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Title: Weekly Messenger - 1928 April 20
Date: 1928-04-20
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Text preview (might not show all results): 1928_0420 ---------- Weekly Messenger - 1928 April 20 - Page 1 ---------- | # O D V l L , MAY I • • / • • ?TOL; X X V I I - - N O . 26 WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON ; Friday, April ^Q; 1 9 2 gS OFFERS PRIZE TO STUDENT E Five Dollars in
Transcript text preview (might not show all results): 1928_0420 ---------- Weekly Messenger - 1928 April 20 - Page 1 ---------- | # O D V l L , MAY I • • / • • ?TOL; X X V I I - - N O . 26 WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL S
Show more1928_0420 ---------- Weekly Messenger - 1928 April 20 - Page 1 ---------- | # O D V l L , MAY I • • / • • ?TOL; X X V I I - - N O . 26 WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON ; Friday, April ^Q; 1 9 2 gS OFFERS PRIZE TO STUDENT E Five Dollars in. Tr de at Co-op Will be Given \ayva Student Suggesting Appropriate Title. Calendar of Events OLD NAME INDEFINITE It Is Hoped That Something of The Ideals and Individuality of School May Be" Expressed. (By Gordon Leen) The Weekly Messenger wants a new name! Following the announcement of this fact in last Friday's assembly, the Board of Control is calling for suggested titles to adorn this newspaper in the future. Although the contest among students for an acceptable title has been open for a week thus far there has been no response from the student body. So the Board again calls for suggestions, reminding all those interested that the person submitting the winning name will receive $5.00 in trade at the Co-op. There is no limit to the numbers of possible names which may be sent in by one student, but the provision is made that all those submitted must be handed in either to the Board or the Messenger before the close of next week. The winning caption will be selected by a student- "faculty committee appointed by the Board. Both the new name and the winning contestant will be announced on Campus Day. Seasons For Change Given Reason for changing a name which has stood for over twenty years or for the. whole life-time of the' Messenger have been #set forth by journalism students and others interested in the welfare of this campus publication. The most outstanding; of these is that the present name is not meaningful enough—it is not in keeping with school ideals and traditions. Also, it is entirely too general, as it might apply to almost any weekly publication. The elements of time and place are regarded as most. important in choosing the new name, but the winning title should preferably be a direct-sounding phrasing suggesting the environment, ideals, or traditions of the school according to the standards set up. "The Lewistonian," of Lewiston, Idaho; "The Normal Advance," of Terre Haute, Indiana; "The Northwest Missourian," of Marysville, Missouri; "Campus Crier," of Ellens- Twrg; and "State Normal School Journal", of Cheney, are typical names used by normal school and teacher's college papers in this coun-try. FRIDAY, April 20—Recreation Homv big gym, 4 to 5 p. m. Viking Vodvil rehearsal, auditorium, 7 p. m. -•--' Oregon Club MYSTERO JITNEY, big gym 8 p. m. ,., SATURDAY, April 21—Sophomore Mixer, big gym 8 p. m. TUESDAY, Apr. 24r—Mr. C. S. Cowan, "Forest Matters and Their Import to the State", assembly, 11 a. m. THURSDAY, Apr. 25—Dr. Thomas A\ Jagger, lecture, auditorium, 8:15. FRIDAY, Apr. 27—Dr. T.'.C. Frye, director of Puget Sound Biological Station, in assembly, 31 a. m. ,- SATURDAY, Apr. 28—Women's League Informal, Eden's Hall, 8:30 p.m. Co-op, Handling Supplies For Every Need, Ranks First Class Annual Bluebook of College Bookstores Honors Local Shop by Placing It in Class A Group. Co-op, in 20th Year, "Takes Its Hat Off to None." racket strings are By VERNON V. VINE • "I play a tennis match this afternoon arid my loose. What'll I do?" "Going on a hike, got to have a kodak film, where'll I get it?" "Darn the moths, look at my swimming suit! I've got to have one today, where'H I go?" And always, from the dark corner where sits the sage, come two words: "The Co-Op." , . - , • - • J •» j -Twenty years have passed since first the Co-op opened Us doors to a student body of doubtful size and doubting natures. Much water has flown under the bridge since then; many books have crossed the counters Today, tomorrow, and next week, the Co-op will enjoy some of'the rosiest days of its history. Ever* day is now its best day. Now to the Co-op come students in unending streams, each requesting commodities which.would have;shocked the educational super-visor of the first Co-op. Swimming suits and the like in a store of an ^ ^ ' ^ t r s ^ years, constant instigation of the needs of the student or the stuaem bDoCdyy and the wants of the individual sudents have been s t u d e n t n e e d m a y be discovered and catalogued until n o w f . 