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Title: Weekly Messenger - 1926 November 12
Date: 1926-11-12
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Text preview (might not show all results): 1926_1112 ---------- Weekly Messenger - 1926 November 12 - Page 1 ---------- EVERY CLUB HAVE A DEBATE TEAM SOURDOUGH ISSUE THIS WEEK S VOL. XXVI—NO. 7 WASHINGTON S T A T E NORMAL SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Friday, November \2, 1926 VIKINGS HUMBLE SUPER-VARSITY 16-0 Cedar Chips By Ted I
Transcript text preview (might not show all results): 1926_1112 ---------- Weekly Messenger - 1926 November 12 - Page 1 ---------- EVERY CLUB HAVE A DEBATE TEAM SOURDOUGH ISSUE THIS WEEK S VOL. XXVI—NO. 7 WASHINGTON S T A T E NORMAL SCHOOL, BEL
Show more1926_1112 ---------- Weekly Messenger - 1926 November 12 - Page 1 ---------- EVERY CLUB HAVE A DEBATE TEAM SOURDOUGH ISSUE THIS WEEK S VOL. XXVI—NO. 7 WASHINGTON S T A T E NORMAL SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Friday, November \2, 1926 VIKINGS HUMBLE SUPER-VARSITY 16-0 Cedar Chips By Ted In trying to keep pace with this fast Sourdough issue, we are compelled to print the above view of a fierce Alaskan snow-storm. How Come? SHEPHERD DOG IS FATALLY BURNED IN FUTILE ATTEMPT AT SAVING WIFE AND CHILD (Headline in Bellingham Herald, Nov. 8, 1926) » * * * Subtle Stories No. 2x4 No, Martha, the "Dumb-BeH" appears in the Normal auditorium today at 8 p . m., not at 11 a. m. » » # » Hey, Hey, Looky! ' Hake this motto ring over the school: "Hew. Story tor Sew Students." Any Sophomores or other sects lured by the •sects appeal of this story discussing "AH I FIT TO STUDY LATE?" may read, but must begin in the back. Let's go, Hew Students. CLUB DEBATES TO DETERMINE TEAM TO BE HELD EDITORIAL School Forensic Representatives to be Chosen from Those on the Squads of Various Organizations T E A M IS T O BE STRONG Direct Primary Question Will be Subject of Tryout Debates; Much Enthusiasm Evidenced. T H E N A K E D T R U TH or W H A T T H E N E W ' D W E AR Is this the kind of girls we want at every Homecoming Dance?.. Oh, yes, you with your nice talk, from practice during assembly announcements, might say that she's the last thing for Frank Salisbury or Mr. Berg. But this school ain't "run to ruin" men sech az Earl Hemmi an Don Patterson, but to "build men," sech az Estelle Martinson mite say, if she tried to say any thing. ...Jest study the above pitcher of Matilda Quacken-Bush (Hurrah, it iz she). In faculty meeting the other s i t e Rice, who wasent at a wedding, sed Matilda wood be the life of any party, a nockout,—with the addition of a little gin, maybe. Hoo iz this girl tipping her hat to then? Yew dident think of that, did yew? And perhaps Mr. Ormiston eould tell why she iz putting her left foot out first. That's where the faculty started and lay down on" the job. They woodent raise any thing beyond her feet. Look at her right hand. Yew mite say it's only in her pockit. Check. But the next minute it mite be in some one else's pockit. Farther and yet more, where'd she get the fur fur them sleeves if someone wasent trying to educate the education teacher's daughter. Jest think this over over your week-end and then decide if you can "Go West" next Homecoming, and not hit the Armory. ...(This is just the first article of too many articles in a series of articles to be actually printedi—Co-ed Note.) Edens Hall gang are rank plagiarists. They've swiped the slogan of the Canadian Mounted Police, "We Get Our Menu" " * * • * - • * . . . - .. Now You Tell One. ^ 'ft ^wouldn't cross tAe street to see tte queen.:; But J I happened to be •;butao^8q;;i^ Inter-club debates for tryouts for the Normal debate team will be held during the latter part of November and early in December. The various clubs may select their teams in any way they prefer, and if any culb does not have a three-member team, its members may unite with those of another club in forming a team. That every club will in some way participate in these try-outs is the hope of the speech department. Those students who are not affiliated with any club team may form an independent team. Clubs and sponsors should report to Miss Cummins, cahirman of the Faculty Forensic committee, as soon as possible. A schedule of debates will be posted as soon as the participating clubs have reported. Political Question Used. That question to be used for the tryout debates is "Resolved: That the present primary system be abolished for the old convention system." The debate question of the Pi Kappa Delta debating fraternity will be used for debates