary department of the Roslyn school. Juanita Ambrose is teaching the Third grade at Lyn-den. Frances Des Aulniers is teaching in the intermedin grades at Pleasant Valley. Grace Griffiths is teaching at Tumwater Falls. (The help of the student body is greatly appreciated by this department. Call again.) J^TWlLBTifi BASKET BALL. When the last whistle sounded at the football game on Thanksgiving day, it was the signal for the Basketball season to open. As usual, all interest will center in the Kline cup contest. In these contests each class puts out a team which competes with every other team. The winners in these preliminaries play each other and the two victorious teams meet for the final game, the contest which is to decide who shall hold the cup. The Seniors have held the trophy for two years; first when they won it as Fourth Years, and again last year as Juniors. With one or two of their old teams still in school, they will probably put up a hard fight this year. ---------- Messenger - 1908 December - Page 13 ---------- !F3E MESSENGER U The Juniors should put out a good team, with many of their players fresh from various High School teams. Owing to a scarcity of girls, the Fourth Years will put no team on the floor this year. The Second and Third Year classes are turning out for practice and will probably surprise every one when the season opens. The First Years are rather slow, but they may go with a rush when they do start. The classes have elected the following basketball managers : Senior Mabel Coffman Junior Viola Van Curen Third Ruth Barnhart. Second Doris Johnson. First Gertrude Kendall. The football game with the local High school, on Thanksgiving day, resulted in a tie. They fought for fifty minutes on a muddy field and neither team scored. The game was started by the High school kicking off to the Normal. Boynton ran the ball back about fifteen yards. The Normal then sprung a surprise with a double cris-cross in combination with a long end run and a forward pass. Petheram advanced the ball fifteen yards. Goodell then played a couple forward passes and then a series of mass plays and landed the ball on the High school thirty yard line. Spenger tried a drop kick for goal, but the heavy ball proved too difficult to handle and he missed the post by about ten feet. The High school kicked off from their twenty-five yard line and the Normal advanced the ball about ten yards. The crimson got the ball on a fumble and by on side kicks, forward passes and end runs they advanced the ball to the Normal's ten-yard line. Here the representatives of the Blue and White held like a stone wall and the High had to surrender the ball. Spenger punted the ball out of danger. Time was called and the first half ended. The second half opened by Spenger kicking off to the High school. They brought the ball back fifteen yards, but on the next play lost the ball on a fumble. By a series of mass plays the Blues advanced the ball to the Crimson's thirty yard line. The Normal tried a fake place kick which resulted in a forward pass with a gain of ten yards, but were penalized fifteen. The chance of scoring was now lost. The Normal failed to make their down and the High got the ball. By several open plays the High ---------- Messenger - 1908 December - Page 14 ---------- 14 THiJ MtiBsMGM school got within 35 yards of the goal, and Holbrook called for a placement, but before the play could be made time was called and the game ended. The condition of the field prevented swift open playing. Had the ground been dry the Normal undoubtly would have scored. This game ends the season for the Normal boys. They have played nine games and have won three, lost three and tied three. It has been the most successful year for football in the history of the school. Much credit is due Professor 0'Sullivan for his enthusiasm. THE FOOTBALL SEASON. Three cheers for football! With John Barrett and President Koosevelt we can say, "God bless i t ." It has sounded the deathknell of nambypamlbyism in the Normal; it has aroused the loyal feeling of students and alumni, and it has left a halo of glory about the athletic field that will inspire students to still greater achievements. If for no other reason, the game was a success as a protest against the nambypambyism which Opie Read says has fallen upon many of our lower schools, and even Normal schools. "What, boys, do ye want our professors to study fer ye ?" Mr. Dooley represents President Eliot of Harvard as saying to his freshmen students. Too often it is forgotten that the school should prepare for life, and that life means struggle and the survival of the fittest. As a reminder that real success demands hard work, unfaltering courage and often aggressive fighting, football is a necessary part of our modern educational system. The game has also aroused the student body and alumni from a feeling of apathy towards the Normal school to a state of intense loyalty. What student is there so lacking in good red blood as not to be aroused when his colors are endangered on the gridiron? Many an alumnus who has forgotten the Normal school in the pressing cares of life has felt the call of the wild when the football season is on and hastened to the Normal to yell for the Blue and White. Finally the football season of 1908 ended with a blaze of glory on Thanksgiving day. In spite of green material, loss of coaches, lack of time for practice, entire absence of football tradition and consequent apathy if not hos- ---------- Messenger - 1908 December - Page 15 ---------- THE ME88EUGER 15 tility of many students and teachers, the team steadily improved and eventually showed class with the best high school teams in the state. No team we have met displayed better straight football. Everett was unable to pierce our line in nine scrimmages, although the ball was inside our one-yard line. No team has advanced the ball as steadily against us as we have against them. While Washington High of Seattle, claiming championship honors with Lincoln High, was held repeatedly by our line we advanced the ball in a steady march of eighty yards against them. With the green material we were naturally weak in the open game at the beginning of the season, but the writer is confident that both Everett and Washington High would have great difficulty in defeating us now. The team and the players individually have received unstinted praise from competent critics. Glen Wilkins the former star fullback on Iowa, in the heat of the game against his own team, lamented that he could not train our team, asserting that it could then defeat any High school team in the State. The Everett coach made the same statement, and Henry White, who coached the champion Bellingham High team a few years ago, exclaimed that our team contained the makings of great college stars. All critics pick Spenger as the best half-back of them all. Boynton was highly praised by the Seattle P.-L, and Henry White considers Petheren at end the "find" of the year. Knapp is a great center, being fast, strong and aggressive. He backs up the line well, often breaks through and breaks up a play and follows the ball. Copen-haver, although a little weak on defense because of his weight, is an aggressive offensive player, often getting forward passes and outside kicks. Schwartz is a host in himself at end or tackle and stopped the local high school team in its onslaughts at tackle for a touchdown in the Thanksgiving day game. McCoubrey maintained his reputation as an all-star high school tackle, and Delp, Smith and Stults played consistent ball in the line. Pederson was offside too much, but otherwise made a good guard for a new man. Studebaker at half played a good defensive game and improved steadily in ability to find openings. Newbarger, who was tried at full with many misgivings, has made good and stands second to no full-back in our class this year. He runs low and fast, picks openings quickly, can be depended on to make the distance every time, and, of course, is absolutely fearless. He catches ---------- Messenger - 1908 December - Page 16 ---------- 16 TEE MESSENGER punts well, is a good tackier and is a safe man in the backfield on defense. Goodell played a great game at quarter Thanksgiving day, and the pity is that we did not play him in that position from the start. Truly there is a glory about the athletic field on the campus that will lead to great results next year. With the tradition of this year's splendid achievement, with most of the players back next fall to commence the game where we left off this year, and with a greatly increased number of men to pick from, the Blue and White will be placed at the top next year. Let the watchword be, "On to the High school and Normal championship next season!" EXCHANGE. "Good mornin', Sam; how do, Sally. I'm right smart glad to see ye this Thanksgivin'. How ere ye both ? Somehow my rhumatiz has been turrible last few days. I've been wishin' I had some of those Exchanges to laugh over; got any new ones, Sally?" "Yes, Uncle Si, we have received a few. Here is the 'Pedestal,' from Walla Walla. I wish they had not left so many blank spaces; I fear they lacked material." '' Wall, wall; that is bad; but this fellow sure has the 'Smiles.' " "Here is the 'Exponent' from Aberdeen, S. D. It contains some good articles and is in good form.'' "Aberdeen—; wall, I declare, an' if some of these names ain't familiar." "We have 'The Normalite,' too, and, Uncle Si, I guess other student teachers worry over their plans just as we ---------- Messenger - 1908 December - Page 17 ---------- THE MESSENGER 17 do. 'The Normalite' is a newsy paper, and the October issue would interest the 'Alumni's' greatly. I wonder if they ever have a good story in their paper?" "Sally, I believe my rhumatiz is all gone. Do you know I just enjoy these papers; you young folks find so many interestin' things. Say, Sally, the other day some fellow told me two ways for a student to get through Normal; first, 'Faculty of workin';' second, 'Workin' the faculty.' He! he! ain't that pretty good? Did you know there was three ways of livin'? By the way, I wonder which is practiced most by you Normal students —the simple life, 'Doin' your own work;' or the strenuous life, 'Gettin' some other fellow to do your work?' Ho! ha! Sally, which is i t ?" LOCALS. Dr. Mathes has gone East to visit his father. His itinerary includes a visit to many Normal schools of the middle west, and speeches in Idaho, Oregon and Washington cities. Dr. Mathes will be gone until after Christmas. (He has promised us a letter for the next Messenger.) Miss Nellie McBride, private secretary to Dr. Mathes, was married Wednesday, November 18, to Judge John Kellogg. Her place in the office is taken by Miss Bertha Bowen, of Chehalis. Mr. Forrest and Mr. Bond were out of town November 17, visiting schools. High water in the Nooksack gave the students in their classes two days' vacation instead of one. Miss Hogle and Miss Dawson entertained the ladies of the faculty, November 21, with a Kensington party. Miss Bernice Barnes, formerly critic in the Seventh and Eighth Grades, is in Ann Arbor, Mich. She has the position of "psychologist" in the University hospital. Miss Mabel Z. Wilson is spending a year's leave of absence in Albany, in the Albany Library school. The Bachelor Girls of Jenkins Hall were graciously entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Palmer, 1414 Broadway, Saturday, November 21,1908. The afternoon was spent about the cheerful fireplace, and at 5 ) \ ---------- Messenger - 1908 December - Page 18 ---------- 18 THE MESSENGER o'clock we were taken to a table loaded with good things. The centerpiece consisted of a pink and white "Normal, 1908" cake. We appreciate the hospitality of the towns people. Are we ladies and gentlemen? Do we always conduct ourselves as such? Did you attend the concert of November 13th ? Were you pleased with the spirit shown by the audience throughout the evening? Do you think the laughing aided the performers? Self control is a great accomplishment and we as teachers need it constantly. I fear that on November 13th we were not ladies and gentlemen. During the entire evening the spirit of the audience was that of "fun making criticism." It was not the kind of criticism that should come from Normal students. The disturbance was not made entirely by the children of the training school, but by children (and some rather old children, too) of the Normal. 'Tis true, the performers had some displeasing mannerisms, that some of the selections were not just what we would expect, and that the hour of beginning was late, but do these things excuse discourtesy? We believe that the singers thought us incapable of enjoying the best, so they came to our level and gave us a poor class of music and a cheap perform- A STUDENT. FRIDAY MORNING ENTERTAINMENTS. The Friday before election a straw vote for President was taken, resulting in 173 votes for Taft and 104 votes for Bryan. A. D. Foster and Roy Goodell made impromptu stump speeches, Mr. Foster defended the Republican and Mr. Goodell the Democrat. The instructive part of the program was Mr. Bond's comprehensive paper on "Airships," and Mr. 0'Sullivan's enthusiastic speech on "The Political Issue." Mr. 0'Sullivan said that the need of this nation is a level basis of competition. This can be brought about by the continuance of Roosevelt's reforms. Mr. 0'Sullivan asserted that Bryan would continue these reforms more radically than Taft. On November 6th, Mr. Epley, assisted by Mr. Bond, gave an illustrated talk about his last summer's trip into the mountains. The stereopticon views were very clear and instructive and gave the students a good idea of the Mt. Baker snowfields, where Dr. Mathes likes to slide. ---------- Messenger - 1908 December - Page 19 ---------- THE MESSENGER 19 On November 13th, Miss Sperry's class in English VIII amused the Freshmen, and also the Seniors, with short stories—the kind that mother used to tell. The stories were well told and the "little" folks in the audience were greatly delighted. On November 20th, Mr. Friedlander, manager of Beck's Theatre, entertained the students with humorous incidents in his life as a theatrical advertiser. "The secret of success as an advertiser," said Freidlander, "lies in being original." The novel plans used by this successful advertiser to gain public attention opened the eyes of his interested audience and at times convulsed it with laugh- THE LECTURE COURSE. The first two numbers of the course met with great success. The four great musical artists gave complete satisfaction. Especial mention should be made of the wonderful work of their violinist, Earl J. Pfouts. Opie Read delivered his lecture on, "First One Thing and Then Another," to a packed house. At times the audience roared with laughter and shortly was touched by his exquisite pathos. His powerful and dramatic portrayal of the evils of the family feuds of the southern mountaineers was a fitting climax to his lecture. CALENDAR. November 2.—Boys glad that gymn. suits are not necessary. November 3.—Election Day. (Half holiday so that girls could vote.) November 5.—Went astray—my oral expression—Morris S. November 9.—Mr. Forrest: "If you wish to consult me on matrimony, see me privately." November 10.—Miss Westley (Jr.) elected member of Board of Control. November 12.—Mr. H. Smith goes to prove up on "his claims!" November 13.—First number of lecture course, Thespian farce, "Clever Matchmakers." November 14.—B. S. N. S. vs. Mt. Vernon at Mt. Vernon; score 0-0. Self important cop pinch team for giving school yells. I ---------- Messenger - 1908 December - Page 20 ---------- 20 THE MESSENGER November 16.—Mr. Stone cleans house. Reminded in Assembly that social duties and student duties do not harmonize. November 17.—Lost—A chance to show how much I know (Exams). November 18.—More chances lost! November 19.—A new Junior—a man! November 20.—Dr. Mathes goes East. November 23.—Students loitering in the halls warned against the calm and ever smiling Mr. Moodie. November 24.—J. O'S. practiced football. November 25.—Students disband for a rest. Opie Read lectures on "First One Thing and Then Another/' November 26.—Turkey. Football game, B. H. S. vs. B. S. N. S.; score, 0-0. November 30.—Farewell football speech. J. O'S. JOKES. M. McC—"Oh, Mr. Smith; you make me so homesick every time I look at you." H. F. S.—"Why; how's that?" M. McC—"You look like the only man in the world." New Student (picking up Messenger)—"What is this?" Old Student—"Mr. Smith's chief trouble." Lives of football men remind us We can write our names in blood, And departing, leave behind us Half our faces in the mud. —Ex. Miss Bryant—Miss S., I couldn't catch that grammar. General Information. Found—An obliging boy with a jackknife. For further particulars, see Otis. Advise to Housekeepers. Recipe for making both ends meet: Drink ox tail soup and eat cold tongue.—C. A. S. If you want to have a "hot time," put the clock in the stove.—Ethel A. ---------- Messenger - 1908 December - Page 21 ---------- TEE MESSENGER 21 If you know anybody who is short of voice, kindly refer them to Kitty W. The girls in the domestic science department are in need of some one who is willing to eat the things they spoil. A Model Menu. Bread and butter. Blackberry sauce. Cake (stale and fresh.) Tea. Mustard, vinegar, catsup. Seen on the Bulletin Board. Lost—Somewhere around Edens Hall, a fellow answering to the name of Harvey. Lost—All my mental arithmetic. Third Year candy sail. Can they raise a wind? If you have anything heavy on your mind, write it down and hand it to the editor of the Messenger. Heard on the Campus. Sr. Girl (watching football practice)—"I think H—y is such a dandy youngster; he is so nice and big and silly." Mr. Deerwester—"Did the early Christian church establish universities ?'' M. J. S.—"No, they didn't deal in that line." Miss Gray—"They finally found a young woman; grandson of Emerson.'' Junior Girl (Eng. VIII)—"Miss Sperry, can a simple sentence be complex?" First Senior—"Is Browning the hardest subject you have?" Second Senior—"No; it's the 'softest.' " An examination in musical history—"Bach and Handel both died of blindness, having had the same optician." Opie Read's definition of a parrot—The duck with a Jew's nose." ! \ ---------- Messenger - 1908 December - Page 22 ---------- 22 THE MESSENGER Favorite Answers Heard in Recitations. "Were you speaking to me?" " I didn't hear your question." "That's as far as I got." " I don't understand what you mean." " I can't see the board from here." '' I didn 't study that far.'' "Why, we didn't have that for today." " I was absent yesterday." " I know it, but I can't express it in words." "Beg pardon; where's the place?" "Why, I studied the next chapter." "Well, it depends." " I t varies" ' ' Why—urn—er—ah.'' "Well—er." "You mean a—" "Oh, yes; —er—why." Should you ask me why that scowling, Why those sober faced professors, Why those dark and drear forebodings, On a certain Monday morning. I should answer, I should tell you, That the Sophomores gave a party To the bashful little Freshmen, That the high and mighty Juniors, And the self important Third Tears, Joined their forces in an onslaught. When the Third Years in their madness, All the glass they crushed and shattered, In Training School—"And they were wreathed around with garlands." Teacher—What do you mean by garlands? Little Boy—It is something like onions. In the lexicon of youth there is no such word as fail. (Student, thoughtfully, after quarterly exams)— "What did that fellow mean any how?" "What are the last teeth that come?" asked the teacher of physiology. "False teeth," replied the boy in the back seat, who had just wakened up. —Ex. ---------- Messenger - 1908 December - Page 23 ---------- THE MESSENGER 23 From the front door of the Normal, Then midst din and roar of battle They retreated in confusion. O. A. The Fraction leaned over and touched the Whole Number on the shoulder: ''Say," she whispered, nervously, "is my Numerator on straight?"—Ex. Excuses. About twenty tardy culprits lined up to explain to Miss Gray after her first meeting with Dr. Mathes' Senior History Class. There was the old story about the Garden. Street car. Next a trio began about "the clock was 'way off." "Oh, that don't go"—and Miss Gray told them how to keep their time with Beren's, and looked at the two shame-faced boys. "Well, boys, what's the matter with you?" "You tell her, Dav." "Naw, you Smith—you tell 'er." Patience was fleeing. Smith stammered: "The wood was wet and we couldn 't get a fire.'' Then he beat a hasty retreat, muttering: "The clock story wouldn't work, so I had to think up a new one." " I ought to have my own way in everything, and what's more, I will, too."—Miss Westley. "Set up an hour glass and he'll go on until the last sand makes his period."—Mr. Goodell. "When I had spoken half an hour I had told them everything I knew in the world."—Miss Williams. "Less noise and talking out loud."—Training School. "He rose, but at his height could seldom stay."— Umbarger on roller skates. "To love her was a liberal education."—Miss Abild. "Aye, in psychology she is indeed most like an interrogation point."—Miss Dewar. "When the center lines are cut out."—B. B. teams. "Miss Mendenhall likes to have people Frank with her." "I'll study tomorrow."—Miss Carleton. " I t costs but a trifle—let's try it."—The Messenger. ---------- Messenger - 1908 December - Page 24 ---------- 24 THE MESSENGER Sophie—"Will you please tell me where the basement is?" Senior—"Why, on the third floor, of course." "Now this lesson must be learned by last Friday," said the nervous teacher, giving out the next day's lesson. "How did Evangeline look?" asked the Sixth Grade teacher. The reply was rather surprising. "Well, she looked good to Gabriel." Professor (shaking pupil by the collar)—"Say, I do believe satan has got hold of you." Pupil (panting)—"I believe he has." Ex.PPPPP
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Show more1909_0101 ---------- Messenger - 1909 January - Page [1] ---------- TH E MESSENGER Let us have faith that right makes might and in that faith, let us to the end, dare to do our duty as we uuderstand it.—A. LINCOLK. SCHOOL PAPER OF THE BELLINGHAM STATE NORMAL SCHOOL BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON S. B. Irish Co., PrintingQ^^^^t0 13" Railroad Avenue ROY GOODELL, FRANK UMBARGER, - MARY DEWAR, GRACE ALLEN, - MARGARET BRYANT, CARL STORLIE, \ VIOLA VAN CUREN, J RUBY MARSTON, MESSENGER STAFF - Editor ISABEL WILLIAMS, ") Associate LILLIAN CARLETON, i _ Local Literary MAY DOLSON, ! Editors Literary MISS SCHOTT, J Exchange HERMAN F. SMITH, - Business Mgr. WINIFRED MAW, Asst. Business Mgr. Athletics B E L L E CREWS, - - Art Editor Alumni TERMS—FIFTY CENTS A YEAR Entered December 21, 1902, at Bellingham, Washington, as second-class matter, under act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Vol. VIII. January, 1909 No. 4 The Messenger staff wish you, one and all, a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Have you seen the "Messenger Clothesline" in the Library? Read the Exchanges. If you want to read something good, turn to Mr. Ro-mine's article on Bermuda. The following motto comes to us from Dr. Padel-ford of the University: "To make my students sane, vigorous, and sensitive, through a balanced training of the intellectual, the ethical, and the aesthetic life; always ---------- Messenger - 1909 January - Page 2 ---------- 2 THE MESSENGER working with reference to the individual, that he may be wise, humane, and gentle; such is my ideal as an English teacher." The spirit and thought is beautiful and helpful and may become a part of our creed no matter what line of teaching we may take up. From Mr. G. Allison, of Tacoma, our former Editor.— "Mr. Foster writes me that the school is in a prosperous condition, and judging from the Messenger it seems to be true. It does me good to see the students taking an active interest in the life of the school. After all, I sometimes think that it is the school atmosphere which determines to a greater extent than we think the real benefits. I know that my work in the various activities of the school gave me as much working power as my class work gave." What we need in our student body is co-operation, a means by which all things survive or develop—a means to an ultimate end. For such co-operation we must have boosters, not knockers; workers, not idlers; strong fighters, and not quitters. Every member must be as a cog in a wheel, always ready for duty, and never ready to shirk. Be at assembly societies, at the lecture course numbers, and on athletic field, to show your loyalty and appreciation of character building ideals. If we have lost by a decision or by score, don't think we have lost all, for to those who know how to take defeat it is oftentimes the noble victory. Is not this our standard and aim? Do we not feel the necessity of working together ? Let us make our life the school's. Two more things would put us on college standings in the athletic sphere—a tennis court and a baseball diamond. Tennis playing especially is a most scientific and beneficial sport for both men and women. Some mention has been made of a court, but nothing definite as yet has been done, so lets get together and work for this court. We want a good one, one that can be used rain or shine. Get to work on the matter, students—boost, boost, boost, is our motto. It is only when an institution is brought to a realization of its power that it is useful. The Bellingham Normal is no exception to this rule, as is evident by the different things which it has successfully promoted. There is still ---------- Messenger - 1909 January - Page 3 ---------- THE MESSENGER 3 one activity, common to college life, which might now successfully be taken up—that of an orchestra. Of the material right in our midst we could form an orchestra such as any school in the land might well be proud of; every day some one is found who can play well on the violin, guitar, cornet, trombone, or snaredrum. All that is necessary is to assemble these persons together three or four times a week for an hour's practice. Not only would this talent be developed, but it would be quite an addition to our assembly by giving it a smack of culture that can be procured in no other way. Fifteen or twenty years hence when this institution has climbed in the scale of fame and efficiency equal to that of any other school in our land, who would not be PROUD to say, " I assisted in organizing the orchestra in the Bellingham Normal." STATEMENT OP ASSOCIATION FINANCES. The finances of the Students' Association are far better than was anticipated. The stock of the supply room purchased to date amounts to $1,297.46 cost, and in spite of the low prices charged for it, the earnings already amount to $187.36 over and above all expenses. The total expense of operating the supply room thus far has been only $75.53. The following statement is taken from the books of the supply room, December 23, 1908: Assets. Owed by general fund $ 12.05 Students' accounts 2.95 Messenger 4.40 Inventory of stock at cost, Dec. 23 386.38 Cash 15.68 Balance in bank 42.66 $464.12 Liabilities. Accounts not due until goods are sold $197.84 30-day accounts 78.92 Profits 187.36 $464.12 The financial management of the Messenger is most efficient. Mr. Herman Smith, business manager, has se- ---------- Messenger - 1909 January - Page 4 ---------- 4 TEE MESSENGER cured in advertising and subscriptions a monthly revenue of about $110.00 as against not to exceed $75.00 last year. As a result of this and the advantageous cnotract of this year, the Messenger is much larger and more attractive than last year's, and yields a monthly profit of about $25. The general fund is also in splendid condition. There was $306.65 from student fees in this fund at the opening of school. Football used, above receipts, about $150.80, and expenditure more than justified by results. About $50.00 was spent in paying last year's bills and incidental expenses, leaving but $100.00. But the football game Thanksgiving day, which made up $44, and the Faculty- Normal Boys' game, have left a total in the general fund of $141.66. The receipts from entertainments and basketball games will undoubtedly restore this fund to the condition it was in at the beginning of the season. JAMES O'SULLrVAN. FUTURITY. Closed, is the silent tomb of the past; The stone can ne'er be rolled away. Open, is the gate of the future By the fair New Year today. Ah! well for us, as the ages roll, That there is a Hand, strong, sublime, That marks the path to our destiny In our onward course, through space and time. Then though the world is tired and old Let the heart be fresh and young And bright, with glorious hopes, For the year that is just begun. —Goldie Wreston Brown. LITERARY. A Seven Weeks' Sojourn In Bermuda. "Father Neptune one day to Dame Freedom did say, 'If ever I live upon dry land, The spot I should hit on would be little Britain.' Says Freedom, 'Why, that's my own island: O. 'tis a snug little island, A right little, tight little island! ---------- Messenger - 1909 January - Page 5 ---------- THE MESSENGER 5 Search the world round, none can be found So happy as this little island.' " The above sentiment expressing the poet's approval of Britain might apply with equal propriety to Bermuda. It would hardly be possible in the compass of this article to give more than an impressionistic sketch of Bermuda. While having the latitude of middle George and Alabama, the beautiful little archipelago has a decided sub-tropical climate, and its vegetation in many forms is tropical. To one who has not been privileged before to see a southern clime with all that it connotes in story and in song, in the grace and hospitality of its people, and in the color and beauty of its landscape, Bermuda holds a peculiar enchantment. The Bermudians have a happy way of saying to the sojourner that when the great Architect created the world, he built the last and therefore the best part of it in the form and reality of Bermuda. And those leisurely and accomplished people seem to live as if they believe their happy statement. Crime is infrequent, the poverty that bites is only occasional, and the maddening strife for commercial and social supremacy for the selfish eminence of the individual is not worth the game. Bermuda has the contour of an open gauntlet in profile with the thumb view clearly in definition. Its area is 191/! square miles. The nearest land is Cape Hatteras. From New York harbor to her only dock for deep-draught liners is 704 nautical miles or 44 hours' sail, and after many varying graduate to post-graduate degrees in gastronomic feats, the sight of Bermuda to the voyager is like a medicine bearing a picture of paradise upon its label. The population of Bermuda is roughly 18,000 people, two-thirds of whom are negroes. "When the New York steamer slows up to Hamilton dock the passengers aboard note Sambos and Dinahs with visages gaping as if employed for dentifrice establishments lined up galore to welcome the good ship's safe arrival. Though the negro outnumbers the white man two to one, and though there is no discriminatory statute against, he understands that Bermuda is a white man's government. The two races get along on terms of harmony, and Sambo is rapidly substi-tuting- the Gillette safety for the old-fashioned long blade razor. The Bermndans are good politicians in the best sense of the term. They are quite alert as to the political affairs of their countrv, and yet there is little or no align- ---------- Messenger - 1909 January - Page 6 ---------- 6 TEE MESSENGER ment into parties. A year ago, however, the little island empire was shaken from her rocky ribs to her ridge pole by a question of mighty import. There was automobile and non-automobile segregation of Bermuda's law givers. The NON won by a bare majority vote of one, and as a result no skunk-wagons profane the beautiful, but narrow serpentine roadways of Bermuda. Bermuda is really a collective name, for there are said to be 365 islands—one for each day in the year—according to the last census. The little group is of interest to the student of physical geography. It is low-lying fringed by reefs that bode ill to the innocent mariner. If the whole area to the margin of the reefs should be elevated some 200 or 300 feet, there would be a little continent approximately 230 instead of the present 1 9 ^ square miles of extent. The geology is all limestone of aeolian accumulation. This rock enters into all the structures of Bermuda residences, shops, public edifices, fortifications, etc., and the effect is quite pleasing to the eye. The Bermuda homes are creations of simple, yet chaste, elegant designs. There is no running fresh water of any kind in Bermuda. The water for drinking, cooking and cleansing is rain water. By means of carefully whitewashed expanses of surface lime rock serving as a catch-all the rain is led to cisterns and reservoirs not always too carefully guarded for he. the most deceptive of all singers, monsieur mos-auito propagates prolfically in these artificial wells, and by night he shrills a pesty lay into the ear of him who explores for that "sweet sleep that knits up the ravelled sleeve of care." The vegetal and animal life of Bermuda teems in luxuriance. The oleander is in flower from early spring to December. The royal poinciana, the poinsettia, the tamarind, palmetto, palms of many species, huge century plants, the plantation, the banana and many others are in striking evidence on every hand. And these generic relations, the very antitheses in aroma, the lily and the onion, the latter hygienic talisman of Sambo, should not be omitted from the floral lists. And as if to give a solace akin to northern climes, the Bermuda cedar clothes the low Iviug hills with nature's ever restful green. The animal life, barring some beautifully plumaeed birds, is restricted to the reefs which, abounding with corals that rival the beauty of the rose, and waving sea-fans and sea-plumes, look like veritable sea-gardens. So rich and beautifully blended are the colors of the fishes ---------- Messenger - 1909 January - Page 7 ---------- THE MESSENGER 7 that it would seem as if they have done naught else in life but to make millinery of the rainbow. The hues of the water and the tints of the sky are the artist's Eden. They charm by this soft, gentle blending, and variety of effect, yet in gergoousness and striking grandeur the cloud effects at sunset do not equal those of Puget Sound. A. P. R. ABOUT OURSELVES. A recently received list of questions prepared by the United States Commissioner of Education, Mr. E. E. Brown, was submitted to me and presented to the school at the Monday morning assembly, December 7, as the students present on that occasion will recall. A total of 283 usable reports was obtained and it has occurred to me that the readers of The Messenger may be interested in reading the summaries. The questions covered two subjects, age and teaching experience, and the results are as follows: Fifteen years of age or less, 5; sixteen years, 18; seventeen years, 30; eighteen years, 42; nineteen yars, 50; twenty years, 29; twenty-one years, 28; twenty-two years, 24; twenty-three years, 13; twenty-four years, 7; twenty-five years or above, 27. The teaching experience was reported as below: lo. With 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year Year Reporting Experience Experience Experience Experience First 38 4 2 2 0 Second 47 7 4 2 1 Third 27 5 1 3 1 Fourth 11 4 1 I 2 Junior i n 30 14 6 10 Senior 49 21 5 6 10 Totals 283 71 27 20 24 This table shows that almost exactly three-fourths of our students enter the Normal without teaching experience. Another list of questions was submitted to twenty-five students of the First Year class, with the following results : Fathers are professional men 2 Fathers operate farms worth over $5,000. 11 Fathers operate farms worth under $5,000 5 Fathers make annually over $2,000 from manufactur- ---------- Messenger - 1909 January - Page 8 ---------- 8 TEE MESSENGER iiig, trade, office work 0 Fathers make annually $1,000 to $2,000 from manufacturing, trade, etc 1 Fathers are skilled laborers, making $750 or over 1 Fathers are unskilled laborers 2 Fathers are dead 3 Numbers of the twenty-five students who engaged in gainful employment or assist in home work while attending school: Four hours or more per week 15 From 5 to 9 hours per week 2 From 10 to 14 hours per week 5 From 15 to 19 hours per week 2 From 20 to 24 hours per week 0 More than 25 hours per week. 2 CHRISTMAS AT THE NIGHTHAWK MINE. Christmas day at the Mine had always passed just like any other day until one eventful time of which I shall tell you. The Nighthawk is in an isolated region far back in the Cascade mountains, where the winters are long and severe. The snow is often six or eight feet deep and communication with the outside world almost impossible. Clustered about the mine are a few cabins, some bunk houses, a store and a saloon. The rough miners lived base, degraded lives. After the day's work was ended they would congregate in Big Dan's saloon and make the night hideous with drinking, gambling, and fighting. But few women lived in the camp. Only one family, the O'Neals, ever observed Christmas. They had a pretty little erirl with blue eyes and golden hair, and for her each year they had had a tree. The summer preceding the winter of which I write, Mr. O'Neal had been killed by an explosion in the mine, and ever since Mrs. O'Neal had been struggling bravely to keep the wolf away from their door, but Christmas eve found them face to face with starvation. She explained to little Donna that they had nothing more to eat, and no wood, so she must not expect a Christmas tree that year. The dull aching of her heart was almost unbearable when she saw the look of disappointment on Donna's face. Presently the child looked up and said, "Mamma, if I ask Jesus won't he give us something to eat and some wood to make a fire? I am going to ask him anyway," and she ---------- Messenger - 1909 January - Page 9 ---------- THE MESSENGER 9 slipped down from her mother's lap, where she was sitting, and went out of the door and into the empty woodshed. "Scotty" McFarland, one of the miners, was slouching past the 0 'Neal cabin, and thinking he heard some one speak, paused to listen. A child's voice lifted in prayer; she asked in childish faith for the necessities of life, and then she added, "Dear Jesus, I do want a little Christmas tree." The softer nature of the man was awakened and blinding tears sprung to his eyes. He hurried on to the gathering at Big Dan's and told them what he had just heard. "Fellows," he said, " I ain't goin' much on these here Christmas doin's, and I aint any betterin' the rest o' ye, but that kid's gotter hev a tree—pass round the hat." The miners responded with their usual generosity and one five-dollar piece after another went into the hat to keep company with those already there. The next morning little Donna went to the door. What could it mean, scattered all about was wood, sacks of flour and innumerable parcels and in their midst stood a little fir tree decorated with ribbons and bright paper. Unspeakable, unutterable joy filled the hearts of mother and child, but this was not all, a little sack hanging on the tree was found to contain gold coins. The child's prayer had indeed been answered—Christmas had come to the Nighthawk Mine. 0. A. A Second-Year Student. JIMMIE'S CHRISTMAS. It was Christmas eve—an ideal Christmas eve! Snow was falling softly, flecking the pedestrians with its large white flakes. The street lamps were but obscure stars. The hour was seven and the streets of Chicago were crowded with happy people on their way to the churches, which, with very few exceptions, were brilliantly lighted for the services. Street cars were crowded and many carriages conveyed their share of the people. Everyone seemed happy and glad that it was Christmas time. No, not all; for wandering along the street, scarcely noticed by the passersby, was a little boy. His clothes were ragged and worn, his face thin and haggard, and his body shivered from the cold. By his side trotted an ugly little dog and from time to time the little master would ---------- Messenger - 1909 January - Page 10 ---------- 10 !TBfi kMSSEtiGER stoop and caress him and whisper something in his ear. As they passed a brilliantly lighted church Jimmie's face wore a wistful look. How he wishes he could go to a Christmas tree! Last year mother had dressed him in his Sunday clothes and had taken him to the services. But since then mother had gone to heaven and his father had taken Jimmie 's Sunday clothes and sold them to get money for rum. Now he scarcely had enough clothes to keep him warm and many times he had gone all day without anything to eat. As he thought of his mother he wished he could spend Christmas with her. On he wandered, not knowing where to go but compelled to walk to keep warm. At last a kind-faced man stopped him. "Don't you want to go to a Christmas tree, little boy?" he asked. "Yes, sir," answered Jimmie; "but I can't, 'cause mamma's dead and I hain't got no good clothes." "There's a place four blocks from here where they want all little boys like you to come. "Yes," he added in answer to the questioning look, "those clothes will be all right. They want you to come." With a new hope Jimmie hurried on. What would there be for him? And would there be anything for Trip? Visions of beautiful Christmas trees crossed his mind. They had reached the corner now and Jimmie could see the lights of the hall shining through the snow. Soon he would see the tree. As they crossed the street a carriage dashed around the corner and Jimmie saw that Trip was directly in its path. With a cry he sprang forward and caught up the dog. But he was too late. The horses struck him and he was thrown down beneath their feet. Tender hands carried the unconscious boy within the mission. A doctor was summoned, but to no avail. As consciousness returned he opened his eyes and looked inquiringly at the faces above him. The unhurt dog was brought to the pallet and Jimmie, satisfied that his pet was safe, shut his eyes and became very still. There was a silence in the room, for Jimmie had gone to spend Christmas with his mother. HABRY F. HEATH. Noble blood is an accident of fortune; noble actions characterize the great.—Goldoni. i ---------- Messenger - 1909 January - Page 11 ---------- !THJE MESSENGM ii CHRISTMAS THOUGHTS. It was in the land of shades where the spirits of good trees are assembled. "And what did you do on earth?" asked the Great Voice of the stately fir. " I builded homes, and the great buildings of cities; I furnished masts for ships that sail the seas, and I made warm fires for man's comfort," said the fir. " I , too," said the cedar, standing close to the fir, "protected man and helped him civilize the world. I kindled his fires." " I , too," said the pine, and the oak, and the maple, and the birch; "we all helped him build the 'house beautiful.' " "And what was your work?" said the Voice, as the beautiful fruit trees brought their offering. "We furnished man food," said the orange, the apple, the walnut, and the chestnut. Thus, in answer to the Great Voice, all the trees of the earth—the beech and the birch, the pine and the palm, the cotton wood and the banyan, from the north and the south told of the deeds they had done on earth. At last came the little Christmas tree, all decked in silky tinzel and tinkle and pretense. "And why are you here?" said the Great Voice, gravely. " I do not know," said the little tree lightly. "There is nothing that I do but be happy." After a pause, "But when they look on me all the little children laugh and clap their hands, and grown people nod their heads and smile through happy tears. Sour faces grow loving and sorrowful ones, happy." Then spoke the Great Voice, and it was heard through all the forests of shade-land: " I t is well to warm man's body, but it is better to warm his heart. It is a good deed to give man food; but it is blessed, indeed, to waken the soul." I. R. B. I can think of no seasonable sentiment more inspiring than the hopeful prayer that the world of nations and of individuals may realize more and more fully than ever the spirit of that first Christmas: Peace through good will. FRANK DEERWESTBR. ---------- Messenger - 1909 January - Page 12 ---------- 12 THE MESSENGEIt We help our friends to celebrate their birthdays in the ways they like best. How shall we honor the Christ child's birthday? ERMA MISEL. Not what we give, but what we share, For the gift without the giver is bare. Who gives himself with his gift feels three:— Himself, his hungering neighbor, and me. '' SIR LAUNFUL'' LOWELL. To be happy, and to radiate my happiness for the good pleasure of others. MARGARET F. BRYANT. In this favored country Mother Nature adds much to the good cheer of the yule-tide festivities in bestowing so lavishly her wealth of holly, hemlock, fir, cedar, fern and ivy for the holiday decorations. In thus giving a part of her very self she symbolizes the real spirit of Christmas giving. Truly at this season "the gift without the giver j s bare—any other gift is mere merchandise. ROSE BAXTER. Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward all.—Luke 2:14. BASKETBALL. When the whistle blew announcing time at the close of the football game on Thanksgiving day, the boys of the Normal began the practice of basketball. Contrary to custom they are doing their chief practice in the evenings, and every evening you can hear the whistle in the Gymnasium. The Normal is putting out three basketball teams. On Friday, December 18th, the second team played at Everson against the first team there, the score being 12 to 9 in favor of the Normal. The second team promises to take care of the teams of the small towns of this and Skagit County. The first team, composed of Umbarger and Becker, guards; Davenport, center, and Goodell and Petheran, forewards, promises to be a strong quintet. Games have been scheduled with Lincoln High, Mt. Vernon, Sedro- ---------- Messenger - 1909 January - Page 13 ---------- THE MESSENGER i3 Woolley, Ellensburg Normal and Anacortes High. The schedule is by no means complete and a tour away is anticipated. Let us all "boost for" the team. SOCIETY. A number of the enterprising students have organized a new society, which will be known as the Normal House of Representatives. The idea of the organization is to develop the power of debate and expression. It was thought that this unique way would present more novel features and thus insure more interest. All the business will be carried on similar to that of the National House of Representatives. If the number is sufficient there will be a representative assigned for each state. Bills will be brought in and discussed by all who gain the recognition of the speaker. The first meeting will be held in the Normal Society Hall, in evening January 8th, at which meeting Attorney Foster, of the city, who has been elected speaker, will preside. The Thespian Dramatic Club entertained the students and faculty just before the holidays with "A Christmas Chime." There will be several more pleasant programs given by this club before the close of the term. This club is developing some strong talent along dramatic lines. The Athenian Society will resume work early in the new year. This is the society with which many of the new students, who wish to do general literary work, should ally themselves. The Alkisiah Club met Friday, December 11 at 2:30 o'clock in the Society Hall. An excellent program was rendered in the presence of a large number of the students. The program opened with a song meet in which all those present joined heartily. Miss Baker presided at the piano. After several songs had been sung the subject for the aay, "Play-ground Organization," was taken up. Miss Walborg Olsen gave an excellent talk on thr- "Conventions of the Play-ground Association." Following this was a very entertaining presentation of the High- ---------- Messenger - 1909 January - Page 14 ---------- 14 THJE MESSENGM land Fling, by Misses Isabelle Williams and Lucette Mc- Kechne in illustration of one phase of play ground instruction. The next number was a remarkably well given talk by Miss Annie Nord on the subject "Play-ground Organization." As a closing number the play-ground work was farther illustrated by a series of very unique folk dances in which several of the club members took part. Miss Mat-tie Stanton furnished the music for this number. After the program the guests were excused and the members remained for a business session. The Alkisiah Club includes a number of the most earnest and ambitious students in school, and every member realizing the value of society work in school, is striving to make the club come up to a high standard. An excellent program is rendered every two weeks, to which all of the students and teachers are cordially invited. W. G. The Bible Institute—Y. W. C. A. Because of the great help derived from the Bible Institute of last year, we feel the need of another such institute this year. While as yet the plans are not complete, the time has been set and several of the speakers selected. The sessions will begin the second Thursday after vacation, January 14th, and end the following Sunday. Appropos of the work being done in the Bible classes, the thought of the Institute will center around the life of Christ. Miss Hillman, of the Tacoma City Association, will be with us in all of the meetings, and different pastors of our city will speak. Every member of the school, whether a member of the association or not, is urged to share the benefit of this Institute. STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION. True to the prophecy, merely a small fraction of the great throng of people seeking admittance at the doors of the Normal Gymnasium could be accommodated Friday evening, December 11th, when the much talked of and already famous game of basketball was to be played by the sedate and stately men of the Bellingham State Normal school faculty and the boys of the student body. ---------- Messenger - 1909 January - Page 15 ---------- ftHE MESSENGER i5 Those fortunate enough to gain admittance were obliged to restrain their eagerness for minor things came first on the program. An exciting game of basketball was played by the Juniors and Third Years, the proud and mighty Juniors winning, but not without a decided effort, for their opponents were of such mettle as to make the skirmish for the ball a lively one. The spectators were afforded a rare (?) treat in the minstrel performance. This was composed of musically talented members of the school, and the soul-inspiring tones sent forth from the various instruments caused the nearts of the listeners to swell with pride when they realized that these performers were fellow students. The exhibition of strength by the world-famed Sullivan would have been much enjoyed had the heavy weights not rolled lightly from within reach of the great man as he was preparing to lift them. No less interesting was the black bear caught in the wolds of America by Theodore Roosevelt and trained to be as docile as a child. The creature showed almost human intelligence in some of its tricks. It was finally announced that the long-looked-for game was to take place, and amid the thundering cheers the players took their positions. As the game progressed the excitement waxed strong. Mr. Forest held the audience spellbound until they decided which basket he was playing for. Mr. Deerwester made one basket and Mr. Epley very nearly had the same good fortune befall him. Mr. O'Sullivan, as center, played with the zeal of a true athlete, and for a time even football speeches were forgotten. The extreme nervousness displayed by Mr. Bond caused him to lose several baskets, but as the game advanced he grew more calm and played with greater ease. At the close of the game, while the echoing cheers were still ringing, Miss George, in behalf of the ladies of the faculty, addressed the generous but defeated gentlemen in a speech of appreciation for the loyal support they had given the faculty colors. She presented each with a huge candy cane, which it is hoped will serve them as a support in their higher aspirations in the athletic field. A. HOLM. A more glorious victory cannot be gained over another man than this, that when the injury began on his part, the kindness should begin on ours.—Tillotson. ---------- Messenger - 1909 January - Page 16 ---------- 16 THE MESSENGER "A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to each and every Exchange. Our line is full this month and we thank you for remembering us. We feel that we have reason to be proud of our "Messenger" this year, and we hope that each of our readers finds something interesting. Uncle Si is quite sick, but he joins in the holiday greeting and wants all to remember the true meaning of the Christmas Tide. "Tempe Normal Student," you have a goodly number of. editorials. Your paper is not very large, but you never leave any empty spaces. Have you read the editorials of the "Normal Pannane" (San Jose)? My! but they are spicy. We like you "Pennant," and we thank you for your well wishes. Eead "The Heroines of Scituate," in "Comus;" it is a most pleasing story. "Comus" prints good material on good paper. Why that empty page, Students of McMinnville College? Help your staff; don't expect them to do all the work. The "Spinster" cover is always dainty. Have you read its Thanksgiving story? It is good. Did you receive the "1908 Skagina" annual? You ought to have one; it is splendid. I must take these Ex- ---------- Messenger - 1909 January - Page 17 ---------- THE MESSENGER 17 changes over to Uncle Si now, for he does enjoy them. I hope he will be able to write next month. Every one get rested while you are at home and make the home folks glad you came. SALLY. Miss Mary O'Laughlin, '06, is teaching the Fifth and Sixth grades at Dryad, Wash. Miss Margaret Stark and Evangeline Burns are teaching in a Sisters school in Seattle. Miss Grace Griffiths is teaching at Tumwater, one of the suburbs of Olympia. . Miss Lottie Vercoe, sister of the proprietor of Ver-coe's Pharmacy, of this city, died December 1st in California, where she had been taken by her parents for her health. Miss Vercoe fell a victim to tuberculosis, after an illness of less than four months. The body was brought back to Burlington, Skagit County, for interment. Miss Zelma Blackburn is teaching at Hartson, Oregon. Miss Eanghild Thoen is teaching on R. F. D. No. 2 out from Stanwood. Miss Maude Whipple is teaching at Mount Vernon, Skagit County. Miss Amy Harned is doing fine work in the school at Richmond, Indiana. A. G. Stevson is teaching at Kelso, Washington. Miss Frances A. Des Aulniers is teaching this year at Pleasant Valley. Miss Jennie Byington is teaching in the school at the head of Lake Whatcom. Henrietta Bucklin is teaching at Seabeck. Miss Blanche Clausmeyer, who was a Junior last year, ---------- Messenger - 1909 January - Page 18 ---------- 18 THE MESSENGER is teaching the Second grade in her home school, Castle Rock. Bertha Johnson, Sec, is teaching at Belleville; Mable Braydon, Sec, at Oakville; Grace Heaton, at Ten Mile, near Bellingham, and Belle Mornstock, at Toledo. Miss Annie Keene, '04, and Miss Sadie Lewellen, '01, are teaching in Bellingham. Miss Ethel Luce, '01, is now Mrs. J. S. Yuill. Her home is in Bellingham. Mrs. Robert Oakley, nee Miss Maude Woodin, resides in this city. Miss Clarice Witter, of the class of 1901, is living in Steilacoom. She is now Mrs. A. McLean. Miss Susie Arnett, '02, has been teaching several years at Spokane. Her work is very successful. Miss Ada Pence, '07, and Miss Evva Eckerson, '02, are teaching in the city schools. Miss Ellen Nickell is teaching at Concully; Miss Maude Plummer, near Mt. Vernon, and Miss Selma Beck-strom, at Startup. Mrs. Tressa Flesher Ashby is living at Pullman, Washington. Miss Effie Fish, a last year Junior girl, is teaching near Olympia. Mr. D. H. Campbell is teaching in Arichat, Nova Scotia. Miss Mary Etienne is teaching at D*Escousse, Nova Scotia. M. J. MacNeil is inspetcor of schools at River Bourgeois, Nova Scotia. Miss Katie Stewart, who was a Junior last year, is teaching at Bow, Skagit County. Miss Bertha Thayer was recently married to George Thompson. Their home will be in Cashmere. Miss Sadie Fasken, '08, is teaching at Cashmere. Miss Florence Sears. '04, is teaching at South Bellingham. Miss Ruth Sears is teaching at Lynden. Miss Olive Maxson is teaching in Dist. 58 in Cowlitz County. Miss Althea Nuttall is teaching the primary grades in the Oak Harbor school. Miss Anna Grasser is teaching the Clover Valley school, near Oak Harbor. ---------- Messenger - 1909 January - Page 19 ---------- TEE MESSENGER 19 Miss Elsie Ware teaches in the Franklin school of this city. Miss Maggie McKinnon will graduate from the Normal at Ellensburg this year. LOCAL. Santa Claus visited the girls of Jenkins Hall December 17th, and found elaborate preparations made for his reception. The rooms were prettily decorated in the Christmas colors and bells. There was an abundance of candy, nuts and apples, and each received a useful gift. The girls were pleased to entertain Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins with the tree and impromptu program. Misses Moore. Jensen, George, Gray and Baxter expect to spend their Xmas vacation in Spokane, attending the State Teachers' Association. Miss Moore will read a paper before the Music Department of the Association. Mrs. Dower, of Olympia, has been visiting her sister, "Warrena Thayer, since Thanksgiving. Miss Bennett, of Marysville. has been visiting Mary Shoultes. Loleta Risely, Hazel Lauers, and Frank Alsop have left school. CALENDAR. November 30—Monday, after Thanksgiving vacation! December 2—Senior pins appear. Don't cry, little Junior; don't cry, You'll wear a Senior pin by and by. December 3—Corn Flake Day. Inquire of the boys, or J. O'S. December 4—Junior Party. Mrs. "Wiggs introduces her daughters to society. " I had a hand in it on December 3."