1 M Qn g h J t n o t i c e a t t h e s t u d e nt book store. This service, which has been instituted to meet the demands of the customers, has placed the Co- Op in a place where it is second to no school bookstore as far as' quality and service are concerned. The blue book of college bookstores rates it a Class A. shop, the highest honor such an establishment as1; the Co-op can gain. A present for your best girl, or a card to send congratulating your worst friend on his graduation from the reform school, may not be commonly accepted by educators as necessities. in schools of higher learning but the Co-op has recognized the needs to a certain extent, -for, while the latter gift may be doubtful, the former is not.' And thus, with the variety of articles carried, designed to meet every student need, the Coop takes its place in the front rank of American college book stores, and, as is stated in the advertising section of this paper "Takes its hat off to none of them." MUSIC IN T i l L0CAMDIT01M Second Annual Music Contest Held April 21, Harold Smith, of Music Department, Directing. i N ' _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ^ SIX SCHOOLS ENTERED Orchestras, Bands and Glee Clubs to Perform Before Judges for High School Music ' Awards. STUDENTS ASKED TO VERIFY CRITICISMS The Weekly Messenger Compared to Other Normal School Papers in Display in Messenger Office. There has been a great deal of criticism of late of the Messenger. Feeling that those who criticize should have an opportunity to.verify their remarks directed at this paper, the journalism class has selected from among the exchanges, papers from other normal schools and teachers' colleges. These papers will be posted on the bulletin board in the Messenger office. The staff invites all students interested, to come into the office and compare these papers with the Messenger. Those who wish to are cordially invited to examine the style, makeup, and contents of these papers and to decide how the Messenger compares with papers of similar schools. One of the papers to be put on exhibit, the "East Central Journal," from the normal at Ada, Oklahoma, was recently judged the best teachers' college newspaper in the country by the Columbia Press association of Columbia university. New York. The Messenger was not entered in the competition. Private Peat's Famous Lecture Outstanding In Week's Events NORMAL WILL HEAR FAMOUS GEOLOGIST Dr. Thomas Jagger to Lecture on Volcanoes and Earthquakes in Auditorium, Thursday, Apr. 26. .!;. 0iM^ ^£§0SS^ Stirring the entire student body with his inspirational address on "The Inexcusable Lie," Harold R. "Private" Peat, internationally famous soldier, lecturer • and author, told his enthralled listeners in Wednesday's assembly that war. will not be outlawed until it is presented as a sin and not glorified as it has been in the past. Private Peat, a wiry little Canadian who was one of the first to enter the great conflict under England's banner, and who wras severely wounded in action, depicted war hot as a great and glorious adventure but as a horrible slaughter. "If I were asked for a picture of war, I should go to the bowels of Mars and select the most hideous creature there and place/it before every schoolhouse door instead of erecting a beautiful monument to a great general," the speaker declared, driving his point home with firm conviction. . Mr. Peat colored his dramatic and emotional address with a lurid description of the horrors of war, which,,.cdupled with his keen wit arid cunning; but clever satire, won. the attentibn and interest of the entire Student body. ;v; : :: ;•'.'• He attacked the misconceptions of war that have been given youth by historians, artists, writers and poets, who have never seen the front line trenches. The men who go through a war, lie explained, do not sit down arid write books about it. . "It is time to talk world peace when it is possible for the scholar, the judge, and the farmer to win a congressional medal," the speaker declared. He. pointed out that the glorification of .Lindbergh shows that there are things other than war that appe.il to the imagination of the public. Private Peat paid a high tribute to Woodrow Wilson, whose statement when the United States entered the last great world conflict, that "this is the war to., end all-wars," was the spark that fired "the weary souls of. the Allied soldiers and enabled them to defeat the Germans, he said. lt; Closing his talk, the Canadian war veteran predicted that the world will hear more about war during the next