which are to be arranged with some of the schools in this fraternity who are on tour. Last year fhe Normal men's team won a decision from a Colorado College team-, which is one of the strongest debating teams in the country. The Bellingham women's team last year debated with the College of the Pacific, from Stockton, California. The year before a strong team from the Oregon Agricultural College from Corvallis was met. Normal Has Record. By having permanently won the Allison tri-Normal cup in 1924, and by having defeated Cheney Normal in a dual engagement in 1925, Bellingham Normal has made a splendid record in debate. The questions to be debated this year are: For men, 'Resolved: That the Volstead act be modified to permit the manufacture and sale of light wines and beers"; and for women, "Resolved: That the federal govern-, ment adopt a uniform marriage and divorce law." As some of the strongest high schools in the state have representa-debate, and it is the belief of mem-tives here, there is much interest in bers of the Speech' department that our talent should be utilized. Honor System. Referring to the student opinion of last week, it seems as if the Honor System is a topic of annual discussion. It is a time worn subject colored by prejudice. The Honor System is a negative plan to prevent cheating. Students who come from the University of Washington say that it is a huge joke. Instead of removing the possibilities of cheating, the Honor System so-called, merely adds fuel to.the flame. It is an absurdity to think that a large number of students thrown upon their own resources (perhaps you wish to call it their honor) will not at some time or other cheat during an examination. At the Leland Stanford University a plan is in operation which does away with all the possibilities of cheating. It is reported that it works more efficiently than any other system in the country. We have such a system in our school, and it is working very satisfactorily, although it is not as yet so well established as the system is at Stanford. Students complain that they are being treated like children when asked by the instructor to sit two seats apart when writing an examination. No person whose conscience is clear is embarrased or agitated when receiving such instruction during a quizz. That the students who are continually agitating for an Honor System are those who find no opportunity to cheat under the present plan, it has been found. Get to work and the examinations will take care of them selves. HERE TONIGHT IN THE "DUMB BELL" New Stock Company to Make Debut in Normal School Auditorium with Experienced Cast. V E H I C L E IS A COMEDY Earl Hodgins, Lead, Has Played on Broadway and Recently at Grand in "Cat and the Canary." "FROSH MIX" TO BE NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT Dancing Will Follow Program in Big Gym, November 19, When Freshmen Have First Frolic. "Frosh Mix" is the name given to a party planned by the Freshman class for next Friday evening, November 19, to be staged in the big gymnasium. Vaudeville stunts, instrumental and vocal numbers will feature the program arranged for the early part of the evening. Green, the Freshman color, will be paramount throughout the basement hall. Green streamers, banners and favors will develop this color, scheme. Dancing will be the diversion following the program of music and special acts, the Chuckanut Manor orchestra, under the direction of Bob Slattery, furnishing music. During intermissions of the dancing, refreshments will be served. CAN IT BE POSSIBLE THA T SKUNKS SHALL FIND ROOM IN OUR SHOW CASES AND TROPHIES HA VE NONE "Where in Sam Hill" are the Normal school trophies? If they are not worthy to be shown it surely must be an honor for those who won them for their Alma Mater. We, who are sophisticated enough to enjoy the trophies, •• feel that it. is better for all concerned to give them'some light. Do our trophies ever see the light? No! They are placed-in obscure out-of- the-way places. Any stranger entering our building in search of trophies for his collection would be out pi luck., . - We have ' a large number of trophies but how will the Frosh answer when asked ^in psychology, by Dr. Miller, 'where ." are our trophies kept?" We have no place in the hall to display these awards, but there.is always room .for a skunk in the case across from the English office. The spectacular advertisement cases out-.' side the;:C6-op. catch the eye of more students than our: trophy case. Only ^%bAinjdred and; fifty students are allowed to see the trophies, as they are now reposing in Sam Carver's, office. No