—D. H. Smith. December 7—Practice basketball game between Second Tears and Third Years. Score, 0-57. December 8—Faculty B. B. team holds full sway in the gym. December 9—Y. W. C. A. comes to rescue of the cold ---------- Messenger - 1909 January - Page 20 ---------- 20 THE MESSENGER lunch eaters. December 10—Odds in favor of the faculty team. December 11—Lecture by Dr. Johannan. Class spirit very much in evidence in Assembly. Elias Bondus exhorts the student body to improve their grand and glorious opportunity and attend the great faculty. B. B. game. The Alkisiah Club presented a program in Society Hall. Good time enjoyed by all. December 14—"I had a hand in it, December 3." —Morris. December 15—Mr. Epley—"School clases Friday, December 18. That means Friday." December 16—The mighty Seniors make candy for the little tots. December 17—Thespian Club presented a pleasing Christmas play. Alkisiah flowei :\nd candy sale. December 18—Christmas tree! Curling irons, guns, dolls, stoves, rachets. whips, horns, razors, every thing for the faculty and the rest of the children to play with. Did you see Smith's doll? Everybody happy, 'cause it's Christmas. A BIRTHDAY PARTY. Each young lady, belonging to the Y. W. C. A., who was fortunate enough to have had a birthday since September, was pleasantly surprised by receiving an invitation to a birthday party in the association parlors on Friday afternoon. An hour was spent in playing birthday games, and when the birthday cake was brought in each crirl succeeded in blowinsr out her candle. Each guest was given a souvenir birthday card containing her birth-stone— and an appropriate verse. A GUEST. The Lunch Counter. Hurrah! At last the lunch counter under the auspices of the Y. "W. C. A. girls, has been opened and a most successful beginning made. It is in charge of Miss Moy and her able assistants. Enough praise cannot be given these expert cooks. The dishes they serve are "fit for a king;" just think—tomato soup, baked beans and brown ---------- Messenger - 1909 January - Page 21 ---------- THE MESSENGER 21 bread, apple pie and biscuits just like mother makes, and coffee with cream sent daily from father's farm. To get an idea of their success one has only to see the crowd of hungry-looking students that flock around the counter; then to see the satisfied expressions when they have finished. A PATRON. ASSEMBLY ON FRIDAY MORNINGS. On Friday, December 4th, Mr. J. W. Clark, who was to address the students, was unable to be present. The ever- ready Mr. 0'Sullivan filled the gap and gave a talk which might have had for its subject, "First One Thing and Then Another in Politics." In spite of the fact that Mr. 0'Sullivan had no time to prepare, his review of current events was very instructive. On December 11th Mr. Bond delivered an inspired oration on the subject of "What the Faculty Are Doing and What They Intend to Do." He informed the students in the most eloquent language that a selected faculty team had consented to appear on the gymnasium floor to show the merits and demerits of the great game of basketball. In following sentences filled with flowery words he eulogized the members of the faculty "five" and exhorted the students to attend the game. The other feature of the program was an allustrated lecture on "Persia," by Dr. Johannan, a native Persian. The lecturer kept the audience laughing most of the time, but his talk was too personal. Parts of it were overdone, and beyond having a good laugh, the students were for the most part disappointed. On Friday, December 18th, occurred the annual Normal and Training School Christmas Tree. After a short musical program Santa Claus appeared and helped distribute the presents, which were found on the beautifully decorated tree. The Normal and the Training School exchanged gifts, as they have done in previous years. H. F. H. Thursday. December 17th, the Alkisiah Club had a sale of blooming bulbs and candy. The flowers sold rapidly ; in fact, nearly all were engaged before the time set for the sale. The venture was new, but was so very sue- ---------- Messenger - 1909 January - Page 22 ---------- 22 THE MESSENGER cessful that the club members are planning to make such a sale an annual feature. A large quantity of first class candy was contributed by the members, and it found a ready sale among the hungry students during the lunch hour. The contest between the three Normals will be held at our own school this year—probably some time in the latter part of March. Students, let us make this meeting one of the great events in the history of the B. N. S. First and foremost, we must give our guests a royal welcome and a good time, and send them home with none but words of praise for our hospitality and school spirit. The Junior party, Friday night, December 4th, was a great success. Each member of the class came representing, either by actions or dress, some well known book. Mrs. Wiggs was there in all the glory of one who is conscious of having just completed an elaborate toilette— hair arranged in the latest style, freshly ironed calico dress, and new second-hand shoes (with only one hole in the sole which didn't show). Her children, Asia. Euro-pena and Australia, also came to see and enjoy the wonders of a party given by the Juniors of the Bellingham Normal. The first part of the evening was spent in a guessing contest, Alice Tigie receiving the prize, a souvenir book, having guessed forty-seven books represented by as many persons out of the some seventy Juniors present. Then followed a short programme, after which all were served to cocoa and cake. Mr. Beal, as toastmaster, called on Mr. Deerwester to speak, who responded with a short but spicy speech which might have been somewhat longer had not Miss Sperry given a timely warning that he must not steal ALL of HER speech. Being a gentleman of peace he immediately took his seat amid the hearty applause of all present. Miss Sperry was next called upon, and gave us a very interesting talk, remarking (as is usually the case whenever the Juniors are concerned) that she was pleased to see such a high standard of learning as was displayed tonight, for she had not read or even heard of nearly all the books represented. The President and Secretary next gave short speeches ---------- Messenger - 1909 January - Page 23 ---------- THE MESSENGER 23 expressing their appreciation of the evening's entertainment. As the Treasurer had wisely made herself scarce she was not called upon to give a toast. A LONE DWELLER. Slower and slower we wound our way up the mountain trail. Our packs were growing heavier and we were impatient to be rid of them. No suitable place for camp had yet appeared, and since the nights were cold we would be uncomfortable indeed unless some friendly roof offered its shelter. Suddenly, as unexpected as an apparition, there stood before us in the trail a man, apparently a miner. He was as startled as we were, but quickly recovering from his surprise, he asked us about our journey. Upon learning that we were shelterless he insisted on our going to his house and spending the night there. We needed no second bidding, but fell in behind our guide. He led the way with long swinging strides. We were glad when we reached his cabin on the mountain side. We entered and threw down our packs. The cabin was a roomy one of cedar logs. It had one peculiarity which we could not at first understand. Two rows of heavy posts reached to the roof where they were fastened to huge rafters. These, we learned, were a support to the roof during the heavy snows. They were warped and twisted from the weight they had borne. Meanwhile our host was busy getting the meal. The savory odors of ham and coffee were very welcome, as our fare for days had been the simplest. A feeling had been growing on me, ever since we had submitted to his guidance, that our new friend had a remarkable personality. His face and figure were very impressive. His eyes were most noticeable. They protended from their sockets in the effort to see through and beyond you, for they did not seem to stop at the physical, but to stare on into the distance. They had the look of one who was not familiar with human society, closely resembling the eyes of the wild animal. His hair was slightly gray. The features of his face were regular and strong. His shoulder were broad and he towered up above the usual height. Tremendous strength and agility were written all over the man. His personal characteristics were well set off by a ---------- Messenger - 1909 January - Page 24 ---------- 24 THE MESSENGER plainness in dress which was, of course, necessary in his walk of life. A suit of brown khaki, high topped boots and a fur cap constituted his every day wardrobe. I wondered again and again what manner of man he was. He spoke little, though we felt that he was enjoying our stay as mluch as we were. After we had spread our blankets in one corner and retired for the night I noticed that our host had left the cabin. He had been absent for some time when I rose softly, went to the door and looked out. It was a brilliant moonlight night and everything on the bare mountain sides stood out as plainly as by day. A few yards away, on a projecting rock, sat our host. He was apparently enthralled by the magnificent display nature had made when these jagged mountains were piled together. As I watched him there gradually entered my consciousness the reason why he lived in this wild inhuman fashion. He was a lover or rather worshipper of nature. Here the faithful child of nature watched year in and year out. If one could understand the wild call of the place some little indulgence would be granted him. I seemed to see the seasons come and go. When the white night would be changed, when the whirling mist should come over the pass in great valley-filling masses and down the great ravine on the left would come the wildly driven wind from the north to catch this mist and swirl it ferociously around till it crystallized into snow which would fall and cover the earth even to the tree tops. I do not know how long the hermit remained at the watch, but in the morning he rose early and set us on our way. Not content with this much hospitality, he guided us to the summit of the pass and bid us godspeed down the mountain. "We had gone some distance when, coming out on a sort of promontory, we looked back. Our strange entertainer was standing with feet spread wide apart and eyes on the distant fields of jagged, spiked mountain tops, which stretched away so far as eye could reach. And, thus, we left him. NOAH DAVENPORT. JOSHES. Seen on the Bulletin Board. Lost—My Psychological Development. Wanted at once—Three chicken catchers. Apply room 30. ---------- Messenger - 1909 January - Page 25 ---------- I !tHfi ME8SEtfGEH 25 Is it possible for a "plumb" to thrive when the "gardener" has gone into the coffee business? Herman Smith wants a cook. Mr. Stone (German)—This is the third time today that you failed to answer. Mr. D—t—Give me some time for consideration, Mr. Stone. _ - _-v lt; Mr. S.—Certainly, Mr. D., do you think two semesters will be enough. Miss C.—Life would be awfully funny without any pleasure. w . . . ^ ^ ^ ^ m Prof. D.—No, it would not be funny at all. Miss Moore—I should like to give this ((Christmas song), but it will be impossible to make it effective unless then young men sit by themselves. Miss K.—Mr. Epley, can I close the door? Mr. E.—Why, I suppose so if you push hard enough. Mr. Epley (calling roll)—Speak up lively or you'll have to call on Lady Grey. At the Faculty B. B. Practice. Miss Abild, surrounded by a tall Forrest, made a very artistic picture. Miss George (Observ. Class)—Mr. Deerwester, you needn't go, we will be out of here in just a minute. Mr. D.—So will I. Teacher—"What three words are heard oftenest in the Senior class: Pupil—I don't know. Teacher—Correct. —Ex. Mr. E.—Elna, where were you this afternoon? Elna—Why, I was taking a Knap (nap). Mr. Deerwester (speaking of mechanical schools)— There was a growing decrease in that class of schools. ---------- Messenger - 1909 January - Page 26 ---------- } 26 THE MESSENGER Comparison of Adjectives? Ill—sick—dead. Die—dead—buried. F—ierce lessons. L—ate hours. U—unexpected company. N—othing prepared. K—nocked understanding. —Ex. Prof. Forest—I don't know how true it is, but it was told to me by an Indian from "down below." Wouldn't the Normal Seem Strange If Kitty didn't talk| If Miss George used her Xmas present. If C. A. talked to the girls. If nobody flunked in Eng. Grammar. If there was no one on hand to eat the things made in room 1. If the training school "kids" behaved. If Mr. Stone's red ink gave out. Small dog Railroad track Toot—toot Sausage. Mr. Forrest (in Methods Class)—Bee to the front in everything. Study and use all the new methods. The only time you. don't want to ride in the front wagon is when you are at a funeral." Training school pupil writing an invitation to Friday morning Christmas exercise: " I write asking your presents at our Christmas exercises on Friday morning. Charlie looked at Oh the pretty Miss He drew a little nearer, Then gently stole a—Way. Enthusiasm is the height of man; it is the passing from the human to the divine.—Emerson.PPPPP
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Show more1909_0201 ---------- Messenger - 1909 February - Page [1] ---------- THE MESSENGER Let us have faith that right makes might and in that faith, let us to the end, dare to do our duty as we uuderstand it.—A. LINCOLN. SCHOOL PAPER OF THE BELLINGHAM STATE NORMAL SCHOOL BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON S. B. Irish Co., PrintingCB^^^i gt;i3" Railroad Avenue ROY GOODELL. - - PRANK UMBARGER, - MARY DEWAR, - - GRACE ALLEN, - MARGARET BRYANT, CARL STORLIE, } VIOLA VAN CUREN, J RUBY MARSTON, MESSENGER STAFF Editor ISABEL WILLIAMS, ^ Associate Literary Literary Exchange - Athletics Alumni LILLIAN CARLETON, Local MAY DOLSON, j Editors MISS SCHOTT, J HERMAN F. SMITH, - Business Mgr. WINIFRED MAW, Asst. Business Mgr. BELLE CREWS, - - Art Editor TERMS—FIFTY CENTS A YEAR Entered December ai, 1902, at Bellingham, Washington, as second-class matter, under act of Congress of March 3,1879- Vol. VIII. February, 1909 No. 5 We enjoy giving you another of our new cover designs this month. The story we print is a serial in three parts. Although only four appeared on the platform January 29, sixteen persons were granted certificates. It is a notable fact that over half of the students of the school are in the Junior and Senior years, showing that a majority of our students are graduates of four-year high schools. This is the only Normal in the State where this condition prevails. Are we going to be represented at the A. Y. P. ? Well, I should say! Here's what's been planned so far, other arrangements or alterations will be made as it is deemed necessary. The three Normal Schools of the State havn planned a large exhibition and rest room in common. Numerous interesting exhibits from the three schools will ---------- Messenger - 1909 February - Page 2 ---------- 2 THE MESSENGEB be in this hall and every convenience possible will be provided for visitors. Everything will be carefully shown and explained to visitors. Aside from this main hall, each Normal will have a separate and distinct room, probably joining the main hall, where the individual exhibits of the schools will be placed. Our exhibits will consist of maps and charts, manual training work, papers and many other things of great interest to the observer. Is not this going to be our greatest advertiser? Is not this the chance to show what we are accomplishing along different lines to the public ? What is it that we should do now to make this success? Is it to stand back and let the other fellow do the work? No, there is a little part we all can do; let's take hold and do it. Let every department and every student in the school put forth a great effort and make our part of the A. Y. P. a success. THE COUNTERFEIT By . GOLDIE WRESTON BROWN In Three Parts. PART I. "Your soul was pure and true— The good stars, met in your horoscope, Made you of spirit, fir and dew." —Browning. " I fear thou are another counterfeit, And yet, in faith, thou bearest thee Like a king." —Shakespeare. The "Time" was the fairest month of the year, June, with its myriads of roses and golden sunbeams. The "Place" was a dear old Wisconsin homestead, farm and sugarbush combined. The "Girl" was just a slip of humanity with taffy colored hair. " I think," she said, with sweet gravity, "that it is best to understand the situation exactly." She hid her face for a moment in the friendly daisies that she held in her arms, as if to gain courage to proceed. "Yes." The non-committel reply sent an angry shiver over her. " I felt so sure of your aid; so sure of your generous absolution of all blame. I thought it was as much a past time for you as it was a time of interest for me. If I ---------- Messenger - 1909 February - Page 3 ---------- TEE MESSENGER 3 had not been aware of your position here I would not have been so kind; would not have let you say what you did. I would not have dreamed of asking you to pose for me." "No?" The answer came moodily from the other end of the boat. A sunbeam caressed her hair and it took on the hue of dull gold. "Men in your station can assume the polish of—of," she faltered. "Yes; go on." The steadiness of his voice veiled a warning note of what? He was such an enigma now as he had been a year before, when they had met at the old homestead house. "Oh, you understand! Polish some are born and bred with must be acquired by others." "Then I can hardly fill the requirements of the per-son who should be your model. One's hero should always be a descendant, straight, of the oldest blue blood of the country." "Why will you persist in misunderstanding me and making me say what I don't mean? There are somo things you lack and some things you have that they can never have. That is why I ask you to be my hero in real life. I never had a brother, or, at least, I have never known him. I might have studied him, you know." " I t is too bad that you haven't a microscope large enough to study this specimen thoroughly." There was a tinge of sarcasm evident. "Don't," she pleaded, laying her white hand on his, as he grasped the oars and sent the boat shoreward. She watched the play of the powerful muscles of his arms and his perfect strokes, silent, until the boat grated on the sand at the river's edge. Silently he sprang to the bank and pulled the boat high up on the sand. The sand arose and with a forced ripple of laughter held out both hands for his aid. He took them in his and forced her to pause, standing as she was, in the prow of the boat. ''Listen,'' he said, tensely. '' This afternoon you have asked me to perform an almost Herculean feat. You have asked me to come on the stage of action in real life, and make my vacation a farce, a comedy—perhaps a tragedy. I am to go on loving you, to be your tool, to act the role of leading man in this scene from real life, to your equally interesting role of leading lady. Why? That you may be a vivisectionist as it were; to record the breaking of a ---------- Messenger - 1909 February - Page 4 ---------- 4 THE MESSENGER heart, and my words, thoughts and deeds, to re-create a man who is to live my life, a new, in a book; my reward is to be nothing but the regret that I had ever—" A faint sob, or was it a laugh, from the girl who stood with bowed head, brought his passionate outburst to an abrupt pause. A sense of sudden tenderness took the place of his anger. She looked so like a child in her simple white boating dress. The daisies she had hoarded so carefully had fallen at her feet. As he lifted her to the ground she was careful not to tread on one of them. She could be tender when she loved. " I tried to be fair to us both," she said, as she slowly turned to the little gate, arranging the flowers as she went. "I—I don't love you, Richard. I value your friendship very much, and I admire you for all that you have made yourself. I—" "Dorothy—" "Let me finish, please. I did not mean to be cruel. I thought you understood. I did so much want to know what you would say, would do; you are so unusual when—" Her blue eyes were laughing now. "You know I recorded it all." The square chin became squarer. "And now you want to go on with the game so that you may record it to its finish? Well, we will. Ill play the part you have assigned me. But it will be counterfeit, untrue, as I believe everything is. I'll play the game out. Be at your side as I have been; obey your slightest wish; do and say the things you want your hero to do and say, and mean nothing. I'll be the poor spurious coin, from nature's mint that you wish me to be. I'll be a genuine counterfeit." "Richard, you do not mean all that you are saying. You will have tired of this fancy in six weeks. You have simply caught the contagion that has been abroad among aunty's guests for the last month. It has not proved fatal with any so far. It will not with you." With a light laugh she hurried up the path to the house. Tie stood motionless, with folded arms, an expression on his face which football fans had called "Old Russels win or die phiz." (To Be Continued.) ---------- Messenger - 1909 February - Page 5 ---------- THE MESSENGER 5 THE WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION. The twenty-second annual convention of the Washington Educational Association was a great meeting, not only because of the large number of teachers enrolled, but also because of the personnel of its program. The executive committee, true to the broad spirit of this western country, had not confined itself to a narrow area in making up its program, but had drawn upon the whole country. Many a state convention, even in the boasted "center of things," is satisfied with one distinguished speaker, but this convention was favored with addresses from Dr. Ida Bender of Buffalo, New York, and Dr. Charles McMurry of DeKalb, Illinois, besides many of the leading educators of Washington. Standing room was at a premium at every session. The Spokane teachers were there—over a hundred strong. The Seattle and Tacoma teachers came in a special car. There were representatives from most of the leading private schools and state institutions. Although Bellingham is farther away from Spokane than any of the other schools, no other state institution had a larger delegation from its faculty than the Bellingham Normal School. The county superintendents of several of the counties in the vicinity of Spokane took advantage of this occasion to hold their County Institutes, and a rare opportunity it seemed, for it gave theml a chance to utilize the talent of the State Association. Dr. Bender and Dr. McMurry both appeared on the special county programs. It also gave the county teachers all of the advantages of the State Associations, but unfortunately many of these teachers failed to appreciate this opportunity. The teachers who make up the great rank and file of the profession certainly should have a voice in deciding the great questions that concern the profession, for m many cases they are the most vitally concerned and are more familiar with the real conditions than teachers in other positions can be, but so long as their interests extend no farther than the limits of their own districts, these problems are going to be solved by the few people who are interested in them. At the opening session of the convention Dr. Sisson of the University of Washington gave a report on Teach-m1 Advisory Council and High ---------- Messenger - 1909 February - Page 6 ---------- 6 TEE MESSENGER zation. A printed extract of the report of this committee was distributed. This report stated that the proposed organizations were to be distinctly advisory bodies, inasmuch as the superintendent alone is responsible to the Board of Education, and their purpose is to give the teachers a reasonable voice in the decision of matters of importance relating to the school without in any way attempting to interfere with the executive power of either the principal or superintendent. Dr. Sisson read two letters as samples of many letters received by the committee from high school principals and superintendents in different parts of the country. One strongly opposed the plan, while the other favored it quite as decidedly. Mr. Geiger, of the Broadway High School, Seattle, spoke on High School Government, and seemed decidedly opposed to the Faculty Organization plan. Mr. Parker, of the Tacoma High School, gave an interesting report of the organization and success of the "Tacoma Experiment" in Teachers' Advisory Council. After a discussion in which many of the leading educators of the State took part, it was suggested that the convention was not yet prepared to make a decision, so it was left for the next meeting of the association. Mr. Baily then spoke on plans for the school exhibit at the A. Y. P. Exposition. He urged that the displays should emphasize lines of work that are distinctive in character and that show progress in education, rather than work that shows special proficiency of children along the lines of regular routine work. All of the other business of the convention was left for the closing meeting. Mr. Hunt gave the report of the committee on salary. This committee attempted to do its work most thoroughly. A list of questions concerning salary, expense of living, opportunity for improvement, etc., was sent to every teacher in the State with a view of getting accurate data, but although this question of salary is one that interests all of the teachers, comparatively few responded to the request, but from the data received it was found that the average salaries of the men are about 10 per cent larger than the salaries of the women in the same positions, and that the average salaries paid in the state are not sufficient for the teacher to pay his living expenses and have anything for professional advancement. Mr. Bryan, chairman of the School Lands Committee, ---------- Messenger - 1909 February - Page 7 ---------- THE MESSENGER 1 reported that money belonging to the school fund had been diverted into other channels by state officials, and a committee, with Mr. Bryan as chairman, was appointed to look into this matter and see if this fund, which would amount to many thousands of dollars, could not be put back into the school fund. Mr. Hughes, of the Legislation Committee, reported on the school code. This code contains many changes in the school law, and very few of the members of the association felt prepared to vote upon this report because they had been unable to get copies of the code, therefore no action was taken and the report was referred to the Legislation Committee. One of the pleasant features of the association was the opportunity to renew friendships and form new ones. Many Bellingham students were there who were anxious to meet the members of the faculty to get the news from the Normal and students from other Normal Schools, Universities and Colleges from the Middle West, the East and South, who are trying their wings in this great Northwest, were surprised to see familiar faces from the dear home land. One thing that impressed a stranger in the midst was the beautiful fraternal spirit that exists among the Normal Schools of the State. Mr. Sampson with other representatives of the Cheney Normal who were at the convention gave a banquet for the members of the faculty from the different Normal Schools in the artistic "German Room" of the celebrated Davenport Cafe. Every one enjoyed it most thoroughly and it was decided to make this banquet an annual affair, to be given the second evening of the convention each year. Miss Gray was appointed to make arrangements for the banqeut at Tacoma next year. The Spokane Committee on Arrangements did its work most effectively. Three different auditoriums were provided for the general meetings and various rooms in the High School building were used for the section meetings. Each of these auditoriums was made attractive by plants and cut flowers. A good musical program was also arranged for different meetings. The City of Spokane was most hospitable in its reception and entertainment of its guests. The Commercial Club provided a most unique and expensive badge as a souvenir. The Women's Clubs of the city gave a most delightful reception and dance in honor of the visiting ---------- Messenger - 1909 February - Page 8 ---------- 8 THE MESSENGER teachers and the citizens arranged for a trolley ride all over the city. All of the arrangements were certainly appreciated by the visitors, who will no doubt hail with joy any opportunity to visit Spokane and her charming people again. THE FIRST AMERICAN GOVERNMENT ON THE PACIFIC. It was in the Willamette Valley, Oregon, in the year 1843, that the first American government on the Pacific was established. The only government in the country up to this time was that exercised over British subjects by the officers of the Hudson Bay Company. Knowing the Oregon of today it is difficult to imagine it as it was sixty years ago. From the account of Lieut. Charles Wilkes, Commander of the Pacific Exploring party, who visited it in 1841, we quote the following details: At the mouth of the Columbia River was a group of young men building a small vessel; at the Falls a mission and a salm,on packing station; at a place called Champoeg were four or five cabins; further up the river a number of small farms; still further on the Catholic mission, American mission, and "The Mill," now the present site of Salem. These settlements with the great trading establishment of the Hudson Bay Company comprised the white population of Oregon. Early in the year 1841 an incident occurred which brought out sharply the need of some authority, and set in motion the plan to secure a political organization. A wealthy cattleman died leaving no will and no heir. Those who gathered at the funeral issued a call for a general meeting to decide what was to be done with the property. When the public meeting occurred the settlers chose a supreme judge and other officers, and also appointed a committee to draft a constitution, preparatory to establishing a Provisional Government until such time as the American Government saw fit to extend its protection over them. But, owing to the opposition of the French party, the plan failed and the matter was dropped until early in the Fall of 1842, when Dr. White arrived with a new party of emigrants. Another meeting was called, another committee appointed and the plan to create a Provisional Government was now fully launched. The two months allowed the committee for considera- ---------- Messenger - 1909 February - Page 9 ---------- THE MESSENGER 9 tion was a time of great political activity in the colony, but when they gathered at Champoeg, May 2, the committee reported in favor of establishing a government. When a motion was made to adopt this report the vote was very close, and some one called for a division of the house. At this point arose the stalwart figure of Joe Meek, one of the most picturesque of the mountain men. Stepping grandly out in front of the excited men, he shouted, "Who is for a divide? All in favor of the report follow me." The count was made, we are told, after half an hour of the wildest confusion, and resulted in fifty-two in favor of, and fifty against the resolution. The officers —Supreme Judge, Clerk, Eecorder, High Sheriff, three Magistrates and three Constables—were chosen before adjournment. A legislative committee of nine was also chosen, and instructed to report a code of laws to be voted on by the people July 5. The pioneers who gathered at Champoeg to hear a Fourth of July address by the American Missionary, Rev. G. Hines, remained over until the next day and ratified the provisions of the so-called First Organic Law. VIVE FLORY. DORA. Breakfast was over, the dishwater was steaming hot and the dishes were piled upon the table. With these preparations completed Mrs. Hunter looked about for her twelve-year-old daughter, whom she gently but firmly had to remind every morning that it was time to wash dishes. Dora hated dish washing as only a real tomboy can, Her father had called her "Dick" in a spirit of fun, and from that day on her brother Don hailed her as Dick upon all occasions, much to their mother's mortification. However, she had honestly earned the boyish nickname, for she could run as fast as any boy in the neighborhood, catch as many fish, throw a stone as far and as straight, and walk high smooth logs over the swiftest part of the river. When Dora's twelfth birthday had passed Mrs. Hunter decided that it was time to teach her daughter some of the arts of housekeeping, and so it came to be the tomboy's task to wash the breakfast dishes every morning. Upon this particular morning the tomboy had been unusually quiet, had eaten little breakfast, which was also ---------- Messenger - 1909 February - Page 10 ---------- 10 THE MESSENGER unusual, and had quietly slipped away, although no one noticed any of these things at the time. Mrs. Hunter called several times, looked in every room in the house, explored the yard, sent Don to the barn and to the chicken house, but all in vain. Dick had disappeared as completely as if the ground had opened up and swallowed her. The whole family became alarmed, for with her many faults Dick had always been obedient. Finally, Mr. Hunter went out to search along the river bank, taking the path that led up-stream and sending Don in the opposite direction, and Mrs. Hunter went into the house to wash the long-neglected dishes herself. This was soon done, and, being restless, she wondered out into the yard, walking aimlessly about. Suddenly she noticed something blue and oddly familiar peeping from behind some boards that leaned against the fence. Idly wondering what it could be she strolled over and peered behind the boards to see a very sheepish looking Dick lying flat upon the damp ground. "Well," said her mother as soon as she found her voice and forced back a smile, " I think it will be safe for you to come out now, the dishes are washed. Soon afterward when the father and brother came in, they saw a shame-faced Dick sitting meekly in a corner. They listened to the story that the mother tried to tell with becoming severity, and then they broke into laughter. It was such a happy ending to a morning's trouble that mother and daughter soon joined in. Even the dog tried to show his appreciation of the joke by pricking up his ears and thumping his tail loudly upon the floor. Needless to say, this experience cured Dora of her dislike for dish washing. BEULAH McCUTCHEN. AT OUR FRIDAY MORNING ASSEMBLY. Owing to cold weather there have been only two Friday morning entertainments this month. Dr. Tremiayne Dunstan's lecture on "The Land of the Kangaroo," which was given in Assembly on January 15th, was interesting and profitable. We have had several illustrated lectures at the Normal this year, but this one was much the best. The views were good and the lecture was full of instruction. Dr. Dunstan is a very genial man and his talk was typical of him. ---------- Messenger - 1909 February - Page 11 ---------- THE MESSENGER 11 On January 22 the students listened to an excellent talk on "Forestry," which was given by Miss Baker. As she travels over the country Miss Baker notices in particular the trees, and having made an extensive study of them, she was enabled to make her talk interesting and profitable. At the close of Miss Baker's lecture Mr. Eply threw on a few stereopticon slides which he had prepared for the occasion. The students of the Normal should give a vote of thanks to Mr. Eply and Mr. Bond for their kindness in preparing slides and in manipulating the stereop- SOCIETY NOTES. Owing to the inclement weather after vacation, and also the Bible Institute, the literary societies have met only once since the Christmas holidays. On January 22 Mrs. Foss Lamprell Whitney favored the Thespian Club with a delightful and highly instructive talk along the line of general dramatic work. She closed with the recital of two short poemp, which were singularly enjoyed by those present. In the near future the club will render some scenes from the "Merchant of Venice, and later some of the more modern plays. The Alkisiahs rendered a very interesting "Jane Addam's" program on January 22. Miss Green gave a talk on Miss Addam's life and her sphere of activities, while Miss DuBois gave one on the Hull House movement in England. Misses Williams and McKechnie favored the club with a delightful vocal duet. Everybody interested in Alaska be sure and attend their coming Alaska program. ' £ The National House of Representatives, recently organized to promote interest in debating and public speaking, has been obliged to postpone its meetings because Mr. Foster, an attorney, who was in the city and was to have been Speaker of the House, has left town, so now another speaker must be secured. Though it seems rather difficult to start this ball to rolling, we feel sure that when it does begin to move it will make people "sit up and t§ke notice."—Oregon Representative. ---------- Messenger - 1909 February - Page 12 ---------- 12 THE MESSENGER THE SERVANT IN THE HOUSE. Mrs. Foss L. Whitney's recital on Friday evening, January 22, was one of those productions which it is a wonderful privilege to hear. From the time, when with a natural womanliness that was charming, she came before the audience and began the rendering of the play, until the last vibration of her full deep voice, in the impersonation of the Bishop of Benares, had ceased, the audience gave her their closest attention. To say that Mrs. Whitney was interested in the drama would not half describe her intense feeling in what she was reciting. So vivid was her portrayal of the characters that we almost forgot we were listening to one woman. The message which she had to bring through the play was one very near to the people living in the present day of labor problems and democratic feeling. Who could be snobbish after the feeling of amused contempt with which we listened to his lordship, the Bishop of Lancaster, vent his enraged astonishment when told he had breakfasted with a "common workingman?" And who could help seeing Robert the workingman's side of the question and did not want to say with Mary: "You are brave, beautiful and good," when he went readily to a disagreeable and repulsive task because, as he said, "Somun 'ad to clean hup the muck o' the world?" We shudder at his roughness, but pitied him, while we condemned the conditions of society which had made him the degraded man he was. Then, there was the old message, which has been given over and over again—the power of love to find the best that is in one and to cause one to strive after the ideal which it sets. We are glad Mrs. Whitney came, because we cannot hear such productions too often, and because of the moral and intellectual uplight we receive from hearing such plays. A STUDENT. THE BIBLE INSTITUTE. What? The Y. W. C. A. Bible Institute. When? January 14-17,1909. Where? In the Society Hall of the Normal Building. Who ? Dr. Dunstan and Mrs. Campbell of Seattle. ---------- Messenger - 1909 February - Page 13 ---------- THE MESSENGER 13 Thus it was announced. Now the question is: How was it? Different answers are heard, but they may all be summed up in this sentence: It was a success. What did they do ? Mrs. Campbell in the first meeting, on Thursday afternoon, took for her subject: "The Little Colt," and laid special emphasis upon this thought— Jesus says to us as to his disciples: "Go, seek, find, lose, bring, for the Master hath need." The little, homely, seemingly useless things when covered with his mantle, and the reins placed in his hands, can be used to accomplish his work. Thursday evening Dr. Dunstan spoke on "The Man Jesus." Many illustrations and convincing arguments were given to show that Jesus could be none other than as Peter said, "Christ, the Son of the Living God." On Friday afternoon Rev. Cornish, of the First Baptist Church, outlined the Sermon on the Mount, and during his remarks gave many helpful suggestions on the study of this most wonderful of all sermons. Rev. Macartney, of the Presbyterian Church, talked on "The Indignation of Christ," and reminded us of many things that are seldom considered in connection with the life of the Master. Friday evening, after a helpful devotional half hour, led by Mrs. Campbell, Dr. Dunstan discussed the "Personnel of the Apostleship," giving names and characteristics of the Apostles so that we obtained a clearer insight into their lives and work. The meeting Saturday afternoon was on "The Teaching and Practice of Jesus in Regard to Prayer." Rev. Dunstan read and discoursed on the model prayer given us by our Lord. The special music furnished for each Assembly was greatly enjoyed and appreciated. The closing meeting was held in the parlor at Edens Hall, Sunday afternoon, and was perhaps the best of all. The topic was "The Vision of the Multitude," and there was inspiration in every thought given by Mrs. Campbell. Her beautiful life shone out in her face and the girls gathered around her could not but be interested in the work in which she is so deeply concerned. It was the last session, but not the last of the Institute, for the thoughts gleaned from it will linger in our minds and we are already beginning to look forward to another pne nest year. E. M. L. ---------- Messenger - 1909 February - Page [14] ---------- p n i p sepsis IRMA MISEL ELSIE KEESE ---------- Messenger - 1909 February - Page [15] ---------- ALMA HILDEBRAND MAY GREENMAN ---------- Messenger - 1909 February - Page 16 ---------- 16 THE MESSENGER GRADUATION EXERCISES. The graduation exercises of the mid-year term, which were held in the Auditorium last Friday evening, were attended by a large and appreicative audience. The room was decorated with red, white and blue bunting, and at the back of the stage was draped the National flag, this being not only graduation, but the twentieth birthday of our State. Upon the stage were seated Dr. Mathes, Rev. Guiler, the Board of Directors, Judge Burke, the speaker of the evening, also the four graduates, the Misses Misel, Hilde-brande, Keene and Greenman. The members of the class were dressed in white and each wore a bouquet of carnations. The first number upon the program was a piano solo by Miss Anderson, after which Rev. Guiler, of the Eureka M. E. Church, gave the invocation. The Choral Club then favored us with two selections. Dr. Mathes then introduced Judge Burke of Seattle, who spoke of his trip through Japan and China. His speech was most interesting. He said we should become acquainted with our neighbors, and he hoped if we did not learn anything more about them from his speech, it would at least inspire in us a desire to learn of them. He left for Japan on the 13th day of September, 1907, on the Minnesota, and arrived on the 28th day of September at Yokohama. In speaking of the voyage he said that nothing was lost except one day. "We went to bed one Saturday night, and when we got up it was Monday morning." Every sight was different from anything he had ever seen—such fantastic scenery, men of such small stature, and the queer mlode of transportation; but the strangest of all was the home life which he had many opportunities of observing. On arrival he was invited to dine at the finest club in Yokohama. The guests were met at the door by servants who unlaced their shoes and put felt slippers upon their feet. The dining room as he describes would appear to the Westerner as being very queer, for there were no chairs or tables. The guests were compelled to sit upon silk cushions which were placed in a large circle around the room. The dinner consisted of thirteen courses, of which eight were fish. The beverage, called "sache," which corresponds to our whiskey or brandy, is first passed to the host in a small cup. After he sips it, the ---------- Messenger - 1909 February - Page 17 ---------- TEE MESSENGER 17 cup is rinsed in water and more "sadie" is poured into it and passed to the next person, and so on around the room. The Japanese are great lovers of flowers and they have rare skill in arranging them. The Japanese temples are always found with a most artistic nature setting and make sacred the beautiful spots in which they are located. Judge Burke thinks that war with America is inconceivable to the Japanese, because they look upon us as their teachers. In his closing remarks he said that we ought to be thankful that our lot is cast in America with its freedom, liberty, and Christianity. After Judge Burk's address Miss Moore gave a vocal selection. The diplomas were then given to the graduates by Dr. Mathes, who made a short presentation speech. Out of respect to the lately bereaved member of the Faculty the reception which usually follows the graduation exercises was omitted. However, after the benediction was pronounced a number of the friends went forward and congratulated the graduates. M. LAIN. IN MEMORIAM. A beloved friend, wife and mother, has been taken from our midst. Mrs. Elizabeth Forrest, wife of J. F. Forrest, Professor of Mathematics, in the Normal, died January 25th at her home on High street. She had been suffering for some time, but strong hopes were held for her recovery, until Tuesday morning, when the end came, suddenly. Mrs. Forrest was born in Kjioxville, Iowa. She was a woman of broad views and she was interested along all educationaly lines, especially mtasic, having been a teacher of music. She was a member of the P. E. O. Society and of the M. E. Church of this city. She was an ideal friend, a sympathetic adviser to all who knew her; a fond wife and mother in her home. The sympathy of the whole Normal School has gone out to the bereaved husband and children for the loss of " a woman whose price was above rubies; whose tongue was the law of kindness and whom her children rise up and call blessed; also her husband, he praiseth her." ---------- Messenger - 1909 February - Page 18 ---------- 18 THE MESSENGER A YEAR IN THE "BIG BEND." All hail to the Chinook wind! The people of Puget Sound sometimes think that this famous wind is their peculiar property, but they forget that it crosses the broad prairies of Eastern Washington and penetrates even into Montana. If one were living in the Big Bend wheat region, if the time of year were March, if a deep snow lay on the ground and the frozen wind from the north still poured over the mountains, his heart would sing with joy one day when the north wind lulled and after a few fitful gusts gave way to a damp warm gale from the southwest which stole from the Pacific up the Columbia river valley. In a few days the snow is gone and the farmer begins to clean and prepare his grain for the sowing. The wind blows almost continually for weeks while he sows. So dry does the soil become that as he plods after his broad harrow he must breathe the dust stirred up by his fellow who is far in advance. This condition obtains till one fine day the steady wind ceases and warm, light breezes begin to play among the little valleys. Soon the lowlands are seen to be covered with myriads of yellow buttercups, and the homely patches of "scab" land are thicker set with the dainty little pink "rockroses," which are a delight to the eye. The balmy air penertates every place and the farmer is glad that he is in the wheat section of the state of "Washington. Scarcely noticeable is the merging of spring into summer. The sun has worked his way to the zenith, and he, with the help of occasional winds, has dried the sap in every sprig but the hardy grain. Now is the time for the "hot winds," and lucky is the farmer whose grain it does not touch. It sometimes comes even under cover of darkness and surprises the wayfarer by a sudden gust like the breath of a furnace. . The farmer now takes a little rest before the harvest. He may spend a glorious day on the Fourth of July in a nearby heat-baked town or make a few excursions into the canyons for fruit. At all times he is watching his grain turn to gold. He then prepares for harvest, and if ever he hurries, it is now. What he lacks in speed he makes up in time—rising at four and retiring at ten. He must get his machinery and horses in shape, mend the harness, go to town for groceries and for help. His men come with their blankets, which they spread under the clear sky where true sleep is laid hold on ---------- Messenger - 1909 February - Page 19 ---------- I THE MESSENGER 19 indeed. After a fortnight or two of sun up to sun down labor the harvest is over, the grain is in the stack ready for the thresher and the farmer breathes a sigh of relief. If you are willing to change your notion of autumn from falling yellow leaves, whispering breezes and red sunsets you may be introduced to a different kind which is made up of wind driven clouds of dust which sweep the landscape, fields of dry brown stubble and dry crackling sagebrush which lines the roads. As the farmer drives his team with the load of wheat to town, dropping a wheel into a '' chuck hole'' every few yards, breathing the dust stirred up by his horses in front and leaving a swirling cloud behind he begins to think that perhaps there are better places in the world after all. The hauling of wheat to market together with the plowing completes the fall work. After a few desultory late fall rains the snow comes and if the winter is not unusual there will be from, six weeks to two months of superb sleighing and skating. All horses on the roads wear sleigh-bells and their music is sweet on the still starlit nights when the sleighing parties sweep up and down over the rolling hills. The snow is also of practical utility. Every farmer owns a stout "bobsled" and can do his heaviest hauling on it. Sometimes the mercury sings to thirty below zero, but commonly it is much milder. The wheat growing part of our state produces its type of man just as Texas, Arizona or Puget Sound produce certain types. He is generally rough, plain in speech and dress, but "square" in business. He thinks in terms of wheat. And why not, for his horizon contains little else. He is accustomed to handle much money, whether he retains a great percentage for himself or not, and he is sometimes free in spending it. The wife, by all odds, has the hardest part of the bargain. Household cleanliness is impossible when the air is so saturated with dust which settles everywhere. Homes are so far apart that communication is not easy, and hence social chats with a neighbor are infrequent, and when the ladies do converse, they, having no other interest, talk their husband's business with a vengeance. What wonder that every farmer's ambition is to raise enough funds to establish himself in some city suburb or to turn his face toward Puget Sound. NOAH DAVENPORT. ---------- Messenger - 1909 February - Page 20 ---------- 20 THE MESSENGER The basket-ball season has been very successful this year. Two teams have done much good practice. Four games have already been played, of which only one has been lost, and a number of more games are scheduled. The following games have been played: December 21—Second team played Everson, 9-12. January 23—Combination first and second team played Sedro-Woolley, 20-19. Next time we win. January 29—First team played Mt. Vernon, 12-28. January 29—Second team played Sumas, 13-16. The Normal team has been much strengthened by the return of Leon Corey. He has played forward on the teams for a number of years. Together with Petherans, the other forward, they can "shoot" a basket against any guard. This effective team work was shown in the game with Mount Vernon. A trip to the east of the mountains has been planned for the first team. Games have been arranged with Almira, Gonzaga College, Spokane, Cheney Normal, Wen-atchee, North Yakima, Ellensburg, Pullman, and possibly others. A very pleasant trip is anticipated. It will mean a vacation of at least one week with the opportunity to visit the city of Spokane, other cities and towns of Eastern Washington, a trip through the Palouse country to Pullman, and return by the way of Walla Walla. So the boys that have made the first team are well paid for the time effort spent. The boys will go about February 8. The line-up is as follows: First Team—Goodell, center; Petheran, Corey, forward; Davenport, Becker, guard. Second Team—Harvey Smith, center; Umbarger, Foster, forward; Copenhaver, Rodgers, guard. GIRLS' ATHLETICS. Oh, where! Oh, where are the basket-ball girls? Oh, where! Oh, where can they be? ---------- Messenger - 1909 February - Page 21 ---------- THE MESSENGER 21 In the gym| I have looked for the different class teams, And nothing but Juniors can see. Why is it that there is no enthusiasm in girls' athletics this year? Other years all of the preliminaries in the Kline Cup contests have been played by now. Have we not as good material as before? We have as good if not better. The simplest explanation is that because there is one strong team in school the weaker ones have dropped out. The Juniors have that strong team. They have the team that always turns out for practice, that always has ten on the floor who are really anxious to play. And they are the ones who have games scheduled. On the twelfth of this month they will play the local High, and the week following the Mt. Vernon High. We, the Juniors, will uphold the honor of the school when all others fail. CALENDAR. January 4—Dr. Mathes and studies welcomed. January 5—No school; freeze out. January 6—Furs, overcoats and chattering teeth. January 7—Registers continue to gain in popularity (?) January 8—No school. Cold, cold, go away, Come again on Saturday, Students can't afford to play, Mid-year Ex. not far away. January 11—Earthquake. January 12—Orchestra proposed. January 13—Decided in mental arithmetic that mental pipes are frozen, too. January 14—Dr. Mathes calls the "Little Red Hens" in. Bible Institute begins. January 15—Rev. Tremayne Dunstan gives lecture in Assembly in "Australia." January 18—Nothing doing. January 19—Mr. Forrest unanimously elected faculty member on board of control of Student Association, and Miss Abbie Johnson elected secretary. January 20—Peanut sale. January 21—More snow. Lost—In the strains of Wagner.