ten years than it has during the last decade, because the feelings of people are;Still sensitive. The speaker - - a t the conclusion of his address-was'' given the greatest ovation given Aspeaker "this year. Dr. Thomas A. Jagger, geologist, will speak in the auditorium Thursday evening, April 20. Dr. Jagger was with the Tavlof expedition of the National Geographic Society and will speak on "Recent Volcanic Erup% tions and Earthquakes." Dr. Jagger, says "Who's Who", was graduated from Harvard (A. B. '93; Ph. D. '97) and he also attended both Munich and Heidelberg Universities in Germany. He was Professor of Geology'in Harvard Latin and was afterwards a member of the U.' S. Geological Survey. His work during more recent years however has been in volcanic regions, he having conducted expeditious to Mantinique, Vesuvius, the Aleritian Islands, Hawaii, Japan, Costa Rica, Sakurajuma and was the founder and operator for a number of years of the Hawiian Volcanic Observatory, His 'work oil the volcanic geology of the world has done much to enlighten scientists as to the structure of, the inner strata. Geology has grown into recent prominence since Darwin wrote his "Origin of Species." Fossil remains have contributed a lot of evidence in support of the evolution theory and the work in the inner strata--of the earth has strengthened the value, of such evidenctf, which- tends\to prove more clearly, the age and early development of the earth. / Dr. Jaggar has contributed a number of interesting stories, to the National Geographic Magazine. His talk will not only be of interest to students but to scientifically inclined men and women of this community; The Second Annual Northwest Washington High School Music conr test will be held Saturday, April 21, in the auditorium at 2 p.m. The contest is under the direction of Mi-. Harold B. Smith, chairman of the Normal music department. The judges of the contest are: Mr. Adams, of the University of Washington; Mr. Paul Lustermann, of Blaine; Mi-, David Craig, of Seattle- and Miss Slawson and Miss Moore, also of the music department of the Belingham Normal. The High schools entered for the various events, are: Band, Class A. Everett, Burlington and Mt. Vernon, i Orchestra, Class A. Sedro-Woolley, Everett and Mt. Vernon. Orchestra, Class B. Burlington. Boys' Glee Club, Class A. Everett and ---------- Weekly Messenger - 1928 April 20 - Page 2 ---------- ;^^HnMi$N-Subscript :i«n rate by mail, $1.50 p«r year, in advance; single copies •"' Advertising Rates on: Application. . cents; Address all communications, other than news items, to The Business Manager of kK /Weekly Messenger, Bellingham, Washington. • " ^ .•••.*. •••.• " EDITORIAL STAFF _ ; : _. ;. ; ..j.Editor. ;. •' Associate Editor "'" ".............. ...„.!..Sports Editor ^ZZZZZ'ZZZ.....:.". ...Society Editor " * " Copy Reader "" ............."............! Circulation Manager " ' ..............I... ...Faculty Advisor ROBERT FISHER „ VERNON V. VINE ...:.. GLENN FAIRBANKS CARRIE TUCKER MARY HIBNER MYER THAL ;„..„'. HERBERT E. FOWLER HARRY APPLETON .Business Manager BUSINESS STAFF Gordon Leen Glenn Fairbanks Elden Bond Gordon Leen STAFF WRITERS Myer Thai Bob Waters Grace Clampett E. Carlyle Jones Barney Chichester REPORTERS Naomi Chase Margaret Galley Kathleen Peterson Irene Schagel Peggy Pullar SPECIAL REPORTERS Roger Beckes Edna Working T H E E D I T O R ' S O P I N I ON Elsewhere in this issue are printed two stifdent opinions taking exception to some of the statements made in a n editorial appearing in last week's Messenger entitled " E n o u g h of these E l e c t i o n s . " For t h e benefit of those who either didn't read the editorial or failed to get its point, here, in a few words is its gist: " E n d l e s s criticism, based on practically nothing and showing little knowledge of student affairs, has been coming from candidates for Stud e n t ' s Association offices. They have criticized almost all t h e existing institutions of this school—with little understanding or background. Yet they have been elected. They have made foolish promises and stood for nothing. So w h y elect t h e m ?" I n their student opinions, both Mr. Benedict and Mr. Thompson have a great many words to say, a n d in justice to them, their articles are p r i n t e d in full. However, a close scrutiny and consideration of . t he facts in the Various instances they cite will show that they have said very little worth considering. At least, such is m y opinion (borne out by a n y number of people who should be competent judges of the t r u th or f a l l a c y of the above-mentioned gentlemen's statements). I n A n s w e r to M r . B e n e d i c t ' s Student Opinion. First, the editorial was called for, by a widely-prevalent student