wonder the door to the men's locker room is always guarded by Wendell Iverson and Leland Shelton. Not so much for the sake of the trophies as for a date. Last year we won a trophy in the Tulip Festival parade: How many of you co-eds have seen it? Pray tell us, nowivlt would be desirable to have 'the \ prizes yon display during Homecoming.' SorivTof" the returning grads who did not take anything with them when they graduated might be blessed with a mental impression of a trophy or two. Let's have a motion passed next student forum to add seven cents to registration fee and get a glass case. Come oh, be sports! v^hat-ido you say. Let's get a nice glass ease and use•. it. for 'a lt;trophy case: before Miss Rpsene cpjps, it and ;;p«8sesv^;-,in|o serviee^as 'U^fish^iaqusHriunii".'.; Jj}£\;i With the presentation of the "Dumb Bell" this evening at 8 p. m., in the Normal school auditorium, the Hodgins Players make their debut to Bellingham audiences. The Hodgins Players, a stock company composed of a personnel of actors and actresses, all of whom have had dramatic training and professional experience come highly recommended as players of the first magnitude. The company is composed of Earl Hodgins, Miss Leona Weber, Jim Hannah, Jack Smart, Bill Warsso, and Dorotlfy Macintosh. Hodgins as "Peggie" Earl Hodgins, who played the role of the "Cat" in the mystery melodrama, "The Cat and the Canary," presented recently at the Grand Theater, is the leading role in the "Dumb Bell." Miss Leola Weber impersonates very cleverly the character of "Rosalie," the feminine elad. Mr. Hodgins appeared formerly in productions on Broadway, in New York. He played opposite Marjorie Rambeau in "The Vagabond," his greatest success. Jack Smart, as the butler, gives a very fascinating character impersonation. The plot of the play revolves around "Reggie" and "Rosalie," the leading characters. "Marsha," played by Dorothy Macintosh, comes in for her share of attention in the formation of a triangle love affair. To Appear Every Friday. According to the latest information received, the Hodgins Players are scheduled to appear at the Normal School auditorium every Friday evening. Plays to be presented soon are: "Over There," Friday, November 19, and "The Bat," Friday, November 20. The complete itinerary of the Hodgins Players is, Mt. Vernon, Sunday; New Westminster, Monday and Tuesday; Anacortes, Wednesday; Lynden, Thursday; Normal School, Friday; and Sedro-Woolley, Saturday. o -,, Co-Op Store Gives Excellent Service Normal Students Motor Tests Will Discover Ability of Normal Women What is a normal young woman? The Physical Education department of ---------- Weekly Messenger - 1926 November 12 - Page 2 ---------- pl^HgHI; TOSHIN^N^AT^ I^lialMd by Students' Asiociation of State Normal Sdiooi/;Bellin^^:';Wa"UBgtofi' Entered in the Pottoffice at Bellingham, Washington, as second class matter. MILLER SUTHERLEN PRINTING CO., Printers Subscription rate by mail, $1.50 per year, in advance; single copies 5 cents; : Advertising Rates on Application. Address all communications, othr than news items, to The Business Manager of the Weekly Messenger, Bellingham, Washington. Editor-in-Chief Associate Editor ... ;.... -. Sport Associate ._ Sport Associate Society Editor SVERRE ARESTAD ..._ THEODORE CEDERBERG .... ROBERT WAGNER ROBERT FISHER — - OLIVE IIARDAN - BRYAN HANKINS - HERBERT E. FOWLER „ Business Manager .... Faculty Advisor Theodore Cederberg Robert Wagner VSTAFF Oiive Hardan Ruth Sturman Robert Fisher Jessie Whitten Lois Brown, Shirlit Smith Mildred Buskett REPORTERS Ethel Leadbetter Tbeo Norby Everett Baxter Myldred Hense Helen Wright Verta Templeton Gladys Burton By V. A. y. When' the Viking football team played last Saturday against the Cheney;• Normal eleven there was'.seen on. Waldo Field the usual thrill and exitement of this college game. The men of both teams played with such ! zeal and'enthusiasm, equaled only by ! their love and pride in their respective schools. They displayed the best of sportsmanship that was in them; they '"fought" to the very last of their endurance; they remained throughout faithful to the colors under which they played. These men, indeed, are the heroes in the making. Back to Work. The smoke of Homecoming has cleared away. The grads have returned to their schools, homes, and offices throughout the state. Starting Monday morning with newly concocted lessons the faculty have drowned the excitement of the two days of reckless abandon for the undergraduate. . -' " _Not only did the festivities provide a busy and restless week-end for the students, but