—Prof. Epley. January 22—"The Servant in the House," by Mrs. ---------- Messenger - 1909 February - Page 22 ---------- 22 THE MESSENGER FOBS Lamprell Whitney, under auspices of Students' Association. Miss Baker gives very interesting talk on "Forestry." January 23—B. S. N. S. baskel-ball boys at Sedro- Woolley; score, 19-20. (Explanations profuse.) January 25—Professor Kruze, president of Whit-worth College, addresses students in Assembly. January 26 (Prof. E. in Physical Geog.)—If the forces of erosion continue for the next million of years in all probabilities our ancestors will be wearing fins. January 27—New force of teachers assigned in training school. January 28—Juniors decorate for Senior graduation. January 29—Graduation exercises. February 1—Blue books! Miss Montgomery returned. February 2—Blue books and blue faces. Groundhog day. February 3—Flunk! Flunk!! Flunk!!! ALUMNI. Hazel Souers, who has been in school this year, left the first of this month to go to her home in Alaska. Her mother's illness called her home. Miss Josie Little is now Mrs. Walter Wells. Her home is in Sedro-Woolley. Mrs. Pope, '06, is teaching in South Bellingham in the Larrabee building. Miss Effie Fish, of the last year Junior class, is teaching near Olympia. Miss Stella Barker, a Junior of 1908, is teaching at Ferndale. Miss Nellie Roberts, '05, is principal of the Lincoln Heights building at Tumwater, near Olympia. Miss Jessie Lawrence, '02, who is one of the High ---------- Messenger - 1909 February - Page 23 ---------- TEE MESSENGER 23 School teachers at Snohomish, has spent a week with her sister, Miss Minerva Lawrence, this past month. Miss Ethel Cook has left school to take charge of the school at Toutle, in the southern part of the State. Beatrice Benson, '06, is teaching at Port Townsend. Ethel Peek, '06, has charge of one of the rooms in the Green Lake schools, Seattle. Bertha Mauerman, '06, is teaching in Olympia. Florence Haycock is teaching in the Washington building in Olympia. Elizabeth Pease and Sadie Wysman Ad. are teaching in country schools near Olympia. Martha Welton, '08, is teaching at Port Angeles. Jessie Bryant Ad. is teaching in Seattle. Miss Pearl Smith, '06, taught in the Olympia schools last year. Last summer she was married to Prof. Newell, principal of the Garfield building, that city. They have gone to Hoquiam to make their home, where Prof. Newell is City Superintendent of Schools. Frank Feidler has been working in British Columbia during the fall and winter months. Next semester he is going to attend Pullman. Miss Else Anthon, '05, was married this last summer to Prof. Frye of the Science Department of the U. of W. Miss May Sloan is teaching her second year in Cen-tralia. Miss Mary Lea Pemberton, '07^, has quit teaching in Centralia, preparatory to being married early in the spring to one of the young business men of that city. Miss Mabel Clark is teaching at Lakeview, "Wash. She has thirty-two pupils. Miss Sarah Cochran, '07, has been very ill and has been obliged to give up her work in Kirkland. At present she is east of the mountains. EXCHANGES. Sally is so busy nowadays that she said I must write the Exchange notes this month. Wal—it's pretty hard fur ole Uncle Si to write, but I 'low as how he can do anything fur Sally. I'm right glad to give you all welcome after the good Christmas time, and I'm reel glad that you didn't freeze up that cold spell. Don't that sharp weather keep you jumpin', though? No time fur saun-terin' then. Sally brung me a big armful of papers, so guess I better go to work. ---------- Messenger - 1909 February - Page 24 ---------- 24 THE MESSENGER "Whimls!"—let's see what you have to say. You have some good cuts and some good articles. I like that one about the blind poet. There is that dainty "Spinster" and she has some mighty good stories; and say, I like that poem, "Just Some Little Thing." "Comus" has an appropriate Christmas cover and is a pretty nice lookin' paper. Say, I just want every one to look at the cover of the "Review" (McMinnville). Don't that give the paper tone and character? Did you ever notice the spicy little quotations which head each department of "The Tempe Normal Student?" There is one thing sure the "Normalite" (Peru) is a newsy paper. I find a new Exchange, "The Lakonian." I'm glad to see you; come again. "Tahoma," it always does me good to see you, for you are up to date in every detail. You people get an idee that we old farmers don't know much, but we know a good thing when we see it. Wal, N. P. H. S., I'm not goin' to criticise; jest suggest that you add a good story to your paper. Two other papers that are on pur line that contain a goodly number of advertisements and good material are the "Normal Eyte" and "The KSlikilik." There is another new Exchange, "Orange and Purple," found (Danville, Penn.) "Wall, that Exchange fellow has some pretty good idees, but (hee-hee) I wonder what he'll think of your Uncle Si. LOCAL. The Third Year class gave a class party the sixteenth, which was of a very unsual nature owing to the fact that the young men were in the majority. The entire class was well represented and all report an enjoyable evening. The Third Years have by their display of social life this year given a fair example to their fellow class men to wake up and enjoy life. Ben Hur, which is to be played Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights, will be well patronized by students. Mrs. Judge Klellogg entertains the ladies of the Faculty at her home on Eleventh street, Saturday, February 6th, at a needle work party. Mrs. F. M. Watson has been in town visiting her daughters Frances and Olive. ---------- Messenger - 1909 February - Page 25 ---------- THE MESSENGER 25 Exam. Monday and Tuesday. Now we can draw a good happy (?) breath again. Miss Hogle spoke the week after Christmas holidays at the Kalama Institute. Miss Hays has several calls to do Institute work in the near future. Dr. Mathes was called to Olympia on business Saturday. Miss Eose Strauch is to visit her sister Minnie Strauch all of this week. Five-year certificates were granted to Misses Grace Allen, Mary Templin, Maud Dickinson, Hazel Henkle, Agnes Pitsch, Edna Swanson, Viola VanCuren. Elementary certificates were granted to Misses Lelia Caple, Theresa Giesen, Laila Davenport, Hazel Shull and Ella Xavier. Miss Montgomery is back. She came in Tuesday, February 1st after an absence of six months. We are all glad to see Miss Montgomery again. That does not mean, however, that we are glad to see Mrs. Samson go. We are glad that she was with us and we wish that she could remain. Good! Did you know we beat the Mount Vernon High School basket-ball team Friday night? Score, 28-12. Three Certainties. Death, the landlady, and flunk. "Are you coming back next term?" "That depends upon conditions."—Ex. At Junior Glass Meeting. Mr. B.—Is everybody here. Miss Angst—Mr. McCoubrey is. Graduation Essay. "What's in a name?" ---------- Messenger - 1909 February - Page 26 ---------- 26 THE MESSENGER JOSHES. "In men whom men condemn as ill, I find so much of goodness still; In men whom men pronounce divine, I find so much of sin and blot, I hesitate to draw a line Between the two—where God has not." —Joaquin Miller. We studied "Institutions," From the "ancient" to the "new," And drew a few conclusions That you'd never guess, I trow, But Mathes was not satisfied, Cyclopedias then our text, To read them all we vainly tried, Now we've left them for the next. ONE OF THE CLASS. After Miss Sperry's class, which had discovered, Men have died from time to time, and worms have eaten them, but not for love," Mrs. Gertrude M— said, "Yes, more men have died from indigestion than from love. I know for I have been married twice." Mr. H. F. Smith has expressed his intention of spending his evenings next semester by going out after dark and gazing at the sunset. ---------- Messenger - 1909 February - Page 27 ---------- THE MESSENGER 2? An invitation which was circulating among the members of the Browning class: Come grow wise along with me, The best of Browning is yet to be; There's a test to be given you may recall, On themes and poems one and all. Smith and Storlie and Umbarger, too, Wish you to bring your volume with you. To Foster's place on Cedar street, At 7;30 on Thursday meet; And there we'll delve in Browning lore, Till the hour of half past nine or more. Hilda L. ( seeing Prof. Deerwester go down the hall) 'There goes Mr. Psychology." First Student—"I've been down town." Second Student—"What did you get?" First Student—"I got tired." Miss Sperry—"That makes me think of tying the barn to the horse." Who is that lady?" "That is Miss Hays." "Oh! she's the 'contortionist' up at the Normal, isn't she?" Gif.—"Gee, the wind blew a corner of my brain out this morning." Wil.—"Mine, too. It blew the grammar corner out of mine." Gif.—"How could a thing blow out what was never there?" What will the girls do when lost ads on the bulletin board won't bring D. H. S. back? Miss George (of an applicant to training school)— "And how do you divide fractions?" Boy (straightening his vest)—"Ah! you divert th« divisor and multiply." Miss Gerd—g—Do you want me to read this list of cooking utensils, Miss Laurence; I got them for my own use. ---------- Messenger - 1909 February - Page 28 ---------- 28 THE MESSENGER Is it MERELY a coincidence that so many of the boys have black eyes, sore fingers, etc., just before exam, week? The Normal Wouldn't Seem Like Home If the radiators were hot. If Miss Schnider didn't love the Faculty. If the "Preacher" went away. If the orchestra didn't break our calm. If Mr. Moodie didn't want "more detail." If the locker keys didn't go astray. If the Juniors passed in psychology. If the boys would do the decorating for some of the receptions. Time, tide and the exams, wait for no man. I. Maid one. II. Maid won. in. Made one. —Ex. Miss Sperry (a week before the exams.)—"This may not be very interesting just now, but it will be next week." — Mr. Epley (speaking of domestic animals)—"We got the pig from China; what else did we get from there?" Miss Schneider—"Firecrackers." "How did that First Year get that sliver in his hand?" " Oh! he was scratching his head.''PPPPP
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Title: Messenger - 1909 March
Date: 1909-03-01
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Text preview (might not show all results): 1909_0301 ---------- Messenger - 1909 March - Page [1] ---------- THE MESSENGER Let us have faith that right makes might and in that faith, let us to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.—A. LINCOLN. SCHOOL PAPER OF THE BELLINGHAM STATE NORMAL SCHOOL BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON S. B
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Show more1909_0301 ---------- Messenger - 1909 March - Page [1] ---------- THE MESSENGER Let us have faith that right makes might and in that faith, let us to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.—A. LINCOLN. SCHOOL PAPER OF THE BELLINGHAM STATE NORMAL SCHOOL BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON S. B. Irish Co., Printingef»f|»Ji3ii Railroad Avenue STAFF ROY GOODELL, - Editor ISABEL WILLIAMS, 1 FRANK UMBARGER, - Associate HARRY HEATH, \ 1 GOLDIE BROWN, 1 RUBY MARSTON, » Literary W. T. MYERS, VALE NIXSON, MARGARET BRYANT, Exchanges ANDREA NORD, • Societies CARL STORLIE, Athletics BELLE CREWS, • Art OLA DEAKIN, Alumni HERMAN SMITH, - Business Mgr. TERMS—FIFTY CENTS A YEAR Entered December 21, 1902, at Bellingham, Washington, as second-class matter, under act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Vol. VIII. March, 1909 No. 6 When is the tennis court committee going to report? Welcome to the new members of our staff. The plan suggested by a committee at the Legislature, to wipe out the Ellensburg Normal has been "wet-blanketed." The three Normal schools of the state are accepted institutions. They have had the approval of the law-making bodies for a number of years, and the present Legislature will not set a new precedent by placing its stamp of disapproval upon any of them. Each Normal school covers a distinct field and each will become more useful to the state as time goes on. The Normal was in a state of confusion, everyone seemed excited. Girl students rushed through the halls to the library, seized the morning paper, glanced at the headlines, then hastily retired to room 31. Gathered in this room was a large crowd of excited embryo teachers, all talking at the same time. From out ---------- Messenger - 1909 March - Page 2 ---------- 2 THE MESSENGER of this babylon I succeeded in catching the following conversation : "My, isn't that just dandy, and to think our club did so much, too." '' Yes, but we '11 miss those quotations we used to have across the blackboard, though." "Miss B— has gone down to ask Dr. Mathes if we can't have a holiday to commemorate the event.'' "We had a holiday Lincoln's birthday, and surely we ought to have a holiday for such an event as this." At this point some one asked that the society motto be written on the board. One of the number stepped to the front, and this is what I saw written: "Down with man's tyrannical rule. Equality and justice for all." Being much interested and bewildered by the proceedings, I sought out the daily paper in the library, where I read the following headlines: "Woman Suffrage Bill Passes Both Houses of the Legislature." Now is the time when nature is most beautiful, and now is the time for the cleanest, best, and manliest of all sports—baseball. We have worked under difficulties in football and basket-ball, and we will have to in baseball to a certain extent. We are willing to do this. Nevertheless we are going to develop a strong team. Boys, we must get together and organize, must be out on the ground immediately in uniform. We have more boys than last year and some of the old players are among them. Is there any reason why we can't have a successful team? Is there any reason why we should not get busy and get a "nine" that will win from the High and other teams ? None at all; we have the material; all we want is the spirit mingled with it. Then we'll have success. Without the supply room in connection with the text book library, what benefits which the students now enjoy, would they be deprived of? The question may at times be revolved in the minds of the students and faculty, without a satisfacotry answer. Observe, if you please, some of the benefits: Stamps may be obtained without the effort of a trip to the postoffice; checks may be cashed at all times if there be money in the till; writing material is available ---------- Messenger - 1909 March - Page 3 ---------- THE MESSENGER 3 at downtown prices or less, and a general line of school supplies exceeding that of any house in the city is usually on hand. The complaint may be made that "out of stock" is heard too frequently, but you may expect this even among the wholesale dealers. If every small purchase that is made at the supply room meant a trip down town, all would come to the realization of the benefits of the supply room. The students who formerly had this experience have come to the conclusion that the supply room is an excellent addition to the school. THE ABORIGINES. There is much uncertainty as to who was the first of the Aborigines to find a home on the American continent. Many hold to the belief that the Indian was the original inhabitants, while others believe that he was preceded by a distinct raee known as the Mound Builders. The cliff dwellers of Colorado and the Aztecs of Mexico are believed by some to be the last of the Mound Builders, There is much cause to believe, however, that they are a separate race, and that there existed a race between the Indian and the Mound Builder known as the Villager. There are several theories of the origin of these races. According to Ignatius Donley's "Island of Atlantis," Johnson attempts to prove by the Bible that they came from the southwest. Another theory is that they came from the northeast. Further theory, founded upon facial expression and customs, claims that they came by way of Bering Straits and are remotely related to the Japanese. Still another theory of the Japanese origin claims that these races came across in ships direct to the Sound. This theory is founded largely upon the tradition among the Makahs and Clallams, near Cape Flattery, that many years ago a Japanese vessel was wrecked near the Cape. The men became members of the tribe and taught them the art of canoe building, pottery and working in silver ornaments. And in proof of this tribes have been experts in canoe building and working in silver; the art of pottery, however, has been lost. In many habits and customs the eastern Indians are similar to those of our own coast. The difference may be due wholly or in part to environment. Among the eastern Indians or the plains Indians developed a universal sign language; in the west there developed the Chinook jargon, ---------- Messenger - 1909 March - Page 4 ---------- 4 THE MESSENGER believed by some to have originated by the Hudson Bay Company, but in all probability it was one which grew out of necessity and which may have been improved and enlarged upon by the Hudson Bay Company. Nowhere has there been anything that approached an alphabet. Their writing of history or tradition was the picture method. The eastern Indians, men and women, were persistent beggars, seemingly having no shame in receiving something for nothing, while the Puget Sound Indians are not beggars, but traders. If they receive anything they are ready to give something in return, regarding it as a trade rather than a gift. The eastern Indians soon adopted the white man's habits and implements; those of the Sound are slow to take up the new, many preferring their own make of fish hook, thinking it superior to the white man's. Many years ago the eastern Indians lived in what was known as the "long house," while the western Indians lived in what was known as "the old man house." The most noted "old man house" was that built near Port Madison, in this state. It was some sixty feet wide and several hundred feet in length, and was divided off into sections fronting the Sound. The front post of each section was the totem pole, and in each section lived a clan or sub-tribe. The "old man house" at Lummi Eeservation seems to have been more of a council room or assembly room rather than a typical old man house. The "long house" was first one large room in which the whole tribe lived. Later, this was divided to accommodate the sub-tribes. In the later settlements the chief occupied the central lodge surrounded by the wigwams of his most trusted followers, and outside of that lived the less important and those who had joined from other tribes. On the outskirt were those whose loyalty was not above suspicion. Among the Sound Indians danger generally came from the sea, and their camps were built with the defense toward the water. The settlement then occupied some little nook or cove where there was but little danger of surprise by an enemy from the landside. There later developed the idea of union of the tribes for defense and offense against a dangerous enemy. These alliances were of short duration except in the case of the six Nations of New York. Tradition tells us that the Multanomahs and Willamette Valley headed a union of tribes, which union included the Indians in the territory which is now the States of Washington and Oregon. Some disease, probably smallpox, was contracted from goods ---------- Messenger - 1909 March - Page 5 ---------- THE MESSENGER o taken from a wrecked vessel, the goods having been distributed at a general meeting of the tribes on Soves Island, in the mouth of the Willamette River, then known as Wapto or Potato Island. The Indians not being familiar with the treatment of the disease, died in great numbers. In 1841, when Captain Wilkes visited the coast, there was but one of the tribe of Multanomahs left, and he was at the Hudson Bay trading post at Vancouver being cared for by Dr. McLaughlin. The eastern Indian engaged in open air games. One of the most familiar was the game of ball, similar to town ball, out of which grew the national game of baseball. The Sound Indian's principal game was gambling. The most important game was played with two short pieces of wood or bones, one a plain white, while the other had a black band around it. The opposing gamblers sat on opposite sides of the fire and one would pass the bones from one hand to the other in a manner so as to mystify his opponent, who guessed which hand held the marked bone or stick. The women and interested friends would "tamanahmawis" for their friend, hoping to bring him good luck, while the opposition would jeer and make discordant sounds, hoping to drive away good luck. The gambling sometimes lasted for days, or until the men became exhausted physically or financially. Trinkets, blankets, guns and sometimes a kloochman were the stakes played for, and changed ownership upon a guess. The buffalo dance and the ghost dance of the plains were similar to the potlatch and devil dance of the Sound country. The time was when the potlatch or gift meeting was an important affair. Two or more tribes, being assembled, the men would vie with each other in making presents. It is said that in remote times the gifts were destroyed by the receiver. The blankets were torn in shreds or the guns broken before they hardly reached the ground to show the receiver's disregard for property. It was not a case where the gift blessed the giver and the receiver, unless the parting with the property is a blessing. In a few hours the wealth that required a life time to accumulate was lost. The one who could make the greatest gifts was supposed to hold the superior place. It has been the custom of later years not to destroy but to keep the gifts for future use. I have no personal knowledge of the devil dance, and I have not been able to find any old settlers who are familiar with it, and the Indians themselves are loth to ---------- Messenger - 1909 March - Page 6 ---------- 6 THE MESSENGER give any information concerning it. Hezekiah Butter-worth relates the experience of one of the early missionaries. His description is that, upon arriving at his mission where he expected to hold religious service, all the Indians were gone, except an old klootchman, who was tied to a tree. He could hear voices in the woods imitating the voices of different animals. After dark the Indians came from their hiding places. One group of these Indians, known as the "biters," whose duty it was to drive in all the members of the tribe, assumed the character of a dog or some wild beast, and snapped at everything within reach, and as the dance progressed they became more furious until a dog happening to pass that way was pounced upon and torn into shreds, the object of the "biters" being to get as much blood on their faces and hands as possible. And on this occasion the unfortunate klootchman is said to have suffered the fate of the dog. The object of the dance seems to have been to appease the evil spirit or the devil. They, like many of the savage races, believed that the good spirit would do no harm and that the evil one had to be propitiated. "THE COUNTERFEIT" By Goldie Wreston Brown, In Three Parts. PART II. '' And yet a maiden hath no tongue, but thought.'' —Shakespeare. The wide veranda, with its cobble stone foundation, lay beautified in the clear light of the July moon. The man's reflections were audible. "Tomorrow we celebrate. A prime example this of our American stick-to-itivness. Every year for the last one hundred and thirty years we have celebrated and tomorrow the pulse of the rising generation will beat with as strong a patriotic ardor as did those of the past generation at that first national christening. Eh, small boy!" This to the lad that came blowing around the corner of the house like a young hurricane. "Whatever dat is, Uncle Richard. Did you remember my firecrackers?" "No more 'Kid Burn's' stunt for me, sir. That case is practically filled with explosives." The nephew clattered up the steps and across the veranda to the large suit case; which stood near the door. ---------- Messenger - 1909 March - Page 7 ---------- THE MESSENGER 7 The uncle sat placidly puffing a cigar, his chair tilted and his feet resting on the veranda railing. In the river's bog to the right, the frogs were hoarsely chugging their nightly seranade. In the distance, to the left, the blazing eye of an approaching automobile sent its angry glare across the well kept lawn. "Bed time, boy." Ah, the mother love and pride in the voice that came from the room beyond. The boy turned from the open suit case. "Bully for you, Uncle Richard! You didn't forget a single one. I'm off. Goodnight." "The car shot noiselessly along the smooth highway." "Good night, Bud, and all the caps you can shoot tomorrow if you are up first, remember." "The man, left alone, sighed. Eighteen years ago tonight he had gone to bed, motherless. Somehow firecrackers had lost their place in his heart since that memorable Fourth, and somehow on the days of boyhood celebrations that had followed it, no one had seemed to care just how many burns he had escaped with. He wondered, whimsically, if any one but a mother did care very much how many burns and scars one escaped with in life. ---------- Messenger - 1909 March - Page 8 ---------- 8 THE MESSENGER Such times and memories make children of us all. The ponderous car stopped at the steps. His cigar fell with a shower of sparks to the turf below. He was six and twenty again. " 0 , the spin through the moonlight was splendid, perfectly splendid, Richard!" The girl came breathlessly up the broad steps, hatless; her rich color deepening as she extracted several letters from her great coat pocket. There were three addressed to Eichard R. Russel. "Three for three R's," she said, lightly; then turning to the dark-haired woman who tood in the doorway; "and one for you, aunty, and ever so many for uncle." The sleeves of the heavy tan motoring coat increased the apparent fragility of her white fingers, as she held out the package of letters. Mrs. Russel smiled, anxiously. "You are going out again, Dorothy?" "I—I promised Richard to take a spin out to the 'Meadows' with him," the girl answered with a hurried glance at the figure of the man as he arranged the heavy seats of the car. She wondered if he had forgotten. The older woman hesitated a moment. "You are quite happy, girlie?" she asked, as the girl sank into the luxurious morris chair which stood on the veranda. "Happy," the girl echoed, with a pensive little laugh. "So happy, aunty, that I fear it can not last." In her heart she knew that it would not. " I wish," she continued with her characteristic childish simplicity, "that all life might be to me just a soft balmy moonlight night like this. One gets so tired of the hot glare of the too bright sun by day and the later night is cold and grey and harsh" The woman's hand was softly caressing her soft hair. "Child, it is the hot glare and the grey harshness that makes us appreciate the calm, peaceful beauty of the life between." Richard turned from the machine and came slowly up the steps. te "Aunty," the girl asked, earnestly, "do you believe that blessings come to those who do not deserve them?" Then as she hastily arose, "do not answer now, dear; tell me some other time." "We are ready, the machine and I . " The man buttoned her heavy coat with an air of calm proprietorship. His calmness was unbearable. ---------- Messenger - 1909 March - Page 9 ---------- THE MESSENGER 9 "Are Florence and Jack ready?" "They are not going," then noting a look of surprise, he added quickly, " I believe I may at least claim the privilege of having my affianced wife to myself, the last few evenings of my vacation." The look of shy happiness in her eyes changed to one of amazement. "Your last few evenings?" she began. "Yes, I leave on the evening of the fifth. Our spending this evening alone seemed imperative." He paused. They were descending the steps. Her silence was ominous. " I admit it seems beastly to have to bore each other for the next two hours, but there appeared to be no other way out of it. We must have that grand finale, you know. We must do the quarreling stunt, or at least appear to." Still the girl was silent. With his characteristic care-fullness he helped her into the car. " I am going to drive tonight," he continued, "it would be the proper thing in a book* you know. I might run away with you." The shaft of sarcasm told. "Let us forget the book for this one evening," she said, quietly. "You wish i t ? " His voice and words were free of any trace of sentiment. " I do wish it; besides, it is nearly ended. I think I shall put it away for a while and finish it—sometime-later." They glided down the wide driveway. The man's attention was given entirely to the wheel. The girl nestled back against the padded cushions of the ear. She was trying to systematize her thoughts. One was painfully prominent—'' the last few evenings." " Finis'' could soon be written in the grey harshness of the later night. The man at her side had played his part. The plot of her book was finished. She wondered, smiling at the absurdity, if the dream characters of her creation were happy. She had been dangerously so. The car shot noiselessly along the smooth highway. The inquisitive bass buzzing of a huge beetle, as it flew by, did not disturb the reverie of the leading couple in this drama of real life. The man was battling with pride.. The girl was trying to shut her eyes to the future, and to rehearse again the scenes of the last six weeks. She remembered the afternoon on the river and wondered i ---------- Messenger - 1909 March - Page 10 ---------- 10 THE MESSENGER vaguely just what she had said. Had she been so perfectly heartless? Since that day she had caught only an occa-si onal of the real Eichard. '' The Counterfeit'' was always present. The level fields of waving grain and hay, which they were passing so rapidly formed a sort of moving canvas, as it were, on which her memory painted pictures of the past month. She saw again the large wainscoted living room of the old homestead house. She felt a thrill of proud submission as she in fancy heard the man at her side again demand '' a temporary engagement, if he were to play the part assigned him.'' He would not have his friends think him forever following a phantom, which forever eluded his grasp. "They could quarrel as all lovers did," he explained," and end it when convenient." She had consented—for the sake of her book. Through it all there had been constant reminders that his was but a part. Just once had the real Richard spoken. The picture was very vivid. There was the great fireplace with its blazing pine log and heavy andirons. It was late and the evening had grown damp and chill. She was bending over the coals, toasting marshmallows on the long toasting fork. They had been speaking of his mother. "Little girl," he had said, suddenly, crushing her to him, "you and she are the only two I have ever loved." Then the door had slammed and he had gone. The moving canvas was dim. Then she remembered his constant care, his thought-fullness about the little things which after all had meant so much to her. He had planned the boat rides, the picnics, the auto trips, the balls, that had filled her life to suit the whims of her book. He had studied and planned it with her, giving her his man's experience where her knowledge was lacking. He had taught her that true manhood was that intangible something founded on morality which had courage to battle against adversity and win; to do, to achieve and at last to reach the top through its own strength and determination. She saw life in a broader way. Her belief in blood alone was waning. She saw the worth of the real man and had learned to appreciate it. He had spoken words ---------- Messenger - 1909 March - Page 11 ---------- TEE MESSENGER 11 of tenderness and love, not to her, but for the hero of her book to the heroine of it. The car stopped. The man was speaking: " I shall be but a few moments. Will you wait or go into the house with me ?" " I will wait, please." "You will not be cold, Dorothy?" " I think not." Her voice trembled. The "Meadows" was an old-fashioned farm house at which the caretaker of the lower estate lived. As the man went indoors she tried to measure the future's loneliness by the present moment. She was so alone. None of the others understood. He would not be lonely in the new world of his profession. He had made himself the successful rising lawyer that he was and his life would be filled with the duties and pleasures that success brings. She was so alone. The man came across the yard. " I have given directions for the care of the farms during the remainder of uncle's absence," he said, as he started the machine. There was no silence during the spin back to the homestead house. They chatted easily of surface events which had apparently been the sum total of the past few weeks. The car stopped at the broad veranda steps. There was but a momentary pause. "Dorothy!" his voice lingered with a subtle caress on every syllable of her name, " I shall not see you alone again, for after our friends are apprised of this last quarrel of ours, which has just taken place so silently and peacefully, we shall have to play the new role of strangers as we have played the old role—of lovers." He lifted her from the car. "Little girl, some day you will understand. God grant that you may never suffer as I have. Goodbye." "Goodbye." Her voice was tremulous with hidden tears. The man stood for a moment with bowed head. Then the indomitable will which had moulded his entire life asserted itself. He stepped into the car and was gone. The soft beauty of the moonlight was dimmed; the cold grey harshness of the later night had follen. (To Be Continued.) ---------- Messenger - 1909 March - Page 12 ---------- 12 THE MESSENGER MEMORIES (Edna Staples.) "The day is cold, and dark, and dreary, It rains and the wind is never weary. The vine still clings to the moldering wall, And at every gust the dead leaves fall, And the day is dark, and dreary." —Longfellow. It had been such a lonesome rainy day. One of those short gloomy ones that come to us in the early fall. The morning had passed somehow, but when afternoon drew near, I grew weary of building houses with blocks, dressing paper dolls and cutting pictures out of magazines. The house was so quiet and there was nobody to play with. Standing at the window I watched the rain pattering against the window pane. Now and then a man or woman walked swiftly past the house, seeming to have one object in view—to get home as soon as possible out of the rain. A large lumber wagon clattered by, drawn by heavy horses. They splashed through the mud puddles, turned the corner, and left the street vacant once more. Silence again. I turned impatiently from the window with a sigh, and a lump coming up in my throat. Unconsciously I turned to the one person whom I knew would console me, and make me happy. That person was my grandmother. How I loved her. If anything went wrong during the day I could go to her and she would comfort me. Her sympathy was never wanting for she always seemed to understand and would croon over me and sing songs in her gentle quavering voice until the hurt was all washed away and I could again face the world with a smiling countenance. I found her in her room. A fire had been built in the grate, and grandma propped up with endless pillows and comforts was seated before it. She was dreaming when I entered, her gentle faded blue eyes resting dreamily on the crackling wood in the fireplace, her little transparent hands folded lightly over each other, and a look of the utmost tenderness resting upon her face. I rudely broke in upon her dreams with a child's thoughtlessness. She started when I spoke, as though a rude hand had shaken her roughly and gave a frightened little cry. When ---------- Messenger - 1909 March - Page 13 ---------- THE MESSENGER 1* she saw me she gave a sigh of relief and sank trembling back. I did not then realize that she was very very weak or I would have been frightened. In a few minutes she recovered from her fright and, smiling sweetly, told me to bring my stool and sit down by her chair. When I was seated she began: "Shall I tell you, dear. of the time when I was a little girl like youf" "Oh, yes, do," I cried, and then doubtfully, "were you a little girl once upon a time* too, grandma f" "Yes, dear; yes,*' she said, gently. "It was a long, long time ago, dear," speaking softly and dreamily to herself. "During the long summer days I used to go to the garden. The dear old garden," reminiscently speaking the Words as though she loved each syllable. "The birds have never sung as sweetly as they built their nests since then, or the bees hummed as busily as they flew from one bright flower to another. I would take my patchwork with me, for you know little girls had to help make quilts in those days." "I wouldn't like that," I cried with a great deal of ardor. "I didn't very well myself," she answered, smiling. "Well, to go on, I would go down the walk lined with lovely bright-hued holly hocks to a rustic seat under the elm trees. In the summer time when the branches of the big old cherry tree were clustered with large red cherries I would climb into a nook where the main trunk separated and singing to myself pick the fruit. "My, I wish I had some right now, don't youf" The picture indeed looked very tempting to my imagination. "And then mother would call me, maybe to help her in the hot kitchen," she was speaking slowly as though she could yet feel the sensations she experienced in that long ago, When she was a healthy little girl who disliked any work that would bring her into the house. "How I wo gt;uld long to stay among the eool leaves, and continue my childish day dream*. But my mother's voice, again calling me, would cause me to scramble hastily down, assuring her that I was coming." Grandma had stopped. It was all so plain and clear before her mind. The years seemed to have rolled away, and she was back in the days of her childhood. A little angular spindle legged girl she seemed to be gazing out tipon the world with great thoughtful eyes, seeing each occurrence in everyday life by means of air-castles and inconceivable usafinings. How very, vary ---------- Messenger - 1909 March - Page 14 ---------- U THE MESSENGER happy she had been in those days. But, again, I shattered her illusions by piping: "Did you go—?" ." The question was never finished for a voice from without called to me through the narrow opening in the window: "Kaitherine! Katherine! Come on out doors. The sun's shining." "Oh, the sun's shining," I cried happily in a singsong voice, and giving my dear old grandma a hurried kiss I skipped gleefully out of the room to join the playmate whom I had called my "Sweetheart," out in the blessed sunshine. My little neighbor and I played all through the long afternoon. The sun had begun to sink below the horizon and the shadows were beginning to creep around us when I. was first recalled by the voice of my mother calling me. ; She was crying, and there was a look of sorrow, and great suffering on her face. I ran to her and flung my arms around her neck, realizing but not knowing why, that something pained her greatly. "Don't cry, mother," I said with a catch in my voice; " i t ' s all right. Please don't cry any more." She caught be to her and kissed me passionately, sobbing aTl the while. After a long time she took me into the house and then I understood my mother's grief. They had found grandma seated in her arm chair before the dead embers, a ray of golden sunshine falling on her gray head and a look of peace and utter contentment on her gentle old face. Grandma, too, had gone to join her sweetheart far into the sunshine, but it was the sunshine of the beauty and glory of heaven. The birds and bees would not be there to sing their happy songs to her through the long summer day, but angels lifting their voices in wondrous music would make her happier than she had ever been before. ' ' i EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS. No true American should permit himself to doubt the great importance of our present day educational problems. As one of the leading nations of the world we are much concerned with matters of government, of commerce, and of education. "We know that the foundations of our democratic institutions rest upon public education. As these social institutions become more complex with ---------- Messenger - 1909 March - Page 15 ---------- THE MESSENGER 1? our advancement in civilization, great problems arise. Here arises the necessity of such a solution as will meet the needs of society. These problems are all matters that concern public welfare, either directly or indirectly, and their solution must, to a very great extent, rest upon the Educational Associations, upon prominent educators, and upon higher institutions of learning. A course designated as "Educational Problems,'' classified in the department of education and taught by Professor Deerwester, is offered for the first time this year. This course is intended—First, to assist the Seniors in preparing their graduating essays. A certain amount of time—two hours each week is required for regular class work, while as much time as is necessary for the preparation of class work is required outside of class. Definite lines are planned along which to study, and specified material is provided with which to work, with directions as . to how this material is to be used. This course is intended in the second place to bring the student in touch with the great educational problems of the day, and give him a much broader view of the field of education. The idea of running through all the course is that of research, or investigation, dealing with knowledge already obtained by someone else, until there is an understanding of the relations of these known facts, and their bearing upon education. This research work is based largely upon pedagogical literature. The sources of material most used are the reports of the National Educational Association and of the United States Commissioner of Education. Also magazine literature of recent years, and pedagogical books and pamphlets of all kinds, dealing with subject matter of the following nature, as Histories of Education. Philosophies of Education, Great Educational Reformers, Educational Ideals and Theories, Histories of Pedagogy, Education in Religion and Morals, and Educational Systems of other Countries; also articles written by some prominent educators of recent years, as Munroe, O'Shea, James, McMurry, Laurie, Thorndike, Mann, Huxley and Johonnot. The work required is—First, a written report by some student upon his individual investigation of some problem. This report should show to as full an extent as possible all that has been done toward the solution of this particular problem; the difficulties encountered, and what has been done toward their solution; also the lines along which work is being undertaken at the present time. Sec-r ---------- Messenger - 1909 March - Page 16 ---------- U THE MESSENGER ond, a written criticism, by some other student. This criticism is made upon the material in the first report, and requires careful research work. The critic must be able to defend his or her criticism. The first research paper must be in the hands of the critic at least one week before the day set for its presentation before the class. Third, the leading of an oral discussion, by another student, of the material of both preceding papers. To lead this discussion requires research reading in order to be familiar with any point that may be brought up, and to mention any other fact that has not been brought out in either of the papers. Fourth, is an informal discussion of any question relative to the problem, by any pupil when called upon. Thus there is required a reading, by each student, of some article upon the problem then being investigated. By this method eaeh member of the class is held responsible for a definite study of three problems, and a general knowledge of all of the thirty-four that will be dealt with this semester. Each student is also required to keep a bibliography of the material used in the writing of either of his papers. This bibliography is for the use of the other members of the class. Some of the problems that will be taken up this semester are: "Failures in the High School." "Preparation of the Elementary Teacher." "Fraternities in the High School." '' Industrial Education.'' "Education of the Negro." "Education for the Farm." "Fear in the Life of Child and Man." "Function and Place of the Normal School." "The Kindergarten." "George Junior Republic." i.: —Emma Currier. AH INCIDENT AT SEA. It was a eold Easter morning in April. The sun was slowly peeping over the horizon. Her greeting rays lighted the waves with a coppery gleam that, however beautiful to gaze upon, did not quite please the crew aboard the "Antigone," which was about to heave up anchor in the majestic bay of Copenhagen. Presently the anchor was on the beak. The sailors squared up the sails and now she ploughed through the blue billows at the rate of seventeen knots an hour. Thus she sped on all day. A German proverb says: "Morgenrot, Abendtod," ---------- Messenger - 1909 March - Page 17 ---------- THE MESSENGER 17 and that was realized when we saw the red hot luminous evening sky and heard that the barometer was lowering. The captain, who was every inch a sailor and navigator, was to take the first watch on deck. When he appeared he ordered the mate and his watch below. I happened to be there. We had been below hut a short time When we heard the usual premonitions of a coming storm. The seas with titantic force washed over the whole bow of the vessel, beating against it with the force and sound of a cannon. The watch, too, seemed very busy tramping about the deck and singing out at the ropes. Every minute we waited to be called, when suddenly a loud command came to us, "All hands on deck! Reef in topsail!" Everyone hurried. I shall never forget the dreadful sight. Just imagine yourself in the presence of a similar situation— not a single star in the heavens, everything about you darkness and desolation, the lap of the waves hurling against the side of the ship and occasionally the boiling waves breaking over as if they would utterly smash the rail. On every hand death seemed to face us. We attempted to take in the topsail, but as soon as we let go the ropes it was torn to shreds. We proceeded to wrap the fragments around the yard; just as we furled the sails a huge breaker dashed over the side, causing the ship to lurch. One of the boys fell from the yard and the old gray haired mtate of sixty was hurled into the shiphold directly on the top of the ballast consisting of sand, gravel and huge rocks. A flush spread over the captain's face as he saw us carry the old mate into the cabin. But this did not end the catastrophe. Another breaker came with such a tremendou scrash that it caused a leak. There was no time to lose. In a few moment all the pumps were set in action. I, with other sailor boys, worked at the pumps for thirty-six hours, without sleep or warm food. Finally the storm calmed and after taking our bearings we found ourselves close to a large reef in the Baltic sea, near the coast of Finland. It was useless to attempt to reach our destination, which was Haparanda, the most northern city on the Baltic sea, so we hoisted new sails and put for the nearest port for repairs. —Marius Hansen. The First Years entertained the Second Years February 13th in Society Hall. Refreshments were served late in the evening, after which a short program was rendered. ---------- Messenger - 1909 March - Page 18 ---------- 18 THE MESSENGER IN MEMORY OF GRACIE JOHNSON. GRACIE E. JOHNSON "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." Grace Ethel Johnson was born at Emerson, Illinois, on May 7,1889, and came to Washington with her parents on March 4, 1892. Her gramnuar school training was received at Almira, Washington. The first year away from home she spent at Cheney. Wishing to be nearer home she entered the Davenport High School. She graduated with honors in the class of 1906. The next year she taught several miles from her home. We at the Bellingham Normal remember her as being one of our most active Juniors last year. Being ambitious to teach she accepted the third grade at Hartline, Washington. There she taught very satisfactorily, but because of catarrhal trouble, which was causing her health to fail, she gave up her work the latter part of December. In order to obtain better medical attention she was taken to the St. Luke's hospital in Spokane. Gastric ulceration of the stomach developed so rapidly that although the best of care was given her she quietly passed away during the evening of February 16, 1909. Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church at Almira, where she had labored. Interment was made near her home town. Surely there must be some purpose in the calling away ---------- Messenger - 1909 March - Page 19 ---------- THE MESSENGER 19 of such a bright young life. May we each live so close to our Master that we shall meet Gracie when our time shall come. "Yet the strong one must go, For the journey is done, And the summit attained." —L. B. W., B. M. L. MISS POLLY SYLLABLE, SCHOOL MISTRESS. (After Two Years of Normal Life) Miss Polly Syllable's appearance was anything but attractive. She was a tall, slim, ungainly person with long skinny arms. She wore a simple black dress with a belt to match, to which was attached a small steel purse; a white waist with a tight-fitting collar of some severely plain material; a small round black bonnet with one solitary feather in it. Her head was long and narrow, and was covered with black, fuzzy hair which was supposed to stay in a tight knot. She had a long stern looking face; a high, narrow forehead; large ears that heard the slightest whisper; black eyes that saw the least movement; a long hooked nose; a large mouth with very white teeth, and a chin that showed determination. When teaching she was in the habit of walking up and down before the class with a book in her hand. As she walked she had the bad habit of shaking one long bony, finger at the class. She always frowned at the pupil whom she wanted to recite. BASKET BALL. On the evening of February 22nd the basketball teams of the Ellensburg Normal and the local Normal met on the floor of our gymnasium. Both teams were in the pink of conditions and to say that the game was fast and ---------- Messenger - 1909 March - Page 20 ---------- 20 THE MESSENGER exciting is putting it mildly. Prom the moment the ball was hurled into the air by the referee till the final clarion of the timekeeper every player was in the game. During the first half the Ellensburg quintette had the better of the game, and it looked as though they had the game surely won. The Bellingham boys, however, came back strong, outplayed the visitors, running the score up to 24 to 20 at one time, but failed to hold that lead, and time was called with the score 25 to 25. In accordance with the rules play was resumed until a chance basket was made by the Ellensburg team, which ended the game, 27 to 25. The teams seemed wondrously well matched, and at no time was the final outcome out of the hands of the goddess of fate. The practice of holding inter-Normal basketball meets seems a good one and we hope there will always be the amiable spirit shown in the last contest. FRIDAY MORNING ENTERTAINMENTS. On Friday. February 5th, Professor Frye of the University of Washington gave a very interesting illustrated lecture on the marine life of Puget Sound. The summer school at Friday Harbor sends forth excursions among the islands for the purpose of studying the marine life and collecting specimens. Mr. Frye's story of these trips was interesting as well as profitable. On Lincoln's birthday Dr. Simons of Cleveland, Ohio, gave a very finished address, a further account of which is given in another part of this issue. February 17th Will D. Pratt, assistant postmaster of Bellingham. talked to the students about the machinery of the postal system. The Postmaster-General recently requested all postmasters to co-operate with the heads of the various schools in informing the students about the postal system. Mr. Pratt began his educational campaign at the Normal and gave a very straightforward and manly address. He told of the organization of the department, explained the four classes of mail matter, and gave instructions for preparing mail. An interesting part of the lecture were the several reasons why government envelopes should be used. Mr. Pratt also discussed the dead-letter work, the safe money order system and the valuable feature of registered mail. Mr. Pratt closed with a brief survey of the growing rural delivery system. ---------- Messenger - 1909 March - Page 21 ---------- THE MESSENGER 21 On February 26th J. Wayland Clark spoke upon the subject of Exposition, and particularly the coming A.-Y.