opinion. Second, although I d i d support Dean Edmundson for president at the last election, there is no reason why I should not question some of his tactics or p a r t s of his platform. Third, I d i d not support a girl for vice-president simply because she w a s a girl, but because I hfelieved her the best qualified of the three candidates. Fourth, it is notsa. tradition here to have a girl for vice-president (as witness the last three incumbents). Fifth, if it is necessary to criticize wholesale or to suggest change, practical plans for substitute or modification must be offered before criticism becomes worthwhile. Sixth, a member of the B o a r d of Control is only one of seven, and will accomplish nothing unless his viewpoints are shared by the remaining members. Seventh, although I d i d not h e a r D e a n M a r t i n speak in the recent assembly, I d id hear President H a l l of the University of Oregon, and w h a t d i d h e s ay about the " r u l e of the majority of all the p e o p l e " ? Eighth, Mr. Thompson's speech did not s h ow that he h a d a real knowledge of student affairs, nor d i d it qualify him for office. Does Mr. B e n e d i c t ' s knowledge of school affairs, as shown in his article, then, qualify him for his position? As he h a s come forth of his own a c c o r d with his numerous. statements, why should he not be j u d g e d on t h e merit of his policies? I n Answer to M r . Thompson • First, in his student opinion, M r . T h o m p s o n shows that he h a s u t t e r ly failed to get t h e main point of the editorial which motivated his reply. H e takes the s t a n d that I am a conservative " d i e - h a r d " , opposed to a n y criticism whatever. O f course he is wrong. My point was t h a t criticism based on faulty assumptions is valueless, and so on, a s stated above. I f M r . T h o m p s o n will but r e a d the editorial in question, I am sure that h e will see h i s e r r o r . Second, I agree perfectly with him o n his a t t i t u de on p u b l i c opinion, but am a f r a i d that if those people w h o v o t e d for h im scrutinized his statement carefully, he would lose many of his b a n d of supporters. Third, the so-called "verbal b r i c k b a t s " he mentions certainly were not directed at him alone. He, a s t h e most outstanding crit-icizer among several candidates, came in for his just deserts as a.n example of what I was hitting at. Fourth, M r . T h o m p s o n ' s charge of "nigh-schoolishness" on the p a r t of the Messenger is absurd. For instance, we print accounts of high school happenings because they a re news, just as t h e University of W a s h i n g t o n D a i l y features high school basketball tournaments or track meets on its front page with big h e a d lines, because they are news. Fifth, as t o comparing the Messenger with other, newspapers, Mr. Thompson is h e r e b y invited to visit room 2 0 5 and make comparisons himself (we have numerous papers from different parts of t h e c o u n t r y for h im t o refer t o ) . • _ I believe there is little more to be said. Like Mr. Benedict, M r . rhornpspn further evidences his ignorance of affairs he speaks about by his article. H e makes misstatements a n d comes to obviously faulty conclusions. And, since he does not k n ow that unsigned articles in this column are a l w a y s written by t he editor, I conclude, R O B E R T F I S H E R , Editor of thfe Messenger. GOOD EVENING! Lovely day, w a s n ' t it ? Yes or no a roomer flitted by us t o the effect t h a t some of t h e stewdents enrolled herein are somewhat skeptical concerning some of t h e MUCK published in this eolyum. We wish to, purchase this oppurtunity to anowntz that all" of the STUFF, MATerial, MAT-t e r or BOLogny that enters this place of witicism, or a t least cism, is all O. Riginal manufactured our own factory dressed by our own hands, and distributed by our own press and we stand in front or behind the aforesaid statement. Several practical-minded stewdents offered us (the business manager and myself) a good bye in SEC AND HAND JOCQUES, but we wisli to make it absolutely clear that we are NOT in the market for USED SLIGHTLY USED jokes. Walt might be interested, tho. ,, Any further such magnanimous offers will be deemed A MANIFESTATION OF AN UNFRIENDLY DISPOSITION, and that BURNS ME UP. Last week the Smessenger held i ts quadro-biannual spring cleanup, a nd we have been notified t o notify some of the hard-up stewdents in t h i s in-stiTOOshun that the Smessenger has on hand or in stock, two gross of good, hard, well-digested and highly saliva-flavored collapsible and non-shrinkable CHEWING GUM, in blue, green, or yellow patterns. The above will be unloaded to t he stewdents and general public tomorrow mornings