of greater significance, Homecoming meant the brief return of the Alumni to school life. These people are the ones who have made the Normal, not you who are now in attendance. Proved by them is the ultimate value of this school, While only the third Homecoming in the twenty-seven years of the school, this annual feature has succeeded. Grads who remember their days at Normal will always anticipate this event if we but continue to make Homecoming and the school worthy of them. Glad were wje to have them back, and we hope that they rejoiced in being here. Football Is Being Kissed Goodbye. In a few weeks the Colleges and Universities throughout the United States and the World, will abandon the "gridiron" for the "lit court." Then exening performances will be in vogue. New faces will be seen and new names will be smeared* over the pages of the newspapers. T he very time of the performances on the "lit court" will be enough to draw one's attention to the romancers—"the prowlers of the night." Yesterday marked the stopping place for our gridiron history of 1926. We have enjoyed a fairly successful season. A good team has represented us in every battle. Clean sportsmanship has been the byword of every Viking on Coach Sam Carver's football aggregation. After all is said and done, however, when the final analysis has been made, and the ultimate conclusion has Keen drawn, what has been the significance of this football season? Let's Co to Alaska. Alaska envisages to many a land of fascination and reckless adventure. As a land where summer days are long and growth in nature is rapid and luxuriant, it is the El Dorado of our dreams. And they tell us that in that Northern land one is seldom..sick. Fevers, which tax the-travelers of south countries and create a morbidness and dullish languor are never known. Trekking over snow ridden hills bring in the late evening but healthy weariness and welcome sleep to the trapper. The Sourdough Club, an organization whose members have lived in Alaska or visited there, are editing a department of this issue of the Messenger. .Their contributions are attractive and provide for us an interesting acquaintance with one of the alert societies of the Normal. T H I R D H O M E C O M I N G IS E N J O Y E D BY ALUMNI (Continued from Page One) . before President Fisher arrived, so his speech was missed. The luncheon in Edens Hall and the Cafeteria Saturday noon was .well attended and the following numbers x gt;n the program given by students kept everyone in good spirits: College Club Quartette, W. A. A. Jinx, MacDowell Club Sextette, Philo Club act, violin solo by Irene Hagen, and a vocal solo by Ruth McCullough. Game Features Homecoming, The climax and one of the outstanding features of Homecoming came when most of Normal students, alumni and town people, dll eager and excited, watched Bellingham Normal win the footbaU • game from Following the game was the banquet for alumni and football men in Edens Hall. The-Cheney team was unable to stay but 250 attended, including Mr. and Mrs. Noah Shakespeare, of Everett, as honor gue.sts. Mr. Shakespeare is a member of the Board of Trustees. Miss Olive Edens was toastmis- • tress of the.evening and told the story of the "Prodigal Son" to fit the alumni at Homecoming. Mrs. Katherine Myers Hess, '24, entertained with three vocal solos. Pres. Fisher gave a talk on the "Significance of Homecomng" and Mr. Harold Smith led everyone in community singing. The Armory, decorated with streamers and footballs was the final place of enjoyment for the students at a dance in the evening and those attending the banquet joined them about fc:30. •'•:„•"'• '::' Homecoming this , year has left..; ah indelible inark on everyone: who was p r e s e n t ; •:•':;} • ; gt; ^7=^^^j::-- gt;Vo.'; O-Ii =;"i-:^:T--ui^-^'-';V.^: ?^-= After all, the assignments being given by Miss Wilson in her class in Library instruction, which formerly seemed long, tedious and boresome to many, are not really so. They are beginning to prove beneficial to those who, unfortunately, did not know what an atlas is before they came to the Normal. Of course there are those who had already learned some of these library tools in their high school days by dint of their curiosity instinct (?). '.'