-P. Exposition at Seattle. Mr. Clark is collecting the Whatcom County exhibit and has had a great deal of experience in other expositions. His talk was very interesting and furnished some valuable information for those who expect to visit the Exposition. —H. F. H. HENRY ALBERT M'LEAN. Perhaps the most finished address that has been given at the Normal this year was "The Village Statesman," delivered by Henry Albert McLean on the evening of February 25th. Mr. McLean's stage presence wes perfect and the spoke with a directness and earnestness that found a ready response in the hearts of his audience. He is a deep thinker and his sterling character shone through the entire lecture illumining his thoughts and adding to their force. Under the title of "The Village Statesman" Mr. MrLean brought to the students a message of great importance. He spoke of the common things of life, but emphasized the fact that the village statesman has the privilege, and it is his duty, to exert his influence through the common things. In the home the unit of government, in the schoolroom, in the country or in the city, the village statesman labors doing the little things which are often such great factors in creating public sentiment. School teachers are among the most powerful village statesmen. To the future school teachers of Washington, Mr. McLean brought the message of the great opportunities for helping to shape the character of this state, for Washington will some day be the great center of the world's activities and we may each help to make it great. Mr. McLean discussed some of the problems with which the state must contend and which the«village statesman can influence by his sentiment. He mentioned the coming Oriental problem and the condition of labor in our own land. He emphasized the destruction of the liquor traffic as most necessary to advancement. After all, what we build here does not last, but our influence upon an immortal soul lives throughout eternity. "Life is but a clock tick between two eternities. Let us make the most of it." With this thought he left us. —H. F. H. ---------- Messenger - 1909 March - Page 22 ---------- 22 THE MESSENGER LINCOLN'S ADDRESS. It is seldom that we have in Assembly the pleasure of listening to such an inspiring and masterful address as that given by Rev. Simons of Cleveland on Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Simons said in part: "Washington is the synonym for Liberty. Lincoln is the synonym for Union. We have no unite of measure to decide which was greater; they should go together for they were one in spirit. "Lincoln spent his boyhood amid the hardships and poverty of out-door pioneer life. Such a life was healthful but struggling. Thus he typifies the great possibilities of the common man. "Lincoln was educated because he had a passion for knowledge and made the most of his opportunities. Besides, the three books which are said to make a library, the Bible, Shakespeare and Blackstone's Commentaries, he had Burns, Pilgrim's Progress, Aesop's Fables and a Life of Washington. Not only had he a passion for knowledge, but he had also a passion for self expression by speech and writing. He possessed an extraordinary mastery of English; some of his speeches are among the classics and there is a framed copy of his Gettysburg address in Oxford. A man may have vast information and yet be a fool. Lincoln had not vast information, but he did have vast experience. He was trained and disciplined to master his situation in life and he did so in the interest of noble effectiveness. Accordingly his life is an immense inspiration to teachers. "Humaneness, tenderness and gentleness were Lincoln's chief characteristics. It has been a question as to whether or not he abused the pardoning power. Even if he did, we have gained more than we have lost by it. He showed great magnanimity in the face of misunderstanding and abuse. This alone would have made him great. "Familiarity with them should not cause us to lose sight of the immortal words: 'With malice toward none —with charity for all.' Problems are still on hand which he left unsettled. The spirit of those words still lives and must be the guide of our country. Our leaders must have the same consecration to what is true. It is our fault if we haven't the right kind of leaders, for our ideals are realized in our leaders. '' Some people can never understand human greatness ---------- Messenger - 1909 March - Page 23 ---------- * THE MESSENGER 23 such as Lincoln's but in terms of supernatural endowment. They recognize the great virtues to which we are all called. It is our place in our smaller world to serve our country with as great consecration as did our beloved Lincoln. Let us be faithful in little where he was faithful in much. Let us be patient in little where he was patient in much." It was Friday afternoon. "Been to society today?" Asked Millie of her companions twae. "Yes," said merry little Em, " I was at the Thespian; But a private session it did hold, What they did I must not tell; so I was told." "Then at the Athenian you should have been," Quoth the sedate and formal Win; "For Miss Bunker favored us with a recitation, And Miss Junk a reading gave; While Mr. Stultz, knowing we were not perfect in creation, Talked 'Rules of Order,' so we'd know how to behave." "Oh, you should have been with me And beautiful Iceland gone to see. I studied the map with aid of Miss McKechnie, To see the customs odd and grandeurs great, Mrs. Peterson helped me; Miss McConihe sang their national song. Its sweetness and melody carried me right along." "Now mind, that was at the Alkisiah," Said the all important Miss Maria. —Andrea North ---------- Messenger - 1909 March - Page 24 ---------- 24 THE MESSENGER Miss Alma Hildebrand is teaching at Colfax. Miss Anna Drummond, a graduate of our school, is now a student in the U. of W. Miss Christine Thomle is principal of the school at Cedar Home. Miss Jennie Deichman is teaching her home school at Hillsboro, Oregon. Miss Thelma Olsen is teaching at Eagle Cliff. Miss Hazel Shull (El.) will commence a school, the first of April, near Friday Harbor. Miss Alice Carmon is now a high school teacher at Stanwood. Miss Fae Arnold (El.) is teaching at Nason Creek, about thirty miles from Wenatchee. Mr. Fred Johnson is a senior at Cheney. Miss Helena Domerude is teaching the primary grades at Stanwood. Miss Maggie McKinnon is a senior at Ellensburg. Miss Ragnhild Thomle (El.) is teaching at Silvana. Miss Eva Crippen is attending the University of Denver, Colorado. Miss Florence Chapin is teaching at The Dalles, Oregon. Miss Alma Wills ('08) is a student in the U. of W. Miss Hazel Huges is teaching at North Yakima. Miss Irma Blau ('07) is married and now lives in Washington, D. C. Miss Gladys Watts and Miss Maud Whipple are teaching at Mt. Vernon. Miss Annibell Noble ('08) has been teaching at Cen-tralia, but had to give up her school on account of her health. Miss Helen Linden, who was a Junior last year, is teaching the primary grades at Colby. Miss Jennie Gilchrist is teaching the seventh and eighth grades at Stanwood. ---------- Messenger - 1909 March - Page 25 ---------- THE MESSENGER 25 Miss Annie Caraway (El.) is teaching at Grouse, Oregon. Miss Jessie Dilabaugh (El.) is teaching a country school in Okanogan County. Miss Maggie Howe is teaching near Burlington. Miss Margaret Bird, a Junior of last year, is teaching at Monroe. Miss Perrault is a senior at Ellensburg. Miss Irma Whittier is teaching the intermediate grades at Foster. The marriage f Miss Mary Lea Pemberton of Tacoma and Mr. George Foster Kendall of Centralia, took place Thursday, February 11th, at high noon at the Trinity Church, the rector, Rev. H. Horace Chapham, performing the ceremony. The bride is well known in this city, where she has a host of friends. She graduated from our school last year. Mr. and Mrs. Kendall will make their home in Centralia. Miss Maud Dickenson (Sec.) is at her home in Dayton. Miss Lydia Carlton is married to Mr. Frank Buckman of Riverton. Miss Gracie Johnson, a Junior of last year, died on February 17th in a hospital in Spokane. Miss May Greenman ('08%) is now teaching at Ros-lyn. She came to our school from a college in Oregon, and while here made many friends. She was president of the Y. W. C. A.; also a member of the student board of control of the Students' Association. We were sorry to lose her from our ranks; but all wish her success. Miss Mary Templin (Secondary) is teaching at the Bennett school, near town. Miss Pearl Barnette (Sec.) is teaching at Van Wyck. Miss Nora Walkup is teaching at a private school in Seattle. Miss Clara Eason is teaching at Anacortes. Mrs William O. Osborne, formerly Miss Gertrude Smith ('03) is living in Tacoma. She has a little girl about a month old. Miss Edna Swanson (Sec.) is visiting with relatives at Clearbrook. Miss Emma Honrath (Sec.) is teaching at Acme. Mr. Lucius A. Jones ('03) is now principal at Nook-sack. Miss Florence Griffith ('01) is now making her home in Baker City, Oregon. Miss Elva Krausse, class of '06, was married to Mr. ---------- Messenger - 1909 March - Page 26 ---------- 26 THE MESSENGER Robert H. Lacey, in Colfax, on January 21, 1909. Mr. and Mrs. Lacey will make their home in Colfax, where Mr. Lacey is in business. Miss Genevieve Davis is teaching in Enumclaw school. Mr. Guy Allison, president of the Alumni Association, has had to give up teaching for the rest of the school year. I declare if February isn't just about gone, Monday is the first of March. I tell you when a fellow gits old like me, time flies. Here it is plowin' time again and as I plow along an' turn up the rich black soil an' think of the fine crop I'll get this fall; I can't help but think of how people an' institutions, if they have anythin' good about 'em, it will come out some time. I've been won-derin' if some of those Botany folks from the big school on the hill won't be comin' out to see how Uncle Si does things. If I'd had a chance when I was a boy I 'low I'd been smart too. Say, I wonder if the students of the Oregon State Normal School are as wise as the owl on the "Courier." They have a good paper, anyway. I like the spirit that pervades the "Vox Studentes." There seems to be a union spirit between the faculty and students. The Everett "Kodak" is good, too, but let your 4 ---------- Messenger - 1909 March - Page 27 ---------- THE MESSENGER 27 uncle suggest that you use thicker paper. Say, now I want everybody to look at that "Tocsin" and read the poem in it. It is fine, and the paper is dandy all through. I have seen the "Record" (Sioux City) from year to year and I think it is better this year than ever. I reckon as how the "Pedestal" is read more than any other exchange. Read the story "The Apostate" in the Adjutant; it is as Sally would say a "sweet, pretty story." Comus is good, I 'low. They are pretty much interested in athletics at that school. It has some purty good stories, too, but I reckon you (young feller) wouldn't want to be a "Silent Bob." A new exchange and a nice one, too, is the Pruderic of Walla Walla. I wish Sally could see them pictures, wouldn't she have a spell, fur she likes artistic things. Another new one is the Tattler, a small but good paper. We have some good stand-bys. such as The Spinster, The Normal Byte, Tempe Normal Student, McMinnville College Review, The Kilikilik, The Industrial Normal Exponent, The Review (Lowell High School). LOCALS. On Thursday evening, February 11th, in the Domestic Science Dining Room, Mis Lawrence was hostess at an attractive four-course dinner in honor of her mother, Mrs. V. A. Lawrence, of Sequin, who was her guest for a few days. The table with its snowy linen and beautiful springlike centerpiece of yellow daffodil was extremely pleasing. Covers were laid for eight. Those who enjoyed the repast were Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Easton and sons Martin and Edwin; Mrs. Mary Cook of Seattle, Dr. Katherine Parrish of this city, and the guest of honor, Miss Lawrence's mother. Mr. Easton, Mrs. Cook and Mrs. Lawrence are brother and sisters and this meeting brought the three together for the first time in thirty years. This is the fifth of a series of dinners being served by the students in the Cooking Department. This dinner was served by Mrs. Atkinson and Miss Harriet Clouston. Have you seen the new curtains at the windows of Dr. Mathes' office? The Y. W. C. A., which has long wished to contribute something to help in beautifying the building, made the donation, and the girls of the sewing class gladly contributed the work of their deft fingers for the .sewing of them. ---------- Messenger - 1909 March - Page 28 ---------- 28 THE MESSENGER Professor Deerwester spent two days, February 22 and 23, at Olympia attending the Schoolmasters' Club, at which meeting he gave addresses along his line of work—pedagogy. Miss Frances Hays went to Olympia to talk to the Teachers assembled in Institute at that place, February 24, 25 and 26. Her subject is Reading Methods. The Messenger was brought before the public in an unusual way a few days ago, when it was thought to be the tool of a man collecting money under false pretenses. But all fear subsided when the man proved to be in legitimate business collecting signs for the Faculty Bulletin Board. The confusion was caused by the business men mistaking the Bulletin Board for the Messenger. When the E. N. S.-B. N. S. basketball game was over on the evening of February 22nd, the visiting and home team/3 found prepared for them by the Student Association a reception and luncheon, the latter in charge of the Junior basketball girls. That the decoration were beautiful and the luncheon delicious was tesified to by the boys. Sunday afternoon, February 14th, the Y. W. C. A. held a prayer service in Society Hall, the occasion being the day when prayers are offered up all over the world for colleges. Mrs. Campbell of Seatle, who assisted a few weeks ago in making the Bible Institute such a grand success, came up on an invitation from the Association to take charge of this service. Her talks have all been so interesting, instructive and inspiring, and her strong fine personality has made such an impression on those who have listened to her talks that the girls of the Normal School have become very enthusiastic under her leadership. The basketball boys have arranged for a series of games with the Y. M. C. A. and the Bellingham High School. We will look forward to a number of hard fought battles in these games. The boys are anxious to make up a part of the expense incurred in the trip east of the mountains. A humorous though instructive spelling match will be held at the Normal in the near future. It will be conducted on the line of the down-east spelling-bees of long ago. Get out your blue-backed spellers and brush up. ---------- Messenger - 1909 March - Page 29 ---------- THE MESSENGER 29 CALENDAR. February 4—Prof. D. (after Psychology exam.): "If we could see ourselves as others see us." February 5—Messrs. Bond, Goodell, Davenport, Becker, Rogers and Petheram—gone but not forgotten. February 6—Almira B. B. vs. B. S. N. S. Score 13-16. February 7—Dr. Mathes tells students of another Normal. February 8—Wilbur Athletic Association B. B. vs. B. S. N. S. Score 10-6. February 9—Gonzaga B. B. vs. B. S. N. S. Score 40-8. February 10—Sale B. S. N. S. badge. February 11—C. S. N. S. vs. B. S. N. S. Score 32-18. February 12—Lincoln's Birthday. Rev. Simons of Cleveland, Ohio, addresses students in assembly. Half holiday. Students march in body to Beck's Theatre to attend memorial exercises. February 13—E. S. N. S. vs. B. S. N. S. Score 25-24. February 14—Valentine Day. February 15—Senior paper bag and candy sale. February 16—Return of B. B. boys. Mr. Bond fails to be seen. No embarrassing questions asked the others. February 17—Miss LeC.: "If any of you girls wish to have your names changed, see me at once.'' Shy looks and blushes ensue. February 18—Juniors display their artistic talent in peanut posters. February 19—Students hear Assistant Postmaster William D. Pratt lecture on Postal Department. Mr. Deer-wester speaks on Basketball. Miss Johnson: "Girls, we MUST make a good impression on those Ellens-burg boys." February 22—Washington's Birthday. Students are both privileged to look at and hear a speech from Mr. Saunders, Manager E. S. N. S. B. B. team. Dr. Mathes suggests that teachers make light lesson assignments for following day. Miss Gray threatens to take attendance at B. B. game. Dr. Mathes assigns eleven-page lesson in Sociology. E. L. N. S. vs. B. S. N. S. Score 27-25. February 23—More peanuts. February 24—Miss Gray (in History class): "If you wanted .to learn something about the early days of Bellingham, what would be your source of information?" Student (promptly): "Mr. Forrest." February 25—Third number on lecture course "The ---------- Messenger - 1909 March - Page 30 ---------- 30 THE MESSENGER Village Statesman," by Hon. Henry Alberts McLean. February 26—Mr. Epley makes a last call. March 5—Japanese operetta. March 12—Junior reception. JOSHES. Normal Alphabet. (Vale Nixon.) A—stands for alphabet we learned so long ago. B—is for Bellingham where aspiring teachers go. C—we know means credits, for them we all do pine. D—stands for the words we say when we find we are behind. E—is for Professor Epley, the man who makes us work. F—Oh! that is Mr. Forrest, whose work we some times shirk. G—the first of goodness we hope (at exams.) all teachers have. H—is for help and the straw of hope at which every one of us grab. I—stands for interest, a thing some of us lack. J—is for jawing when teachers are on our track. K—is for higher knowledge, Ave need it in our "biz." L—stands for the lack of it we show when on a quiz. M—We know means Mathes, the man who knows us all. N—Means the Normal bunch who harken to his call. 0—is for good order we don't have in training school. P—stands for paddling, which should be an enforced rule. Q—Oh! just queer questions we get at our exams. R—is for the rest we take after a week of crams. g—stands for supervisor, a woman noble, staunch and true. T—we know means trouble; has it ever troubled you ? U—means undertaking and universal grit. V—is for victory, and we will gain it, "yet." W—stands for women, there are a few (?) here. X—is for the good old ten we pay here every year. Y—is to each of you, may happiness and success be lurking. Z—stands for the zenith for which each of you are working. The Songs. " I 'm wearing my heart away for you, "Dreaming love, of you," and " I wonder if you miss me just as much as I miss you?" are included in Mr. H. F. Smith's repertoire. ---------- Messenger - 1909 March - Page 31 ---------- THE MESSENGER 31 Messenger Classified Ads. Wanted:— Some artists for the Senior class. Some incense for room 10. A glacier for the Geolog class. A change of diet in Literary Interpretation. A phonograph that says "Let's have the whispering stopped,'' Miss Moore. Some one to keep Daisy from feeling lonesome. The SENIORS' posters we admire, That make the peanuts sell, T'was the JUNIORS we should mention Who made those posters, swell. Did we make impressions on the Ellensburg basketball boys? Where, oh where, is our Normal school house of Reps.? It has gone—but the Boys' Debating Club is living yet. One on the Senior. Mighty Junior, fresh from agriculture, to patronizing Senior, who has been kindly (?) propounding his knowledge: "Say, you put me in mind of sand loam." Senior (in surprise): "Why?" Disappearing Junior: "So easily worked." Mr. Deerwester: Perhaps you didn't dig up Latin roots when you were young. In Educational Problems (discussing the slow pupil) —Miss Brackett: "Now in reference to Mr. Foster's case." Now I lay me down to rest, To study hard I done my best; If I should die before I wake I'll have no blamed exam, to take. —Ex. Prof. Epley: '' Unbroken coast lines are found where, Mr. Brink?" Mr. B.: "At Martha's 'barn' yard." Mr. Hogan (in Algebra): Change the transparent sign of the fraction. ---------- Messenger - 1909 March - Page 32 ---------- 32 THE MESSENGER Miss C. (in beginning Rhetoric Class): "Now you must not neglect your consultation with me." First Year Boy: '' How will we know when we are to come for consolation?" In Geology Class. Prof. Epley: "What vegetable material do rivers transport, Miss M.?" Miss M.: " Why, er—er—'' Prof. E.: "Fallen leaves?" Miss M.: "Yes, fallen leaves, and—er—" Prof. E.: "Roots." Miss M.: "Roots, and, and—" Prof. E.: "Branches." Miss M.: "Branches, and, er—" Prof. E.: "Twigs." Miss M.: "Twigs." As Heard in the Classes. Miss Cribbs (in English Gram.): "What is the feminine of schoolmaster?" Mary K.: " School ma 'am." Miss K. (in training school) : "What is the meaning of 'dismayed?' " Pupil: "Not made right." Prof E. (calling roll): "Miss A., Miss B., Miss M—' Miss M.: "Miss who?" Mr. Epley: '' What is an estuary ?' Miss Messick: "Oh, let me tell!'' Mr. E.: "Well, what is i t ?" Miss M.: "It is a big mouth." Miss E. (In Eng. Gram.): "What is the feminine of schoolmaster ?" Mary K.: " Schoolma 'am.'' Every lassy has her laddy, To whisper words of love; Every lassy has her daddy To knock on the floor above. —Ex. Who does not enjoy Mr. Deerwester's dry wit?PPPPP
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Show more1909_0401 ---------- Messenger - 1909 April - Page [1] ---------- THE MESSENGER Let us have faith that right makes might and in that faith, let us to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.—A. LINCOLN. SCHOOL PAPER OF THE BELLINGHAM STATE NORMAL SCHOOL BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON S. B. Irish Co., Printingfl^^^^ gt;i3« Railroad Avenue STAFF ROY GOODELL, - - - Editor FRANK UMBARGER, - Associate GOLDIE BROWW, I . literary RPBY MARSTON, » MARGARET BRYANT, Exchanges CARL STORLIE, - - Athletics OLA DEAKIN, - - - Alumni ISABEL WILLIAMS, HARRY HEATH, W. T. MYERS, VALE NIXSON, ANDREA NORD, BELLE CREWS, HERMAN SMITH, - Locals J - Societies - - Art Business Mgr. TERMS—FIFTY CENTS A YEAR Entered December ai, 1902, at Bellingham, Washington, as second-class matter, under act of Congress of March 3,1879. Vol. VIII. April, 1909 No. 7 The State of Washington is to be congratulated upon its educational policy. From the beginning of statehood it has consistently supported and developed a number of higher institutions of learning until today these schools take honorable rank among similar institutions in any part of the country. We believe our state has wisely included normal schools in its educational system. Sixty years ago there were less than a half dozen of these schools in the United States, while today more than one hundred and fifty of them are regularly supported by state appropriations. The only state on this coast to refuse or even halt in the matter of establishing and supporting normal schools is our sister state of Oregon, and that a large number of people do not approve of her recent act in abolishing all of her normal schools, is clearly shown in the number of persons from all part of the state making application for admission into our normal schools next September. The entrance of these young people into our schools means that a large number of them will later teach in our ---------- Messenger - 1909 April - Page 2 ---------- 2 THE MESSENGER state and eventually become citizens of our commonwealth. And this is not all, for many parties moving into this western country will be drawn toward Washington on account of her liberal educational policy. No western state can afford to lose prospective citizens, much less actual residents, and the fairness of Washington in the treatment of her normal schools through the last legislature will prove in a peculiar way a wise and a permanent investment. E. T. MATHES. As we sit in our easy chair and contemplate the last issue of The Messenger we cannot forbear a big, broad smile of self complacency. Picking a number at random from the back files of the paper, we happen upon an issue of 1907. Turning through the pages we find fifteen of advertising and fourteen of literary matter. In the last issue, the issue of March, 1909, we find twenty-seven pages of advertising and twenty-four pages of literary matter. A paper's life and prosperity depend upon advertising. Look at the growth of one short year! Through the tireless efforts of the business manager and the kind responsiveness of the business men of the city The Messenger has reached its present growth in advertising. Compare the reading matter both as to quality and quantity and we find a paper of twice the volume of the former year. The cover designs, especially the present one, have been highly artistic. A great deal of the credit for this is due to Miss Chelnesha Olson, who is certainly a school artist to be proud of. Last, but not least, is the quality of press work and spirit of kind helpfulness which the printers, S. B. Irish Co., have shown all along. Mr. Irish has been a faithful friend for many years and we hope for a longer term of friendship in the future. Now, if you are a friend of The Miessenger, can't you forgive us a little pride in the result of our efforts? On Wednesday morning, March 31, at 10 o'clock, the trustees met with the faculty and students of the Normal school in the Assembly Hall to read the findings in the case against Dr. Mathes. Mr. Edens, as chairman of the Board, presided; Mr. Clark, the clerk, read the statement which had been prepared by the Board for the Governor, after which Mr. Donovan spoke to the school. He said in part that the grave charges which had come against the Normal school since January 6th had culminated in a trial ---------- Messenger - 1909 April - Page 3 ---------- THE MESSENGER 3 of which these findings were the result; that the Board was a non-political body of men who gave their services for the best interest of the school—a body of men who were at all times ready to listen to and to adjust any complaint. After careful contemplation they had reached this decision which the Governor had also approved—a decision which was due Dr. Mathes, who, in the ten years of service had proved himself an educator of the highest merit. It was his executive ability which had brought the Normal school to its present status as the best Normal west of the Mississippi and north of the Union Pacific— the Normal school which is to lead all the Northwest to sounder and better methods of education. • The trouble, then, which has hung like a cloud over all of us, trustees, principal, teachers and students, has lifted and it remains for everyone to consider the trouble at an end and to advance the cause of the school by so reporting it to our friends. Many friends of the school and of Dr. Mathes were present at this exercise and the hearty clapping and good vill shown by all prove conclusively that the trouble is at an end, that Dr Mathes is what we had always thought him to be, an honest, loyal friend of the Normal school, and of every student in it, and an educator of whom the Bgllingham Normal and the State of Washington are proud. A speaker from our platform a short time ago made the statement that if the heart is right, no one need have any fear of making a bad break of manners. From that same platform was announced a few weeks later, a short vacation in honor of a great state's governor who was to be buried that afternoon. How was this intelligence received? Was it with the solemnity and sadness due it? Let those persons who participated in the disgraceful clapping of hands answer that question. Are there still people living in this age who cannot differentiate between occasions of sorrow and rejoicing ? Can't they tell the difference between mourning for a martyred president and the celebration of the Fourth of July? Three important changes were made by the last legislature i i the school code which materially affect the interests lt;if all Normal students and especially all future Normal ^students. Hereafter, graduates of the State's ---------- Messenger - 1909 April - Page 4 ---------- 4 THE MEJSSEmiM Normal schools must teach successfully three years out of five instead of two years (as formerly), before receiving a life diploma. No tuition fee will be required of students entering the Normal schools, nor will students be required to sign a promise that they intend to teach. The secondary certificate granted on the completion of the secondary course and at the end of Junior Year will authorize the holder to teach three years instead of five years as heretofore. While we are at press, the most important meeting of the Students' Association for the entire year will have been held. This meeting elects the president, vice president, secretary, two members at large, a sergeant-at-arms, and one faculty member. The offices are so important that great care will be necessary in the choice of the officials. It is now time for the Alumni to plan their return to Bellingham for commencement week. Many reports come from over the state that our graduates are coming back for the tenth anniversary. Plans are being made for a program worthy of the occasion. All of the members i gt;f the first class may be here. Also a fine senior class is to be graduated. There will be both pleasure and profit to all who attend. Indications of improvements on our campus already noticed are only preliminary to many and more elaborate ones. We are going to have cement sidewalks leading to the main approaches, a beautiful driveway to the main walk, a well arranged lawn, as well as many lesser improvements. When these are completed beyond a doubt we will have the most beautiful school from an aesthetic as well as from an intellectual standpoint in the North-w e st—a school which everyone will be proud to sj/eak of as his Alma Mater, the B. S. N. S. \ At the Muehlenbruch recital a plan was instituted of having a young man stationed at each door of the! Assembly Hall, entrance being gained only at the close lt;jf a division in the program. Perhaps this will solve the|question of the unnecessary passing to and from the hall/which is so discouraging to our. performers and speakers.j i I / I i ---------- Messenger - 1909 April - Page 5 ---------- THE MESSENGER 5 SONG OF LIFE. (By Florence Louise Hoag.) Jolly songs the minutes sing In the merry months of spring. Young life joins their chorus gay— All our work is naught but play, Tick tick, Tickety, tick! Boy and girl build castles grand With shells and shining sand. Study, play the whole day long, All your world is one glad song. In the perfect summer days, Witching music, tender lays Float upon the fragrant air, Minutes sing and banish care Tickety, tick, Tickety, tick! Youth and maiden, hand in hand, Build no longer in the sand. Castles now are in the air, Oh, your world is bright and fair! In the autumn days of life Then the goodman and his wife Teach their wee ones, wrong shall fail, Right shall triumph. Hear the tale, Tickety, tock, Tickety, tock! On the rock, the castles stand; Bad men hide their sins in sand, And the world just laughs in glee, For their hidden lives she'll see. When forth wintry shadows creep, By the hearth the old folks keep. 'Round them dying embers furl Memories of a boy and girl. Tick—tock, Tickety—tock! Sings the clock. While runs life's sand Ling'ring watch they for the land Promised filled with good to be As the waters ---------- Messenger - 1909 April - Page 6 ---------- 6 TEE MESSENGER AS OTHERS SEE US. "O would some power the giftie gie us To see ourselves as others see u s !" —Burns. "While in a sense the guests of the English teachers and as such, treated with universal kindness and courtesy, yet here and there I caught glimpses of ourselves as others see us. "Of course you have no history for as yet you are a very young nation." " I t is very natural that you should be interested in the homes and haunts of British authors, as you have no literature of your own." "We look upon you as a wild people, owing, we suppose, to the no mean part played by the Indian in the education of your race." Even a note of pity was evident in the tone of the policeman by whom I purposely stood for information, while watching the royal procession when the king and queen of Sweden were the guests of King Edward and the queen. "You have nothing like this in America," said the policeman. "Oh, yes; I've seen Ringling's several times." "This is nothing," continued he, "but I was glad to have seen the coronation procession. There were many American women here then, and how they did talk. They asked twenty questions where one would have answered the purpose." After these comments I heard with pride that the Americans are not ahead of us but in one respect, and that is their system of public schools. Our expenditure for buildings and equipments was constantly comimented upon, as: that Philadelphia had a high school that cost over a million and a half; that vast sums were given by millionaires to colleges and universities; that nothing shoddy or mean was found inside the New York schools; that whatever is best, is best for the school. "One of the results that stare you in the face wherever you go is the fact that the school buildings form one of the notable features of architecture in American cities," remarks a member of the Mosely Commission. But of the teachers the comment was not so favorable. "When we turn from the material endowments of educational institutions to the personnel of the teaching profession there is another and a sorrier tale to tell. Even the Harvard ---------- Messenger - 1909 April - Page 7 ---------- THE MESSENGER 7 professors are not too well paid. The case is worse in secondary education. The teachers are so poorly paid by the state that the teaching profession has ceased to be a career at all. Not more than 7 per cent of the men stay in the profession five years and not more than 5 per cent make it their life's work. There is a demand for more reasonable good teachers, but other avenues offer more compensation and less physical tax. The teaching force is, outside of the largest and best paid city schools, constantly changing. The rural schools are too often taught by the inexperienced, untrained teacher. They are a continuous practice school for the eighth-grade graduates, who mlay be able to pass the required examination, yet are uneducated in the true meaning of the word. Experienced teachers are constantly passing out to fill more lucrative positions. Many of the clerks in the big department stores in the east were teachers. As one said, " I get thirty-five dollars and a half holiday per week in Wanamaker's store with half the mental and physical strain of teaching. I've tried both." This does not compare with the recognition given teachers in the British Islands The National Union of Teachers has a member in Parliament who voices the teachers of the nation. Under the same organization is a Provident Society that allows as high as ten dollars per week for disability. The same organization has a benefit insurance, beside minor, but important features, as the publication of bulletins, books, etc. How often are teachers represented in state or nation here ? Our attitude toward education is much better than in England, but not better than that of Scotland. Owing ' to this Scotchmen are filling many of the superior positions that depend on civil service examinations. In commenting on this attitude they say it is not the method but spirit which animates both teacher and pupil in American schools. Nervous, impatient of restraint, independent in discipline as the American boy is, his deficiencies are more than compensated by his desire for education. And what is true of the American boy is true also (only that it can be affirmed with still greater emphasis) of the American girl. This attitude is partly due to the fact that large manufacturing concerns and railroads are looking to trained men more than ever before and are choosing the college man or the high school graduate ---------- Messenger - 1909 April - Page 8 ---------- 8 THE MESSENGER rather than the boy of indifferent scholarship. No wonder the American parent so willingly practices self denial that the children may have the advantages of education. Of the 118 engineers in the employ of the Rapid Transit Board, New York City, 84 per cent are college men; of the axemen and rodmen 58 per cent are college men. There are not fat offices given to persons through title or family, as in England, where the sons of the "best families" take the best places in the army, the navy, the church, without respect to ability. "If fit for nothing else put him into the church," is a common saying. This being born into a position would naturally put a damper on "spirit" in education. It is said, that but one man in the British Parliament received his education in the free public schools of England. As to methods they make the following well founded criticism: "Quantity is not always quality or novelty necessarily improvement." You know teachers are on the alert for the novel,—all varieties of schemes, seat work methods, follow each other with amazing rapidity. They were introducing the sound method into the infants' classes in England. "Are you familiar with i t ?" said the shy pupil teacher as she drilled on "a-y says oy." Ben can ploy (play). I did not tell her that in my own teaching life three distinct and far reaching sound waves had crossed the continent from the east to the west, only to leave us ignorant of many of the sounds of the vowels. We scarcely test a new method until it is discarded for the newer, until the old through necessity becomes the new. Some may remember the nature study wave of recent years, when children in New England were taken to the hills and turned over to Mother Nature for instruction— where nothing was told, but all things discovered. That is no more absurd than what is seen at any • time—the teaching of nature with little or no material. In a Scottish school visited requisition is made on the previous day for. material, and the bird, its nest, tabulated information, etc., are at the building at the required time. "While they compliment us on the arrangements made for the foreign child and his absorption into Americanism, yet they see that there is grave danger in taking him in faster than he can be assimilated. Of the 7,447 children taken before the Juvenile Court of New York City, the greater part were Russian Jew and Italians. Why incur the expense and contamination of the more ignorant races lured hither by transportation corn- ---------- Messenger - 1909 April - Page 9 ---------- TEE MESSENGER 9 panies? By helping all it threatens its power to help any. According to the physician who examines these people at Castle Garden, "It will take this nation a hundred years to expel this vice and scrofula from its blood." The great weaknesses in our own education are: First—Lack of individual attention. We attempt to train nearly sixteen million for the race track in groups of fifties. Did ever colt develop speed in a drove with one driver? Our system of education is set for the pupil's average ability and the quick lose valuable time. Second—The lack of valuable industrial work is apparent in all grades. Sewing, knitting, lace making, embroidery, cooking, house wifery are, in the British schools, considered as important as numbers. Our girls have no occupations and so fall to street walking to fill vacant hours. Third—The lack of organization and professional spirit which places teachers with the grand army of tramps who wander from county schools to city schools; from state to state eventually leaving the work to become a sawfiler or a real estate agent. Make it possible for the schools to have a Roosevelt or a Heney, a Hillis or a Shaw at the head, and the citizenship of the nation has been leavened for higher and better standards. Luther Burbank says that we are the most crossed nation in the world and so contain material for the best or the worst that the world has yet produced. It rests with the homes and the schools to decide. Which do you want? C. MONTGOMERY. "THE COUNTERFEIT" By GOLDIE WRESTON BROWN. In Three Parts. PART HI. "A wife—is God's remedy for loneliness, and God's reward for all the toils of life.'' VAN DYKE. Bud was nonplussed. That anyone could quarrel with his infallible Aunt Dorothy was beyond his comprehensive. That one could be his Uncle Richard seemed an entire impossibility. He gave his shoestring a violent jerk. He knew he was going to be late to breakfast. He wondered if Aunt Dorothy felt as bad as he did because Uncle Richard was going away. He would give her half ---------- Messenger - 1909 April - Page 10 ---------- 10 THE MESSENGER of the firecrackers which he had left from yesterday. He wished she would smile when she said "Good morning," to Uncle Richard, in the diningroom. To him Aunt Dorothy's smile was irresistible. Everyone was at the table when he entered the dining-room. Aunt Dorothy's fresh blue dress matched the blue of her eyes, and Bud knew that Uncle Richard thought it the prettiest of all her pretty dresses. Bud took his place at the table quietly, wondering how grown up folks felt when they were "mad" and having a "quarrel." He always felt like fighting. He did not think that this could be much of a "fuss" anyhow. Everyone was talking as usual; everyone but Uncle Richard. Aunt Dorothy was laughing and seemed as happy as ever Bud ate in silence. An hour later two motor cars chugged merrily down the wide driveway for the old homestead house was sending forth its usual annual crowd of merrymakers to the dells of the St. Croix, ten miles away. Every year they visited this nature's park, which was ever new with its wierd rock walled underground rooms and caverns. In the leading car a girl with taffy colored hair smiled as she guided her machine and talked to the boy at her side. A woman's smile often covers a multitude of tears. The second car was driven in silence by Richard Russel. A man's silence is the impregnable wall of his soul. A ten-mile spin; a dinner at the countryside cafe, which drew its maintenance from the summer visitors at the dells; an exploration of the underground world, dedicated to his satanic majesty, each underground room being designated as the Devil's Kitchen, the Devil's Diningroom ; a quiet ride home at twilight, and the day was done. • * • • * "When the evening train came to a standstill at the great station in the flour city of the north, a few hours later, a rising young lawyer of the city issued from its rear coach and was greeted effusively by his senior partner. On the door of the office which he entered in an uptown block was written: "RUSSEL AND COHEN," Attorneys. An hour later he went to the Arlington clubhouse. Just eight weeks, to a day, had passed since he had ---------- Messenger - 1909 April - Page 11 ---------- THE MESSENGER 11 gone for a vacation to the old Wisconsin homestead, to care for it during his uncle's absence abroad. He had been a generous host to its happy party of summer guests. He wondered vaguely as he adjusted his coat carefully on its hanger, if the merry group which was gathered in the living room of the old homestead even noted his absence. His apartments at the club, though furnace heated, boasted of a great colonial fireplace. Its fitful blaze sent a thrill of boyish homesickness over him, and as he sat gazing moodily past his paper into the coals, a girl's face framed with hair of burnished gold smiled back at him. * * * * * Heat, indescribable, had reigned all day. Everything was perfectly motionless. The dust of the road settled quietly back to its bed as the grey car passed noiselessly over it. The sky was without a cloud. The sun hung, a ball of flame, midway between zenith and horizon. The car, with its solitary driver, was the only moving object on the prairie. The girl did not feel the intense heat, the top of the ear shaded her, while its movement created a cooling breeze. An hour later she steered her machine along the broad, tree bordered streets of New Richmond. She looked at her watch. It was just five-thirty. She had left the homestead house which was twenty miles away, at three. It was near the dinner hour and men were leaving their offices. The girl drove the car slowly through the main thoroughfare of the town. Girls from stores and offices hurried past her. They, who knew nothing but toil and meager existence, seemed happier than she. They had a goal to be reached, a purpose in life. A sudden loathing of the aimless life which she was leading came over her. She turned the car abruptly, nearly colliding with a little brown-eyed tot that was crossing the street. Reversing the wheel she leaned forward and swung the tot into the car beside her. "Baby, we will take a long spin, you and I. The great car sped smoothly along; the baby's prattle and laughter brought smiles to the face of her captor. Dorothy loved children. Crowds were collecting in the streets. A sudden stillness fell upon the city. The sky which had been so clear all day was suddenly darkened by rapidly moving clouds. To the southeast it had taken on a greenish hue. ---------- Messenger - 1909 April - Page 12 ---------- 12 TEE MESSMGEit The girl stopped the car, a low rumbling, pushing, seething sound came from the distance. She had heard that sound once before and its awful significance stunned her for a moment. "Baby," she sobbed, "there is but one chance for us. We must race with death and get out of its path. Her athletic prowess stood the test. The heavy machine shot obediently to the right. She packed it with women and children at the next corner. Her heart throbbed with pity for the wildly rushing throngs, which she passed so quickly. If she but knew where the safety line lay she could return and save others. The bable of discordant cries of despair, insane cursing and earnest praying, was left behind. The great black funnel shaped cloud was whirling its way toward the heart of the city. The occupants of her car were pathetically silent. The great trees at the roadside were creaking and swaying in the wind. The roar of the storm increased. Rain began to fall. A flash of lightning blinded her and a mighty peal of thunder shook the earth. Then came the crash. The cyclone had struck. The air was full of flying objects. The black monster whirled past. Its strength was nearly spent. Silence fell. The gray car had won. It had passed out of the path of destruction. She turned it slowly around. She would go back to the scene of horror which she knew lay behind her. The buildings on either side of the road were undisturbed. The path of the cyclone lay through the business portion of the town. The way was soon barred with uprooted and falling telegraph poles. To the right one whole side of a house was torn away, leavnig the furniture of the rooms, untouched. The girl shivered. The cruel humor of it all was horrible. She left the car with the women and children who had sought safety with her. Death and destruction lay on all sides. People, in awed silence, went about seeking loved ones in the debris. She clasped the golden-haired baby more tightly as she stumbled over the fallen timbers. A moment later a woman was blessing her and weeping over her child. Together they began the work of rescue. Childish hands were folded in the last sleep. Baby eyes were closed for ever. Heavy beams were lifted and pinioned limbs ---------- Messenger - 1909 April - Page 13 ---------- THE MESSENGER 13 were freed. The sobs of the living were mingled with the moans of the dying. Hours passed. A path was made through the ruins and the gray car with its pallid driver made trip after trip to the hastily impoverished hospital carrying the wounded and dying to rest and relief. Darkness began to hide the scenes of horror. In a city fifty miles away a man was staring in horror at a telegram which read: "Dorothy was in New Richmond." Two hours later he had reached the city. But one name was on his lips and one face with its girlish blue eyes was before him. The first great burst of horror had subsided. All were working quietly and systematically. A girl with taffy colored hair still guided her car on its missions of mercy. The man with his gridiron muscles swung the heavy barriers out of the paths of the workers with mechanical swiftness. A distant clock was striking four. The rays from the lamps of a motionless car fell upon the figure of a woman in a tan motoring coat kneeling beside a dying child. The man knelt beside her. He wondered if it were a sin to be happy in the midst of sorrow and death. She covered the tiny form, then turned to him. " I knew you would come," she said simply. " I have come to take you home. The relief trains have arrived. We can rest." He took her trembling hands in his. "Dorothy, we are going back to the old homestead fireside and to happiness, in which the Counterfeit will have no part." She smiled assent. He lifted her tenderly into the car. The gray harshness of the later night had passed. THE END. THE BAD BOY. (B. Mby.) It seems almost necessary in the study of the Bad Boy or the so-called incorrigible child to divide the subject into three parts—first the nature of the bad boy; second, the cause, and third, the remedy. ---------- Messenger - 1909 April - Page 14 ---------- 14 THE MESSENGER And it is from! the papers of Miss Julia Bichman, District Superintendent of Schools, New York City, and W. C. Martindale, Superintendent of Detroit, Mich., that I am greatly indebted for many useful and helpful suggestions. It seems useless to define the incorrigible child. His home conditions are often of poverty and degradation, or of indulgence and bad judgment, which even send the little child to us, morally, if not intellectually handicapped. We all know him as the child that hates school, torments the teacher, demoralizes the class, disobeys the rules, defies authority—even the laws of the state. He is present in every school and, if reports may be relied upon, in ever-increasing numbers. He it is who is responsible for the nervousness and breakdown of many a teacher who succumbs to his torments. He it is who burdens and weighs down the best of teachers by his presence in the class. He it is who robs the rest of the class of time and instruction by his drafts upon the energy of the teacher. In consequence of better administrative methods in our large cities, hundreds of children, mainly boys, have been brought into the schools, lawless, undisciplined, untutored, fitted by age and size for the middle and upper grades, unfitted in book learning for any but the lowest primary classes; ignorant as new born babes of all that the course of study .demands; wise as veterans in all street shrewdness and knowledge of the seamy side of life. Add to these internal burdens the additional one of the boy paroled by the children's court; the boy known to be a thief; the boy known by his classmates to have been arrested; the boy whose answer to the question, "What did they do to you in court," is, "Oh, nuttin; de judge jest talked soft ter me," and the result is disheartening. The chronic truant also gives much trouble. There are many causes which lead to truancy. Scientific treatment will eradicate much of the evil. Mr. Martindale believes that one of the first causes for the bad boy is that "the maximum number of children to a teacher in the ordinary schoolroom is at present too large. The maximum number of seats in an elementary room should not exceed forty, if the average teacher is to know something about the individual pupils." He says further: "With forty pupils established as the maximum number, I can see the teacher with time for an occasional long breath with time to regain her elasticity, with an ---------- Messenger - 1909 April - Page 15 ---------- THE MESSENGER 15 opportunity to retain her poise. The incorrigibles and insubordinategi—these being but relative terms—have already begun to disappear." I will add another cause which has not yet been intimated which helps to make the bad boy—that is, requiring the child to sit still in furniture often physically uncomfortable. This is the root of many of our discipline problems. It is found that the boy is a bad boy from causes which a little investigation can remove. Mrs. Martindale cites this illustration: "A boy fourteen years old in the eighth grade of an elementary school had long been the trial to his teachers. One day when the boy had been sent to the principal for disorderly conduct, it came out in the course of questioning that being a late riser he frequently left home without breakfast. The result showed that the boy's nervous irritability and tendency to sulks and tantrums were largely due to this cause. For some time he was allowed to go home to relieve his hunger when a recurrence of his trouble seemed imminent, but he himself was anxious to overcome the difficulty, and with the aid of teachers and parents he finally succeeded. Certainly such treatment of the case was preferable to expulsion." This case is merely cited as a type of insubordination. Eye strain and slight difficulty in hearing are also prolific sources of irirtability, and teachers should be observant and considerate in discovering and allowing for such slight physical defects in pupils. Sometimes arrested mental development tends to make the bad boy. Mr. Martindale says: "This probably seems a tame old story to many of you, but I claim that when those pupils with the physical defects have been sifted out, the greater part of the old-time incorrigibles disappear. The teacher now has opportunity to look more carefully after the needs of the remaining pupils and is able to supply the bright ones, mischievous because of lack of proper employment, with work suited to their needs and abilities." There still remains another class—those who for various reasons are dissatisfied and ready to avail themselves of the first opportunity which offers relief from restraint of the schoolroom. This last class includes boys who have left private schools either before or after completing courses there; boys who have gone to work, but have not found it so attractive as they had pictured it and have no ---------- Messenger - 1909 April - Page 16 ---------- 16 THE MESSENGER alternative but school; boys whose "occupation in the streets" has been terminated by law and who are compelled to return to school. To all these boys the regular school routine is dull and uninteresting. They create a problem difficult of solution. They like action and physical activity. Being older than their fellows in regular classes, they rebel against prevailing methods. Their very natures seem to cry for emancipation from the grind. For this class ungraded schools or special have been established in many of our large cities. The average number of pupils to the teacher in the ungraded school is nineteen. Thus the teacher of the ungraded school "has more opportunity to study her pupils and also more opportunity to work out his individual ideas in assignment work.'' In the ungraded school organized games and manual training are special features, and much is done to hold the boys and girls in school. through interest and through appeal to their own felt needs. In describing such a school, Public School No. 120, Miss Richman says: "Every incentive was offered to make the school attractive. Academic requirements were kept in the back ground, until respect for the teacher, respect for authority, and self-respect had been in part at least developed. The school was a boon to those boys: boys who had been the disturbing influence in their classes; boys who had been beaten by their parents with or without cause; boys who had been run down by the police. Have you any idea what it means to such a boy suddenly to find himself under an influence so directed that he discovers that he is of interest to somebody; that someone cares for him; that when he tries, someone is pleased; that when he backslides, someone is grieved? This is what many of those boys found for the first time, and, under the sunshine of friendly interest and thoughtful care, some of the hardness that had grown about the tender spot which can be found in almost every boy's heart began to soften and to melt; as the soft spot showed its presence, the skillful teacher tenderly, carefully, prayerfully, kept on melting the hard outer crust and giving the warm spot encouragement to develop; and a the heart grew warm, something in the face changed. The hard, sullen, rebellious look disappears at times, occasionally there is light of hope on the face; in a few cases the old look has disappeared entirely." Miss Bichman gives the following table as a fair, ---------- Messenger - 1909 April - Page 17 ---------- THE MESSENGER 17 accurate statement of the condition of the special school on February 1, 1906: Total number admitted to date 140 Sent back to regular school cured 5 Received employment certificate (3 more go soon)... 