a t three p. m... As a word of advice, it would be wise in order to avoid the inevitable mob scenes a t the Messenger door, to be on hand just slightly earlier than the next poisson, vso t h a t you may get in on t h e more slightly used. Because of t h e terrific abuse extended, and as a HUMANE act, NO GUM WILL BE SOLD TO STENOGRAPHERS, nor children under 28 years of age. ; P. P. S. Special rates to all facu l t y members and wholesale quotations to t h e Co-op. S e c r e t a r y of' American Forestry W e e k for' N o r t h w e s t Scheduled to Speak in T u e s d a y ' s Assembly David Campbell Gives Noteworthy Lecture Recitals in Assemblies Arriving in Bellingham from a s ix weeks concert tour of Californa, David Campbell, noted Portland musician, gave two clever and well presented recitals in the Tuesday's and Friday's assemblies. Both of bis lecture-recitals were given in a n interesting and unusual manner to t h e students and faculty. Much of t h e g r e a t e s t music is music with a national flavor, according to Mr. Campbell. He said further that 'nationalism consists of the spirit, touch, trick, mid s n a p of t h e music." He described the two classes of musicians; nationalists and de-nat"' 'ionalists, giving very excellent definitions of each. , Giving a description or history first of the different national types of jmusicj Mr. Campbell .played, well chosen selections to illustrate each Mr.. Campbell played with a spirit and fire which carried his audience, with him throughout the choice little program which included the following numbers: 1. An I r i sh Tune from County Kerry, arranged by Grainger. 2. Hungarian Rhapsody in F sharp . minor, by Ernest von Dohnanyi, (Hungarian). 3—Scherza E Minor,' Greig, (Scandinavian). ' Hopak, Moussorggsky, Rachmaninoff . (Russian). 4. Tangb-Albeniz, (Spansh). 5. Evening in Granada, Debussy, Arabian). The sixth national music type, t he German, Mr. Campbell did not ill u s t r a t e as i t is familiar to all through, such compositions. as "Silent Night",,' and . "Tannenbaum". J8^B8H.M,iBSU - g ' - " u ^ . "Home, Sweet Home," cried the baseball star as he crossed the plate. J h e faculty disciplinary measure d i d n ' t take so b a d with the students after all. W e noticed that every one w h o D E M O N - S T R U T T E D the varsity S W A G at t he last " R e c " hour were at least 2 6 inches ---------- Weekly Messenger - 1928 April 20 - Page 3 ---------- IN PRACTICE GAME University of Washington N i ne Takes Hard Fought Battle From Normalites by Score of 6 to 2. WINGARD GOES ROUTE Husky Pitcher Driven from Mound In Eighth; Two Bad* Innings Prove Fatal for Carver's Men. The Normal Vikings suffered their first practice defeat of the season when they fell before the University of Washington varsity baseball nine last Saturday afternoon, at Seattle, by a score of 6 to 2. The locals played good ball but had two bad innings when the Huskies bunched four hits, along with two Normal errors, to score five runs. Aside from the rather disastrous third and fourth chapters, the play of Coach Sam Carver's ball tossers was on par with the collegians. Eddie Wingard went the route for the locals^ hurling a nice game and holding the University nine scoreless after the fifth inning. Unable to solve the offerings of McLean, Washington southpaw, for six innings, the locals got to him in the seventh and eighth, with a series of hit and drove him from the mound. Thorsen started the fireworks for the Vikings in the "lucky" seventh with a two bagger, scoring a moment later on a Husky error. Again in the Eighth , In the eighth session, McClurken, •Normal shortstop, went to first on a clean single and was brought home by Wingard, who poled out a pretty two-base hit. The Vikings, however, were unable to hold the pace and went scoreless in the final inning. : The game was noticeably free of errors, wuth the Hilltoppers making two and the Huskies but one bad play.. Although Coach Tubby Graves' veteran nine accounted for ten hits, none of them went for extra bases, while two of Normal's bingles were two-baggers. Viking Lineup: McClurken, ss.; Odell, 2b; Clark, cf.; Wingard, p.; Johnson If.; Smith, c ; Bailey, rf.; Thorsen, lb.; Thor-lakson, 3b. Hits: McClurken, 2; Clark. Wingard, and Thorsen. Runs: Thorsen and McClurken. The Viking's regular schedule does not start for a couple of weeks yet, so that Carver's men will meet a lot of stiff opposition in practice games until the time they tangle with the University Frosh in their first scheduled contest. University Reserves Courts for Students Students wishing to play tennis on the U. of W. courts must first register with the supervisor, showing their A. S. U. W. tickets and signifying which court they wish to use. The courts will be patroled from 8 in the morning to 6 p. m. by a man from the P. E. department. These rules will assure that students will not be crowded off by outsiders. Exchanges Wduld you still' like to- keep in touch with your high school paper? You (haven't all' outgrown those bonds of an earlier day. If so you you will probably find that familiar .paper in the, exchange file in the Messenger office. Also you may get an idea of what is happening in rival schools from the exchanges received from these institutions. A wealth of ideas can be obtained from these pages. Come and make their acquaintance. They are worth the effort. Spikes .