^RAdlO RECIPE" This goes to show that in the majority (perhaps) of cases, our difficulties are but blessings in disguise. And this sounds familiar to many. Speaking of school organizations, reminds me that in our school there seems to be a concentration of effort on the Literary club, which, in some cases like the Philos, also includes music. Why should there not be also an organization devoted to the study of parliamentary procedure? While we are here with an idea of becoming teachers, some day, who knows? We might also be entering the arena of politics and share in the work of the law-making bodies. Why should we not organize a Junior House, of Representatives, or a Junior Senate, and thus learn in theory and in practice parliamentary law' and procedure ? A little scrutiny of the pages of the Messenger would reveal that we have in our midst a reasonable number of men and women inclined to journalism. The presence of men and women with journalistic ambitions in this school strictly consecrated to the field of pedagogy calls attention to the fact that this phase of school work should merit more than a passing consideration. There must be established here a permanent source of stimuli, an appropriate and wholesome inducement to students to a more serious study of the newspaper work. We can do this in part by organizing a 'Scribe's Club," which shall try to promote interest and love in the Journalist's., work. in., various ways. ..Under the auspices of the culb, noted journalists of the city, the state, might be asked to give lectures on a line of journalism work which they have pursued or are actually pursuing... The value of this to would-be editors, publishers, and correspondents, cannot be overlooked. Then we might also organize an honorary journalism fraternity • and elect to its membership those Normal students: who deserve such an honor. Honorary journalism fraternities are found in all progressive colleges and universities ---------- Weekly Messenger - 1926 November 12 - Page 3 ---------- %M gt;~0s^^^M s^o^ VlkiNG| GLQSE GRIDSEASON BASKETBALL v BunmimmwtfiimnHniihnmiimuaiiBHiumnnauMiiiidi liipe^Vikiiigs To Open ^ VIKINGS WIN FROM CHENEY IN ANNUAL HOMECOMING GAME Carverites Avenge Themselves by Grid Classic, Playing Superior Football in Every Department. C A P T . ODELL B R I L L I A NT Cheney Held Scoreless After First Quarter. Seymour, Clarke Make Big Gains, with Line Invincible. With an attack that •could not be denied, Bellingham Normal thoroughly redeemed themselves, by'defeating Cheney Normal 9 to 3 in the annual Viking Homecoming classic. Although eliminated by Ellensburg from the championship race, the local team defeated the possibility of being the cellar occupants, and incidentally reaped revenge for last season's reverse at the hands of the Savages, Cheney Scores First. Cheney took advantage of an early break, a fumble in the fore part of : the first quarter, and when the Bellingham defense held, resorted successfully to a field goal. The first quarter ended with Cheney leading 3-0. Thereafter, however, the "Vikings started roughriding their heavier pedagogical rivals who came west for the Vikings' scalp. An oft prevented touchdown was pushed over shortly before half time. Turner, Cheney, signal barker was forced to punt from behind his goal due to a bad pass from center on the previous play. Bellingham starting on the 25-yard line "Seymoured" it al a bucks and passes to the 3-yard line, where Ted Clark slipped over. Odell's attempt to convert was blocked. Vikings Threaten Constantly. Throughout the second half the Vikings continued to play superior football. After pushing the ball to the Savages' two-yard line, a bad pass from center resulted in a twenty-yard loss. A drop kick by Odell was barely unsuccessful. Again in the fourth quarter, when the Cheney team was under its goal posts, Seymour lost his footing on the slippery field when 'attempting to pass and was downed for a loss. Odell again called upon to kick, planted the ball squarely between the uprights, boosting the total to 9 over 3 for Cheney. Cheney Nearly Scores. Cheney remained a threat throughout the game and nearly scored in the last quarter, when the Savage line broke through and blocked a punt, Farrier, end, grabbing the ball and tearing off 50 yards before he was stopped. Although in excellent scoring position, Cheney was helpless and the Vikings came out of danger as the game ended. ELLENSBURG MEETS CHENEY TOMORROW Ellensburg Normal will meet Cheney on the Savage's field tomorrow, as the" principal diversion on the lat-ter's annual Homecoming program. Ellensburg is the heavy favorite to win the mix by virtue of. her victory over the Vikings while Cheney succumbed to the Carverite's attack 9-3, here last week. Cheney, however, will have the advantage of being at home and playing before the home crowd. A. victory for Ellensburg will give them the Tri-Normal championship and a practically undisputed claim to the