4 Went to work at sixteenth birthday 6 Mentally not responsible *12 Mentally lacking (not so pronounced as former) *6 Arrested and committed by court since admitted to P. S. No. 120 6 Arrested and paroled by court since admitted to P. S. No. 120 7 Chronic truants before attending P. S. No. 120 118 Number of these absolutely cured of truancy 100 (Those not yet reformed are mainly pupils lately entered.) Number thoroughly reformed on all charges 33 (Of these five will always need special care.) Number improving steadily 42 Number improving spasmodically 32 Number improving but very slightly 10 Number showing no improvement at a l l . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 (Includes six arrested and committed, and six not yet attending a month.) Surely no further evidence is needed to convince even the most skeptical mind that a school of this kind would be a benefit to any community. Perhaps some one will ask, "Is a happy and a useful manhood or womanhood possible for the incorrigible child? Yes, but on one condition only: all traces of incorrigibility must be removed from his character before the influence of the school is taken out of his life. This can be done; this must be done. If it were done when 'tis done then 'twere well it were done quickly." Those in official position and those who help to dictate in school matters and those who guide and direct teachers must assume the large share of the responsibility and the special teacher must be the one fill with yearning and eager activity to save and redeem. The teacher must give the chance for hope, admiration and love to work their wonders. Teacher must look for and nourish the untainted part of the soul of a child. Na labor of love in wasted. "Talk not of wasted affection, affection never was wasted; It it enrich not the heart of another, its waters, returning Back of their springs, like the rain, shall fill them full of refreshment." ---------- Messenger - 1909 April - Page 18 ---------- 18 THE MESSENGER It is refreshment that will be the salvation of the teacher and the incorrigible child. Let me quote further: "Some day perhaps every teacher may learn that his or her truest mission lies in giving to the child inspiration and stimulus for right living and for the formation of true character; some day, perhaps, every child may learn that no success, that no achievement can be compared in worth to true character. When THAT day comes, there will be few or no discipline problems; when THAT day comes, pessimism will give way to optimism; when that day COMES, the teacher's heaviest burden will disappear; WHEN that day comes there will be no incorrigible child." Let me sum up briefly the means which seem most effective in reducing the number of incorrigible and in-subordinates in our public schools and in retaining as many as possible through the elementary grades: 1. The number of seats in any one class room should not exceed forty. 2. Thorough, physical examination of all pupils should be made as to sight, hearing, adenoid growth and other physical defects. 3. The defects discovered should be remedied as far as possible through treatment. 4. Backward pupils, deaf pupils and others who need special methods of instruction should be temporarily or permanently segregated in special rooms of the regular elementary schools. 5. Ungraded schools or special schools should be established. 6. Manual training and other subjects more profitable and interesting than some of those now pursued should be introduced into the elementary grades. 7. For every new subject introduced some subject, now taught, should be curtailed or omitted. 8. The earnest, enthusiastic teacher full of love, sympathy skill can do much to eradicate the evils of the present day school. AN EASTER PEAYEE. The stone before the tomb is rolTd away By Hands not human, and the crypt is bare, And on the dawn of this first Easter day A nameless triumph seems to thrill the air; ---------- Messenger - 1909 April - Page 19 ---------- THE MESSENGER 19 The world's great tragedy is ended, where Were grief and tears, in wonder, rapture, awe, For love hath conquered Death and dull Despair, Love and Thy Law. Dear Lord who triumph'd over Death and Paint, Be near us as with fait'ring feet we fare Along the way. Thro' darkness, storm, and rain We stretch tired hands and call to Thee in pray'r. Forgive us, if, forgetting Thou are there When days are dark, our faith seem to have died, And give us strength to hope, to do, to dare, This Easter-tide. JACK O'CONNOR. Bellingham, April, 1909. THE LILY'S MESSAGE. It was Easter morning and little Agnes was very happy flitting about her grandmother's beautiful garden. Orange blossoms, violets, roses, and pure, white Easter lilies lifted up their sweet flower faces to the warm April sunshine. Everything was so bright and wonderful that Agnes thought the garden must be enchanted, like the gardens in fairy tales, and she kept peeping into corners and behind rose bushes hoping to see a fairy appear. But no fairy appeared, so she pretended that the Easter lilies were fairies. She hovered about them and touched their petals caressingly with her little white fingers. Tripping lightly about the garden little Agnes was one of the fairest flowers herself. She was slender, and fragile, and dainty. Her face was as pure and white as the lily's petals, her shining curls as golden as its center, and the love and sweetness that shone in her great blue eyes were like the perfume of the lily. At last, growing tired of her play, she walked up to the tallest lily in the garden, folded her hands, and looking up longingly at the topmost flower, said, " I wish they could talk to me." " I will tell you a story," said a voice that seemed to come from the tall lily. "A long time ago," went on the voice, "when Jesus was on earth, He plucked a lily and gave it to the little children, and told them to be pure and simple as the lilies of the field all their lives. Every year I come at Easter time to remind you. My petals stand for ---------- Messenger - 1909 April - Page 20 ---------- 20 THE MESSENGER purity, my golden center for love, and my perfume is my beautiful soul." "Oh," cried the child, "tell me another story." "Another time," said the voice, and grandma stepped out from behind a large rose bush. "Grandma, grandma," said Agnes, "that tall lily told me such a beautiful story." Smiling and looking down into the childish face filled with wonder, grandma uttered a fervent story deep down in her heart, that God would always keep her little granddaughter as pure and holy as the Easter lily. BEULAH McCUTCHEON. HOW EASTER IS DETERMINED. Easter besides commemorating the resurrection of our Savior, Jesus Christ, is also a memorial of the Christian passover—of the atonement wrought by the death of Christ upon the cross. The proper time for the celebration of Easter has occasioned no little controversy. At first the Christian passover was celebrated on the 14th of the month of Nisan or March. But in the second century a dispute arose between the Eastern and Western churches as to when the day should be celebrated. The Jews in the East preferred the 14th of Nisan, and the Western chruches, the Sunday following the 14th, holding the view that Easter was the commemoration of the resurrection. The Council at Nice, in 325 A. D., decided in favor of the Western customs. This only settled the point that Easter wa3 to be solemnized on a Sunday and not on some particular day of the month. The proper astronomical cycle for calculating the occurrence of the Easter was not yet determined. The time of Easter being the most important movable feast of the Christian Church, it determined all the rest It was, therefore, much debated at the time of the introduction of the Gregorian calendar whether Easter should continue to be a movable date or whether a fixed Sunday. It was deference to ancient custom that led the ecclesiastical authorities to adhere to the determination by the moon. Easter now falls on the first Sunday after the paschal full moon i. e. the full moon which happens upon or next after the 21st of March (the beginning of the ecclesiastical year) and if the full moon happens upon a Sunday, Easter Day is the Sunday after. ---------- Messenger - 1909 April - Page 21 ---------- THE MESSENGER 21 In 1761 and 1818, Easter fell on the 22nd of March, but this will not be the case in any year of the twentieth century. The latest Easter in this century will occur on the 25th of April in 1943. M. L. F., '10. LANGUAGE. As developed in the seventh A class in the training school.—Goldie W. Brown. Longfellow said, "The thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts." It is the duty and the privilege of the teacher of language to teach children how to express those thoughts. In language, as in other studies, the "how," or in other words, the technic of the subject must be taught to the children before they can express their thoughts in original stories and poems, worthy of the name. When the child reaches the seventh grade he has his previous work in language, his knowledge of books and stories through his reading, his vocabulary and his thoughts with which to work. It is the work of the language teacher now, to help him to increase his vocabulary and to systematize his thoughts. The "how" of writing can be learned through the study of the stories and poems of standard writers, which are suitable to the age of the child. Let the children study the titles of the stories they read and deduce at least these three rules: first, the title should be short; second, it should sound interesting; third, it may suggest but should not tell the story. Call the attention of the children to the sort of words used, as to length, long or short; as to kind, common or uncommon; plain or picturesque. They will be on the lookout for these words when they begin their original story work. Let selections from Irving be studied to show the use of the long sentence, in beautiful descriptions, then study Victor Hugo, to show the use of short sentences in presenting clear pictures, leaving the descriptive details to the intelligence and imagination of the reader. Have the children pick out the principal parts of the stories, which they read, showing them that the "introduction" should include the place or setting of the story, the time and the principal characters; that the "body" of the ---------- Messenger - 1909 April - Page 22 ---------- 22 THE MESSENGER story is an arrangement of incidents in an interesting order, to lead up to the "climax," which is the highest point of interest in the story. Show them that the conclusion of the story is the situation after the climax and should be brief. After a thorough study of these details in the stories which they have read, the children are ready to begin their writing. They have four sources from which to obtain material for their work: the reproduction of stories read by the teacher, biographies and diaries, stories founded on fact, and stories founded on imagination only. To teach the "how" of writing poetry, let the children study and memorize poems from Eugene Field, B. L. Stevenson and others. In developing the poems below the first two stanzas of R. L. Stevenson's "The Land of Counterpane," were used for a model. It was noted that the first two lines or verses of the stanzas, rhymed, or that the words ending them sounded alike and that the last two lines did the same. The children then scanned the lines, noting the number of feet in a line, the number of syllables in a foot and the accented syllables. They next considered the different meter and rhythm of verses in other poems. From this study they deducted the following rules for the poetry which they were to write: The stanzas of the poems were to have the same number of verses. The same verses were to rhyme in each stanza. Corresponding verses in each stanza were to have the same number of feet. Corresponding feet were to have the same number of syllables. The accented syllables in corresponding feet were to be the same. The children tested their own work by these rules and poetry in good form was the result. In language the teacher has the greatest opportunity to create a realiaztion and appreciation of the beauty which surrounds us in every day life; the brightness of the land of the imagination which lies so close to their play-a-day world. Kenneth Grahame says: "There is a sort of a garden— nay, perhaps we may call it a kingdom, albeit, a noman's land and an every man's land—which lies so close to the frontier of our work-a-day world that a step will take us therein. Indeed—if we did but know the trick—we might ---------- Messenger - 1909 April - Page 23 ---------- THE MESSENGER 23 find ourselves trotting along its pleasant valleys without once quitting our arm chair. Note—The three poems which follow show the results obtained: THE RAINBOW. My picture books were all so old And grandma's stories had all been told; Now what should I do but watch it rain And look for the sunshine all in vain. But as I saw that it had ceased, A ribbon afar appeared in the east; I told grandma after the showers, And she said, 'twas a rainbow made made of flowers. L. M. IRENE WOLFORD. FATHER'S PIPE. Last night while father was away I thought I'd smoke his pipe of clay. At first it seemed so very nice, I filled again and smoked it twice. Now smoking may be good for men, Perhaps some boys take heart against; But, as for me, I've had my fill, Touch father's pipe; I never will. EUGENE M. BEACH. SUNRISE. One beautiful morning in Spring, When the birds were beginning to sing, The sun rose over the hilltops And melted the little dew drops. It would take an artist of wonderful skill To paint this picture o'er Sehome hill; To paint a picture with colors gay So true to Nature at dawn of day. DOROTHY GOOCH. Mr. Bowens—What makes the roof of a full-blood Jersey's mouth black? Mr. Epley—The same thing that makes the negro's face black. ---------- Messenger - 1909 April - Page 24 ---------- 24 THE MESSENGER THE SUMMER SCHOOL SESSION OF 1909. The summer school will open June 14th and close July 23rd. The session promises to be an interesting one. A course in cooking will be offered for the first time in the summer—a course that is proving very popular in the regular session. The work in botany will be so arranged that one may earn a full semester's credit, but it is necessary to say that not very much other work may be carried. The courses that surely will be given are outlined in the Summer School Bulletin that may be obtained by sending name and address to the principal of the school. Two noteworthy lectures are to be heard this summer: Mr. Puffer of Massachusetts will lecture upon boy problems that are much before the public today. Mr. Kern of Illinois will speak on the improvement of rural schools. Both gentlemen have national reputations in their respective lines. It must not be forgotten that Bellingham is an attractive city in industries, amusements and environment, and that it is one of the coolest places on the Sound. WHAT THE Y. W. 0. A. HAS DONE THIS YEAR. On March 15th, 1909, the Y. W. C. A. brought its year's work to a very successful close. This has been a most encouraging year in many ways in association work. As ever, the social functions of the Association have added to the social life of the school. The first Friday afternoon of the year the Association gave a very pleasant "At home," followed a week later by a formal reception to the faculty and students. In the early part of October, the Association sent eighteen delegates, three of whom were Faculty members, to the Student Conference at Tacoma. Thursday night, after these delegates had gone, the members who stayed at home held an indoor picnic in the form of a mock banquet. Later, in the fall, 110 members were present at a banquet at Edens Hall for the new Association girls. This has been followed at intervals through the year by teas and birthday parties. January 14th 17th we held a Bible Institute, bringing two speakers from Seattle—Dr. Dunstan and Mrs. J. A. Campbell. They were assisted in the Institute by two of ---------- Messenger - 1909 April - Page 25 ---------- THE MESSENGER 25 our local pastors, Rev. Cornish and Rev. McCartney. During the year we have held weekly, two Normal classes for the Bible class leaders, conducted by Rev. Wilson; ten Bible classes, having an enrollment of more than eighty girls, with student leaders; two mission study classes, led by Dr. Mathes and Mrs. Jones; and Thursday afternoon devotional services, led by the student members with an occasional leader from outside the student body; Mrs. Jones, Mrs. J. A. Campbell, Miss Minerva Lawrence, Miss Gage and Miss Sperry. At nearly every meeting there has been special music. We are especially indebted to Miss Warena Thayer, Miss Belle Crews, Miss Mayme Te Roller and Miss Mildred Marston for their service in solo work. Perhaps through no other means has the Association been of more material service to the school than through the cafeteria. Beginning with the Monday after Thanksgiving, we have served until the spring vacation, with a break of perhaps five or six days, on an average thirty people daily, making a total of some three thousand persons. Miss Esther Moy, as head of the cafeteria, with her corps of able assistants, should receive a vote of thanks for the delicious soups, appetizing salads, and other good things which they have served. The work of the Association has been announced from week to week through posters made by members of the Association. Last summer, at the Northwest Conference at Seaside, Oregon, our posters and clippings won the banner. We are proud to say that our posters this year are in every way superior to those which won the banner. With the election in March the new year's work begins. The following are the cabinet officers for 1909-10: President, Abbie Johnson; Vice President, Clara Junk; Treasurer, Edna Lawrence; Secretary, Martha Brown; Religious Meetings, Florence Newton; Bible Study, K'ate Davis; Missionary, Clara Jones; Finance, Amelia Fiske; Social, Hilda Musgrove; Intercollegiate, Harriet Clouston; Cafeteria, Lucy Fowler; Extension, Cora Kennedy. Generosity. "Why, John," exclaimed his mother, "didn't you give Tom part of your apple?" "Yes'm, I gave him the seeds. He can plant them and get a whole orchard full."—Ex. ---------- Messenger - 1909 April - Page 26 ---------- 26 THE MESSENGER There is good material for baseball at the Normal this spring. A good team can be developed if the boys only do some practicing. Petheram and Goodall make an effective battery. Umbarger can also twist the ball. His good work was displayed in the game with the South Side. On March 25th the B S. N. S. baseball team won their first game from the South Side High School in a score 11 to 8. The game was interesting throughout overlooking the numerous errors caused by the extreme roughness of the ground. The boys showed up well for the short time they have been practicing, and it is hoped they will continue with their good work. The line-up was as follows: Catcher, Petheram; First Base, MacCoubery; Second Base, Meyer; Third Base, Becker; Shortstop, Umbarger; Pitcher, Goodell; Left Field, Krause; Center Field, Mc- Williams; Right Field, Copenhaver. THE JAPANESE OPERETTA. March 5th a most unique entertainment was given by the Choral Club of the school and was received with the hearty applause by the public. With the raising of the curtain the audience was transported to the land of cherry blossoms and placed in a Japanese garden, the home of O'Hanu San, a girl of position, who, with her friends, was celebrating her eighteenth birthday. The operetta began with the entrance of eighteen girls dressed in costume and taking the mincing steps of the Japanese girls. At the close of the opening chorus all were delighted with the entrance of Miss Mayme Te Roller as " 0 Hanu San," and her cousins, Miss "War-rena Thayer and Miss Ina Landen, " 0 Kito San" and " 0 Kayo San." Miss Van Kleek, as Chaya, the servant, who seemed ---------- Messenger - 1909 April - Page 27 ---------- THE MESSENGER 27 overburdened with work, was also well received. Amusement was at its height when Miss Beatrice Baer, the American governess, was deserted by her pupils, the American twins, Misses Crews and Gifford. She fell asleep in the garden and was awakened by the chorus of Japanese girls, who could not understand her entreaties to be allowed to depart in peace. The entrance of O Hanu San was a signal for order. The Americans won their hearts and were asked to remain to the festivities, which began with the Japanese National Anthem and the Japanese dance. The finale or lantern chorus, during which time all lights were out except the tiny candles in the lanterns, was accompanied with many graceful movements, and was commended by everyone. Miss Sanderson, who presided at the piano with so much business-like skill, deserves much praise for her part in the performance. THE DUNBAR BELL RINGERS. On the evening of Thursday, April 1st, the fourth number of the lecture course was given by the Dunbar Bell Ringers. Although this was their second entertainment given in Bellingham, the Normial Auditorium was well filled by the students and residents of the city. The performance was novel and delightfully entertaining and was well received by the audience. The quartette work done was exceptionally fine. Mr. Felgar's solos were excellent, and Mr. Ralph Dunbar's 'cello playing was talented and artistic. Mr. Harry Dunbar was the ' ' s t a r " of the performance, taking the leading part in many of the songs and doing some exceptional reading and impersonating. His impersonations of the tobacco chewer and the eloquent theologian produced bursts of laughter and applause. The feature of hand bell ringing is of recent origin, and the Dunbars have the only set which includes bells of very low pitch. The work done with these instruments was of course, the feature of the entertainment and very delightful. The music produced was perfectly harmonious and very charming to the ear. In the whole, it was one of the most delightful entertainments that has been heard at the Normal this year, and it is to be regretted that the Dunbar Bell Ringers ---------- Messenger - 1909 April - Page 28 ---------- 28 THE MESSENGER will probably not visit Bellingham again for several years. H. F. H. "What about the Literary Clubs?" I hear somebody ask. Well, the other matters often rub, We are still earnestly at our task. The Thespians some work have done To give the House of Rimmon an April one. Some scenes from the "Hunchback" they have in view; I'm going to visit them then, aren't you? As critic, the Athenians Mr. Deerwester have elected; That now they'll do the psychological thing is expected. They are planning for a social in the time quite near; I hope we'll be invited. Wouldn't that be dear? The Alkisiahs say that time does not pass idly by, Visions of some farces pass across their sky; But as they think their meetings are too few, They are going to meet on every Friday, too. FRIDAY MORNINGS. On Mjarch 19, Miss Baker again entertained and instructed the students about the subject of Forestry. On this occasion she explained the stereopticon views which she had obtained from! the government and which Mr. Eply threw upon the screen. The views showed many different types of trees, and gave several examples of the uses of them. But had it not been for Miss Baker's explanations, it is doubtful if the students would have appreciated the views to any great extent. On March 26, the students and faculty enjoyed a long-expected treat in Miss Montgomery's narration of her trip ---------- Messenger - 1909 April - Page 29 ---------- THE MESSEmER 29 to Europe. The talk was very friendly and earnest and exceedingly humorous. Miss Montgomery's description of her trip was quite different from the usual way of describing tours, and this difference was entertaining as well as novel. Concerning Chicago, she said: " I do not see how anything good can come from Chicago." "Washington, T gt;. C, and Philadelphia, make me intensely patriotic," said Miss Montgomery. "A glance at the plat of the former city is a rapid review in United States history. But I had not been in New York twenty-four hours before all the patriotism was gone and I was greedy for gold and automobiles." In a similar manner Miss Montgomery told of her visit to London, to the home of Burns at Ayr, to Windsor, and many other places of interest in the British Isles. From England she went to the mainland, but she spoke especially of her visit to Rome, with its narrow streets, varied costumes and many churches. The bell rang and the students were compelled to wait to hear the rest that Miss Montgomery has to tell us. Under the direction of the Social Committee of the Y. W. C. A. the talks on Social Customs or the Little Kings which make the Social Backbone of our Life," given in Assembly, March 5, were most entertaining and instructive. Miss George, representing the Faculty, was the first speaker. She outlined the four underlying principles of courtesy. First, Deference should be paid in its best and broadest form, not only to the aged or superior, but to the feelings, thoughts and standards of our every-day companions; second, True Courtesy is helpful and anticipates the wants and wishes of others; third, True Appreciation never fails to acknowledge a courtesy or favor; fourth, Self Control or Poise. Self control should be practiced in all places and at all times, then politeness will not be forgotten. Miss Currier represented the Seniors and aptly reminded us of common courtesies most often negelcted. Mr. Ross, introduced by Mr. Epley as "one who has the smile which never wears off," spoke of the effect of home training and how it is revealed in our daily life: "Let us not forget the courtesy and help due our parents who have done so much for us." "When given a seat in a crowded car, no matter by whom, a lady will thank that one for the courtesy." Miss Edna Lawrence represented the Juniors and ---------- Messenger - 1909 April - Page 30 ---------- 30 THE MESSENGER gave a talk on high ideals of courtesy, illustrating it with quotations and stories which were both interesting and to the point. Mrs. Larrabee of South Bellingham summed up the points made by the other speakers in her own delightful way by saying, "Those whose hearts are generous and true and who desire to be helpful cannot be discourteous/' Mr Epley gave "his thoughts" as they occurred to him while the others were speaking. He mentioned some acts of courtesy that have come down through the years and he spoke of the natural true gentlemanliness of Lincoln. All the talks were heartily applauded by the students. JUNIOR RECEPTION. The Juniors entertained the school and its friends on the evening of March 12th. After music by the school orchestra the Juniors were heard marching down the hall toward the Auditorium, singing their class song to the tune of "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp." The stage was barely large enough to accommodate the arra of boys and girls belonging to the largest class in the Bellingham Normal schaol, for not only is this the largest class, but as shown by their song it is the brightest and bravest class—bright in all subjects, brave in those branches of science where they are "skimming crabs that have been canned" and where they "do it all for Mr. Moodie's smile." Then followed a short address of welcome by the President, Miss Nichols, extending the greetings of the Juniors to all present. Mrs. Deer wester's solo, "A Gypsy Maiden I " was greatly enjoyed by all, and, as usual, she received a hearty encore, this time giving "Fishing," which pleased the audience even more than the first selection. The chapter from Normal Life was an exaggeration of the drama of real life, the setting of which is in the training school. The trials of the student teachers, the activity of the training school pupils, and the calming influence of the critics, were portrayed in a most ludicrous manner. The little scenes were especially enjoyed by the training school pupils in the audience. As two of the singers were unable to be present, the quartette was dispensed with, Miss Belle Crews giving a very pretty lullaby instead. ---------- Messenger - 1909 April - Page 31 ---------- THE MESSENGER 31 After the performance by the school orchestra the Juniors again marched upon the stage singing a Junior song to the tune of the Anvil Chorus from "II Trovatore." The last feature of the evening's entertainment consisted of a surprise in the form of a "take off" on the Seniors. Several dreams were illustrated by means of magic lantern pictures showing the Seniors as they appeared to the Juniors in a dream. The picture most easily recognizable was that of Mr. Epley on the body of a giraffe. The rest of the evening was spent in a social way, everyone being served to ice cream and wafers in the room off the library. CALENDAR. Monday 1—Mr. Montgomery, the farmer artist, talks in Assembly. Dinah strikes the gym. with her scrubbing brush. Tuesday 2—Art display, many visitors. Basketball game B. S. N. S. vs. Y. M. C. A. B. S. N. S. gloriously defeated; score 18-36. Wednesday 3—Normal camera tested by the Alkisiahs; pleasing result. Thursday 4—Inaugural day. Friday 5—"Every-day Courtesies" in Assembly by Miss George, Mrs. Larrabee and students. Tuesday 8—Mr. Bower seeks information concerning love. Wednesday 9—Junior advertise peanut sale for Seniors —(shelled peanuts). Thursday 10—Y. W. C. A. select annual officers. Friday 11—Piano recital in Assembly by Miss Muehlen-bruch. Saturday 12—Miss Baker entertains members of Alkisiah Society. Monday 14—Spring allures Miss Le Conte and her classes out of doors. Tuesday 15—Miss Moore plays hookey—no choral practice. Wednesday 16—Japanese expulsion law applied in Assembly (operetta girls ordered out to practice). Thursday 17—Students don green in honor of St. Patrick. Friday 18—Miss Baker concludes talk on Forestry. Second Year candy sale. Japanese operetta given at Beck's Theatre. Monday 21—Vacation announcement greeted with cheers. ---------- Messenger - 1909 April - Page 32 ---------- 32 THE MESSENGER Tuesday 22—Normal chickens hatch. Wednesday 23—We have had peanut sales, pennant sales, popcorn sales and candy sales, and today a PIE SALE by the training school. Thursday 2^-Baseball game—B. H. S. vs. B. S. N. S.; score 8-11 in favor of B. S. N. S. Friday 25—Miss Montgomery tells students of her trip to Europe. Seniors have a frolic. Monday 28—Visitors in gymnasium. Tuesday 29—New shrubbery appears on campus. Wednesday 30—School closed at noon in respect to the late Governor Cosgrove. Thursday 1—'All fools' day. Fourth number of lecture course. "Dunbar Bell Ringers." Quarterly examinations. LOCALS. The Tri-Normal, a contest in original oration and declamation among the three Normals of the State is to be held in our Auditorium the evening of April 16th. The first contest was held last year at Ellensburg, the school which has been most active in the formation of the league, and the school which has given the trophy to be competed for. Preparations are being made to give our visitors a fine reception. A committe of faculty and students has been given complete charge. Sub-committees will meet the trains and boats. The visitors will be shown about the city during the day, and after the contest in the evening a reception will be held in the Assembly Hall. Our school will be represented in declamation by Andrea Nord, and in oration by Roy Goodell. Every student and Aluminus of the school should be in his place that night to show his or her loyalty to Bel-lingham Normal School and to extend the courtesies of host and hostess to our visiting friends. Miss Rebecca S. Knight is a new member of the Faculty, assisting Miss Baxter and Miss Jensen in critic work in fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades. She is a graduate of the Plattsburg Normal, New York, and comes to us from the Geneseo Normal, New York, where she was critic teacher in the fifth grade. Miss Gray was one of the instructors at an Institute ---------- Messenger - 1909 April - Page 33 ---------- THE MESSENGER 33 held in Tacoma, March 9, 10 and 11. Her subject was Geography, and her work was highly complimented by the press. While there she met many former students of B. S. N. S., among them Misses Viva Flory, Ellen O. Ferrell, Grace Barrett, Winifred Walters, Pearl Jones, Nora Cor-bett and Grace Mansfield. These are doing excellent work, and they sent messages of loyalty to this school and its Principal. Miss Hays was a judge of a contest at Edison on Saturday, April 3. « Messrs. Bond, Deerwester, Forrest and Moodie have been visiting the High Schools of the Sound country. Miss Hays spent a week at Aberdeen, speaking to the teachers of Pacific County. At the close of the Institute she, with Alice Pence, Rose Rhodes, G. Crandall, Emily Chabot, was invited to spend Friday and Saturday at Moclips, the home of Mr and Mrs. Chabot. The party had a delightful time and all the more delightful because the participants had been friends in the Bellingham Normal. Miss Hays says that many of the former students are planning to return at commencement time. This is good news. Last year, at the suggestion of Mrs. Daisy Nettleton, the Y. W. C. A. established the custom of holding a sunrise Easter morning service at Initial Rock, on Sehome Hill. The Y. W. C. A., in accordance with the custom, held another such service this year. No Observation Class next quarter in the Training School. There have been five baseball teams organized in the Training School this spring and the boys are now looking for plenty of space on which to play. The prospect is very good. They have already played two games with outside schools and have won each game. The pie sale netted something over thirteen dollars. Hurrah for our Training School Boys! Those of the student body and the faculty who heard Admiral R. D. Evans speak at Beck's Theatre the evening of March 26 enjoyed such a lecture as they rarely have the opportunity of enjoying. There was a simplicity, ---------- Messenger - 1909 April - Page 34 ---------- 34 TEE MESSENGER directness and manly patriotism about the speaker that won all hearts as it has won the hearts of his men through all his career. He sat and talked to us as if we were specially invited guests in his own home as if we were the honored ones instead of himself. Truly, it is refreshing to know that there are such great, noble and loyal men in our world as Admiral Evans. Miss Gray has been entertaining the members of the Faculty at a series of luncheons in the dining room of the Normal School. The participants have enjoyed the noon hour with her and they have learned how nicely our girls can cook and serve. The Faculty is planning to have a number of outings this spring. On Saturday evening, March 13th, the Alkisiah and its alumni members were delightfully entertained at the home of Miss Baker. The evening was spent in unique guessing games, a beautiful potted hyacinth being given as a prize. After dainty refreshments, every one indulged in ye old time social chat till the hour came they must away, and home each wandered with footsteps light and gay. The Training School is planning a fine exhibit for the A. Y. P. at Seattle. A surprise party by the Faculty was given Mr. Moodie the evening of March 31. Mr. Moodie's cottage at the lake was the recipient of all kinds of new tinware. Mr. Montgomery, "the farmer painter," gave an interesting and profitably exhibition at the Normal School, where his quaint way and kindly humor was well appreciated by all who heard him. The Normal School and its friends extend their thanks for the picture which he presented to us. We hope with him that his picture will be the first of a good collection. He says: " I painted this ear of corn for seed. I hope it will grow for I give it as a nucleus which I trust will develop into a permanent gallery in connection with this useful institution of learning. '"Because 'as allied to the masses of education, art influences stand as elementary.' " ---------- Messenger - 1909 April - Page 35 ---------- THE MESSENGER 35 Senior Frolic. On Friday evening, March 26, the Senior class, chaperoned by Miss Hogle, met on the Normal steps at 8 o 'clock and then went to the stone quarry, where they held a moonlight frolic. A big bonfire was built around which the frolicers sat and talked and listened to speeches and a song by the President. Then games were played until someone suggested that refreshments be served. Upon this suggestion Wienerwursts and cheese were roasted and eaten with buns and crackers. At about 10:30 o 'clock the party left the quarry and started on a serenade of the faculty. Before each house a familiar song and the class song were sung. It was nearly midnight when the Seniors reached their homes, but all agreed that they had spent one of the jolliest evenings of the year. Seniors! Seniors! Who are the Seniors? Oh! we are; Oh! we are! Oh! we are the Seniors, And we'll make those Juniors fall in the rear, When the Seniors come marching in. Miss Elsie Keene ('08%) is teaching at Eidgefield, Washington. Miss Orel Handy, a student of ('06), is teaching near East Sound. Miss Julia Baila is teaching at Porter. Miss Gretchen Purple is attending High School at Aberdeen. Miss Hazel Shires is married to Mr. William McBeth of this city. They have gone to California for the summer. Miss Caroline Egbert is attending the South Sida High School. Miss Ethelyn Hunt is teaching at Anacortes. Miss Merle Norman is now at her home on the South ---------- Messenger - 1909 April - Page 36 ---------- 36 THE MESSENGER Side. She and her father attended the musical on Friday-morning, March 12th. Miss Emma Benge (El.) is teaching at Manchester. Mr. Raymond Montgomery, a former student of our school, is now attending the Pullman College. Miss Alice Linnell, a student of ('07), is now attending the Bellingham Business College. Miss Grace Allen (Sec.) is teaching at Skamokawa, Wakiakium County. Miss Ava Finnigan ('08) is teaching at South Bend. Mr. Ben Crabtree, who took a review course in the summer school last year, is teaching at Wiser Lake. Miss Ruth Barnhart has returned to her home in Monroe. Miss Winnie Selvo is teaching near Deming. Mrs. C. J. Donley, of Lynden, formerly Miss Laura Jaycox, has a son. Miss Stella Carlson ('06) of Everett is married. Miss Rose Strauch, a student of ('07), is keeping house for her father at their home in Birch Bay. Her mother has gone to New Jersey on a visit. Miss Bessie McDowell is going to High School in Seattle. Miss Ida Currey (Sec.) is teaching at Meyers Falls. Miss Pearl Crabtree, a student in tre summer school ('08) is teaching at Lynden. Miss Margaret Bird, Miss Anna Grasser and Miss Phoebe Boyev, made us a short visit on March 12th. They stated that the last day of the institute week had been set aside for the purpose of giving all the teachers a chance to visit some school. We are always glad to welcome old friends. Miss Caring Peterson has just closed a successful term of school near Ferndale. Before returning to her home at Friday Harbor she paid us a welcome visit. Miss Floy Sullivan, class of '06, is teaching in the Spokane city schools. EXCHANGES. "I've been thinking of various things this morning, Uncle Si; first of the thoughtful joy of the Easter time, then of the busy weeks, and then of the commencement time. Just think of the many, many students that will be graduated from the various school and will add their segment to the great circle. How rapidly the months go. Well, let us look at our papers and see what we find. Here ---------- Messenger - 1909 April - Page 37 ---------- THE MESSENGER 37 is 'Whims' with its quaint cover. The paper is good throughout, too; stories, splendid pictures, poems and society notes. I think the staff ought to be congratulated. The 'Manhatonian,' that is a new paper, but it's a good one; I like the style of the paper. 'Invincible," your Exchanges are listed in a unique way. The 'Tempe Normal Student' has put out a very good Washington number; a pleasing idea. Yes, 'Comus,' you are always good; you show good judgment. The Exchange column of the 'Owl, (Fresno), is indeed well written. Your other departments are good, too. 'Normal Pennant,' we thank you for the commendation you gave us. We wonder how you make your paper pay with so few advertisers. Your subscription list must be above the average. " 'Lakonian,' you are improving. The March 'Spinster' contains a pleasing story, 'A Missouri Compromise.' It is well named. The 'Tocsin' always has such pretty covers; yes, and there is always something worth while between the covers, too. Uncle Si, we have had a fine line of Exchanges this month, and just think, this is the last time we get to enjoy them. Don't feel badly, perhaps you can help write the notes next year, too. "We wish you all a prosperous and successful year and hope you will each remember the Messenger, Sally, and Uncle Si." STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION. The officers of the Students' Association found it necessary to have another officer to help yith the work. In order to elect another it was necessary for them to amend the Constitution and By-Laws of the organization. Accordingly on March 10, 1909 during the time usually given for Students' hour, a meeting of the Student body was called. At this meeting the following amendments, drawn up by Kjittye Westley (chairman), C. A. Stults, Beulah McCutcheon and Edna Laurence, were read and disposed of as designated: Section 2 of the Constitution reads: "The officers of the Students' Association shall consist of a President, Vice President and Secretary-Treasurer." Amendment to this: The office Secretary-Treasurer shall be divided and shall consist of the Secretary, who will remain a member of the Board of Control, and a Bookkeeper-Treasurer, who shall not be a member of the Board. ---------- Messenger - 1909 April - Page 38 ---------- 38 THE MESSENGER The duties of the Secretary will be those which usually devolve upon the office. The Bookkeeper-Treasurer shall perform the regular duties of a Treasurer and keep all books of the Association. He shall settle acocunts with the heads of Departments each month and be able at any time to make a report of the finances of the organization. This and all future amendments shall take effect upon adoption, unless otherwise stated. Adopted as read. By-Law IX—The Bookkeeper-Treasurer, Athletic Manager, Store Manager and Business Manager of the Messenger shall be under bond. The bond shall be fixed by the Board of Control. Adopted with the provision that this does not apply to the officers this year (present term). By-Law X—There shall be an auditing committee consisting of three persons, appointed by the Board of Control, whose duty shall be to examine the books at the close of each quarter and make a report to the members of the Association. Adopted as read. By-Law XI—The officers elected for the first quarter of each year shall take office one month previous to the end of the school year, and no head of a department shall be a member of the Board of Control. Adopted as read. On March 17, 1909, another meeting was called at which Miss Mabel Kimball was elected Bookkeeper- Treasurer. The complete list of officers are as follows: President—A. D. Foster. Vice President—Noah Davenport. Secretary—Miss Abbie Johnson. Bookkeeper-Treasurer—Miss Mabel Kimball. The finances of the Association are, briefly: Supply Fund. Amount deposited in bank during the year $1,836.00 Amount paid out 1,718.93 Amount in bank at present $ 117.07 Amount of cash in till 10.92 Total General Fund. Amount in bank. $ 127.99 . . .$81.71 ---------- Messenger - 1909 April - Page 39 ---------- THE MESSENGER 39 JOSHES. There is a young fellow named Kellar, In arithmetic he heads pell mell(ar); He makes rules of his own, Until each of us down, A smile that is round, full and "mellar." An original conundrum by one of the professors in the Normal, who is interested in poultry. Why is a bad egg like bad news? Answer. It should be broken gently. Professor E. (in the class room after explaining very carefully Conic Projector)—"Is it perfectly clear to every one? A general flutter of hands. Professor E—"Yes, I expect it is as clear as mud." Student (who has been collecting frog eggs for Agie) —Oh, I forgot my frogs. Seeing Mr. Epley makes me think of them. If you want to find Umbarger before 8:30 a. m. look in room 17, and Becker from 4:0 to 5:00 p. m., ditto. Dr. Mathes—If you cut off a clam's leg, will it grow? Mr. Deerwester—He spoke in a voice of thunder that could be heard six feet away. Miss Gray—It is nice and sunny down in the Annex. I believe if I moved my office down there I'd be better natured. Verna—Oh, do, Miss Gray. Mr. E. (Geod. Meth.)—You can read about it in this Globe Manual, but it won't be explained as well as I can. Professor Forrest, calling roll: Mrs. McCoubry. (Mrs. Curley)—Present. i Mr. Bowens—"Miss George, I think love is contagious ; is there any cure for it. Miss George—"You don't want to cure it, do you?" ---------- Messenger - 1909 April - Page 40 ---------- 40 THE MESSENGER A little miss, a little kiss, a little bliss; it's ended. A little jaw, a little law, and lo! the bands arc tendered. Miss Baxter (calling roll in Anc. Hist.)—"Miss Green." Mr. Hogan (talking to Miss Green)—Present. Miss Baxter—Is that Mr. Green? Miss Hays—Be sure of your pronunciation; if you can't find it in the dictionary, come to me. Dr. Mathes (calling the roll in Sociology): Mr. Jones—Present. Mr. Foster—Present. Miss Chappell—Present. Miss Bracket—Good morning. (It must have been the morning after Sunday night.) The Three in evidence: Eoll call in Arithmetic. Mr. Jones—Present. Mr. Smith—Present. Miss Brown—Present. A Toast. (V. Nixon.) Here's to the dear old Normal school. Long may its colors fly. Here's to the teachers, also dear, From them we part with a sigh. Here's to the students, one and all, Long may they have success, With fond recollections in years to come Of good old B. N S. Here's to the girls who play basket bal, And know how to play the game; Every time a game is played They win for themselves such fame. Here's to the boys of the B. B. team, "Who know how to play some, too; May they win great names in everything, And to old B. N. S. be true. ---------- Messenger - 1909 April - Page 41 ---------- THE MESSENGER Here's to the class of 1909. Here's to the blue and white. Here's to the class that is all the go, The class that is out of sight. Here's to the Juniors of 1910, And to all other students, too. May they follow in years to come, And to B. N. S. be true. Homer, aged four, and Eoland, aged three, were at play when some difficulty arose. Mrs. E., who understood the situation, called the boys into the house and questioned Roland, who did not seem disposed to tell all he knew. His mother was still trying to obtain the facts when Homer said: "You had better tell the truth, Roland; lying lips are the abomination of the Lord." Miss B.'s watch would not run. Miss B. listened carefully for bells. Miss B. watched the clocks in the Normal building. Miss B. asked all her friends the time of day. Miss B. borrowed an alarm clock to wake her in the morning. Finally Miss B. took the watch to the jeweler. The said jeweler carefully wound the said watch, and handed it back to Miss B., who carried it home in triumph, for now the watch would run. Teacher—Bessie, name one bird that is extinct. Little Bessie—Dick. Teacher—Dick? What sort of a bird is that? Bessie—Our canary. The cat extincted him. Mr. McCoubrey said he liked to make bread and when asked why, replied that it cleaned his fingers so nicely. Dr. Mathes—Do you think that the married life rep resents the ideal state? Mr. Jones—Yes, sir; I do. Prof. Forrest—That is not the shortest solution to that problem. Student—I know it, but the teacher who taught me this class of problems told me that the shortest way is not the best. Prof. Forrest—That is true only on Sunday night after church. ---------- Messenger - 1909 April - Page 42 ---------- 42 THE MESSENGER Miss Grey—Who were the Metics ? Mr. Hogan—It gave us a hunch away back that they were merchants. Junior (after helping a Senior to ice cream the third time)—"Don't you think you have had enough ice cream?" Senior—"Nope; I don't feel sick yet." Wanted, at Nichol's house—Some lively boys. Wanted—A smile—Roy Goodell. Wanted—A divorce—Schwartz. A room, a girl, a quarrel, some gas, a hearse, a funeral, a hole, some grass. Bright Thoughts. Algebra was the wife of Euclid. Chancer was a graduate of Harvard. A ruminating animal is one that chews it cubs. Switzerland is a wonderful place. You can often see the mountains towering among the clouds. Pro and Con are prefixes of opposite meaning, e. g.— Progress and Congress. Queen Elizabeth's face was thin and pale, but she was a stout Protestant. What would Normal seem like if Miss Thayer didn't say, "As I understand it." If Mr Epley didn't say, "That is too general." Messrs. Umbarger and Boynton like the fruit business very much; they make it a life work. Dr. M. (telling Hist. Meth. Class of the adventures of Albert Sidney Johnson)—"He was killed and then transferred." Freshman—My coat is wet because I forgot to wear my umbrella this morning. Why is a watch dog larger at night than he is in the morning? Because he is let out at night and taken in in the PPPPP
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Title: Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)]
Date: 1909-06-01