\ Rackets An example of a demi-godin track was clearly illustrated last Monday. Norman Bright proved to be the dark-horse. This boy in a beautiful race defeated Brinkman, Ferndale's star long-distance man, in the mile. The time was 4:44 which is considered excellent pre-meet time. Norman took his time for the first three laps so that he might save his wind for the final sprint which occurred during tlie latter part of the last lap. Before Norman started his sprint Brinkman was way ahead and looked like a sure/ bet to cop the race, then young Bright stretched out and made the rest of the runners, appear to be going in the opposite direction. He easily took the race, beating Brinkman by about six or seven yards. * # *' * • Fans and Fanettes, acording to a recent article in the Bellingham Herald, have a chance to win a free season's pass to baseball games that the Bellingham Tulips participate in. All you have to do, Honeysutt, is to write a letter in to the sports-department of the Herald telling "Why I Should Support the Tulips" * * * * The W.^A. A. is holding a hike to the-top of Lookout Mountain this coming Saturday. The W. A. A. manages to have quite a quarterly hike program. Why dont the men get together and formulate such a program. A great many of us don't know what to do on Saturday and other vacation days. If there was some sort of an affair formulated it is a safe bet thai a good many of us would participate. With all-school affairs on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday a n d Saturday :nights, how can the! Normal athlete train ? * * * * The . University of Washington Freshmen tennis team is regularly defeating the varsity squad down in Seattle. The Vikings are to meet this Frosh team in two tournaments, one down at Seattle and one here,—evidently another massacre will be written down in the annate of history. SOPHOMORES PLAN ELABORATE PARTY "Tomorrow night's the night" for the big Sophomore spring sport dance, a jolly affair where, one can wear the jolly old sports clothes, go without a date, not spend a penny and still have a good time. Such are the promises of the members of the entertainment committee of the Sophomore class. The Sophs have issued invitations to themselves, first, the faculty,, second, all the upper classmen third, and the freshmen boys, last, but, according to members of the committee, not least. Proving themselves more considerate than most hosts, the sophomores' have settled that old question "what shall I wear?" with a perfectly definite answer, "wear your sport clothes if you have any, and if you haven't, just be sure you don't, dress up." . Guests do not even have to worry about whom they will go with—it's a no-date affair—a phase of the entertainment which is expected to appeal to the sweetheartless older people of the upper classes. Another reason why this party is expected to prove one of the most popular of spring affairs is that it appeals to the drop of Scotch or Yankee blood that is in every American ,-r-it won't cost a cent either to get in. or, to get out. Added to these attractions is music by Herb Hess's Orchestra, "and decorations suitable to the season. The committees which have done so much to make this affair a success are -working under Beth Cogli-lan, general chairman Society Brand Clothes Burtenshaw Sunel "•:•'• "Service With a Smife" VIKING TRACK TEAM ROUNDING IN SHAPE Tryouts Given Monday, Wednesday and Thursday; Bright and Jewell Are Good in Competition Again rain arid wind have prevented completion of all the track try-outs. The events, as planned by; Head Track Coach Sam Carver, were to be finished Thursday of last- week but only a few were run off Monday and Wednesday. A potential Viking star was uncovered in the mile run when Norman Bright,' an unkn6wn, now in his first year of track competition, covered the four laps in 4:44. Brinkman followed him to the tape in 4:48, with Marsden coming through _ in 4:49. Bright's mark, coming on a slow track, gav« Coach Carver hopes of developing him into a really outstanding runner before the season is over. The shot-put was copped by Ray Jewell with