Northwest Minor College title. Last week the Wildcats tucked away another pelt when they defeated St. Martin's 13-0, at Ellensr burg. Robinson, Ellensburg halfback, starred, scoring both of Ellensburg's touchdowns as the result of Jong end, runs. The Normal team held the advantage throughout the game. By this win tlie Wild^ts (can even cjeim superiority ayer teams of'the North- • west Conference, St. Martin's having previously registered a victory over: College of Puget Sound, ^bjc$ jisjead-.', • ] ^ al ^ t h ^ S ^ a | ^ ^ l d c a t ; c o n f l i c t '-yrith in;-, ^teresi:;jw'^a;' v i c t o ^ for' thefSavages1! cornered tie. for the Tri-Normal title. l gt;0 Hitting the line WITH SULLY Ladies and Gentlemen readers of this too original column: r am sorry to announce that this will be the last appearance of my writings. My inadequacy to comprehend the tactics and • intrigues of the science of basketball to their fullest extent, compel me most annoyingly to discontinue my motiveless ambiguity. - Truly yours, Wilson Creek Sullivan, Wilbur, Wn. Wednesday, the football men hit the dummies for the last time this-season.. No scrimmage was held this week on account of the mid-week game. * * * * All in all, the Vikings have been fairly successful in this season's encounters. With two wins1 and two defeats, exclusive or yesterday's encounter, Carver's men can acclaim recognition of the fact that they have not been stuffing on the job. * * » » Ray Odell and Rumpy Seymoui ran wild over the Cheney Savages last Saturday. The., line played a magnificent game, with Dan Beighle and Ray Christman outstanding. Occie Thorsen and Grover Brown performed like men beset, like very demons at the wing positions. Harold Hawkings and Lyman Stickney turned in a neat defensive game although they did not shine on the offense. * * * * Tomorrow the U. of W. football efeven clash with the Stanford grid-ders. According to the dope from Seattle, Baggy's men intend to administer a sound whipping to Pop's warriors. One thought seems to be haunting the U. of W. men. How are we to overcome Stanford when they beat U. S. C? * # * » Next Saturday two big games are on schedule in the East. Ohio State, heretofore undefeated, meets Michigan in the deciding game of the Big Ten conference. The game that has porbably been looked forward to with the greatest deal of interest by enthusiastic football fans is the Army and Navy game. GIRLS TO PLAY OFF ATHLETIC CONTEST Schedule of Five Games Arranged. Season to Last From Nov. 15 to Nov. 24. Captains Are Chosen. In order that every girl who is turning out fo rone of the three major sports, Hockey, Soccer, or Volley Ball, may have a chance to play on a team, a schedule of intra-inural games has been arranged. The aim of these intra-mural games is to bring out mass participation and also to give Freshmen and Sophomore girls a chance to play together instead of against each other as they would do in class games. The season for these games will extend from November 15 to November 24. The girls are electing their captains and deciding upon a name for their team. There will be five intra-mural teams in soccer, two in hockey, and four in volley ball. Some novice games will be played by those who do not make the class teams in connection with the class games. Class turnouts will be resumed on Monday, November 29, following Thanksgiving vacation, and all games, both intra-mural and class, will be over by December 10. The upper sections of the P. E. I classes will play off inter-class games toward the end of the quarter. Intramural games will be played at four o'clock, although it may be necessary to play off some of the soccer games at 12 o'clock, _ because of the fact that some girls are turning out for more than one sport. Orange and green blazers will be used to distinguish the teams on the field. INTEREST IS SHOWN IN SPLASH HOUR Arangements Made by Jean Woll. Swimming Hour at Y. W . C. A. Next Recreation Hour Nov. 9. The Splash Hour at the Y., last Friday, was enjoyed by 22 girls. Many advanced swimmers as well as beginners, took advantage of this extra dip hour to brush up oh fancy strokes. This recreation hour was arranged for and very capably managed by Jean Woll, and it is hoped that the girls will continue to take an interest in it. The next swimming hour will be held November 19. By paying the small amount of 10 cents one may have one hour of fun. Sign up on the W. A. A. bulletin board by Thursday. iUHHniHinfflUiumiiniH!i[roiiiiinHinn«iHMiin^ Jack On The Sportstalk fMuiamniiuiiinMiiMiMitiuKHunHEflmnKHHaHim^ Our football season is over, but basketball