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E. T„ MATHES, Principal ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Page [ii] ---------- J CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE PAGE The Faculty 2 History of School 5 Students' Association 10 History of Messenger 11 Athletics . . . . 12 Senior Program 15 Class Prophecy and Will 17 Class Directory 22 Editorial . . . . 25 Classes . . . . 28 Societies . . . . 29 Locals . . . . . 33 Joshes . . . . 41 J ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Page [iii] ---------- FACULTY EDWARD T. MATHES, Ph. D., Principal, History. PRANK DEERWESTER, A. B., Ph. M., Phychology and Education JOHN T. FORREST, Ph. B., Mathematics. FRANCIS W. EPLEY, A. B., Physical Sciences. IDA A. BAKER, A. M., Assistant in Mathematics. FRANCES S. HAYS, Oral Expression and Literature. ALEXANDER P. ROMINE, A. B., Biology and Geology. ADA HOGLE, B. Ped., Drawing and Manual Training. MABEL M. MOORE, Vocal Music. M. BELLE SPERRY, A. M., English Language and Literature. TALLULAH LeCONTE, A. B., Physical Training. CATHERINE CRIBBS, A. B., Assistant in English Language. LULU B. DAWSON, Assistant in Drawing and Manual Training. WILLIAM L. MOODIE, A. B., Biology. AGNES NESSENSEN, German. MINERVA LAWRENCE, B. S., Domestic Economy. NELLIE A. GRAY, Dean of Women, Geography. ELIAS A. BOND, Director of Athletics for Men; Assistant in Mathematics and Science. ALMINA GEORGE, Supervisor, Training School. Rose Baxter, A. B., Critic Teacher, Grammar Grades. MARY L. JENSEN, A. B., Critic Teacher, Intermediate Grades. REBECCA S. KNIGHT, Critic Teacher, Intermediate Grades. MAUDE DRAKE, Critic Teacher, Intermediate Grades. CATHERINE MONTGOMERY, Critic Teacher, Primary Grades. ELENA BATEMAN, Special Teacher of Piano. ETHEL REVELLE, Librarian. BERTHA B. BOWEN, Secretary to Principal. MRS. IDA E. POWELL, Matron Edens Hall. BOARD OF TRUSTEES J. J. EDENS, Chairman. J. J. DONOVAN. F. F. HANDSCHY. J. WAYLAND CLARK, Clerk of Board of Trustees. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Page [iv] ---------- DEDICATION WE, THE CLASS OF '09, IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF THE SERVICES RENDERED US, FROM OUR ENTRANCE INTO THE NORMAL SCHOOL DOWN TO THE PRESENT TIME, BY OUR BELOVED CLASS TEACHERS, DO DEDICATE THIS NUMBER OF THE MESSENGER TO MISS ADA HOGLE AND MR. FRANCIS W. EPLEY. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Plate [a] ---------- MISS ADA HOGLE MR. FRANCIS W. EPLEY ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Plate [b] ---------- ^ B £ : S ? 3 ^ ^ ^ s W J ' ^ y £ ^ * i r a £ ^ . r i ^ .y -,..•;• ^1..,;;.-.](-^;r-,- ' ^ ^ L ^ . $5Sfi BELLINGHAM STATE NORMAL ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Page [v] ---------- I s ^g BRIEF HISTORY OF THE NORMAL SCHOOL. About twenty years ago Hon. Michael Anderson conceived the idea of founding a State Normal School in Whatcom County. It seems the idea was suggested to him one day in a short conversation with Professor Bradley, then principal of a private school at Lynden, Wash. Mr. Anderson's first thought was to have this school turned into a state school, but in his bill that passed the Legislature in 1891, he simply specified that the school should be located by a commission somewhere in Whatcom County. /. The commission, consisting of Governor John H. McGraw, George E. Atkinson and W. H? Bateman, finally chose the present beautiful site on; the west side of Sehome hill. The land was donated by the Bellingham Bay Improvement Company, the Fairhaven Land Company and the heirs of the Lysle estate. The first board of trustees consisted of Major Eli Wil-kins of Fairhaven, and Hon. R. C. Higginson and Hon. J. J. Edens of Whatcom. The Legislature of 1899 appropriated $33,500 for equipment and maintenance of the school. Part of this was immediately put to use, so that the school was ready to open its doors to students September 6,1899. This day was made an event in the history of the school and a large number of people gathered from all over the state to hear the opening program, which consisted of addresses by several of the most prominent citizens of the state. During this first day 160 students enrolled in the school, and before the end of the first month 230 students had enrolled. The faculty for the first year consisted of Principal Dr. E. T. Mathes, John T. Forrest, F. W. Epley, Miss Jane ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Page [vi] ---------- Connell, Miss Avadena Millet, Miss Sarah Bogers, Miss Ida Baker, Miss Catherine Montgomery and Robert B. Vaile. During the summer of 1900 the citizens on Bellingham Bay provided funds with which five additional rooms were finished, making possible the additions of three more members to the faculty. The Legislature of 1901 appropriated $93,800 for the erection of an annex and the maintenance of the school for a term of two years. This annex was built to the south end of the original building and contains the large auditorium, the training department rooms and heating plant. In 1903 the authorities erected a small dining hall on the northeastern corner of the campus, but in 1905 this hall was moved over to the south side of the campus and a good sized addition built to it. However, this was not large enough to meet the demands of the increasing number of students, and in 1907 the Legislature appropriated $7,000 for the enlargement and remodeling of this building. In the fall of 1907 this hall was formally dedicated and named "Edens Hall," in honor of Mr. John J. Edens, who is now chairman of the Board of Trustees, and who has been a member since its organization, fourteen years ago. The Legislature appropriated $51,000 for the erection of a large science annex in the winter of 1907, and during the summer and fall of the same year this structure was erected, although it is as yet only partially finished inside. This became the north wing and completed the symmetrical design of the plan first laid for the completion of the school. Part of this science annex is in use at the present time and the last Legislature appropriated sufficient money to complete it as soon as this term of school is over. "When this is done and the plans now in operation for beautifying the campus are completed no more artistic and impressive school grounds and buildings can be found in the United States. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Plate [c] ---------- DR. E. T. MATHES, Ph. D President of the Bellingham Normal School ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Plate [d] ---------- BELLINGHAM STATE NORMAL FACULTY ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Page [viii] ---------- PATIENTS OF THE FACULTY SANITARIUM PATIENT DISEASE REMEDY Mathes Tremendous ideas Incurable Deerwester Patience Needs none George Talking Absolute rest and quiet Sperry Work, worry, woe Laughing gas Hogle Excessive use of paint More water Epley Orationitis Attend a woman's club Hays Forgetfulness A guardian Forrest Outgrew his age Exhaust his supply of yarns Baker Woman's rights Continuous frivolity Moodie Chronic heart affections A trip east LeConte Excessive quantity of rubber in anatomy Lead weights Moore Mad through sentiment and song Mother Goose melodies Cribbs Deplorable leaning from opposite sex Shoulder braces Dawson New ideas Exhaust them REMARKS Mind is the lever of all things He doth indeed show some sparks that are like wit If I chance to talk a little, forgive me; I had it from my father The studious class are their own victims Beneath the false discovering the true, And beauty's best in unregarded things To shoot at crows is powder thrown away A perfect woman, nobly planned He was known and loved by all It is as great to be a woman as to be a man No tuft on cheek, no beard on chin, But lips where smiles go out and in When she's up she's up; when she's down she's down My business was song, I cheeped, chirped, trilled and twittered, smirked and bowed She cannot endure to hear tell of a husband Devoted to theology Montgomery Too much business Drake Reading ideas Jensen Tongue tied Baxter Softening of the heart Knight Ennui Bond Theatrical^ stunts Gray Excuses Lawrence Additions (of this, of that) Revelle One day books An assistant A sight of "him" Extemporaneous speech Incurable Excitement The stage Complete relaxation A delayed grocery boy Conflagration in the library Noble in every hought and deed What can't be cured, must be endured She was a friend to all the country dear Her heart is wax to receive, marble to retain A clear fire, a clean hearth, and the rigor of a game of whist Of manners gentle; of affections mild; In wit a man; simplicity a child Ice in December; ice in June The mission of the ideal woman is to make the whole world homelike By the fireside she finds peace and comfort We may build more splendid habitations, Fill our rooms with painting and with sculpture, But we cannot Buy with gold the old associations. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Page 10 ---------- 10 THE MESSENGER STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION. The increasing possibilities of the Normal School grow in proportion to the power, tact, and capacity of its teachers and students. The tasks before the students of each school year are greater than those of the preceding years; especially is this true if a school advances. A school grows up with the country in which it is situated, and sets the standard of culture for the uplift of the following generations. Many possibilities of life-giving tendencies are entered into by some schools, that are passed unnoticed by others. One year ago the Normal Students' Association had its birth. Through the earnest efforts of a number of students and faculty members, it was made possible for the students to enter into some of the features of school life enjoyed by our higher state institutions. That this was a wise movement no one, who understands our growth in various lines, can doubt. "When we consider the convenience of our supply room to the students, and the increased capacity of the Normal Messenger we begin to understand some of our gain. More pride has been taken in the school paper this year than ever before in the history of the school. A pure school spirit is growing which will eventually find expression in other much needed student interests. The social and literary interests of a student's life, outside of his class-room work, often determine his life career. All the associations with his fellows leave their imprint, and it is from these associations that the best in life is often derived. We give to others what they most need, and take from them what we by our own power could never acquire. Thus, the outlook for the future of the Students' Association: strong literary societies, true school spirit, more social education, these will add zest to the school life. The officers for the coming year will work to these ends. Students, each of you, keep up your part, and success is yours! The student officers of the Students' Association for Hie coming year: President—Miss Edna Lawrence. Vice-President—Mr. Walter Knapp. Secretary—Miss Hilda Musgrove. First Representative—Miss Ethel Nichols. Second Representative—Charles A. Stults. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Plate [e] ---------- \ A. D. FOSTER President Students' Association ABBIE F. JOHNSON Secretary Students' Association ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Plate [f] ---------- STUDENTS* ASSOCIATION BOARD OF CONTROL ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Plate [g] ---------- ROY GOODELL Editor-in-Chief Normal Messenger HERMAN F. SMITH Business Manager Normal Messenger ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Plate [h] ---------- ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Page 11 ---------- TEE MESSENGER 11 THE NORMAL MESSENGER. The Bellingham Normal School had been opened but three months when a school paper called the Normal Messenger was issued for the first time. A brave issue it was and worthy of perusal. Its table of contents reads as any well conducted magazine—a splendid article by Miss Jane Connell (the English teacher) on " 'Truth and Love,' the Watchword of the Teacher;" a Lullaby (poem) by Mrs. Ella Higginson; suggestions for Art Expression for Training Class, by Miss Ardana Millett, editorials, literary notes, a poem by Clara Tarte and items, personal and otherwise. In all, there are thirty-two pages, including the advertisements, which, by the way, are not separated from the reading matter, but are grouped at the bottom of the pages. The cover, a plain white one, has on its face the name, "The Normal Messenger," and at the bottom, in small print, "New Whatcom, Washington, Quarterly, Dec, 1899." Succeeding issues contain articles by the faculty, poems by literary citizens and students of the school. Sometimes the paper had as few as ten pages of reading material; however, there are on an average about fifteen pages. After the paper had been issued for three years as a quarterly, it was made a monthly magazine with eight issues per year, the first paper appearing in October, the last in June and known as the Senior Issue. The Messenger now became more of a students' paper. There was, as there always has been, faculty supervision, but fewer articles were contributed by the faculty. The paper was also made smaller, but it retained its distinctive panel form. In the fall of 1908 the business management of the paper came into the controlling hands of the newly organized Students' Association. By their Board of Control a business manager is elected who does all business connected with the paper, makes the contract with the printer and solicits advertisements. For this work he is paid $15 per month. By them also, an editor-in-chief is appointed who chooses the members of his staff. The scope of the paper is greatly enlarged, and there are seven departments in all. The form of the paper is still the same, the dimensions only being changed. Forty-two pages of reading matter and twenty-five of advertisements in the April number of 1909, as cdntrasted with the fifteen pages of reading matter and thirteen of advertisements of the ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Page 12 ---------- 12 THE MESSENGER March issue of 1908, tell the story of advancement. The business men's patronage has always been very liberal. The students and the Alumni have not always given the paper their heartiest support, but old things have passed away and a new era of prosperity has dawned for the Messenger. As usual the school put a good basketball team into the field this year. Three old men were back into the game again and these, with the strong new material added, played out a successful season. The season was opened by a few games with local high schools, and following this they made their second trip to Eastern Washington, playing en route with Gonzaga College, Cheney Normal, and Ellensburg Normal. The big game of the year was a game played with Ellensburg on our own floor. It was the first time in the history of our school athletics that a team from a sister normal has been played on this floor. Enthusiasm ran high and the game made a fitting close to a good season. Hippety hip! Kazip, Kazip! Hippety hip! Kazip, Kazip! Hurrah! Hurrah Balay! Balay! Bellingham Normal! Bellingham Bay! BASEBALL. Although the boys did not have much of a team this year, it was not because THERE was a lack of material on the field. On the contrary, the prospects for a good team were never better, but the baseball field, where was it? All that the Normal requires is a fair baseball field—something to encourage football, baseball, and track work. With the improvement of the ball grounds in the rear of the school, and with the return, next season, of some of the old players, together with the new material coming ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Page 13 ---------- THE MESSENGER 13 in from the High Schools, the Blue and White will be victoriously planted upon our great old Sehome Hill. FOOTBALL. Last season the Normal turned out a better football team than it ever did before. Notwithstanding the many difficulties that arose during the season, the boys were determined to represent the Blue and White to the best of their ability. And well they did it, too. They were somewhat hampered because not less than three coaches took a hand in the training, at different times in the season, each having a different method of coaching. It is to be hoped that this spirit in football may continue and bring the B. S. N. S. into higher repute in the football world. FOOTBALL TEAM, 1908. Line Up. Left end Swartz, Copenhaver Left tackle McCoubrey Left guard Delp Eight end Petheram Eight tackle Smith Left guard Pederson Center Knapp Quarterback Boynton Left half (captain) Goodell Eight half Spenger, Studebaker Fullback Umbarger Substitutes—Storlie, Stultz. Football Schedule. October 3—Sedro-Woolley 0, Normal 20, at Sedro- Wooley. October 10—Sedro-Wooley 6, Normal 23, at Belling-ham. September 26—Mt. Vernon 0, Normal 0, at Belling-ham. Anacortes 5, Normal 6, at Anacortes. Broadway High (Seattle) 33, Normal 0, at Seattle. Everett 15, Normal 0, at Everett. Mt. Vernon 0, Normal 0, at ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Page 14 ---------- U THE MESSENGER BASEBALL TEAM, 1909. Catcher Charles Petheram Pitcher Roy Goodell First base Arthur McCoubrey Second base James Copenhaver Third base Charles Becker Shortstop (captain) Frank Umbarger Left Field • • • -Andy Lindsted Center field John Dell Ri$ht field "Rastus" Meyer, Charles Mc Williams Substitutes—Garnet, Bowers, Keller. Baseball Schedule of 1909. Southside High School 8, Normal 11, at Normal, Southside High School 13, Normal 13, at Normal. Y. M. C. A. 4, Normal 3, at Fair Grounds. Friday Harbor 6, Normal 13, at Friday Harbor. Y. M. C. A. 7, Normal 4, at Fair Grounds. Teachers' Assistants 7, Normal 5, at Fair Grounds. Summary—Games won, 2; games lost, 3. Total points, for 49 gt; against 45. Other games are to be played and the boys are going to raise their standard still higher. The art exhibit at the Normal was excellent, being one of the most artistic and skillful displays ever offered at this institution. All day long crowds of people from the city came to participate in the feast prepared by the various art classes in the school. This was only a preparatory step to a still larger and more elaborate display at the A. Y. P. Exposition. Constable—Hi, there! You're going sixty miles an hour. Automobilist (in a distance)—Something wrong with my carbimeter; I can go eighty sometimes.—Ex. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Plate [i] ---------- NOAH DAVENPORT Athletic Manager ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Plate [j] ---------- FOOT BALL TEAM ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Plate [k] ---------- BASE BALL TEAM ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Plate [l] ---------- BOYS' BASKET BALL TEAM From Left to Right—Charles Becker, Henry Rogers, Roy Goodell, Noah Davenport, Charles Petheran ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Plate [m] ---------- . GIRLS' BASKET BALL TEAM From Left to Right—Pearl Hoffman, forward; Dell Schott, guard; Kittie Westley, forward; Grace Mc Kecknie, center; Lillian Carleton, guard I ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Page [15] ---------- THE NORMAL MESSENGER JUNE, 1909 SENIOR CLASS. Officers. President—Roy Goodell. Vice-President—Herman F. Smith. Secretary—Ruby Marston. Treasurer—A. D. Foster. Sergeant-at-Arms—Morris J. Schwartz. Motto : Find a way or make one. Colors: Blue and Gold;. Flower: The Rose. Yell: Seniors! Seniors! You can't outshine The Skookum Class of 1909! COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM. Thursday, June 3—Debate and Oratorical Contest. Saturday, June 5—Alumni Business Meeting in the parlors of the Byron Hotel: Saturday, June 5, 7:30—Address by Dean South wick of the Emerson School of Oratory. Saturday Evening, June 5, 9:00—Alumni Banquet at the Byron Hotel. Sunday, June 6—Baccalaureate Sermon by Rev. Wilfred Shaw of Seattle. Monday, June 7—Senior Class Play in Normal Auditorium. Tuesday, June 8, 2:30 P. M.—Matinee. Tuesday Evening, June 8 — Junior Reception to Seniors. Wednesday, June 9—Commencement Address by Judge Stephen A. Lowell of Oregon. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Page 16 ---------- THE MESSENGER THE PSALM OF NORMAL LIFE Tell me not in mournful numbers, Normal life's an empty dream, For the Senior never slumbers— Far too many things to glean. Life is real! Life is glorious! And to weep is not its goal. Mr. Forest's jokes and stories Makes its path a joyous whole. But to duty's call e'er present, Mr. Deerwester, our friend, Bids us turn, e'en though from pleasant Paths, our toilsome way we wend. Art is long, Miss Hogle tells us, With her sweet and charming ways. Voice and brush are both utensils We can use, so says Miss Hays. In the world's broad field of school rooms. In the bivouac of life, Miss George bids us, "On, ye Seniors, Become teachers in the strife." "Trust not future," says Mi3s Sperry, "Prepare for after-life, today." "Do your best," calls Mr. Epley. "Be on time!" forewarns Miss Gray. Dr. Mathes' life reminds us We can make our lives sublime, And departing leave behind us Records of a golden prime. Farewell, then, dear Normal schooldays! Farewell, Faculty, one and all! You've shown us ambition's highways, We'll aspire to reach its call. R. L. M. '09. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Plate [n] ---------- EDNA M. AUDETT— "Her good nature and sunny smile will brighten many lives." CHRISTINE A. ABIL.D—• "Happy am I, from care I'm free. Why aren't they all contented like me?" ROY H. GOODELLr— "Of a firm and honest character, He will be a power in the world." RUBY L.. MARSTON— "Commanding, determined, resolute, too, With all that is ready to dare and to do." ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Plate [o] ---------- ETHEL S. ELZEY— "She likes much fun, but conscientious work by her is done." HERMAN F. SMITH— "And thrice he routed all his foes. And thrice he slew the slain." GRACE M. WAIKLE— "What she will, she will, And there's the- end." INEZ v. MCLAUGHLIN— "She hath many pleasing fancies of her own," ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Plate [p] ---------- FRANK H. UMBARGER— "No task too great for him to attempt, No task too small to command his attention." ESTHER H. MOT— "The brightness of her intellect is reflected in everything she does." GRACE A. ROSS— "Who could help but admire such gracefulness and gentleness!" MATTIE M. STANTON— "We will always remember her as a close and unchanging friend. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Plate [q] ---------- GERTRUDE M. ARMSTRONG "A smile she has for everyone." HANNAH J. SPEDDING— ®IH1 "Her praises are heard in the training school." ALFRED R. ROOS— "Faithful and courteous, true and kind, A better boy is hard to find." BESSIE V. PRICKMAN— "The goodness in herself finds goodness in everything." ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Plate [r] ---------- ADDIE R. THOMAS— "A maid is she of more than ordinary ability." MERLE L. ROGERS— "One who is so studious and alert will make the most of every opportunity." IV A E. WHITESIDES— "Where perseverance counts she will succeed." JULIA M. KIMBALL— "Place responsibility on her . and she will measure up to i t" ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Plate [s] ---------- GRETA PATTISON— "At Edens Hall she reigns a queen." MORRIS J. SCHWARTZ— "He has won the admiration and good will of all Training School boys by-aiding them in their efforts to develop a baseball team." MARGARET M. OLIVER— "Nice things are done up in small packages." MARTHA WIBURG— "She is an artist by birth." ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Plate [t] ---------- MARGARET I. CHAPPELL— "Full of rollicking fun, but with deep sterling- qualities." AMOR 1 gt;. FOSTER— "Practical, persevering; polite withal, He always heeds stern Duty's call." LUCY CROCKER— "Nothing short of best results doth satisfy her." MINERVA J. TOWER— "She never has to stoop to conquer, for we all love her." ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Plate [u] ---------- EMMA J. CURRIER— "The desire for knowledge is pictured in her countenance." NOAH O. DAVENPORT— "A boy of honor, strength and! worth." RUTH WILKINSON— "Always a diligent worker an lt;J her work always comes: before pleasure. WARRENA E. THAYER— "She carries the gentle manners of Brooklyn 'backs east- " ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Plate [v] ---------- ANNA M. GRUE— Her good nature makes her loved by all." MRS. L.IDA P. COPEL.AND— "She has many practical thoughts of a social nature." CARL, J. STORLIE— "He is earnestly intent on all that he does." MARCEL.IA WAHLr— "Thorough in her work, quiet in her manner, an ideal student." ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Plate [w] ---------- MILDRED M. MARSTON— "The girl with a modest maidenly grace, A calm, friendly look always seen on her face." GRACE H. M'NEIL— "She will be there when Gabriel blows his horn." MABEL M. COFFMAN— "Weighty thoughts are hers that wield the course of man." HARRIET M. WHITE— "Some may shine in art, But she will shine in the literary world." ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Plate [x] ---------- FANNIE JOHNSON— "She does her best and is content to smile when that is done." LENA J. WATBOUS— "In mathematics she wins her laurels." OLIVE H. SWITZER— "Her greatest wish is to be an artist." OLIVE A. SPLANE— "Such a lady is not met with every day." ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Plate [y] ---------- \ MARGARET M. MOORE— "Of studious, earnest turn, but with all she loves a lark." BERTHA E. MEYER— "Impulsive, earnest, quick to act, She makes her generous thought a fact." ETHEL M. GERDING— "She loves her tasks accomplished, and lives in the accomplishment." L.YDIA A. BRACKETT— "A strong forceful nature, born to lead." ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Plate [z] ---------- FREDA H. UHLMANN- "Her quiet dignity wins many friends." ELLEN THOMAS— "She does her duty without question." MYRTLE E. ATJER— "She is always patient, gentle and kind." ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Page 17 ---------- THE MESSENGER 17 GLASS PROPHECY. Early one summer morning, in the year 1929, ere the sun had risen high, I walked alone amid the sweet-scented bowers of my rose garden. The dew drops still hung thick on flower and thorn, and the wild birds caroled their songs of merry welcome to the new born day. Everything seemed to have put on its handsomest colors, and to be using its sweetest voice. All nature was in keeping with my thoughts. I dreamed that I sat at my window, high up in the eastern tower; the sun shone bright in the heavens, the air was mild and warm, and I was thinking of naught but the beauty and gladness of the hour, when in the far north I saw a falcon flying. At first he seemed but a black speck in the sky; but swiftly he drew nearer and nearer, until at last he flew in at my open window and to my wonderment dropped a scroll into my lap. Before I could realize what the bird's actions meant he was gone. Examining the scroll I found it to be tied with old-blue and gold ribbons. My thoughts went back to the time when I was a Senior in the B. S. N. S., just twenty years before. My curiosity was immediately aroused, and opening the scroll, I read: OFFICIAL RECORD of the Life Undertakings of the Members of the Class of 1909, of the B. S. N. S., as observed by Lord Mahgnilleb, of Mars, who has just made a tour of Earth. As I traveled over Earth I visited many cities, and the following is an account of the prominent personages whom I met on my tour. I landed in my balloon at Bellingham, and the first person whom I met was Gertrude Armstrong, City Secretary of the Y. W. C. A. On my way up town I was attracted by the sign "Swartz's Wholesale Nut Store— Shelled Peanuts a Specialty." Entering the store I met Julia Kimball, who had just returned from Europe. From Bellingham I went to Canada. In Vancouver, I learned that Lydia Brackett was matron of a home for friendless cats, and had as her next door neighbor Celia Wahl, president of a home for orphaned girls. In Victoria, I met Olive Switzer, taking her art class out to make a sketch of some neighboring mountains. While on the boat going to Alaska I had a long talk with Harriet White, who was planning to spend a year there in order ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Page 18 ---------- 18 THE MESSENGER to obtain material for a book that she was writing on the Yukon Indians. In Fairbanks, Alaska, I visited a large Indian school that was under the supervision of Esther Moy. The next city I visited was Seattle. As matron of the Union Depot, Myrtle Auer, directed me to the "Smith Mercantile Company," where I met Herman Smith, who said, "In the pursuit of true happiness I was attracted toward Seattle." As I passed down Second avenue to the large Floral House of the Misses Anna Grue and Grace MacNeil, I saw the following sign over a large Bakery, "Noah Davenport, Baker—Tart(e)s a Specialty." Out at Lake Washington I visited the Sanitary Chicken Farm of Ellen Thomas and Grace Robinson, who maintain that salt air causes incubator chickens to grow twice their natural size. In Tacoma I learned that Lena Watrous was teacher of Mathematics in the Tacoma High School, and still preferred her maiden name. It was with great pleasure that I read of the success with which Grace Waikle was acting as Assistant Manager of the Insane Asylum at Steilacoom. In the famous fruit section of Eastern Washington, I heard every one talking about the luscious "Bartlett Pears" grown on the fruit farm of Frank Umbarger. In Portland, Oregon, I saw on Portland Heights the beautiful home where Christine Abild, as Mrs. Blank, was making someone happy. In this same city I also saw Mrs. Lida Copeland pass down the street at the head of the Salvation Army. Among the many things of interest in San Francisco was the Japanese Night School, taught by the Misses Olive Splane, Greta Pattison and Margaret Oliver. While waiting for my automobile in front of the Palace Hotel, I heard Carl Storlie's voice call out on the night air, "Hot ta-malies." At the Columbia Theatre I heard Isabel Williams deliver a lecture of practical value on "Woman's Rights." Another point of interest was the famous Lick Observatory, where I found Mable Coffman, using the telescope as a means in trying to find her "Ideal Man." As I passed along a picturesque residence street of Los Angeles, California, I saw eighteen children on their way to school; nine of these children came from one home and nine from another. I was told that these were Hie happy homes of two prominent business men, whose wives were formerly Madge Chappell and Minerva Tower. Following these children down the street I saw six of them ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Page 19 ---------- TEE MESSENGER 19 enter the Kindergarten, whose supervisor was Edna Audett. In San Diego, California, I heard that Ethel Gerding in her Department of Oral Expression in the Normal of that city was teaching the students from the East the meaning of such words as—"twobits," "lid," "cayuse," "spud," 4' ranch,'' and the like. In this same city I read an account in a paper about the beautiful plumes of the ostriches raised on Euth Wilkinson's "Ostrich Farm." When in Salt Lake City I visited the Kindergarten for Indian girls, under the supervision of Hannah Sped-ding and her able assistant, Mildred Marston. Overlooking the Colorado River I saw the Summer School for working girls, whose founder and president was Lucy Crocker. While traveling eastward on the train I met Grace Ross as the Washington representative to the Interstate Circulating Library Delegation, that was to meet at St. Paul. In Eastern Missouri I saw the one hundred and sixty-acre farm of Bessie Prickman and Mary McPherson, who, as assistants of Mr. Burbanks, were growing "eyeless' potatoes. As I passed through Illinois I saw the large wheat farm owned and supervised by Emma Currier. It was in the office of Alfred Roos, who held the Chair of Science in Chicago University, that I saw the following motto: "The highest achievement of the human race is a noble personal character." While visiting this school I also heard Ruby Marston deliver a series of lectures on "Sanitary Ventilation." As I rode along the Long Shore Drive of this same city I passed the home of Mrs. Ethel Elzey—, whose husband was one of the leading druggists of the city. In Kentucky I saw from the car window the rural school taught by Fannie Johnson; I heard that she had made herself famous by the invention of an Electric Spanking Machine, which she was using with great success on the rising generation of "Moonshiners." In New Orleans I heard Bertha Meyer give a lecture on the "National Uniformity of Text Books," and read Martha Wiburg's latest pamphlet on "Why the N. E. A. Reports used by Normal Students Should Be at Least One-third of Their Present Size." In New York I was told about the good that Warrena Thayer was doing by singing in the Missions. As a visitor to Sing Sing Prison I was courteously shown through the ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Page 20 ---------- 20 THE MESSENGER institution by the Chaplain, Charles Jones. Congress was in session when I visited Washington, D. C. I heard Eoy Goodell, as Speaker of the House, make a speech on "Why Normal Schools should receive appropriations from the Government." In this same city I was shown through the National University by its president, A. D. Foster, in front of whose desk I read the following motto: "Few things are impossible to diligence and skill." I learned while in Boston that Freda Uhlmann was president of a girls' college that offered a special course in "Twentieth Century Etiquette." In Maine I met Merle Rogers, who had successfully founded a Night School for the boys of the fishermen. In Quebec, Canada, I met the president of the Chamber of Commerce, a tall, dark, square-shouldered man, whose wife and helpmeet was Margaret Moore. In Florida I saw a Negro Mission School Class taught by Iva Whitesides. I now turned my attention toward the Phillipine Islands, where I saw Hazel Horn teaching "Polite Vaudeville" to her class of twenty-three native children, and Novello Ziese teaching "American Art" to a class of girls. I now turned my attention toward England. On the way there I visited the Isle of Man, where I found that Inez McLaughlin and Addie Thomas had established a home for old maid school teachers. The last place of interest that I visited on Earth was Africa. Here I heard all the natives talking about the great benefit they had received from the Christian work done by Mattie Stanton, at the famous Uganda Mission. GLASS WILL. We, the Seniors of the Bellingham Normal, of Belling-ham, in the County of Whatcom, State of Washington, being of sound mind and memory, do make, publish and declare this our last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills, bequests and devices heretofore by us made. First—It is our will that all our just debts, funeral expenses and all charges be paid out of our personal property. Second—We give and bequeath to the Junior Class the name of Seniors, not as a reward for their effort, but as a kindness and because we deem it a necessity. Third—We bequeath our seats which we have held ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Page 21 ---------- THE MESSENGER 21 in Assembly room for choral practice to the Juniors. Fourth—We bequeath one of the young men to the young lady who has monopolized one of our classmates. Fifth—We bequeath all the books of sample class pins to the Fourth Years, so they may choose good pins when they graduate. Sixth—We bequeath the responsibility of editing the Messenger to the Juniors and trust they will be able to bear the burden. Seventh—We bequeath the Senior theses and essays to the Juniors so that they will not need to trouble themselves about them when they are about to graduate. Eighth—We bequeath our dignity to the Juniors, for they are sadly in need of it. Ninth—We bequeath our class colors to the Fourth Years as it would save them the trouble of looking for some. Tenth—We give Roy's ability as an orator to any young man who will win first place in the tri-Normal contest next year. Eleventh—We bequeath all our note books to Juniors and hope they will appreciate their worth. Twelfth—We give the teachers to the remaining classes and hope that the classes will appreciate their kindnesses as we have. Thirteenth—We bequeath to the Juniors the sole responsibility of tendering to us a royal reception. Fourteenth—We do hereby constitute and appoint Messrs. Merchant and Lovell, of New York, executors of this our last will and testament and we do hereby authorize and empower our said executors, and the survivors of them, to enforce our will. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hand and seal this 27th day of May, 1909. SENIOR CLASS. Attestation: Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Seniors, as and for our last will and testament, and in the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as attesting witnesses thereof. E. H. MAYBERRY, Chattanooga, Tenn. E. E. HITCHCOCK, San Francisco, Cal. ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Page [ix-x] ---------- SENIOR CLASS DIRECTORY NAME HOBBY AMBITION NATIVE STATE Christine Anna Abild Winking, blinking, nodding To be an elocutionist Evergreen Myrtle Eva Auer Studying To make people happy Evergreen Mrs. Anna Charlotte Atkinson Dinners To reform the public school system Cannuck Gertrude Marian Armstrong Primping To be a lecturer on neatness Evergreen Edna May Audett Home life To look pretty Wolverine Lydia Alice Brackett "My idea" To be a public speaker Wolverine Emma Jane Currier "Position and money" To write a book on etiquette Golden Mrs. Lida Florence Copeland Front pew To be wise Keystone Mabel Maurine Coffman Talking to boys To see "an ideal man" Evergreen Margaret Irene Chappell Doing stunts To be leader of woman's rights Knickerbocker Lucy Crocker Getting busy To see a whale Gopher Noah Cleveland Davenport Browning's love To live among the Islands Old Dominion Ethel Sophroma Elzey Reading faces To teach one Bear Amor David Poster Variety on Sunday afternoon To be principal of B. S. N. S. Evergreen Ethel Mae Gerding Piking To become a society queen Beaver Roy Henry Goodell Slam-banging To be a political thunderbolt Evergreen Anna Marrie Grue Basketball (?) To be a cartoonist Gopher. Hazel Horn "Lobsters" To be a traveling saleswoman Evergreen Fannie Johnson Julia May Kimball Esther Helen Moy Ruby Lucile Marston Mildred Myrtle Marston Margaret Maud Moore Bertha Eulanda Meyer Mary Jane McPherson Inez Vivan McLaughlin Grace Helen McNeil Margaret Miles Oliver Greta Pattison Charles Creglaw Petheram Bessie Victoria Prickman Merle Leona Rogers Alfred Raphael Roos Grace Abell Ross Mattie May Stanton Hannah Jane Spedding Olive Henrietta Switzer Morris Jack Schwartz Getting home early The simple life Faithfulness Primness Loyalty A's in teaching Studying into the "wee ma' hours' Friday Harbor Rats Whispering Fashions Sweets Dancing at rehearsals Simplicity Being dignified Sticking by it Bonfires Needles Moonlight Knocking Helping Pa To speak to everyone To be a chaffeur To be head cook at Y. M. C. A. lunch counter To be a stump speaker on ventilation To be choir leader To be an oral expression teacher To be agreeable To be a seamstress To be a woman police To keep sweet To organize a private school for girls To be a farmer's wife To invent patented medicine To be a dean of women To establish a school for poor boys To be possessed of all knowledge To have her own way To be a university teacher To be an actress To get out of Normal To run a peanut stand Gopher Wolverine Badger Coyote Coyote Cannuck Golden Evergreen Blue Nose Old Bay Keystone Evergreen Hawkeye Evergreen Hawkeye Blackwater Keystone Blackwater Evergreen Evergreen Gopher ---------- Normal Messenger - 1909 [June (B)] - Page [xi] ---------- S e n i o r Class Directory—C o n t i n u ed NAME Herman Ferdinand Smith Olive Anna Splane Carl Joseph Stolie Minerva Janette Tower Warrena Elva Thayer Addle Rena Thomas Frank Harl Umbarger Freda Hetty Uhlmann Martha Rozema Wiburg Iva Ethel Whitesides Ruth Wilkinson Mary Grace Waikle Marcelia Wahl Lena Jane Watrous Harriet Marilla White Isabel Margaret Williams . Novella Zlese HOBBY AMBITION NATIVE STATE Pictures. To avoid those "awful girls" Hawkeye Sixth grade in Tr. School To be an old maid school teacher Bear Training School To lecture in a German University Gopher Filipinos To manage a household Wolverine "Back east in Brooklyn" To have many friends Knickerbocker Fresh air To be a famous artist Badger Observation plans To raise pear trees Hawkeye Quietness To establish an orphanage for kindergartens Hawkeye Daubing To be a good cook Jayhawker Appendicitis To be popular Cannuck Promptness To be physical culture teacher Evergreen Roasting To teach a primary at home Evergreen Books To understand Browning Gopher Knowing a little of everything To increase her vocabulary Knickerbocker The dorm To write poetry Pine Tree Credits To be mistress of a happy home Badger Mixing To be a great violinist JayhawkerPPPPP
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Title: Messenger - 1909 June
Date: 1909-06-01
Description: Cover title: Messenger. Numbering follows June 1909 Senior Issue
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Text preview (might not show all results): 1909_0601 ---------- Messenger - 1909 June - Page [25] ---------- THE MESSENGER The man who seeks one thing in life, and but one, May hope to achieve it before life be done. —Meredith. SCHOOL PAPER OF THE BELLINGHAM STATE NORMAL SCHOOL BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON S. B. Irish Co., Printinga^||&a
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Show more1909_0601 ---------- Messenger - 1909 June - Page [25] ---------- THE MESSENGER The man who seeks one thing in life, and but one, May hope to achieve it before life be done. —Meredith. SCHOOL PAPER OF THE BELLINGHAM STATE NORMAL SCHOOL BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON S. B. Irish Co., Printinga^||§^ gt;i3ii Railroad Avenue ^ A D p o s T E R SENIOR EDITORIAL STAFF _ H d i t o r i a chief 1DDIETHOEMAS - " - - - - Assistant Editor to Chief ROY GOODELL - - * * " ." . . . , . . . „ " MABEL COFFMAN - "As818tant *J£S CHRISTINE ABILD - - - " " ' A rf OLIVE SWITZER - - - " " " A M l l r t i c_ NOAH DAVENPORT £laU HARRIET WHITE - - " ' " " nu£ronB GRACE WAIKLE - - - " n . " ™ oorM. HERMAN F. SMITH - - - - - Busmess Manager TERMS—FIFTY CENTS A YEAR Entered December ai, 1902, at Bellingham, Washington, as second-class matter, under act of Congress of March 3, 1879. ^ ——- Vol. VIII. JuneTiW No. 8 Our honored principal, Dr. E. T. Mathes, has just completed his tenth year of service as head of this institution. He has labored hard to bring the school into its present high standing and he can justly be proud of his achievement. He has built earnestly and well, and it will take greater storms than he has yet encountered to move him from his place in the estimation of the school and of people who know him. TRI-NORMAL CONTEST. For several years the three Normal Schools of the State have tried to arrange a contest in which all of them might take part. Nothing definite was decided upon until last year, when Ellensburg invited Cheney and Bellingham to come to Ellensburg for a contest in oratory and declamation; judges were to be selected, one by each school, from some town other than the ones represented. The invitation was accepted and the cup, which was ---------- Messenger - 1909 June - Page 26 ---------- 26 THE MESSENGER offered by the Alumni of the Ellensburg Normal, was won by her contestants. This year the faculty of Bellingham invited the other two Normals to hold here what is now our annual Tri- Normal Contest. Ellensburg took the cup back with her on her team work; Bellingham won first place in oratory through Roy Goodell's forceful plea for the negro; and Cheney won first place in declamation. There is some talk of offering, in the future, a trophy for the winner in each place. We hope that the schools will in time also hold an annual contest in debate. Let the friendly rivalry continues, for the interest it causes is a wholesome stimulant for literary work, and the enthusiasm aroused is conducive to good school spirit. We are already looking forward to the contest that will be held at Cheney next year. At the Tri-Normal Contest the students showed much enthusiasm. One of the songs for the occasion was sung to the tune of "Red Wing": Now the moon shines bright upon the Normal, The stars are shining, Our rivals pining; While afar from the sage-brush they are coming To win the glory from us away. It is earnestly hoped that the bond between the Alumni and their Alma Mater will ever grow closer. Graduates of the Bellingham Normal should carry with them a pride and loyalty for their school. Each Senior Class should represent the highest good there is in the school, and if these classes leave the school feeling a sense of loyalty and pride toward their institution, it is because they have helped to make the school a success. If this feeling is experienced at commencement, why should it entirely vanish within a year or two from that time? The Class of '09 should establish a precedent that will be strong and mean much for the reunion of all graduates. Come back to the Alumni banquet, Seniors, and make the Class of '10 proud of their forerunners! Make the reunion mean something to your own lives and to the life of the school. The Seniors are especially grateful to Miss Belle Crews for her assistance in preparing cartoons for this ---------- Messenger - 1909 June - Page 27 ---------- THE MESSENGER 27 issue of the Messenger. Miss Crews has been a faithful contributor to the Messenger during the entire year, which fact has meant much toward the making of a good paper. TRAINING SCHOOL. The number of pupils in the Training School this year is 280, and a problem is offered for solution in the way of accommodations for the increasing attendance. Two hundred and fifty student teachers have had classes there, and a new critic teacher was added to the staff. The grades were divided into two classes each, a plan which has proved very satisfactoryy. About 200 new books were purchased for the use of the Training Departments. At present the primary grades are making a study of the industries of the vicinity j the third and fourth grades of the primitive life of Washington; the fifth and sixth grades are studying the salmon industry, while the seventh and eighth grades are working upon the lumber industry. In all of these departments original drawings and constructive designs are made. The first six grades have a garden, in which each pupil cares for a plot of ground. The grounds at the rear of the gardens are being used for baseball grounds and will be improved for the purpose. Considerable money will be spent to beautiful the surroundings of the Normal buildings this summer. The campus has already undergone a great improvement. Over four hundred dollars worth of shrubbery has been set out at the foot of the terrace, on the knoll in front of the building and along the walks. The small lake will lend a very attractive feature to the ground. It is to have cement sides, and be surrounded with trees. The rough, bare foreground of Edens Hall has been carefully graded and seeded and will soon be a green lawn. A driveway will circle about the knoll where the board walk now is, and a cement walk will lead from it up to the steps. The school board is negotiating for some adjoining land to be used for a practice ground for the football and baseball boys and a playground for the children. A tennis court will probably be constructed. Arrangements will be made to keep the grounds in the best condition, and in time our campus will be one of the most beautiful spots on Puget Sound. ,..:.; '\**4 ---------- Messenger - 1909 June - Page [28] ---------- A Tender Freshman ---------- Messenger - 1909 June - Plate [a] ---------- FIRST YEAR CLASS ---------- Messenger - 1909 June - Plate [b] ---------- SECOND YEAR CLASS ---------- Messenger - 1909 June - Plate [c] ---------- THIRD YEAR CLASS ---------- Messenger - 1909 June - Plate [d] ---------- JUNIOR CLASS •/I ---------- Messenger - 1909 June - Plate [e] ---------- ETHEL NICHOLS President Junior Class HILDA MUSGROVE Secretary Junior Class ---------- Messenger - 1909 June - Page 29 ---------- THE MESSENGER 29 THE ALKISIAH. In the year 1904 all the societies then existing at the Normal were set aside in favor of two large clubs, the Cleonian and the Sirrus. Attendance was compulsory, each society enrolling half of the students of the school. The following year it was thought that the smaller organizations were more favorable to work and these two societies were done away with and new ones were formed. The Alkisiah Club was the first society to be organized and is, in a sense, the inheritor of the traditions and the property of the old Alcott society. The club has taken for its regular line of work the study of sociological questions of the day as well as other altruistic subjects. Along with the educational work, they also remember the social side, and many pleasant gatherings have been held. At the present time the club is preparing for an entertainment to be given at Friday Harbor. A number of programs have been given throughout the year. In order to plan for more efficient work for the coming year, the club has decided to hold regular meetings every week instead of every alternate week as has been the custom. The name Alkisiah is derived from the Indian language and means'' in the near future.'' We all appreciate the many ways in which our society work will aid us in meeting the questions of the near future. THE THESPIAN. The Thespian Dramatic Club, which has been doing work in the school for several years, offers an excellent opportunity for the study of the drama. Some of the ---------- Messenger - 1909 June - Page 30 ---------- 30 THE MESSMGMti older students in the school have reaped a lasting benefit from the work in this society. The staging of plays and the arranging of programs for the schools of the state is a problem which every school teacher will meet, and those who have done effective work in a society which offers as much as the Thespian, will be ready to meet this demand. Students entering the Normal next year with a desire for literary work along the dramatic line, should reorganize the society, infuse new life into it, and make it one of the greatest literary factors of the institution. DEBATING CLUB. Realizing that a man who cannot express his thoughts in a clear, concise manner, is at a disadvantage in the* business life of the day, the young men of the Normal maintain a Debating Club in the school. The club seeks to systematically develop clear logical expression of thought, the art of outlining and the arrangement of debate, and a knowledge of parliamentary law. The club consists of about thirty aggressive young men who do good work. Meetings are held every Thursday evening. The last program of the year was held May 21. After the program the boys were served a sumptious banquet. No young man should enter B. S. N. S. without affiliating himself with the Debating Club. y. w. c. A. THE NORTHWEST CONFERENCE. The Young Women' Christian Association will hold the Northwest Conference at "The Breakers," Washington, June 18 to 29. The Breakers Hotel is about twenty miles north of the Columbia, on the ocean. There will be two hundred delegates, representing every college and Normal School in Montana, Idaho, Oregon and Washington; besides delegates from the city associations of these states. There will be national secretaries from New York, and the best speakers that can be brought to this part of the country or found here. Specially prepared teachers in Bible study and mission study will conduct classes in these subjects, and instruction will be given in all phases of Association work. The inspiration received from these classes, and addresses by great preachers, together with the inspiration from the ocean ---------- Messenger - 1909 June - Page 31 ---------- THE MESSMGEH 31 and the sports—for every afternoon is given up to recreation— and the contact with so many girls from so many schools, as well as the presence of the splendid secretary leaders, make it a never-to-be-forgotten experience in the life of any girl who is fortunate enough to attend. Girls have often declared those ten days to be worth a whole year of school. Last year the Association of this school carried off the banner given for the best exhibit of posters, showing the work of the Association. This year we are making every effort not only to keep the banner for the best exhibit, but to send the strongest delegation. It will reflect great credit on the school to have the strongest representation in this conference, which is the only occasion where all the schools of the Northwest meet. We are working for at least fifteen delegates. So far we have on our list Abbie Johnson, Clara Junk, Harriet Clouston, Amelia Fiske, Cora Kennedy, Alice and Merle Holm, Clara Collins, Martha Brown. Dr. and Mrs. Mathes and Miss George expect to go with us this year. CHORAL SOCIETY. Under the directorship of Miss Moore the Choral Club has grown in size and strength, having in all about twenty-five members. One pleasing event of the year was the Japanese Operetta, a light musical opera that proved to be a great success. The music taken up by the society has been of the best and many selections by the best composers have been studied. The members are especially grateful for the interest Miss Moore has taken in the work, and thank her for her untiring efforts. The stringed instrument department recently established in the Normal will soon be a reality, and it is hoped that with the opening of this department, the enthusiasm that accompanies stringed instruments, might so permeate the student body that the heartiest co-operation will exist between pupils and teacher. Mr. Stark is here to give his best efforts to his work and he hopes for an enrollment that will warrant the organization of a permanent orchestra and a mandolin and a guitar club soon. ---------- Messenger - 1909 June - Page 32 ---------- 32 THE MESSENGER SENIOR CLASS PLAT. On the evening of June 7th the Senior class will present "The Foresters," by Lord Tennyson. This beautiful drama deals with the England of Eichard the Lion Heart and John. It weaves all the romance and daring of that period into the play. It includes the exile of the Earl of Huntington who becomes the Eobin Hood whom the youths of all lands worship for his chivalry even though a robber. His merry life with his comrades in Sherwood forest and the coming of the lost king Richard to claim his throne and right all wrongs of the rule of John concludes the plot. The whole play is full of stirring music. The music selected is from the opera "Robin Hood." The costuming and scenery will be in keeping with the spirit of the times. If the play meets the success hoped for, it will be due to the talent and perseveranc of Miss Frances Hays, who is making every effort to train the cast so that they will do justice to the production. THE CLASS OF W/2. The Class cf '09% has fourteen members, Elizabeth Bartlett, Anna Bowie, Myrtle Brown, Florence Connell, Mary Duer, Blodwen Evans, Morfydd Evans, C. D. Jones, Clara Junk, Beth McKinnon, Katherine McNeil, Blossom Rader, Katie Stewart and Rose Thibert. The first midyear commencement was held in January, 1908, when two students were graduated, the speaker for the evening being J. W. DeB. Farris of Vancouver. In January, 1909, four students were graduated; the address this time was given by Judge Thomas T. Burke of Seattle. Although the mid-year commencements have not been as elaborate as those of June, the time is coming when it will be necessary for them to be of equal value as other commencements for the number of graduates increases each year. The lecture course for 1909-10 is, as far as can be ascertained at present, the following: The College Singing Girls. The Central Grand Concert Company. Laurant—the Man of Many Mysteries. Robert M. LaFollette, Governor of Wisconsin. Edward Elliot, Stories of the Stage. ---------- Messenger - 1909 June - Plate [f] ---------- ALKASIAH CLUB ---------- Messenger - 1909 June - Plate [g] ---------- ATHENIAN LITERARY SOCIETY ---------- Messenger - 1909 June - Plate [h] ---------- ffl f H l l J US R8BPS 1! m ill ^ 18^ 1 V 1 ' f ^ r*F IT FSW «=** K 1M ^O* jTT^FJP mm » yOLWG MEAT'S DEBATING CLUB ---------- Messenger - 1909 June - Plate [i] ---------- CABINET OFFICERS OF THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION ---------- Messenger - 1909 June - Plate [j] ---------- HH||tlj Br^B|^^^^|^^^^^H ^ES^fpiiifi§iii KS^^HI^^^^I^w IBB^^H ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ K | | ^ H Hill HI HH if|gH!