a heave of 3S feet. Ar-nett chalked up a distance of .33 feet for second place, while Johnson scored 31 feet 10 inches. Ivorsboen and Miller were the only two entrants in the 120-yard high hurdles. Korsboen was timed at 19 seconds while Miller was disqualified. The broad jump was won by Stan Thompson with a jump of IS feet 7 inches. While not being exceptional it was good for tryout jumps and Stan is expected to increase his distance. The half mile proved to be a struggle betwen Ray Jewell and Frank Gallanger for the first lap ---------- Weekly Messenger - 1928 April 20 - Page 4 ---------- lt;i ^"THe MystertwHtney'* is the urius* :uiil name chosen; by the Oregon Club i for • its big all-school dance which is ^o be held .tonight at eight o'clock :in the big gymnasium/ . )S'*Be different" is the motto of the J0regori club so far as tonight's dance ; is ^concerned and from all-reports and appearances it is thought that the web-footers have certainly succeeded. 'While^ many of the arrangements : are still hidden under the term "mys-tero" j arrangements as to declarations and some special featm-es have been disclosed and promise to equal anything the Normal has seen for some time. Admission will be free, but tickets will be sold inside, "jitney" fashion, which means that dancers will buy a number of tickets on entering and one ticket will be collected from each couple during each dance. The posters read "bring your nickles." "Decorations will be of a carnival nature and in brilliant colors. Other features which will add to the smer-riment and brightness of the scene will be balloons, squawkers, carnival horns, and confetti. It is thought that special dances and prizes are hidden under the term "Mystero". According to chairman of the committee, Violet Loo, an excellent or-chstra has been arranged for and there is nothing lacking in preparations' to make this one of the most exciting affairs of the spring quarter. •- -o—V-REQUIRE REQUISITION All Student Association orders in the future must be requisitioned through the Secretary of the Board of Control and O. tK.'d by Miss MacKinnon, according to a ruling passed last week by the Board. In the past, all bills were handled directly by Miss MacKinnon. It has been necessary to make this change owing to the fact that she can not always be located and Roy Arnett generally can be found more easily. Twelvejnitis^d-By Social Science Twelve new members were; admitted" to the Social Science Club at a •special meeting held Monday night. They are: Hamilton Church, Milton Field Harry Hale, Myrtle Berg, Bertha Altose, Anna Fillinger, Ed Dingerson, May Dillon, Viola Poy-honen gt; Virginia Beyer, Mable Hoff-jnan, and Guy Springsteel. Modern youth and its criticisms were discussed at the meeting, the speakers being Rosa Van Ess; and Lyn Hughes. Plans are being made for a boat trip . to Viqueen Lodge. The two suggested - and probably only available -dates are April 28 and Memorial* Day. .:V A ruling was made that all members of the club who have not paid their spring quarter dues by the next meeting date will be dropped from the club. •' MOUNTSHUKSAN Shuksan, the Most Rugged and Rarely Beautiful of the Mountains in the Baker District, as seen from Heather Meadows, near Mt. Baker Lodge. House Notes EDENS HALL Miss Blanche Hamilton oi Seattle, was honor guest at a charming reception given in the drawing room of Edens Hall, Sunday afternoon, April 15. Hostesses for the. affair were the Misses Katherine Reese, Boimey Olson and Agnes Rose La-ko"\ v. A color scheme Of green and yellow was effectively carried out in the decorations. Miss Dorothy Legg gave several violin solos: "The Old Refrain," by Kreisler; "Obertass," by Wieniawski, "The Poem," by Fibish; "From the Conebrake," by Gardner., and "Ro- •mamza Andaluza," by Sarasate. Miss Blanche Hamilton sang several songs and Miss Elizabeth Gable played. Miss Jane L'Eveque and Miss Mary Wren poured. About '4o girls were present. A no-hostess party was held in room 104 at Edens Hall Saturday evening. The guests.'were the Misses Marjorie Lawson, Marion Paterson, Florence Johnson, Gladys Green, Win-nifred Haller, Marion Snyder, Irene Harris, Helen Sche'ckles, Peggy Pul-lar, Frances DeLong, Esther Broadwater and Gladys Seymour. Miss Adelaide Dale spent the weekend at her home in Anacortes. * * * * * The Misses Margaret Perry, Gladys Nelson and Gudrun Anderson visited their homes in Everett over the weekend. * * * * Miss "Marian Paterson, of Seattle, was a week-end guest of Miss Helen Sheckles. * * * •::• v. Miss Alice White was a week-end guest of Miss Marion Corner in Sumner last week-end. . -. * * * * Miss Louise Dunn and Miss Edna STUDENT OPINION 5 5 = (Continued from Page Oael "Why has the Editor given this unwarranted