will soon be here. We saw many good grid games t h i s year —games in which the Vikings acq u i t t e d themselves nobly. A hough the number of games won and lost is about equal, all of those on the "lost" side were dropped by. close margins. The St. Martin's contest was 14-13, and that with Ellensburg 13-9, and in both of them, the Vikings threatened throughout to turn the score in their favor. Yesterday's game climaxed a ---------- Weekly Messenger - 1926 November 12 - Page 4 ---------- ^ \s-v'..i:V.i';- WAlSBINGTW Alaskan life Depicted By Old Time WINTERS OF ALASKA ARE TIMES OF LIVELY SPORTS ON ICE AND SNOW: MUSHING OVER MOONLIT TRAILS WITH SLEDS DRAWN BY HUSKIES SPELL EXCITEMENT In November, the fall of the year, the rivers of Alaska are freezing over, to stand immovable and silent for the winter. The sunshine is fading, and those wierd, gray, twilight days are beginning to dawn. On a clear, cold, dark night the play of the Aurora appears. It seems like a myriad of dancing nymphs in the sky, with fluttering drapes in pastel shades, and filmy as cobwebs. Soon the snow will come.1 Then, when the brilliant, glaring moonlight sets it all aglow, there is a feeling of vastness, silence, and awe. It grips you, and you like it, you don't know why. The malamute chorus is heard, and you shudder. A stray wolf howls, and you think it wierd. You think of the wheels of time—the winter days just starting, and you shake up the fire and settle down snugly in your cabin with a feeling of safety and content. : The winters in Alaska are mar-velou. Everyone is preparedt in advance to meet the needs of the season. Comforts are plenty, and hardships are mostly tales of the past. The pleasures are the chief concern of the winter. It is a time for sleighing, skiing, snow-shoeing, hunting, trapping, and other northern sports. One of the most enjoyable sports ,in Alaska is to mush dogs, or even • to be tucked in a nice big basket : sleigh, and let a regular niusher do •the driving. The sleigh is comfort- • able with soft, warm furs and robes; ;you are strapped safely in. The musher, often a husky native, stands on the runners, in back of the sled, holding the handle bars to guide, shouts to the dogs, and away you go! All is still, save for the tinkle of bells on the dogs' harness and the occasional shouting of the musher to ; the dogs. The Alaskan dogs are the most interesting and intelligent creatures imaginable. They know where the ice is safe and where there is danger. They can take you safely over any trail by day or night, and they are to ALASKAN GLACIER, As Seen from the Steamship Alameda. be depended upon. I have safely traveled over a river trail at night when it was so dark that I could see nothing before me. There were many dangerous holes and crannies in the ice. The dogs had the entire responsibility. Sometimes they would come to a stop, back away, and swerve in another direction, Again the speed was picked up and I knew that we had safely passed a hole. The leader is the cleverest dog of the team, and travels alone, taking responsibility of sounding the ice, selecting the safest route, and leading the others. The other dogs work in pairs, and usually obey their lead er very*Vell. The dogs are very strong, active, and powerful. If you wish to test their strength, just take a team out alone and try to stop them when they see a fox or a rabbit that they want to chase. Finally, the grayness of the days lessens, a sunbeam appears on the scene, and then, by leaps and bounds, the spring is on hand. With it come floods of sunshine. It is deeply appreciated after having been absent about four months. Everything takes on an air of renewed brightness, happiness, and new life. The ice breaks up and the rivers start moving again. All Alaska gambols on the date of the "break up." This is a big feature of the end of the winter each year. It has become a custom, and everyone looks forward to the ice-pool contest, and it's pot of gold for the winner. The. dogs have finished their winter's work and retire for the summer, to bask in the sun and eat dried fish. Tlie days lengthen so rapidly, that by the twenty-first of June we are enjoying- the midnight sun. In this season everyone is busy. The days run on into the night, and the beauty of the sky and landscape is beyond mere words. The vegetation, flowers and small plants, vegetable gardens, etc., grow two or three times as fast as those in the States. This is to be expected, when you realize that the sun is shining on them two to three times as long each day as it does here. Alaska is a flower garden in the summer time. The