^^H^^M HI ^^^iBiBnRp ^^^^^^^^^^^^ijtf^^S M^^^^^^^ ^'-'Slliliil^ I^^^^P P*III^^^^M|^^K ^^^^^^^^^^^^^v^i^^^^^^B ^w^^^K -;Pi gt;^^^^^^ iiilliln^S^EPsfl ^^^^^^p^B^B| ^^•''ililflflj^^l K9 NORMAL CHORAL CLUB ---------- Messenger - 1909 June - Page 33 ---------- THE MESSENGER 33 LOCALS CALENDAR. Friday, April 2—Vacation begins. Wednesday, April 7—School work resumed. New quarter begins. New teachers in Training School. Thursday, April 8—Mr. Moodie tells Botany students that castor beans are to be drawn, not to be eaten. Friday, April 9—Before the eyes of 400 astonished students Demosthenes was cruelly choked by Mr. Epley. Monday, April 12—Tent appears in the rear of the campus. Tuesday, April 13—Another Pie Sale by Training School boys. Wednesday, April 14—The sun coaxes Miss Baker's parasol out. Thursday, April 15—Yell practice. School spirit exemplified in songs. Friday, April 16—Tri-Normal Contest. Monday, April 19—Senior picture taken? Tuesday, April 20—Absent from Geog. Methods, Day and Knight. Wednesday, April 21—Senior picture taken ? ? Thursday, April 22—Campus plowed, single plow, three men. Friday, April 28—Pianola music by Mr. Barnes of the Sherman Clay Co. First Years have bonfire; Sophomores learn that it takes more than aid of upper classmen to make a successful raid. Saturday, April 24—Senior excursion postponed. Monday, April 26—New pianos. Tuesday, April 27—New song books appear. Wednesday, April 28—Senior picture taken ? ? ? entire. School poses on campus. Thursday, April 29—Eastern Washington students have picture taken; Speller famine in Text Book Library. Better singing in assembly. Friday, April 30—Spelling match—Seniors, First and Second Years vs. Juniors, Third and Fourth Years. A Junior wins. SENIOR PICTURE A SUCCESS. Saturday, May 1—Senior excursion to Friday Harbor. Monday, May 3—Alkasiahs and Young Men's Debating Club have pictures taken. Tuesday, May 4—Picture taken of Bellingham Students ---------- Messenger - 1909 June - Page 34 ---------- 34 TBE MESSENGER and of Choral Club. Mr. Forest goes to Wahl, and Dr. Mathes to Portland. Wednesday, May 5—Miss Sperry visits the Sedro-Woolley School. Miss Cribbs visits the Anacortes School. Many of the students' nickels are obliged to decline the kind invitations of the ice cream cones on account of previous engagements. Thursday, May 6—The weather man promises good weather for the voyage on Friday. Friday, May 7-^-Mr. Deerwester admits that he does not know what he is talking about. School is entertained by Mr. Phipps. Y. W. C. A. trip round the world. Second Years had bonfire. Monday, May 10—Vaudeville by Mr. Phipps. Tuesday, May 11—Miss Sperry cuts afternoon classes. Ex-Governor Folk of Missouri lectured on "The New Era of Conscience." Wednesday, May 12—Mr. Epley has taken the last picture, and the Normal camera is still in good condition. Friday, May 14—Exhibit of the material prepared for the A. Y. P., in the Gynasium. Seniors serve tea and wafers. The B. S. N. S. library is exceedingly well provided for, there being many choice books not found in schools west of the Mississippi. Over 8,000 volumes, 1,500 public documents, and several hundred pamphlets are on the shelves. The library fee of $5 nets about $1,500 a year for books, which is divided pro rata among the various departments, the aim being to keep the library properly balanced by strengthening the weak departments. Orders for new books which will be in before the close of this school year, will result in the books arriving and being classified before the opening of the new school year. Some donations have been received, and the department is always open to gifts. On Saturday afternoon, May 8th, the girls of the '09 Class were delightfully entertained by Miss Hogle at her home on High Street. A social hour was spent with needles and tongues working busily. A guessing contest ---------- Messenger - 1909 June - Page 35 ---------- THE MESSENGER 35 followed in which Miss Greta Pattison carried off the prize. Delicious refreshments were served, after which the girls wended their ways homeward, having spent a most pleasant afternoon with one of their class teachers. Miss Miabel Zoe Wilson, who is attending a Library School at Albany, New York, expects to return in September to resume her duties here as librarian. Miss Ethel Eevelle, the present librarian, will teach in Tacoma next year. Dr. Mathes attended a meeting of the Inland Empire Teachers' Association at Walla Walla April 8th and 9th, and an Institute at Port Angeles, May 3d to 6th. April 25th to 30th, Mr. Forest spent visiting the schools of Arlington, Granite Falls, Snohomish, Everett, Edmonds, Westport, Hoquiam, Aberdeen and Montesano, and on May 4th went to Lynden and Wahl. Mr. Epley visited the towns of Stanwood, Marysville and Coupeville to inspect schools. We were sorry to lose the following Seniors from the Class Roll: Ethel Cook, who is teaching at Sightly; Mary Stevens, whose ill health compelled her to leave school; Hazel Shires who is now Mrs. McBeth; Agnes Pitch, who is teaching; Viva Flory, who returned to her home on account of her mother's illness. On the 20th of May, at her home at Ferndale, Wash., Miss Sadie Camp was married to Mr. Harry Carriker, a rancher in Eastern Washington. They are now at home to their friends at Wenatchee. The Young Women's Christian Association is planning the closing meetings of the year with great care, that the last to be taken away may be the best. They plan for an afternoon of sacred music soon to be held at the regular hour, 3:45, in the Assembly Hall; this meeting will be in charge of Mrs. Deerwester. The Senior girls will conduct the last meeting, when they will tell us of their first impressions of the Association, what it has meant to them, and how it may be improved. ---------- Messenger - 1909 June - Page 36 ---------- 36 THE MESSENGER On May 7th the Y. W. C. A. girls offered a trip around the world. Round-trip tickets were sold for 25 cents and included meals enroute. The United States, Japan, Ireland, Scotland and Mexico were visited. On April 15th, Miss Luc Hopkins, Washington State Secretary of the Y. W. C. A., met with a corps of Association workers to organize an advisory board for the Normal Y. W. C. A. The following ladies constitute the board: Mrs. C. X. Larrabee, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Harry L. Gibbs, Mrs. Frank Deerwester, Miss Belle Sperry, Miss Nellie Gray, Miss Minerva Lawrence, Miss Abbie Johnson, and Miss Edna Lawrence. This is a great step in advance over anything ever accomplished by this association in the past. An advisory board not only gives more permanency to an association, but also stands back of it financially, and as counsellor in all its social and religious undertakings. Just at present the board is making plans to establish a student secretary in the Normal next year. The Alkisiah Club, after working hard for two weeks, prepared two lively farces, "A Good Dinner" and "Obstinacy," which were given at Friday Harbor on the evening of May 21st. Those taking part were the Misses Ross, McKechnie, Bonker, Gifford, Carver, Williams, Nord, and Messrs. Rogers, Schwartz, Meyers, Umbarger, Clifford, Becker and Trimble. Musical numbers were rendered by Miss Vale Nixon and Miss Pearl Stanton. The club had chartered a launch, "The Buckeye," and the members with those taking part had a most enjoyable trip, returning the same night by moonlight. Friday evening, April 24th, the Freshmen assembled around a huge bonfire built on a grassy knoll near the stone quarry. They played games and enjoyed themselves in various ways until about ten o'clock, when they prepared for a "wenny" roast. At this point about forty or fifty Second, Third and Fourth Years, Juniors and Seniors, "commanded" by Storlie, made a "systematic attack," the object being to secure the refreshments. The attack was led in person by Keller, who made a quick charge but a quicker retreat. Captain Storlie and his aid-de-camp, Dill, watched the battle from behind a neighboring bush. These two gallants were soon spied in their strategic point of safety and before they could make their ---------- Messenger - 1909 June - Page 37 ---------- THE MESSENGER 37 escape the valiant Captain Storlie was brought down by a trusty Freshman scout. He was hastily conveyed to camp, where the First Years displayed their artistic ability by making charcoal sketches on his face. Other officers of his staff were treated in a similar manner, after which they were given kindly advice about interfering with any Freshman entertainment, and allowed to go their way. We wonder what the increase of mother's soap bill was for the month of April? B. S. N. S. students next year will see some changes in the Normal building. The unfinished wing is to be completed and used as follows: Mr. Romine and Mr. Moodies in their work will occupy the entire second floor; on the third floor will be located the museum and violin studio; Miss Hogle and Miss Dawson will occupy the entire basement with the work in Drawing and Manual Training. Mr. G. Sidney Stark will have a studio on the third floor of the new wing of the Normal building, and will give instruction on the violin; he will also conduct an orchestra in the school. The students as well as Miss Moore think chorus practice greatly improved since the new song books arrived. They are The Beacon Song Collection, Number 2, and contain many beautiful selections. The present faculty have been elected by the board for service for another year, and there will be some additions to the number, but just who has not been decided. On May 1st about one hundred and fifty Normal students left on board the launch "Rene" for an excursion to Friday Harbor. It was an ideal day for such a trip and all enjoyed the island scenery, songs, games, ice cream, candy and peanuts. At 12 o'clock they reached their destination and leaving the launch, those who did not get lost or stolen sought shady nooks under the trees, where they ate their lunches. At 2 o'clock they attended the baseball game between the B. S. N. S, and Friday Harbor. After the game they sought other forms of recreation, until 6 o'clock, when they started on their trip home. It was 11 o'clock before they arrived at Sehome dock—after a pleasant trip. ---------- Messenger - 1909 June - Page 38 ---------- 38 THE MESSENGER WHAT WE HAVE DONE FOR THE ALASKA-YUKON EXPOSITION. The Manual Training and Drawing departments under the direction of Miss Hogle and Miss Dawson have been the scene of busy activity for some time, the occasion being the furnishing of the A. Y. P. exhibits. The primary grades are preparing an Indian Village, representing the earliest tribes of the Puget Sound region. A great deal of research work has been done and the reproduction is as nearly historically correct as it can be made. The canoes and paddles are cut from wood; the huts are rudely constructed; the Indians at their occupations are reproduced in clay. The intermediate grades are reproducing a salmon trap. Blue prints of traps in use in the Sound were used and the trap reproduced in miniature. The children made the piles, nets, dip nets, seines, gill nets, tug boats, scows brailers, pile driver, etc. The scows are loaded with fish made in the clay class. In the drawing classes the different kinds of salmon were painted in water color and used as illustrations for written articles upon the industry. The grammar grades are busy with a modern lumber camp. They have made a skid road showing how it is used; a donkey engine with cables attached; a railroad track with the flat cars loaded with logs and shingles; the inevitable shack made of shakes, and all the appliances that can be made to show one how the lumber camp is run. In correlation with this in the drawing classes they have made a booklet on the home—showing the floor plan drawn to scale, one elevation, one perspective view, a page of suitable furniture, and a problem in estimating the cost of the lumber for the house—this latter in connection with the arithmetic work. A stenciled cover design completes the book. The work of the Normal classes includes bowls, candlesticks, incised tiles, etc., from the pottery classes; many useful and beautiful articles in raffia, including woven and sewed baskets, sofa pillows, bags, etc.; work in weaving bags, tarn o'shanters, rugs, mats; making of boxes, stationery holders and lanterns from heavy cardboard. The wood working classes show a variety of useful articles as tables, chairs, chests, clocks, tabourettes, footstools, screens, book racks and book cases, plate racks, shelves, etc. Samples of the work of the drawing classes, in several ---------- Messenger - 1909 June - Page 39 ---------- THE MESSENGER 39 different mediums, pencil, charcoal, colored crayon, water color, brush and ink, are included in the exhibition. The local annual exhibit of these departments was held in the Gymnasium Friday afternoon and evening, May 14th. The Seniors presided and served tea and wafers to the many interested visitors. At a meeting on April 17, 1909, changes were made in the elementary course offered in the State Normal Schools. It now stands as follows: First Year: English 8 points Algebra 10 points Science 8 points Ancient History 5 points Manual Arts 5 points Physical Training 2 points Blectives 4 points Second Year: Arithmetic 5 points English and Expression 8 points United States History 5 points Geography 4 points Agriculture and Nat. St 8 points Pedagogy 5 points Physical Culture 5 points Electives 5 points The following resolution was also adopted: Any student who has completed one year of regular work in physical training may thereafter substitute not more than four elective credits earned in the department of expression, for the credits still required in Physical Training for the completion of his course, provided that all substitution shall be approved by the principal of the Institution. SUMMER SCHOOL. The Summer Session of the B. S. N. S. will begin June 14th and close July 23d, lasting six weeks. The instruction will be in charge of the regular members of the faculty, and the course provides for twenty classes. Credits will be given for completed work. The Training Department will be conducted as usual. Two noted lecturers ---------- Messenger - 1909 June - Page 40 ---------- 40 THE MESSENGER will speak: Prof. J. Adam Puffer, Needham, Mass., will lecture on July 1st on "Instincts in Boy Life Which Lead to Crime," and on July 2d on the subject, "Truant Reform and Industrial Schools;" on July 8th and 9th, County Superintendent 0. J. Kern, Rockford, 111., will lecture on "The Front Line of Country School Improvement," and on '' The New Agriculture and the Country School.'' Tuition will be free, but each new student will be required to pay the usual library fee of ten dollars. One-half of this fee is refunded if all books are returned. Many text books are loaned to the students free of charge. All sessions except laboratory work will be held in the morning. Edens Hall will be open to boarders as usual. ADVICE TO PROSPECTIVE TRAINING SCHOOL TEACHERS. Whenever an observer enters your room, give the children an examination. Before beginning a recitation, be sure and waste about ten minutes giving useless information. Be sure and have your lesson plans in on time; but if you cannot, bring them in at your earliest convenience. State your "aim," if you state it at all, at the close of each recitation. If you expect a grade in teaching, work the critics. If the critic forgets to consult you, see her about it immediately. In order to shorten your period, turn the clock ahead and then leave "on time." Encourage your pupils to bring their pets to school regularly. If your pupils do not show a strong "pugilistic" tendency, they are lacking in "child-activity." In taking your class to the recitation room, let them pass hand in hand, and four abreast, that they may not "blockade" the halls. The more indefinite your "aim" the less time you will have to spend in "staying on" the subject. Regardless of the temperature, keep all doors and windows wide open, that your room may be considered well ventilated. The Nervous Arithmetic Teacher—"I believe you did pretty fairly well, although if you had done it right quickly, the result would have been better." ---------- Messenger - 1909 June - Page 41 ---------- THE MESSENGER 41 JOSHES Miss Nixon (having just met Miss Hatt)—Well, we have a hat and a veil (Vale) anyway. Mr. Smith (in Senior class meeting—If we want this issue of the Messenger to be a success every Senior must get his picture in. Miss Wibury passed through the halls a few days ago saying, " I 'm stung." The next day she was seen in the library perusing the magazine, "Bees and Bee Culture." Mr# g#—Shall we not get chocolates and kisses for our picnic? Miss E.—Oh, I don't like those store kisses. Dr. Mathes (in Sociology)—Some people seem adapted to certain periods of time in which they can do the best work. Mr. Schwartz—Yes, I can do the best work between one and four o'clock Sunday morning. Mr Epley, drawing a circle upon the blackboard. Junior Girl—Mr. Epley, are there 360 degrees in that circle? Mr. Epley—All circles contain 360 degrees. (Heard in P. C. Method class, a Senior girl conducting the class)—Position, hips firm, trunk downward, bend. Oh, Miss LeConte, what will I do to get them in position again? Roy—Don't you wish you were married, Miss E.? Miss E.—If I did I would be in that condition. Miss Sperry—Then you think you could get a certificate without graduating. Miss C. (after some one had moved in the Senior picture)—Well, this class never did stand still, i Miss Chappell—Why, I wouldn't live with such a man as that fellow for $10,000,000. Mr. Davenport—How much has he offered you? ---------- Messenger - 1909 June - Page [42] ---------- GEOGRAPHY OF THE NORMAL •*•::' -:::«»\X\\ lt;-* •'.tfr CAPE LOOKOUT CAPE GOODHOPE CAPE FLATTERY CAPE TEAR CAPE DISAPPOINTMENT ---------- Messenger - 1909 June - Page 43 ---------- THE MESSENGER 43 Mr. Epley's classification of mindkind: Children, professional men, and hard working men. It is better to have loved a short girl than never to have loved a tall.—Ex. DT Mathes—The new school law requires that experienced teachers coming here from other states are required to pass an examination on the state manual—but this book has not yet been written. Talking about budding oranges, who knows whether they do or not? Miss Chappell—They do. Mr. Epley—How do you know? Miss Chappell—I lived near Los Angeles. Mr. Epley—I thought it was Heaven down there; why did you come up here? i "He put his arm about her waist, The color left her cheek, And on the shoulders of his coat It stayed about a week." —Ex. Mr. Stults, after listening to a Junior's conversation with a Senior. "Oh, I just wanted to learn how." Junior Girl—"Never mind, Mr. Stults, I will give you a lesson later." Heard in the School Management Class. Miss George—"What reason is there for not having the walls of this building tinted green?" Miss K—"Because there is so much green all around?" Dormitory Girl (being presented with a bouquet of flowers)—'"How nice and fragrant; I think there is a little dew on them yet." Mr. McCoubrey—"Yes but I will pay that tomorrow." You know a Normal classman by the slang used. Here's the sign of each: Freshman—the guy! Soph—Butt in! Third Year—Gee frost! Fourth Year—Cut it out! Junior—Oh, kid, do! Senior—Oh, slush!! ---------- Messenger - 1909 June - Page 44 ---------- 44 THE MESSENGER Miss Baxter (in Am. History)—"Mrs. Atkinson, can you teU us about this Rule of 1756?" Mrs. A.—''Wait a minute, I am thinking." Miss Gray (in Am. History)—"Mr. Keller, will you tell us about Burgoyne's surrender?" Mr. K.—"What do you want to know about i t ?" From Jessie T—'s downcast appearance the Bird—s are not singing for him this spring. Should any of the Juniors forget, anytime during the coming year, who made up the eminent Senior Class of '09, we would refer them to "Who's Who in America" for 1909. Puzzle—Who bought Isabelle's ticket to Friday Harbor? Miss C— and Mr. F.— (looking at a candy cookbook). Mr. F.—"Do you think we will need one of those?" Miss C.—"Yes, we will." Miss Hays (calling down stairs)—"Did some one call me?" Voice from down stairs)—"No one called you." Miss Hays—I thought I heard my voice." (Miss Cribbs in the rhetoric class talking of disliked words)—"Now, Mr. Stultz, have you any words in your vocabulary that you dislike? Mr. Stultz (hesitatingly)—"Flunk." Mr. Epley—Does any one know where the KEY to this red ink is? (Then after a repetition of the same.) I mean the CORK. Miss Sperry—Are you absent, Mr Peterson? Mr. Peterson—No, only absent minded. Junior—It happened at the Battle of Bunker Hill in the Civil War. Mother-^-"Tommy, have you got your shoes on yet?" Tommy—Yes, mother, all but one."—Ex. ---------- Messenger - 1909 June - Page 45 ---------- THE MESSENGER 45 Wouldn't It Be Funny If Miss Crocker didn't say Fiddle-de-duek? Mr. Epley found the perfumed blotter on his desk? Miss Gray didn't have a list of unexcused absences on her desk? Vale didn't call the boys Mr. Do-doddle? The Senior boys didn't talk in the library? The frog pond didn't have to be remodeled. The Seniors could spell? Isabelle didn't say "Gee! I had to laugh?" Frank and Lizzie fell out? The boys had a place to play ball? Mabel didn't lecture Grace? Herman didn't ask the Senior girls for pictures? The Senior cast got to practice on time? We couldn't see through the Choral Club? If Mr. Moodie didn't hang his laundry on the Chandelier? The girls in the cooking class could raise chocolate pudding with soda in place of baking powder? The Seniors could sit still long enough to have their pictures taken? The first excursion to Friday Harbor hadn't turned out to be a "Moodie" picnic? I. W. didn't have a change of heart? Mr. Lennach didn't have trouble with the windows. Mr. Knudson stood on both feet? Mr. Becker (trying to think of his lesson)—"I can't just forget what did happen." Junior girl; Box of paints; Sucked the brush; Joined the saints. —Ex. Every lassie has her laddy, To whisper words of love; But every lassie has her daddy To knock on the floor above. —Ex. There is a man who never does A thing that is "not right; His wife can tell just where he is At morning, noon or night. He's dead. —Ex. ---------- Messenger - 1909 June - Page 46 ---------- THE MESENGER I wonder if our Exchange friends have been as interested in us as we have in each of you. We have an "Exchange Line" in our library which is full at night, but empty during the day because students are enjoying the stories, cuts, or joshes. We are glad indeed that they read them, for in this way they see some of the work and spirit of other schools. I think, too, a good list of Exchanges examined and read by the students gives them an inspiration for working on their own paper, for each individual has a certain pride in his school and wishes it to do and be just a little better than any other. It is always pleasing to note the individuality of each paper, the original ideas of the editor and his associates and the wit and humor of the various "Profs." We hope that we have pleased and aided you as you have us. MARGARET F. BRYANT. ---------- Messenger - 1909 June - Page [i] ---------- qggprigp WE are now located in our new store in the Alaska Building, at the corner of Elk and Holly streets, and have the finest and most extensive Men's and Boys' Clothing Store north of Seattle. ... . . We invite your inspection. GOXOVERLOGK GO. NEW STORES i m 214 E. Holly St., 1251 Elk St. Alaska Building 'Smm tz0mm fc^Sf^^^^^ ---------- Messenger - 1909 June - Page [ii] ---------- W^W^^^m§m^ ADVERTISEMENTS OLL. FITS GLASSES AOOURATELY 209 W. HOLLY ST. r:. I § i;ssa^;ssai^ffi*s^ 1 BELLIN6HAM YELL Hey Miner! Hey! Say, Follow the drift to Bellingham Bay And locate a pay streak every day. at C. Mitchell's Shooting Gallery Games, Fun, Sport and Speculation Indestructible Records for Sale . . 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Title: Messenger - 1909 October
Date: 1909-10-01
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Text preview (might not show all results): 1909_1001 ---------- Messenger - 1909 October - Page [1] ---------- THE MESSENGER SCHOOL PAPER OF THE BELLINGHAM STATE NORMAL SCHOOL BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON S. B. Irish Co., Printing 1311 Railroad Avenue "Luck" is a very good word if you put a "P" before it ADA B. CAMPBELL ANDREA
Transcript text preview (might not show all results): 1909_1001 ---------- Messenger - 1909 October - Page [1] ---------- THE MESSENGER SCHOOL PAPER OF THE BELLINGHAM STATE NORMAL SCHOOL BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON S. B. Irish Co., Printing 1311 Railroad Aven
Show more1909_1001 ---------- Messenger - 1909 October - Page [1] ---------- THE MESSENGER SCHOOL PAPER OF THE BELLINGHAM STATE NORMAL SCHOOL BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON S. B. Irish Co., Printing 1311 Railroad Avenue "Luck" is a very good word if you put a "P" before it ADA B. CAMPBELL ANDREA NORD - MARIEL REESE ) ALICE PEACOCK V - EDNA STAPLES ) MARYE SEXTON - MARGARET WALTON HENRV ROGERS - ELIZABETH HEMPHILL EMMA WOODHOUSE MESSENGER STAPE it a vtry good word it yon put a "P" btfort it. —Anon. Editor Associate Literary Exchange Society Athletics - Locals GRACE HINMAN gt; . AMELIA FISKE •» RAY KNUDSON -. FLORENCE McKEAN V IVA XANGDON - gt; LUCY FOWLER • - VALE NIXON •» HARRY HEATH [- - JANET EVERETT gt; W. T. MEYER Calendar Alumni Jokes Busines Manager TERMS—FIFTY CENTS A YEAR Entered December n, 1902, at Bellingham, Washington, as second-class matter, under act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Vol. IX. October, 1909 No. 1 Blest is the man of high ideals Who fails today, tomorrow, and for days to come, But never lowers standards, nor surrenders to defeat, Till hand and foot, till eye and ear, Till vocal chord and tongue, Till mind and heart are disciplined And all abilities of body and soul Are marshaled by the Will And move onward to the drum-beats of perfecton. Once again we come to the opening of another school year. It rests with us whether or not the year is to be a pleasant one, whether or not it is to be a profitable one. Let. us not be knockers with our eyes open for the faults, and blind to the good that is all around us. Let us rather help things along by our good will. Let us work when we work, but don't, on the other hand, let us forget the play—and when we play to. put our whole energy into it. Liye in the sunshine out of doors as well as in books. ---------- Messenger - 1909 October - Page 2 ---------- 2 THE MESSENGER The sound of saw and hammer has ceased and we are left to the joyful possession of our new Science Annex. It is a pleasure truly to work in the light, cheery rooms. Small beginnings sometimes have larger endings, and that may well be said of the Normal. The modest building with which it started has been added to until the present structure has come. The grounds, also, have been improved: shrubs have been set out, and new cement walks built, and stationary arc lamps installed. Have you subscribed for The Messenger? If not, may we ask why? Do you expect to have a real live paper in a dead or sleeping community ? We want the paper to have the best year of its history, but we need your help and support. Hand in your subscription. Praise the paper to your friends, contribute to its contents and boost for us all you can. We need, we must have the co-operation of every one. UNDER THE TURQUOISE SKY. (A Vacation Song.) Under the turquoise sky, Letting the world go by, While mind and body stay the quest Of vain ambition, I would rest— A child on Mother Nature's breast— Par from the noisy haunts of men, Compelling calls from tongue and pen, In some remote sequestered glen, Under the turquoise sky. Under the turquoise sky, Dreaming would I lie, Where tender grass and blossoms start, And let Earth's mighty, pulsing heart New life, new strength to me impart! The sough of pine trees on a hill, The murmur of a mountain rill With soothing calm my senses fill, Under the turquoise sky. Under the turquoise sky, Happily I'd lie, On Nature's act to feast my eyes, For meadows, mountains, changing skies Hold bounteous stores of fresh surprise, And birds and blooms and laughing brooks Afford me music, find me books. On sunny hills, in shady nooks. Under the turquoise sky. ---------- Messenger - 1909 October - Page 3 ---------- I THE MESSENGER 3 Under the turquoise sky, Silent must I lie, But ere I slip from earth away O may it be my joy to say: "Some soul is glad I passed this way!" Then 'neath the grasses deep, so deep Hid from life's turmoil I would sleep, Where birds and blooms a vigil keep Under the turquoise sky! LELAH PALMER MORATH. THE NEW FACULTY. In the faculty this year we see many new faces. The Messenger extends a welcome to the new teachers. Mr. Bever, teacher of Political Institutions and History, comes to us from North Yakima, where he has for the past five years been principal of the High School. He is a loyal Iowa man, a graduate from Drake University of that state. Mr. Phillippi is a graduate of Missouri Normal. For a few years he was city superintendent of schools in Hamilton, Mo. Last summer he took his master's degree in the University of Missouri, where he was assistant in science and mathematics. There is one new member whom the faculty cannot wholly claim, Miss Hillis, who teaches in the English Department. She is Y. W. C. A. secretary on half time. Miss Hillis is an Oberliu graduate. This is Mr. Patchin's first year in the West. He has a degree from the Nebraska Normal and his work as a High School teacher fits him for his position as supervisor of Eighth grade science and mathematics and first year High School. Miss Kianters, our gymnasium teacher, is a graduate of the Normal Gymnasium of Milwaukee. Last June she graduated from the University of Washington, where she was assistant gymnasium teacher. Mr. Stark, who is Professor of Violin and stringed instruments, comes to us from Kansas. He completed the musical course in the Kansas Normal, and studied in Chicago. For a few years he was teacher of violin in the college at Winfield, Kansas. THE A. Y. P. EXPOSITION. Last summer, the writer overheard a man in conversation with his friend make the following remark: "Yes, my father said then, that if a man were as strong as Sampson and lived to be as ---------- Messenger - 1909 October - Page 4 ---------- 4 THE MESSENGER old as Methuselah he might see this country able to compete with the eastern and central sections of the United States." This man's father had reference to all this western territory in general. He was out here looking for a home at the time when Seattle was in its infancy. As the above statement would indicate, he soon gave up in despair and went back to his native state, Oklahoma. What would that old gentleman say were he to come to our great Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition? This old man was more ignorant than some others, of the possibilities of this northwestern territory, but undoubtedly all who have visited the fair, agree that the west has made a wonderful progress. I shall not endeavor to go into detail as to the cost of the various buildings, the size of the grounds, the average number of people on the grounds, as these are facts which the reader has ascertained for himself. But a few special features and general characteristics deserve mention. One feature found in a good many agricultural exhibits was the artistic use of grains in decoration. A picture in the dome of the Oregon building representing a farm scene was made entirely of seeds, different colored seeds being used to bring out the different Colors in the picture. In the Canadian building the wall paper effect was secured by placing the grain together with the stalk in a set design on a dark background. The borders of grains on a dark background were also good. Teachers might get a hint as to schoolroom decoration from this part of the exhibit. The Government building has perhaps one of the most interesting exhibits from an educational point of view. Here one may see models of almost everything imaginable from the tiny bee that sucks the sweet nectar from the flower to monstrous guns that have it in their power to destroy hundreds of lives at a blast. The fishery exhibit in this same building is of no small importance. There, besides our own native trout, salmon, and other fish, one sees fish the coloring of which is most gaudy and fantastic whose home was formerly in the warm waters of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. The pleasing arrangement in this department make it a very interesting as well as an instructive exhibit. We must not forget to mention the "Dead Letter Collection" found in the Postoffice Department. The articles seen in the various cases, serve as a warning to all students of the B. S. N. S. and others as well, that carelessness in addressing letters and parcels should be overcome at once and for all time. The Forestry building is a very imposing structure. Our visitors from the eastern states where such massive timber as is used in the construction of this building is unknown, marvel at and admire it more than we do. Here besides the regular forestry ---------- Messenger - 1909 October - Page 5 ---------- THE MESSENGER 6 exhibit of boards, shingles, etc., we have a department of antiquities. The collection of Indian war weapons takes us back in imagination to the days when white men were unknown in this part of the country and the Indian roamed through these vast forests, hunting and fishing and living his life without a care for the morrow. Near these is the household furniture of the pioneer together with his farm implements and musical instruments. More could be said of various buildings and of the progress in general. Suffice it to say that two or three weeks at the Fair, "Pay Streak" not excluded, is time well spent. Our friends from other parts of this great United States must be impressed with the fact that we have made an extraordinary record and are still moving. While we who live here have a better knowledge of the resources of the West and its possibilities for the future. M. R. A NORMALITE ON PAY STREAK. "Oh, come on, Jane, nothing's going to hurt you—come on!" "Please Jane, please! There are all kinds of things down there!" Poor Jane, together with Tom, a noisy Sophomore, and her younger sister, had spent the afternoon visiting the various interesting buildings and exhibits and now, after the closing oi the buildings, they wished to do "Pay Streak." Cries of "Right this way!'' and " Oh! Oh! Oh!" sounds of music and hilarity filled the air. Jane, a very decorous Normalite, hesitated between fear and shame at the thought of indulging in such boisterous jollity. Slowly she pulled a Shasta daisy from the bunch in her belt and while Tom and Bess watched excitedly she plucked off the petals, counting "Shall I? Shall I not?" until the last petal fell to the ground and Bess with a shout of delight, darted down the street. Who can describe the tumult in Jane's mind as they elbowed their way through the fun-seeking mob? On and on they went. What was that strange sound? Oh, a huge megaphone! Jane stopped. What were they trying to say? " I love my wife, but oh, you Joy Wheel!" Who ever thought or heard of a joy wheel, thought the girl in wonder. She had heard of the "wheel o£ fortune," but never of the Joy Wheel. Perhaps it was a new name for a flying machine. Further down they stopped with the mob in front of a large structure. "Oh, yes. The Monitor and the Merrimac." Sure she had taught the children all about it. When was it? The Revolution? No. The Spanish-American? Surely not. Then she remembered it was the initial engagement ---------- Messenger - 1909 October - Page 6 ---------- 6 THE MESSENGER of the iron-clad battleships. "It must be the Civil war." A most stupendous production, marvelously spectacular performance; in-structuve, thrilling, inspiring; every patriotic American citizeu should see this amazing electrical display, this wonderous exhibition of mechanical perfection; continuous performance; get your tickets now." And when consciousness returned she was gazing awe stricken at the brave Monitor sailing victoriously out of Hampton Koads. But what was that dinning in her ears? "Joy Wheel! Joy Wheel! Oh, you Joy Wheel!" As she passed out of the building with Tom and Bess a sudden new joy possessed her. Wending their way down the streak, stopping here and there in the happy noisy throng, gazing at the masses of people which seemed to mingle with the lights and flowers and spectacular structures like some animated kleideo-scope, little by little she lost herself in the charm of it all and even laughed outright at several freaks who performed antics to the noisy delight of the youngsters. On and on in this pandemonium they moved, rushed through the Vacuum Tube Railway. Breathless, senseless,, thoughtless, she clung madly to the substantial man seated beside her on the "Scenic Railway" as they rushed through cavern, over hill and down dale shouting noisily. On being assured that every lady who could go through the "Foolish House" sanely would receive a "souvenir ring" she determined to prove her claim, but the unpropitious fates, dismal noisy passage ways and shuffling boards, decreed otherwise, for when she came out into the light she was clasping a gallant partner in distress by the hand. Consternation filled the mind of the temporarily emancipated Normalite! No claim could she now hold to the souvenir ring. Gay Bess, away on ahead with the boisterous Tom, had quite "gone off with her laurels," so with a brave smile she permitted the child to approach the stand and claim her reward. Alas, could it be? Was it a bell she heard? Ding dong, ding dong, sounding in her ears, and hearing the crowd break into loud peals of laughter it suddenly dawned on her what s-o-l-d seemed to spell. After a very entertaining visit to the Igorote Village, ice cream, cones and a quieting trip "Up the Yukon," with a mild gaze of the polar bear and the caribou, the still white stretches of gleaming snow and "ye crags and peaks" with their cold, silent burdens, her mind was soothed and calmed. But what was that calling, calling, calling? "Oh, you Joy Wheel!" Yes, there it was across the way, and as if possessed with the fleet foot of Mercury" she sped across the way, crying joyously, "There it is! There it i s ! " The next instant she was mounting those mysterious stairs with her astounded companions ---------- Messenger - 1909 October - Page 7 ---------- THE MESSENGER 7 far behind; then—Oh, you Joy Wheel! Who can describe it! Round and round, up and over and down, across, backward, forward, crosswise, here and there, and always and ever that noisy shriek of joy! And now they were going home! Yes, 11:00 p. m! Mercy! Why, who would think it! At the top of the hill Jane turned for one more gaze at the bright moving, throbbing, joyous, mob and with a sigh and a blush she passed out through the gate. "Yes, what Tom said was right, 'Get the happy habit!' But," said Jane, reflecting, " I do hope the girls won't find out." M. E. S., '11. SUMMER SCHOOL. On June 14th the summer school opened with about a hundred students; some of us old, some of us new; some coming to renew state certificates, some to finish their course and bid a last farewell to the Normal. The pupils in the training school did their share to make the school a success, but even so we found that teaching was not a snap in summer school, as had been reported. Much hard work was done, as all were here for that purpose, yet time was found for recreation. County Superintendent 0. J. Kern, of Rockford, 111., gave two very interesting lectures, illustrated by some fine lantern slides, showing what the schools in his county are doing in the way of teaching agriculture. And one fine Saturday we, faculty and students, took our lunches and departed for Chuckanut. Every one enjoyed the different forms of amusement offered, and especially the foot races by faculty members. The six weeks flew by and we welcomed the vacation we had earned through the six extra weeks of profitable work. A,SUMMER STUDENT. N. E. A.—DENVER. The annual session of the N. E. A. for 1909 was held in the city of Denver early in July. About four thousand memberships were paid at the meeting, but probably more than ten thousand people visited Denver during the session. The general sessions were held in the city's new auditorium, but all section meetings were held in the various churches located near the Brown Palace Hotel, which was general headquarters for the association. The general program included the names of many prominent educators from all parts of America, but probably the most interesting address of the session was delivered by Dr. Robertson. ---------- Messenger - 1909 October - Page 8 ---------- 8 THE MESSENGER Principal of MacDonald College, a normal school located near Toronto, Canada. MacDonald College was founded only a few years ago, but with an endowment of several millions of dollars has made remarkable progress. The work is carried on along industrial lines, and extensive provision is made for instruction in horticulture and agriculture. Dr. Robertson explained in some detail how the work in domestic economy, household arts, and agriculture is carried on, and told how special effort is made to bring the advantages of the college within reach of poor boys and girls. John F. Joiner, State Superintendent of North Carolina, was elected president of the N. E. A. for the coming year, and Dr. Irwin Shepard was continued as secretary. The next meeting will probably be held in San Francisco, for the California delegation were very active in advertising their state, and distributed as souvenirs several thousand artificial but very beautiful California poppies. The citizens of Denver provided a large number of side trips at a minimum of cost, and did everything possible to make the visit of the teachers pleasant and profitable. The only criticism heard from any source was against the excessive rates charged by the Brown Palace Hotel. E. T. MATHES. OREGON STUDENTS IN NORMAL. This year finds Bellingham Normal with a large number of Oregon students. There are about thirty in all; some coming from the high schools of that state, some from the colleges and universities, while still others from the normal schools, which are closed in that state. The Oregon students have received a hearty welcome from both faculty and students, and they are much pleased with the splendid opportunities afforded them for good work by the school. EXTRACTS PROM LETTERS PROM OLD FRIENDS. I suppose you wonder how I am getting along, how I like my school, and all such things. Well, I like them all O. K. except the dust. I have three grades, 9, 10 and 11. I am teaching the following subjects—Elementary and Advanced Algebra, Plane Geometry, Physical Geography, Ancient History, English Literature, and Composition and Rhetoric. I have met several of the patrons and have received a number of invitations to spend Sat- ---------- Messenger - 1909 October - Page 9 ---------- TEE MESSENGER 3 urday and Sunday with them, which invitations, you may be sure, I shall accept. On the boat, up the Columbia, from Wenatchee, I met Frank Umbarger and Miss Bartlett. He was on his way to Riverside, where he is to teach, and she was also going to her school, which is five miles north of Waterville. How is Normal, and how many are enrolled? Is the football outlook very flourishing? Be sure and send me The Messenger. Ever your friend, ROY GOODELL. For the enclosed forty cents kindly send to my address The Messenger for the ensuing year. With best wishes for the Normal and success to the students in all their undertakings, I am, respectfully, MARY SHOULTES. • • • * Am teaching the "young idea how to shoot" at Algona, Wash. Have forty youngsters. I am getting fat eating apples, tomatoes, plums, candy, etc., contributed by the children. Give my best wishes to all B. S. N. S. friends, and be sure and send me The Messenger. CHRISTENE ABILD. • • • • And now it is natural to suppose that you are back among the old friends doing some boosting along with your Senior work. This will be a pleasant year for you as the Normal will be better in many ways this year than it was last. Then, that Senior bunch from last year are gone? Be that as it may, there are some of them who would like the past experiences again. I am enjoying my work here very much. We have five teachers and at present about a hundred students. When will The Messenger be out? I shall be anxious to got the news. What are the special features of the social life? How are athletics? I imagine I hear the gong which assembles the Seniors in History of Ed, or possibly it was History Methods; so good-bye. A loving Normialite, A. D. FOSTER. • # # # Ethel P. Revelle, a graduate of the class of '08, who acted as librarian most efficiently during the absence of Miss Wilson last year, is now teaching in a Tacoma school within a block and a half of her home. Miss Revelle became much attached to the Bellingham Normal and in a recent letter writes, "Isn't it splendid that we have such a large enrollment so early in the term ? I said 'we' and I suppose I should have said ' y ° u / but some way I still feel as if I belonged just a little bit to the school." ---------- Messenger - 1909 October - Page 10 ---------- 10 THE MESSENGER OUR BUSINESS MANAGER. Mr. W. T. Meyer, our business manager, has been a student in Bellingham Normal for the past two years. He was selected by the Board of Control as the best representative of business ability in the student body. He has not disappointed the Board and has given the best of his time and energy to the paper. Show your appreciation of his efforts. Subscribe for the paper yourselves and get your friends to subscribe. Send it home to the folks. Let them see what you are doing. Let them know we have a good live paper in a good live school. Boost for The Messenger! Help the Manager! Hand your subscriptions to him at once. Don't delay. NORMAL SCHOOL LIFE AS IT APPEARS TO SENIORS. "Have you handed in your teaching plans yet? I'm afraid to see the red marks on mine. And, oh! isn't the History of Ed. lesson long today? I'll be a 'Heathen Chinee' if I read more about their system of education. Don't forget critic's meeting tonight (I'm a housekeeper, too). And, oh say! there's a class meeting at 12:30, room 69. Be sure and come! Goodbye!" And "thus and so" a Senior might be heard discoursing (of course a Senior never prattles) to a classmate on almost any ---------- Messenger - 1909 October - Page 11 ---------- THE MESSENGER 11 morning, in a spare moment snatched between classes. Ours is, indeed, the "strenuous life" from 8:25 a. m. until 4 p. m., and "then some," and our duties are many and varied. We delve into Browning, beyond our depth sometimes, but always manage to come up smiling; we cook; we sew; we do carpenter work; we endeavor to train "young savages," and, in short, we do almost everything which has any connection, near or distant, with our chosen profession of teaching. But, after all, there isn't much worth while in this world that it doesn't take some effort to attain, and so, along with the hard work, with the knowledge of work well done, there come the compensations, the joys of a Senior life. With delight we set the pace for the other classes. With stately tread, we lead the procession, our learned minds are the mainstay of the faculty, our talents are a boon to the critic teachers, but above all we are glad we are Seniors for the delightful class comradeship, the feeling of unity. The realization that we have a standard to hold up before others—these are only a few of the many rewards which come to a Senior. M. W., 10. "BELLINGHAM AND NORMAL AS SEEN THROUGH THE JUNIORSCOPE." Dear Hazel: Here I am! (I guess.) As I promised to write you all about my trip and first impression of Bellingham, Normal, and Normal life I will keep my promise and try to tell it in an interesting manner. I left Seattle on the Chippewa and, by the way, I took a supply of lemons in case of sea sickness, but take my advice, never deliberately carry lemons for your own use because there will be plenty handed you in case you need them, and sometimes when you could get along just as well without. My first sight of Bellingham certainly made me homesick and I had a strong inclination to cry, but thought I had better postpone the luxury as the crowd was not a very sympathetic looking one. After landing and getting my trunk checked, the next thing to do was to wait for a car. I waited and I waited and then waited some more, and finally the car appeared and was hailed with much joy. I had to transfer and that was another half hour wait, but I finally boarded the car and after a short ride through a pretty residence part of town I reached the Normal district. As I was too late to register I started out to find a place to room and finally found a very pleasant home-like place. I then ---------- Messenger - 1909 October - Page 12 ---------- 12 THE MESSENGER retired and "wept my weep." I felt better then and after giving my eyes a final wipe I proceeded to look around me and discovered many beautiful sights. The students of this school are about ninety-nine per cent girls and one per cent boys; but we are going to have a champion football team—see if we don't. The students are all very friendly and nice and do everything to make the new ones feel at home. I think I must end this lengthy epistle (or is it a missile) and study psychology. Hoping to hear from you soon, I remain, your affectionate friend, M. H. B. P. S.—Write soon, for I feel like the ancient mariner, "alone, alone, all, all alone." M. B. FOURTH YEARS. The Normal is a jolly old place for all its work, worry, and grind. The Juniors who haven't a boy in their class, or the Freshmen who haven't yet learned how to work, may not say so, but the Fourth Years just think it's fine. Of course we miss Mr. Forrest and the funny stories he used to tell. Those Seniors we have noticed (we could hardly help doing so, they make such a noise) are just like all other Seniors, nothing extraordinary, but just a bit conceited because they have risen to the top. The new students are a solid looking bunch who have come prepared for hard work, and hard work they will find unless they are better scholars than we. But aside from all this, if we help one another we can make this a jolly old year. J. T. THE NORMAL AS THIRD YEARS SEE IT. Well, well! Here we are again, back at the old Normal! There are a number of familiar faces, but look at all the strango girls! They're Juniors, you can tell from the way they act. But what a small representation of boys! What there are of them look as if they could hold their own, though. And there have been several changes in the faculty. The strange faces are pleasant ones, and so we won't worry. The class teachers have been appointed and we are lucky enough to have Miss Dawson and Mr. Bond for ours. The training school has no terrors for us this year, but the unseeming stories poured into the ears of every sympathetic ---------- Messenger - 1909 October - Page 13 ---------- THE MESSENGER 13 listener by the wailing Juniors cause it to loom up in the future like the dark clouds of a coming storm. See those "freshies" trying to look dignified, but always the central figures in every laughable incident. And there are those big-headed Sophomores trying to out-yell the sedate and mighty Seniors! We haven't seen any Fourth Years yet, but we suppose they are going to be Third Years again. The Juniors are hunting for a boy, but they won't find him. As for the Seniors, we hope they will all graduate in February or June at the very latest. We wish some of them could graduate right away. The school year of 1909-10 promises to be the most successful and most pleasant year in the history of the institution. Here's to the Bellingham Normal—the best of its kind west of the Mississippi and north of California! May it continue to grow in efficiency and popularity! H. H. A SOPHOMORE CONVERSATION. Bill—Well, Bob, how do you like school this year? Bob—Felt pretty blue last week, sort o' lost. I've got settled down now and like it fine. Alice—What do you think about our new teacher? Bill—We have Bever in history, and he's a dandy. Winnie—I didn't know what to think of Phillippi at first. I'm getting to like him pretty well now. Bill—But Bomine! Isn't he a big, good-natured looking fellow though! Alice—Are the Freshmen scarce? A young lady said to me yesterday,'' Are there any Freshmen in this building ? I 've looked all afternoon and can't find one." It wasn't that way last yaer, was it, Bill? Bob—The Third and Fourth Years seem to be quite numerous. Winnie—Yes, but they're slow. Haven't organized at all yet. . Bill—Think of it— a Junior class without a boy. Alice—Those girls are to be pitied for they certainly tried hard enough to get a boy. They sent to Spokane for one, and the Seniors kidnapped him. Then they up and sent to Walla Walla, and when he got here he too was a Senior. Winnie—But they might have known that he'd get away. Bob—Wonder what it is about the Senior class that the boys all like? Alice—Why, the girls, of course, ^ i ---------- Messenger - 1909 October - Page 14 ---------- 14 THE MESSENGER THE NORMAL AS WE SEE IT. Well, vacation days are over and here I am. But where am I? Every one seems to have plenty of business of their own, without tending to that of a small boy. There seem to be about three girls to every square foot of floor space. There are more girls than I ever saw before. There are long girls and short girls, fat girls and slim girls, black-headed girls and red-headed girls, and old girls without much hair at all. And noise! The Streets of Cairo or the Pay Streak are peaceful in comparison to this. A very few forlorn looking boys are squeezed into corners, not daring to venture forth. Now and then a learned looking Prof, charges through the crowd followed by about twenty knowledge-thirsty young ladies. But such turmoil cannot rule long, and in the course of three or four days the sky begins to clear. I find myself in the High School among many old schoolmates who are unchanged for the most part except that some lengthening of skirts and trousers has been going on. We talk disgracefully in study hours, tip over tables and fall out of chairs. But a week changes all this. The fact has been drummed into our heads that we are full-fledged young ladies and gentlemen. We trudge soberly home evenings with our arms full of books and our heads full of knowledge to study six hours (?) as we have been ordered. We have an air of dignity and learning about us and we like to talk of the intricacies of Latin and Algebra before open mouthed youngsters from the Training School. And' after all is said and done, we go proudly forth and ask the world, "Who wouldn't be a High Schoolite?" LEW A. GREENE. Bonfire Frolic. On September 11th the Student Association gave their annual bonfire frolic. At 7:30 the students assembled on the Normal steps where they joined heartily in school songs and school yells. Considerable spirit was in evidence, especially when the president of the association asked for the songs and yells to cease and for the students to quietly march round the campus. The march, which was made doubly enjoyable by the unique music furnished by a Scotch bagpipe, terminated when the students divided into groups around three bonfires. Games of various sorts were indulged in, after which a number of speeches were given. Professor Deerwester declared that the reason he had been chosen to represent the old faculty was that "the lady members of the faculty never grow old." Mr. ---------- Messenger - 1909 October - Page 15 ---------- THE MESSENGER 15 Phillippi was next called upon to address the students in behalf of the new faculty. The speeches that followed were given by students and were full of school enthusiasm. Not only school spirit, but also class spirit ran high, especially in the Senior and Junior classes. One of the Junior stunts was to so surround the bag-piper that for sometime he was unable to furnish the music by which to march to the table where the weenie wursts were. The students left the table and marched back to the bonfires, where the weenies were roasted. After all had partaken of the weenies and the last sparks on the bonfire had gone out, the students dispersed. CALENDAR. September 7—Normal opens. Streets full of suitcases, girls and—(boys?) September 8—Mr. Ng Poon Chew, the noted Chinese editor, gives a very interesting talk on the "Awakening of China." There are two ways of seeing the same thing. September 9—Training school opens. Who's happy? September 10—Regular classes begin. Is this the right room ? Y. W. C. A. at home. September 11—Bon fire and picnic. Songs, buns, weenies and yells. Lots of fun! Plenty of noise! Who's homesick now? September 13—Unlucky thirteen! Work begins in earnest. Students keep coming. September 14—First Regular Assembly. Students' Association election. Mr. Deerwester and Mr. Studebaker to fill vacancies caused by absence of Mr. Forrest and Mr. Knapp. September 16—Whence come these sounds so strange and wild—Juniors having their voices tested. Boys given equal suffrage in room 17. Y. W. C. A. reception. September 17—"It's the way they fish at the Normal." It's the way they fish at the Normal." September 20—Seniors shiver on the beach! Miss Gray at home to absentees. September 21—Rumor I It is said that Mr. Deerwester gained a pound and a half during his summer vacation.