criticism of the members of the Board of Control?? From his own comments in conversations and editorials we -learn of"two reasons. In the first place he wanted a girl for Vice-President, ' no matter who it might be. whether interested in Student Government or not, capable or not capable, qualified or unqualified makes no difference.] It is a custom to have a girl Vice- President We must satisfy a few who might complain and above all we should follow the old traditions. Play safe by voting for a candidate who says little and thinks less. Secoundly, Too many men on the Board of Control who think' for themselves and have the energy to express themselves in the light' of the' student opinions is not desire-able. They may look for more power or wish to advocate reforms which are not desireable by conservative interest. At least not by the past president of the fall quarter. . These reasons in no way justify his criticism but go to show his prejudiced attitude concerning tin* outcome of the recent elections. \ I for one, have no objections to girls serving on the Board of Control, In fact there should be two girl members to represent the students, But if we fail to put up a strong enough candidate or if we if the men put up a stronger candidate are we to vote for the weaker one, just for the sake of putting a girl on the Board of Control?? The Editor supported our President, Now when elected he turns around and attempts to ridicule his own Candidate as we'll as the students who voted for' his choice. Is there any consistency in this .attitude Mr. Editor ? ? I fail to see it. If students want certain rules and policies in this institution, How are we to obtain them unless we advocate them?? Nothing can be gained without effort and often it is necessary to destruct in order to"* build ;-up that which you are striving for. The best and sane method which the students have followed is to recognize leaders who advocate the things which the students want whether they the.things can be obtained in the position the officer holds or not. Senator Jones has not the power to create a tariff on shingles but nevertheless he can advocate such a tariff if the citizens so desire him too. and thru efforts such legislation may be obtained. When the Board of Control has not the power it might wish,. Certainly the least it can do is present the opinions and attitude of the student body concerning school, problems. I for one have faith that the administration will give them some consideration, at any rate there will be a more definite and clear understanding between the two. Is there any harm in so doing. The Editor has failed to point out any. The next point raised by the Editor is:, A member of the Board of Control is only • one of the Seven, What has he to say or what can he do ? Possible he is attempting to thrust upon us some difficulties he has had in getting what he wants done.?? Sfcich a fallacy in arguement is hot worth considering. Should the state of Washington refuse to elect two Senators to represent our state in Washington D. C. they.are only two Out-of the ninety-six?? •fc'I -believe the student body in choosing their officers, have judged them according to the candidates ability and Character and the interest they have in school activities. And-1 believe the students are just as capable as the editor might be in selecting officers. The Editor would have us believe that we all were ignorant, unintelligent students, Uncapable of choosing the right officers and what not. Is he right?? If so he might enlighten the unfortunate student body by telling us how to select a candidate, Possible he is more qualifed to do so than Dean Martin was able too in his excellent lecture in a recent assembly?? If I understand a Editors position correctly, He should know something besides what a question on the surface appears to be. In short he should know the truth and facts in a case and then give his opinion from the conclusions he has drawn. Has this been done?? Hardly He has failed in his attacked upon the successful candidate of the last election, Mr Thompson's speech in The MpstUp-to-DateClothing and Furnishing •For the Least Amount of Money .. \ \ my beliefe won him no material votes. Those he won by his speech were counteracted by votes he lost by such a speech. This seems to be the prevailing opinion of many students. Nevertheless everyone admires a fighter, a man of principles and who is capable of telling what he thinks regardless of what others may believe. Even tho we do not agree with everything that is said we must acknowledge that everyone has a .right to their opinions. Mr Thompson was elected on his splendid record in this institution and his ability as PPPPP
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