flowers are deep in color, large, of many kinds, and very plentiful. It is bounteous in.wild blueberries, strawberries, rasperries, cranberries, etc. ' Alaska is ideal for hunting and fishing. It has a wealth of natural resources. It's people are sturdy, and brave, with hearts of gold and with an everlasting devotion to their chosen land. Alaska is our very own! A territory of the United States. Get acquainted with it. It's big, open, and full of opportunities; and besides, it is a dreamland. —Mamie Clark. li^f ^ Knick Knacks . ^ 3S FOR KNICK KNACKS. He looked at her—She was his idol. Her little hood perched jauntily On one side—tantalizingly. "You're different—not like the others," hes murmured, and sighed. "They are too noisy—you are so quiet. Theirs is the pace that kills— yours is gentle and easy. They are emotional—they break down— Not so with you! I love your coolness! And to think that you'll soon be my own! "But—are you tired? Oh! I had forgotten my date. We shall have to hurry." And so he cranked her, jumped in, and drove away. —Madelle. SMITH APPEARS IN TUESDAYS MEETS Problems of Interest Will Engage Discussions in Special Students" Assembly of Next Friday. Mere Mouse? NORMAL HAS MANY TIES WITH ALASKA SOURDOUGH Mrs. Nye lived near Cape Prince of Wales and is our farthest north Sourdough. * * * * Mr. Tait can tell you all about branding reindeer. * * * * Ask Miss Clark about coal mining and dog sledding in the Interior. » * * * We don't know about Mrs. Tait's sourdough flapjacks, but she flings a wicked pumpkin pie! » * * * Mr. Arestad was a fish monger in Chatham Straigths, wherever that is. He can tell you stories. » • * * Miss Montgomery is one of our most enthusiastic and efficient work- Our honorary resident members are: Mr. and Mrs. Archie Shiels, Mr. and Mrs. M J. O'Connor, Miss Ella Higginson, author of "Alaska, the Great Country." * * * * All instructors who have made a trip to Alaska are club members by virtue of their having visited the Terirtory. • _ • " . . * * * * . The Responsibility of This Normal School. • Bellingham Normal has a heavy responsibility in connection with education in Alaska. Because of its nearness- to Seattle, the point of embarkation for our northern territory, it ^furnishes the most convenient place for teacher training. i Therefore, it follows' that the "jjnethods of teaching, the school -background of culture, and the ideals ;_of citizenship^ given to the -Alaska ^jehildreh are largely those formulated : %r developed at this Normal school. ^Although Alaska is small in population she is:great in her almost un- -Cjbouched natural resources, and con-. Jge^uently her citizens in future years ^wilt-have important influence in the •industrial and recreational life of the FROSHES HERE, FROSHES THERE, VERDANT FROSHES EVERYWHERE WISER SOPHOMORES TAKE THE AIR (Dedicated to the Freshmen) * . These Freshmen, they're like the poor, we have them with us always. Even when we learned Sophs sojourn to the Library for a couple of hours of uninterrupted gleaning of book lore each night, lo, they are with us still. We call for a book at the desk— It's gone, some Freshman has it, and is busily looking at the pictures and sounding out the words, his finger in his mouth. We go to the card catalog, intent upon getting references oh the subject of Psychoanalysis, but some Freshman has the whole drawer and is feverishly copying the contents on a ream of paper. Sighing resignedly, we move around to the encyclopedia shelves. Surely we'll find it there. Let's see— volume twenty-three, not there. We look again; maybe it's misplaced. Yes, it's misplaced all right. One of our verdant friends is sitting propped up in the window laboriously going through the account of the work of Pythagoras, and having an heroic fight to keep from going to sleep and yet maintain an expression of bored intelligence. . With a feeling of martyrdom we move on up the Library and resolve to look on the shelves for material. We find the place and are deep in the perusal of facts when the silence is shattered by a sibilant whisper which may be heard as far as Edens Hall, "Say, would you mind moving over? I'm working on a Library Methods: project, and it's due tomorrow, and I've got to find out all about the library between now and then.?' -; : "Wie obediently move over and;the industrious Freshman commences--to paw around among the books, taking out one and putting: half a dozen^in its place -and by the time lie's through with that shelf, Miss Wilson herself would go into hysterics when she came to PPPPP
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