—Jelly doesn't always jell—sometimes it burns. Senior beach party. September 22—Boys are seen tossing a football about on the campus. Work up a good team, boys. Alfred Roos in the neighborhood of the Normal. September 23—Did you get your seat in Assembly? Letters from Roy Goodell and his subscription for The Messenger. ---------- Messenger - 1909 October - Page 16 ---------- 16 THE MESSENGER September 24—The Alkisiah Club at home to the students and faculty in the Society Hall. October 8—Trustees give a reception to the school, the faculty and citizens of Bellingham. ALUMNI. Miss Jessie Dellabough, '08, is teaching in the intermediate department of the Okanogan Public School. Miss Celestine Shea, '07, is teaching in the Seattle schools. Miss Fanny Lyle, '08, is at Van Wyck, where she is teaching the primary grade. Miss Ruby Bergman was married during the summer to S. J. Brooks, an attorney of Everett, Wash. Essie Spurgeon is teaching at Lake Chelan. May Greenman is teaching at Bothel. We are glad to say Anacortes claims four of our students, Mattie Stanton, Mary Dewar, Agnes Stewart and Novella Ziese. Florence Newton, secondary, is teaching at Monroe. Gertrude and Emma Aldrich and Minerva Tower are in Everett teaching. Kate Davis, who is now Mrs. Graham, is making her home in Bremerton. Anna Noble is teaching in Centralia. Ethel Jones, '05, has the primary department in Arlington. Ferndale claims three of our students—Flora Colvin, Zera Nielson and Gladys Slater. Paul Peterson is located near Seattle, teaching. Mildred Marston is teaching at Avon, and her sister, Ruby, is teaching at Burlington. They are making their home in Burlington with their mother. A. D. Foster sends greetings and good wishes from Quincy to The Messenger and student body. Mary Shoultes (secondary) sent best wishes from Winchester, ---------- Messenger - 1909 October - Page 17 ---------- THE MESSENGER 17 where she is teaching. She enclosed a check for The Messengtr this year. Delia Schott, who graduated from the secondary course last year, will teach in Tampico, Wash., this year. Charles Jones is teaching in the Franklin building of the public schools of Bellingham. Martha Wiburg is teaching in the public schools of this city. Olive Watson (El.) is in Everett. She expects to teach this year. Isabelle Williams, '09, teaches at —? She sends in word that she wants to belong to the Students' Association. Roy Goodell is principal of school at Entiat, Wash. Noah Davenport is in Alaska. Herman Smith is teaching in the Seattle public schools. Mr. Smith was married in June to Miss Grace Dickey. May Greenman is located at Bothel. She is teaching the first and second grades. Maude Dickinson (Sec.) is teaching at Starbuck. Margaret Bryant is at home in Santa Rosa, Gal. Francis Burgess (Sec.) is teaching at Blaine. Alice Holm is teaching school at Nahcotta. Margaretta Parker is teaching at Maple Falls. Winnie Saunders is staying at her home in Tukwilla. Lillian Blanchard is principal of the Des Moines (Wash.» school. Ethel Harvey is teaching near Blaine. Ethyle Thomas is teaching near Seattle. Agnes Biver is teaching in Skagit county. Clara Garrison is teaching the primary grades in the Clinton (Wash.) school. Mable French is teaching the advanced grades in the Clinton school. Elva Nuttal is teaching the primary grades in the Oak Harbor school. Phoebe Boyer is teaching in the southern part of the state. Grace Fiske is attending the Clinton school. Frank Umbarger, '09, is teaching at Riverside, Wash. Edna Audett is teaching in the Seattle schools. Miss Emma Currier of last year's Senior class, is enjoying her new work at Quilcene. Bertha Ross is principal at Lowell. She has spent the summer in Europe. Nellie Thompson, Lottie Fleming, Frances Moncrief, Alice McCulloch and Althea Nuttle are teaching in Everett. Clara Collins is teaching in the Olympia schools. Lottie Crawford is teaching in PouUbo, Wash, j U [ ; : j j ---------- Messenger - 1909 October - Page 18 ---------- 18 THE MESSENGER Madge Driscoll is attending the University of Washington. Mary MacDougall is teaching at Dewey, Wash. Hazel Davis is teaching near Lake Paden. Minnie Strauch is teaching at Rockport, Wash. Miss Inez McLaughlin, '09, is teaching in the grades at Shel-ton, Wash. Miss Grace Waikle, '09, is teaching primary at her home, Bay View, Wash. Miss Ethel Harvey is teaching at Birch Bay. Miss Gladys Slater and Miss Zera Wilson are teaching in Ferndale schools. Miss Lola Gifford and Mr. Charles Petheram are conducting a two-room school at Wahl, Wash. Mr. Walter Nichols, '07, is teaching a government school at Eagle, Alaska. Miss Addie Thomas* '09, is teaching at Port Angeles, Wash. Miss Coney Deem began her second term of school at Tracy-ton, Wash., September 8th. Mr. Roger Williams of the class of '07 is principal of a school at North Bend, Wash. Miss Janie Wilson is teaching in Wenatchee, Wash. Miss Carolyn Schuh is teaching at Charleston, Wash. Miss Mary Pilz is teaching in Lowell. Miss Mae Hazeltine is teaching at Silver Beach, a few miles out of Lowell. Carl Storlie of '09 is principal of the Hillhurst schools. Mrs. McWilliams, secondary, with her husband, is teaching school at Everson. Kittie Westley has the primary grades of the Marsh school, near Snohomish. Bertha Meyers, '09, is teaching music and the first grade at Edmonds. Julia Kimball, '09^ is at Marysville, in the seventh and eighth grades. Mable Kimball is at Pleasant Valley, near Bellingham. ORGANIZATIONS. Y. W. O. A. The Y. W. C. A. is one ofthe strongest as well as one of the oldest organizations of the institution. The membership committee is conducting the fall campaign and everyone will be given the opportunity to join. The regular weekly meeting is on Thursday at 3:45 o'clock, and each girl is urged to come. ---------- Messenger - 1909 October - Page 19 ---------- TEE MESSENGER 19 As an added inspiration we have with us Miss Hillis, who is going to strengthen, not only the Y. W. C. A. as an organization, but every girl with whom she comes in contact. Save your pennies, the finance committee will soon have pennants on sale. The Bible study committee has arranged the following courses of study: "The Life of Paul," instructor, Dr. Mathes; "Old Testament Studies," Miss Sperry, and "Studies in the Life of Christ," Miss Hillis. Thespian Dramatic Club. The Thespian Dramatic Club organized Friday, September 17th, with Miss Hilda Musgrove as president. Much enthusiasm was shown by the members. Under the competent direction of Miss Hays a pleasant and profitable year is anticipated in studying dramatists and the drama. Debating Club. On Thursday evening, September 16th, the Young Men's Debating Club held their first regular meeting. Officers were elected and various committees appointed. A. McCoubrey was elected President; C. A. Stultz, Vice President, and Mr. Bond, faculty member for the ensuing year. Before adjourning speeches were made by Mr. Bond and others. Mr. Bond accented very strongly the fact that "debate should be the main feature of the society." Meetings will be held every two weeks. AlMsiah Club. On Friday, September 24th, the Alkisiahs were "at home" to the students and members of the faculty. It is the custom of the club to open their year's work in this manner. It was unnecessary for the club to reorganize, their officers having been elected before the close of school in June, consequently they are ready for work and will begin with their regular programs within two weeks. Visitors are cordially invited at all times. THE HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT. In the past history of the State Normal School at Bellingham its chief function has been the preparation of teachers for «le: mentary schools, rural and graded. . But the influence of the Normal has extended beyond these grades. Many of the young ---------- Messenger - 1909 October - Page 20 ---------- 20 THE MESSENGER men and women who have completed the advanced course have accepted positions as teachers or principals or superintendents of various graded and high schools of the state. It is a well known fact that the professional training of high school teachers in America is much more limited than is the professional training of the kindergarten and elementary school teachers. At present there is a growing sentiment for high school teachers who shall have both academic and professional equipment and naturally the Normal schools, as professional schools, must accept this responsibility. The universities throughout the country are awakening to the necessity of establishing strong departments of education, but these departments are by no means able to supply the demand for trained teachers and few offer practical work in class handling. The Normal schools of many states must supply a good proportion of high school teachers. In order to equip our own teachers who go into the high schools of the state, it was decided to add a High School Department to the work of the Normal School. The committee in charge of the matter have set forth the following aims: 1. To broaden the scope and influence of the Normal. 2. To provide opportunity for academic and professional training for High School teachers. 3. To bring into closer relation the academic and pedagogical departments. At present but one year of high school work is offered. The students of this ninth grade are taught by college trained students, working under the closest supervision of the members of the faculty. The High School assembly room is a well equipped room on the third floor. ALMINA GEORGE. The office of registrar established this year has already proven a much needed and a much appreciated innovation. The registrar is the business man of the school. His duties include those of secretary to the Board of Trustees, treasurer of the school funds and registrar. His room is No. 10, and in fitting it up a part was devoted to a meeting place for the trustees, who had never had a room set aside for their use since the organization of the school. The board is pleased with its new quarters; the principal is pleased at the relief of his office of the financial business of the school; the heads of departments who formerly collected fees are pleased at the relief afforded them and the students, now that they have become accustomed to the new system, like it because they know that there is but one plaeo where money can be paid. The governor of the state, himself a fine business man, remarked, when informed that the Board of ---------- Messenger - 1909 October - Page 21 ---------- THE MESSENGER 21 Trustees had instituted the office of registrar: '' That's business.'' The auditor of the state said, "A good move," and altogether the office is a success. The prospects for a successful year of athletics at the Normal are excellent. The material for football will average a little lighter than last year, but will make up in quality what is lacking in quantity. Mr. Bond had the boys out for a preliminary practice on the twenty-fourth, in which a number of them showed themselves to be old acquaintances of the pigskins. The Student Association will furnish the boys with new combination suits this year, which will add much to the appearance of the team. No games have been scheduled by Manager McCoubrey as yet, although letters have been received from Lincoln High of Seattle, and several of the surrounding high schools, asking for games. Already the girls of the different classes are organizing their basket-ball teams, in preparation for the Kline cup contest. The cup is held, at present, by the Seniors. Each class has a number of old players from the B. S. N. S., and numerous high schools over the state. The Seniors have Pearl Hoffman, who starred in the Junior team here last year; also Abbie Johnson, Margaret Walton and Ethel Nichols, all old B. S. N. S. players. From the high schools they have Maud Wescott and Hilda Lobe of the B. H. S., and Elizabeth Hemphill from Auburn High. The Juniors have Annie Nord and Daisy Allison of the B. S. N. S., and Mabel Brown from the South Side High, with plenty of promising new material to pick from. The Fourth Years have Verna Boyd, Edna Smith and Eva Rooker, all of the B. S. N. S. The Third, Second and First Years have turned in no report as yet, but no doubt all three will put strong teams in the field. The Seniors say the cup is theirs, but the Juniors and Under Classmen have a different version of it. We can only wait and let time tell the story. ---------- Messenger - 1909 October - Page 22 ---------- 22 THE MESSENGER LOCALS. The Opening Exercises. For the first time in the history of the school, a Chinese delivered the opening address. Wednesday, September 8th, Mr. Ng Poon Chew, of Oakland, who is the editor of the largest Chinese newspaper in the United States, lectured to us on the subject: "China—The Passing of the Old, and the Coming of the New." Mr. Chew gave us an excellent lecture, clothed in very good English and delivered with almost perfect pronunciation, enriched by a pleasing Chinese accent. He had no trouble in holding his audience and brought forth their applause repeatedly. Although his intense patriotism led him to make an occasional prejudiced remark, his lecture was for the most part impartial. He discussed China's recent awakening from her sleep of ages, and told of what she is doing today. "China is today preparing to fight," said he. "We are not afraid of the Mohammedans and the followers of Confucius, but it is the Christian nations we must fight. They have deprived us of our seaports and we must defend ourselves from their greed. But one nation did not rob us; one nation stood by us in our troubles, and that was the nation of the Stars and Stripes.'' For his mother country he prophesied a brilliant future, picturing a time not far hence when China and the United States should be on a par politically, industrially, and socially. This lecture was a decided treat to the students of the Normal, for it gave them the other side of an important question—China from the point of view of the Chinese. H. F. H. Miss Berenice Barnes, who was critic of the seventh and eighth grades in the year 1907-1908, was married in August to Dr. Shepard of Ann Arbor. Dr. Mathes has been in Seattle this last week. His itinerary is a very interesting one and suggestive of the place that Dr. Mathes and the Normal School occupies in the minds of people of the state. On Tuesday he lectured under the auspices of School Officers' Congress in the Good Roads Building of the A. Y. P. Exposition on "The Tenure of Position of the Teacher." On Thursday evening he was present at the dinner given by the Governor of the State and the Committee on Ceremonies of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in honor of the President of the United.States. ---------- Messenger - 1909 October - Page 23 ---------- THE MESSENGER 23 Mrs. Atkinson, who graduated at the close of Summer School, is in charge of the Normal School Booth at the A. Y. P. The Normal is the proud possessor of a very valuable collection of books in its library. They were presented to us on the 13th of last July by Col.John B. Vliet, who has been a resident of East Sound for the last fifteen years. Colonel Vliet,.. who is 87 years of age, is a native of Wisconsin, where he is living at the present time. In his younger days he was a civil engineer, having done the very first construction work of the Milwauke St. Paul railroad. In the 60's he was an officer in the Union army. Mr. Vliet brought this collection of books out west with him, and not wishing to take them back to Wisconsin again, generously bequeathed them to the Normal school. The names of the books will probably give a better idea of them: 1. Revolution on the Upper Ohio. Thwaites and Kellogg* 2. Dunmore's War. 3. Description list of manuscript collections of the State Historical Society. R. A. Thwaites. 4. Wisconsin in the Civil War. 5. Wisconsin's State Historical Library Building; Memorial Vol. 1901. 6. Wisconsin State Historical Society Collections. 8 Volumes. 7. Proceedings of the Wisconsin State Historical Society with index and list of members. 9 Volumes. 8. A number of miscellaneous pamphlets. We wish to express our thanks to Colonel Vliet for his kindness to us. Miss Gray seems to be the most industrious member of the faculty. She is very seldom seen without her Patchin'. Although the condition of the weather was very unfavorable, the Senior Class Frolic at the beach, last Monday evening, proved a great success. A bounteous luncheon was served around the campfire and with song and jokes the time passed merrily. Perhaps Mr. Deerwester will tell you about the delicious coffee that was (?) served. The Senior Class is making preparations for the annual reception to be given by them in the near future. The atmosphere in the dining hall on Tuesday evening was far from being Eden-like. The tables were changed again. ---------- Messenger - 1909 October - Page 24 ---------- 24 THE MESSENGER This summer a writer-press was set up on the third floor of the Normal, which does manifolding work, such as circular letters, programs, etc. It is intended that this press will be a convenience to the office, the faculty and such organizations of the school as may wish work done. If the experiment is successful, the press will become a permanent fixture in the school. Walter Knapp was in town Tuesday of this last week. He is connected with a commercial service company at Mt. Vernon, Wash. He hopes to return to the Normal next year. New Student—Are you a Senior? Senior—Yes. N. S.—Straight? Sen.—I hope so. A large Crane was seen near the campus Saturday and Sunday. As Miss Walton is a student of ornithology, perhaps she can explain this phenomena. Miss Ethel Hollingsworth, who has been visiting her sister, Miss Myrtle, and Miss Maude Gamble, returned to her home in Seattle, Thursday. The Y. W. C. A. cafeteria will soon be opened in the basement of the main building. All students desiring to get lunches should patronize this place. Miss Signa Parkyn, sister of Miss Esther Parkyn, visited here during the first week of school. Miss Lucy Bunker is spending the week end visiting in Seattle. Georgie Starbuck, who has been attending the Normal this fall, has left the school to attend the Bellingham Business College. Miss Vera Melgood, now Mrs. Richard Hart, is living in Panama. Ruby Bergman, now Mrs. Seabury Brooks, is living In Everett. A Normal girl who was working for her board, one day said to her mistress, " I haven't time to get up in the morning and get breakfast. Won't you do it for me?" ---------- Messenger - 1909 October - Page 25 ---------- THE MESSENGER HUMORESQUES. Firrt A/Wtk of ScKoot 25 m/t A certain member of the Senior class while crossing the trestle on his way to the beach, wishing to impress Miss Sperry by showing his knowledge of Browning, said: "Miss Sperry, 'tis looking downward that makes one dizzy." New Student (on seeing Mr. Moody)—I wonder who that boy is? He's pretty good looking. Heard at the Y. W. C. A. reception: "Oh where, oh where has the Junior boy gone?" A Member of the Faculty—"You can always tell a bunch of Juniors by their uproarous conduct." ---------- Messenger - 1909 October - Page 26 ---------- 26 THE MESSENGER Where will you find a more typical bunch of Missourians? "You'll have to show me." A Senior's big sister who came to the coast for the first time was much interested in our western ways. One evening, while on the rear porch of the house at which she was staying, she saw a string of Japanese wind bells or glass chimes hanging . Noticing the thickly wooded Sehome hill rising back of the street she quickly entered the house and asked if the bells were to scare the animals away. SOPHOMORE. Senior Girl, seeing a dilapidated looking member of the canine tribe—Love me, love my dog." Senior Boy—Oh, gee! What luck! Junior Girl, talking about a plan she wrote the day before- No, I haven't given the children to it yet. Normal Boy—Is this Miss —? Normal Girl—I think it is. Normal Boy—Do you like me? Normal Girl—I think I do. Normal Boy—Do you love me? Normal Girl—I think I do. Normal Boy—Could you marry me? Normal Girl—I think I could. Normal Boy—Will you marry me? Normal Girl—I think I will. Who is this? Have you heard the rumbling? Have you heard the mumbling? Of the girls by the number, They talk of it in their slumber; And the cause of the grumbling— Is a pair of leather soles. To the gym they lightly tripped, On the roll no name was missed, They heard what was said; The smiles were sun to fade; And the cause of looks so dole Was a pair of leather soles. You have gym soles, new or old, Get leather soles you are told. There is no need to mumble, There is no need to grumble; When you answer the gym class roll, Be sure you have a pair of leather soles. ALICE PEACOCK. ---------- Messenger - 1909 October - Page 27 ---------- TEE MESSENGER TO THE NORMAL STUDENT. Now here is a word to each Normal student, Just swallow it all, look wise and be prudent. Before through another month you go There are a few things we would have you all know. Could the Great Alexander awake from his sleep And into our Normal just take a sly peep, He would see very plainly, without going far How many worlds, unconquered, awaiting there are. And if, in his mind, he should think himself best Of all other conquerors, we'd give him the test He might bluster on Chemistry, Physics and such And in reading the stars, he might keep well in touch. Unless one or two, in a Mean Solar Day, Had taken a waltz down the White Milky Way, And if still inclined to away from us squirm Somewhere else we would ask him to butcher a worm. And if he'd no inclination his spirit to curb We would bid him define a transitive verb. Then into our English he might go for a spell And the story of "Three Little Pigs" he should tell. Then in blouse and in bloomers downstairs he should go And his skill on the rings and trapeze he. should show, He might go through it all without whimper or wail, But the next task we give would make his heart fail. And before he had time, the least word to say To the Training Department we'd whisk him away, And here without mercy, we would bid him proceed To teach our young hopefuls just how they should read. And when all would be over he would have to admit That his skill as a conqueror has rusted a bit. He might face battle bravely with never a wink, But a "Critic" would cause him to tarry and think. But where is the word I had promised to drop? You have not had it yet and it's most time to stop. I will put it up now without further delay, So keep it beside you while with us you stay. There are words to conquer, so get busy right now, And show Alexander the "why" and the "how." But there's one thing we don't fear in the Sweet By and By, For worlds to conquer you'll have no chance to sigh. There is plenty to do, so get right to work And we hope there are none who will ever think "Shirk," You will find it is fun to dig for a time And then you may leave with a conscience sublime. Now I'm just a small person and I've talked most an hour And my preaching has surely begun to get sour, So remember my word to each Normal Student, Just swallow it all, look wise and be prudent. VIOLET B. PAYN. ---------- Messenger - 1909 October - Page 28 ---------- 28 THE MESSENGER A Standing Joke. "What's the matter with you?" asked a girl of her chum, who was violently laughing. "Mr. Rogers has come back," she gasped hysterically. Professor Romine tells of one of the saddest experiences in his lifetime. While in one of his classes an aspiring youth lost his mind trying to count the angles in an angle worm. Mr. Clifford had his voice tested and was excused from singing by Miss Moore. Anyone wishing to know how it was done, please ask Mr. Clifford. A cluster of electric lights has been placed at the side entrance of Edens Hall—evidently to say good-night by. One of the girls winked at Mr. Stults in the hall the other day and it is reported that be nearly fainted. She was heard to say, "What's the matter with that fellow? Has he heart failure?" C. C. on the eve of the Senior picnic—"Oh wait! wait! Miss Currier isn't here yet!" We didn't know that C. A. S. was married until mail commenced to arrive from Mrs. Stultz. Wanted by Rastus—Leap year all the time. Miss H. (in girls' Psychology class)—Is headache a mental or physical fact? Mr. Deerwester—It all depends on what you did the night before. Into the halls the Juniors throng At the sound of the noisily clanging? gong. Each on her way to class the while Her hooks in her arms, on her face a smile. Then after the sound of closing doors The gleaming of her knowledge stores. The noisy signal once more sounding, Out of the class rooms come the Juniors bounding. Big girls, little girls, lean girls, stout girls, Light girls, dark girls, plain girls, pretty girls, Staid grave plodders, bright young stutters, Sisters, cousins, aunts and wives, Here preparing for their future lives, Bright girls by the tens of dozens, Daughters and ambitious cousins Partaking of Normal trials and joys, But where, Oh, where! are the Junior Boys? (With apologies to Browning.) M. B. S., '11.PPPPP
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Title: Messenger - 1909 November
Date: 1909-11-01
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Text preview (might not show all results): 1909_1101 ---------- Messenger - 1909 November - Page [1] ---------- I HERBSGEFUHL. O weary gleaming sun! 0 Heaven of palest blue! E'en yet, O glorious past delights The meadow dreams of you. The last pale weary rose, Harking to Nature's call, Closes her eyes to lifer- Lets her last petal
Transcript text preview (might not show all results): 1909_1101 ---------- Messenger - 1909 November - Page [1] ---------- I HERBSGEFUHL. O weary gleaming sun! 0 Heaven of palest blue! E'en yet, O glorious past delights The meadow dreams of you. The
Show more1909_1101 ---------- Messenger - 1909 November - Page [1] ---------- I HERBSGEFUHL. O weary gleaming sun! 0 Heaven of palest blue! E'en yet, O glorious past delights The meadow dreams of you. The last pale weary rose, Harking to Nature's call, Closes her eyes to lifer- Lets her last petal fall. A golden decrease of color, Permeates field end wood; God's hand is in the Autumn And the works of God are good. Translated from the German of Gerok by C. * ---------- Messenger - 1909 November - Page 2 ---------- 2 TEE MESSENGER LITERARY. "THE PIONEER." High up in the mountains, where the clouds are often beneath the snow line, a rivulet once had its birth. It came stealing ita way among dripping moss-covered rocks, and then rushed downward through dark canyons, to finally meet and mingle with other small streams, and when at last it reached the little valley which slumbered at the foot of the mountains, it was a little river which today is called the Sumas. Winding through the valley, sometimes through the shade of cedar groves, and between stretches of willow and alder-fringed banks, it entered a little lake which emptied into the Fraser river, as it swept onward to its outlet in the Gulf of Georgia. The valley through which the stream glides is the bed of an ancient lake. In the ages long since past, the action of the water washing the disintegrated rock from the sides of the mountains, filled its basin with a loose soil: and the seeds of the fir. f.edar, alder and maple were carried by the winds and deposited in the newly-formed land. After the seeds had germinated, a mighty forest sprang ur gt;, birds sang in the branches of the trees, the elk and deer roamed in its shade, and here also the cougar sought his prev. Sometimes fierce winds came roaring down the canyon of the Frazer. and prostrated portions of the forest. Fires then sweeping through these portions, cleared the ground of every vestige of vegetation. Then upon the bare and burned places a forest of large ferns sprang up, and so dense was the shade that neither errass nor shrub could obtain a foothold, and when the indomitable nioneer, after forcing his way through the tangled forest, saw these few open glades, he rejoiced in his heart that the home he had so long desired was found at last. Tird after a journey of many days, he selected a place to snend the night, built a fire, and prepared a scant supper, for the food with which he had supplied himself was nearly gone. In the evening he put enough wood in the fire to keep a blaze until niorning, spread his blankets under the trees, and went to rest. "Rut oh! how homesick he did feel! He thought how far away be was from home and friends, and also thought of the girl whom he had left in the East until he could prepare a home for her. But now he was far away, and might never be able to send for that one of whom he thousrht most. And while he lay there he heard in the distance the scream of the cougar, and in the tree above him, the hoot of the owl. And the wind came sighing ---------- Messenger - 1909 November - Page 3 ---------- THE MESSENGER t through the trees, like the moaning of the sea, and none of these things served to relieve the loneliness and desolation. But at last he fell into a sleep of exhaustion, and awoke to feel within him a new determination to overcome all the difficulties that lay before him. He arose early, prepared his breakfast, and made ready to look about his surroundings on the rising ground which formed the western boundary of the valley, he found a dead forest in which the blackened trunks and leafless branches bore evidence of the destroying power of fire. Alders and young firs were found growing over the roots of the decaying trees. Through the wreck of the former stately forest flowed a small stream whose waters were pure and clear. After a casual survey he selected a level place near its bank and with saw, froe and axe he made great "shakes" from a fallen cedar, and before the sun sank in the west, a rude hut was finished and a roof that would exclude the rain was completed. This was his home. In the light of the setting sun he went out of the shack and stood on the bank of the stream. As he stood watching the stars fill the sky, he felt a new kind of happiness, for was he not a landowner? Did not this land from the very surface to the center, belong to him? Was he not proprietor of it by first right? The next day he explored the stream further and found it was the abode of several families of beavers. The industrious animals had built dams which caused the stream to expand into numerous lake sand pools. Here the mallard reared its brood and the bear had its home. On the north was one of the forests for which Western Washington is justly famed, and towering toward the sky were the cedar and majestic spruce. They stood so close to each other that the interlacing branches produced a constant twilight. Under the trees was a verdant carpet of moss which afforded food for the deer and served to deaden the footfall of the hunter. Going further, he found three lakes at quite a distance from each other, each containing many trout. These lakes are today known as Lake Lehmann, Lake Knudson, and Boundary Lake. On the east the Nooksack mountains frowned down upon the valley below. These mountains were separated from the Nook-sack river by a narrow belt of forest. The pioneer lived on, visiting these various places at intervals, and working hard to make a home. One day, while slashing trees in the clearing he heard the sound of another axe, and rushing to the spot from whence the sound had come, he found another pioneer, who had come to this wild place, in an endeavor to make a home. The first pioneer took him home, entertained ---------- Messenger - 1909 November - Page 4 ---------- 4 THE MESSENGER him at a feast of wild game, and they were friends from that day. It was not so lonely for either of them after that, for they had hunting trips and other excursions together. In a short time the pioneer had a few acres cleared, and his hut was put in better condition. One night he wrote a letter to the girl in the East, asking her to come. The next day he walked several miles to have the letter posted. Then he began to await the arrival of an answer, counting the days, figuring up the difference in time until finally one day the postmaster in the little town many miles away sent a letter by an Indian who chanced to be coming that way, and this letter said "she" was coming. He met her at the town upon her arrival, and the next morning they followed a trail for many miles through the woods to the home of the man who was both a pioneer and a preacher, and were married there, with two Indians as witnesses. Then they went home and the rude hut made of "shakes" soon presented a more homelike appearance, thanks to the deft hands of the housewife. With the advent of the woman pioneer, there came a still further change in the surroundings, through a woman's love for order and beauty. Flower beds were designed, shrubs and fruit trees were planted, the house was enclosed by a fence, and with the little legacy which she brought with her, a cow was purchased from an old trapper who had an Indian wife, and who was a relic of the "Hudson Bay" times. One day the pioneer and his wife determined to have a picnic. They had often desired to view the country from the top of Nooksack Mountain, and in the early hours of the morning they set out, he carrying his gun, and she a lunch. They followed the stream for a little way, and the elk and deer would often be seen nearby. After a while they left the stream and went through the forest. Through tangled brush and over huge windfalls they scrambled until they reached a well beaten game trail at the foot of the mountain. Following the trail after hours of hard toil, they reached the top of the mountain, which they found covered with snow. They stood there and gazed at the beautiful scene that lay below them. Oh, how they longed for the power to describe the beauties that have been bestowed upon this earth. There are time in the life of every one when they feel that they have done a deed of heroism, and their souls will soar far beyond the thoughts of self and worldiness. The knowledge that theirs were the first Saxon feet to mark the snows of this mountain never occurred to them. Their hearts were filled with gladness that they, and they alone, should be the first to gaze upon the ---------- Messenger - 1909 November - Page 5 ---------- TEE MESSENGER 5 scene, fairer than anything they had ever imagined. In the north, as far as the eye could reach, stretched snow-capped mountains broken only by a great gorge from whence the Fraser river flowed toward the ocean. Northeast they could see Mt. Baker. In the west lay the Gulf of Georgia, on the horizon of which a ship could be seen. In the south lay Puget Sound, flecked with its little islands. In the east rose a wild range of mountains, some of the sides of which were covered with evergreens, and all were snowcapped. In the southwest the Olympic range wound its length. From gaps among its peaks they could see a glow of light which they knew to be the Pacific. In the shadow of the peak upon which they stood lay the beautiful Sumas valley and the home which they had left that morning. As it was growing late they left this pleasant scene and began to descend. They reached homo shortly after dark, tired and hungry, but very well satisfied with, their day's recreation. The days passed. Dreary were those of winter, with its storms of snow and sleet, spring with its drizzling showers, summer with its hot, sweltering days and its plague of mosquitoes. Still the work went on. His axe swung constantly, and a column of smoke and a pillar of fire rose from the clearing, which became wider and wider, as the trees fell beneath his blows. And all the day, except when she was preparing their simple meals, his wife was at his side piling the brush and sometimes helping him saw the great trees. A change came in their fortunes. With money sent by relatives in the East, a yoke of oxen was purchased, and a rude cart, made by sawing wheels from a log, and running them on a wooden axle, enabled him to haul the cedar logs he had hewn in the forest, to the site of the "shake" hut, and with the aid of his fellow pioneers, a log house, shingled with handmade shingles, was built, and with the few tools they had, a board floor was made, and their house began to assume the appearance of a mansion in the eyes of the others. As time passed, children came to the home, and to other homes like this one, and as the children grew, school houses built of logs arose, the trails were widened into roads, an influx of settlers came, the railroad reached out its iron way, and the day of the pioneer was past. Never was a country so hard to subdue, never had settlers such obstacles to overcome. Much has been said of the heroism of the soldiers who fought for our country. The pioneers should not be forgotten, for they, in truth, were the empire builders-— the humble soldiers of the common good. MARY AGNES PERRY, ---------- Messenger - 1909 November - Page 6 ---------- 6 THE MESSENGER HISTORY OF THE BELLINGHAM STATE NORMAL. Like many other educational institutions the Bellingham State .Normal School passed through a period of struggle during the early days of its history. In 1893 a commission of three men was appointed to select a site for the school. In 1895 an appropriation of $40,000 was made for the hrst building. In 1897 the appropriation to equip the school and operate it for a term of two years was vetoed by the governor of the state. In 1899, however, an appropriation of $33,600 was made to begin the regular work of the institution. The school hrst opened its doors for the reception of students on September 6, 1899. During the hrst week something over one hundred students were enrolled in all classes. The hrst faculty consisted of six teachers, but in October following the number was increased to nine, and to that number other teachers have been added until the faculty numbers twenty-six today, not counting the special teachers of music. During the first year the entire school was crowded into the basement and first floors of the main building. During that year the present library room was used as an assembly hall, in 1901 an appropriation oij $46,000 was made for the completion of the main building and the erection of the training school annex. In 1903 this annex was entirely completed at a cost of about $10,000. In the same year an appropriation of $5,000 was made for the improvement of the campus and about two acres were filled and leveled in front of the buildings. During the same summer the first wing of Edens Hall was erected as a dining hall on the north corner of the campus. In 1905 this hall was moved to its present location, enlarged and much improved. In 1907 the state made an appropriation of $51,000 for the erection of a science annex at the north end of the main building. During the past summer this annex was entirely completed and a modern heating system installed. The present buildings have cost about $210,000, and their furnishings and equipment about $35,000 additional. During the first ten years of the active work of the school a total of 1,749 different students were enrolled for regular work. During this same period the school has issued 358 diplomas, 382 secondary certificates, and 139 elementary certificates. For the past three or four years the school has made an effort to secure students for the advanced classes rather than for the classes in the elementary courses, and during this time there has been a marked growth in the enrollment in the advanced courses of study. At the present time fully sixty per cent of the enrollment is found in the Junior and Senior classes. During these first ten ---------- Messenger - 1909 November - Page 7 ---------- THE MESSENGER 7 years the entire faculty list includes about fifty names. Of the nine who were employed during the first year, five are still teaching in the institution. ANNE OP AVONLEA—A BOOK REVIEW. Besides the book, which is of itself justification enough, there are two reasons why we of the Normal School should be interested in Anne of Avonlea. The first is somewhat personal. The author of the book. Miss L. M. Montgomery, of Prince Edwards Island, is cousin of the popular primary supervisor of the Normal, Miss Catharine Montgomery. To be sure our relationship is somewhat distant, yet the knowledge gives us a warm sense of fluffing our feathers and basking in a sort of reflected sunshine of success. Another reason is that the story deals with our profession. Tt couldn't be farther than it is from a professional tract, yet it gives a hint of the inspiration needed for good teaching and a glimnse of the poetrv of our profession. It is a simple, dainty little story of lovable people, such as we count among our friends. There are no tragedies in the story. The worst characters are respectable in their wrong-doing. It if? a book full of the sunshine and shadow of a summer day, full of the fancies and dreams and ideals of youth, yet withal very practical. All devoted young teachers have at some time met and conquered their Anthony Pye. The day in the school room and the child characters are drawn from life. "We know for we have taught their counterparts. The book reminds one of Louisa Alcott's stories: the people are real, like ourselves, the great middle class, and their problems are our daily problems. It speaks well for the ethical culture of our public that such stories as "Mrs. Wiggs' Cabbage Patch," "The Birds' Christmas Carol," and "Anne of Avonlea" are hailed with enthusiasm, while studies of the abnormal like "Marriage a la Mode," even though drawn by a gifted artist, are received coldly. Anne of Avonlea can be found in innumerable American communities, and there are multitudes of silent people, old and young, "who know." IDA AGNES BAKER. ---------- Messenger - 1909 November - Page 8 ---------- 8 THE MESSENGER MY FIRST DAY IN TRAINING SCHOOL. As the Siren's song lured sailors to death, so the fame of Bellingham Normal has wooed the youth of Washington not to death but to life in the training school. Who can forget the first day there? When I, as a new student teacher, descended the stairs to the primary room, all courage took hasty flight. Faces of children loomed up everywhere. I reached the class room door. I had always thought I was the bravest of the brave. I am not afraid of the dark, I do not even scream when a mouse runs across my toes, but, alas and alack! "pride goeth before a fall" and as I entered that dreaded room I found myself bereft of all my courage. The eager expectant faces, revealing minds hungry for thought food anxiously awaiting the seed-truth I had to impart, awakened no responsive chord within me. I was shaking like the trees on Sehome hill when caught in an autumn blast; great beads of perspiration stood on my forehead; franctically I grasped my plan and after a hasty glance at it, plunged madly into the lesson. After an agonizing length of time a sounding gong told me that someone else must now go through the ordeal, and—my first day in the training school had passed into history. - A. P. J. WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE? How many of my readers have ever been taught in a rural school ? Doubtless many of you have. You, perhaps, could relate many interesting little experiences. This is one of mine: When I contracted to teach my first school I was told that it was often visited by tramps, and to be careful. Many a morning during that school year I quietly walked up to the windows and looked in to be sure that the way was clear before entering. All went well, and the next to the last day had come. On that day there was to be a celebration in town and the children were all going to be there. I had decided that rather than have to make up a day I would go and work a half day and then return home. I arrived at the school about the usual hour. When I had unhitched my horse and was ready to go I picked up my books, lunch box and clock and started for the building. I unlocked the door and walked up the middle aisle. I had reached the middle of the room when what should I see lying full length on the recitation bench but a man. He had his face, covered with his ---------- Messenger - 1909 November - Page 9 ---------- THE MESSENGER 9 hat. I instantly dropped what I had in my arms and with a yell for every step started on the run for the nearest house. When { had reached the corner of the school yard I turned around to see if the tramp had left. Sure enough, and on the run, too, in the other direction. After some time I mustered up courage enough to return to the building. With a club in my hand I cautiously examined every corner before I could begin my work. I have never entered a school house in the morning since that day but I have felt some fear, although I have never met with such an experience since. J- M. ORIGIN OF HALLOWE'EN. "Upon that night when fairies light On Cassili's Downans dance, And oure the lays in splendid blaze, On sprightly coursers prance, Or for Colean the route is ta'en Beneath the moon's pale beams ihere up the cove, to stray and woo Among the rocks and streams To report that night." Hallowe'en, the 31st of October, has come to have a strange significance. It is called Hallowe'en from Hallowed Evening because it is the eve before the celebration of the feast of "All Saints," a religious festival celebrated in honor of the faithful departed. Among the folk of "ye olden time" the notion became prevalent that when earthly friends celebrated in their honor the faithful departed would be near them in spirit. Thus it became the time of all others in popular fancy, for the universal walking abroad of the spirits—both of the visible and invisible world. Chambers says, "One of the special characteristics attributed to this mystic night was the faculty conferred on humanity to detach it from its corporal tenement and wander abroad through realms of peace," very often, we think, in our modern times, to the detriment of fearful maids, hinge-swinging gates and various vehicles enjoying a quiet rest. Divination was believed then to be paramount and the gift of "callin' em from the vasty deep" was available to all who desired the privilege. Besides being a night for weird sportiveness it was also the time when lass and lad might divine whither Cupid would aim his fatal dart, for as Burns tell us: "And many lads and lassies fate Are there that night decided." ---------- Messenger - 1909 November - Page 10 ---------- 10 THE MESSENGER Traditions, which only centuries can make, have given us our modern Hallowe'en, a night on which all sprites and goblins hold high carnival. Apples and nuts are the instruments of fate. In fact, the custom of cracking nuts on that night has become so universal in some parts of the United Kingdom that it is termed "Nut Crack Night." Thus from many climes and ancient times we borrow customs left by tradition, and on the eve before All Saints' Day indulge in merry and weird frolic, test our fates, hide the gates or with the grinning Jack O-Lantern hold weird ghost parties in darkened rooms unmindful of the fact that "the spirits walk." M. S. '11. HALLOWE'EN CUSTOMS. Even in these practical, matter-of-fact, hustle-bustle times we meet people who are superstitious about dreams, number thirteen, rabbit's feet, and ghosts. At Hallowe'en time these superstitions take definite form in the shape of pumpkin-heads. On this famous thirty-first of October spirits walk the earth, shades haunt all the convenient places, spooks hide in every corner, and hob-goblins run wild. All these are really unseen friendly spirits who will give us important information about our future partners for life if we but approach them rightly and comply with simple conditions. If you wish to solve your heart's riddles, follow these simple recipes: Name a number of nuts for lovers and place them upon a bed of coals. If a nut jumps, the lover will prove unfaithful—probably he is a man of spirits and finds conditions too hot for him. If a nut blazes and burns, he surely loves the girl who named the nut—the fires of love rage in his bosom. If both nuts named for a maid and her lovers burn together, they will be married. It is well that anxious ones performing this ceremony be provided with very dry combustible nuts and a fine bed of red coals. Go to a cabbage patch blindfolded and pull the first plant you stumble against. The amount of earth clinging to its root shows the amount of your dowry; the shape and size indicates the appearance and height of the future husband, while the flavor of the heart and stem signifies his disposition. Eat an apple at midnight standing before your mirror combing your hair Your future husband will look into the glass over your shoulder. String a raisin in the middle of a thread a yard long and let two persons each take an end of the string in his mouth; who- ---------- Messenger - 1909 November - Page 11 ---------- $HE MESSENGER il ever, by chewing the string, reached the raisin first has the raisin and will be the first to be wedded. Walk backward several rods, out of doors, in the moonlight, with a mirror in one hand, repeating the following lines: "Bound and round, 0 stars so fair! Ye travel and search out everywhere; I pray you, sweet stars, now show to me This night who my future husband or wife shall be." A face will (without doubt) be seen in the glass. Knead some cake dough with your left thumb without speaking a word—a single word will break the spell and destroy the hope of seeing your future husband in your dreams, after having eaten the mystic "dumb cake." Walk downstairs backward, holding a lighted candle over your head. Turn suddenly when you reach the bottom, and before you will stand the wished-for one—at least, he will be there if he has any idea of what is going on. These directions have been limited to girls, not that we wish to slight the boys, but we take it for granted that only the feminine members are curious and anxious about these things. The boys need have no intercourse with departed spirits to determine their fate, for its lies within thir own hands. All that is necessary for them is to ask and they shall find—out. AN OUTING. Have you ever had the opportunity to take a trip to any of the Sealing Islands of Alaska? I have, and it was a most instructive and pleasant outing. On Friday morning of the first week in May, a party of eight started in a gasoline launch for the Georka Sealing Islands, which lie twenty miles to the south of the little town of Sitka. These islands are the last of the hundreds of little islands which dot the harbor of Sitka. Between them and Australia, eight thousand miles in a straight line over the Pacific, there is no land. They range in size from a bare rugged rock projecting out of the water at low tide to large tree-covered islands several acres in area. The trees are, for the most part, low, rugged and wind-twisted, and in winter the land looks dreary enough. When the spring months come, however, heavy vegetation of flowers and ferns covers the land, a surprise to any one who thinks of all Alaska being a cold and frozen northland. The inhabitants of the islands are Indians or natives. Men, women and children camp out there during the sealing season, ---------- Messenger - 1909 November - Page 12 ---------- 12 THE MESSENGER which is, as I remember, during the months of April and May. The women stay at home and take care of the camp, do the cooking, smoke and dry the fish that is caught, try out the seal oil, and do a little fishing for halibut, black bass and other small fish, while the men are away catching the seal. On entering the cove to the sealers' camp we saw before us a long white sandy beach, a number of sailboats, and from twenty to thirty tents snuggled in the deep wild grass under the heavy bank of tangled-trees. Smoke was rising in different places, women were moving about, busy at their work in front of the tents, and the children were happy at their play of running out in the water and racing in with the waves. It certainly was a sight not to be forgotten to see the returning sealing boats, one and two at a time, sail round the point into the cove, and row up to the beach. We came nearer and landed, and then we gathered with the children about the boats to see the day's catch and to watch the silent dark men as they deftly handled the seals. The men had been out at their work since early morning, leaving about two o'clock, and now at eight at night they had returned to eat and sleep and to refresh themselves so as to be up again in the morning—all their lives spent in the wonderful work of catching seals. This art has been taught to the natives by experience, patience, perseverance and necessity. It requires a skill in when and how and where, and a training which is quite difficult for the white man to accomplish. Each sail boat has four rowers and one hunter who stands in the bow of the boat with gun in hand ready to shoot the floating seal—for the seal is only caught when it comes to the surface to sleep in the sun. When a seal is seen and it is not near enough to shoot, the rowers, with the least possible noise, row away around to be between the seal and the direction of the wind, pull in oars to avoid any splashing that will awaken the sleeping seal, and drift noiselessly toward the seal. When within a sure shooting distance, the hunter fires, the rowers row to the seal and have it in before it has time to sink. The fur of each seal is worth about twenty dollars, and four or five seals are counted a very good day's catch. Of course there are a great many days when the sealers cannot go out on account of storms on the ocean. Luckily for us the weather promised to be clear for the next day and we were able to watch the preparations that went on for the coming day's work. Before the natives had "closed in" for the night they had everything in readiness for an immediate start in the morning. There was not much sleep for us that night. Everything was too new—and wonderful. We walked down the beach over the ---------- Messenger - 1909 November - Page 13 ---------- !THE MESSENGER 13 rocks which stood defiant in the bay. We did not talk much—we couldn't. We watched the last pink gleam in the sky die out. Everything began to be still, except the incessant splashing of the waves against the rocks, and we could feel the night closing down. We were a mile from camp, twenty miles from Sitka, and a "thousand miles from nowhere." It did not get dark, so a person could not see, all night. I could not sleep at all, and when the wee small hours began to approach I stuck my head out under the side of the tent and watched the northern lights. The sky was one mass of flashing changing color. The streaks would flash up into the sky and seem to fight to see which could hold sway. At about half-past two I heard the faintest click of an oar and looking down toward the beach could just barely see, through, the gray of the morn, a boat headed for the point. By the time I could get down there three others had left, each crew vieing with one another to see who could make the earliest start. I watched the fifth crew steal quietly down, push the boat just into the water, then the men came back and with each other's help carried the oars, sail, guns, ammunition box and grub-box and within three minutes they were out into the bay. Thus ten or fifteen boats left. A STUDENT. ---------- Messenger - 1909 November - Page 14 ---------- 14 ?HE MESSENGER THE MESSENGER SCHOOL PAPER OF THE BELLINGHAM STATE NORMAL SCHOOL BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON S. B. Irish Co., Printing«j^splfefri3ii Railroad Avenue MESSENGER STAPE " Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done." C. E. STOWB. ADA B. CAMPBELL ANDREA NORD - MARIE REECE ) ALICE PEACOCK J- - EDNA STAPLES ) MARY E- SEXTON MARGARET WALTON \ MAUDE WESCOTT ) ELIZABETH HEMPHILL EMMA WOODHOUSE HENRY ROGERS) BEATRICE BAIRi Editor Associate Literary Exchange Organization - Locals Athletics }• GRACE HINMAN AMELIA PISKE ROY KNUDSON FLORENCE MCKEAN i- INA LANDON LUCY FOWLER VALE NIXON HARRY HEATH JANET EVERETT W. T. MEYER Calendar Alumni Jokes Busines Manager TERMS—FIFTY CENTS A YBAR Entered December 21, 1902, at Bellingham, Washington, as second-class matter, under act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Vol. IX. November, 1909 No. 2 Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own; Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, The mere materials with which wisdom buils, Till smoothed and squared, and fitted into place, Does but encumber what it seems to enrich. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much, Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. COWPER. The Messenger Exchange Editor sent out thirty papers last month to various schools, but as yet few Exchanges have been received in return. Our students enjoy reading such papers and it is hoped that many Exchanges will be hanging this next month on our line in the General Meeting Boom on the first floor. ---------- Messenger - 1909 November - Page 15 ---------- THE MESSENGER 1 15 We think the Messenger is improving, don't you? Look at the advertisements and notice how neat and attractive they are. A business firm has complimented us on the fact that their Messenger " ad." yielded them fine returns for it brought their name to the attention of many outside the city. Cheery, isn't it? A little commendation goes a long way. The subject of making Sehome hill a park is again being revived. However, before that is done we are afraid it will be necessary to have a presentable "back yard," as our poetic feelings might be seriously injured by the sight of the worldly material at our feet. Are the students aware that we have a Students' Association at the Normal? It is an organization expressly for the school; its interests are yours, therefore give it loyal support. Attend some of their business meetings held every Wednesday afternoon and we are sure you will be agreeably surprised at the amount of work really done for the benefit of the students. The new pencil sharpeners, one in the Conversation room and the other in the Study Hall, and the new football suits for the boys tell what kind of an organization the Students' Association is. The football team is appearing in new stockings and new sweaters. They look well; now, if they will play well we shall all be well satisfied. Why is it that the class spirit is so noticeably absent? Too much spirit is wrong, of course, but don't you think it

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