Student Newspapers

The Eastern Washington University student newspaper was first published in the fall of 1916 as the State Normal School Journal. The paper initially covered events on campus, placement of graduates in eastern Washington counties, and letters from alumni sharing about their experiences in the classroom. From 1917-1919, many of the articles are dedicated to the World War I war effort and former students serving abroad. The publication went through a number of name changes as the school became the Eastern Washington College of Education in 1937. In 1951, the paper was renamed the Easterner. The Easterner and its predecessor, the Journal, are weekly publications.

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State Normal School Journal, March 16, 1923

State Normal School (Cheney, Wash.). Associated Students.

This issue includes articles about the start of baseball practice, the Junior Jamboree, new enrollees to the Normal school, a wedding shower given for faculty member Hazel Olson, who married Fred Seeber, plans for a new athletic field, a vocational book written by North Central High School teacher Nelle Wilson, and the education of "sub-normal" and "super-normal" students.
State Normal School Journal, March 23, 1923

State Normal School (Cheney, Wash.). Associated Students.

This issue includes articles about changes to teacher certification laws, men's basketball players earning letters, the upcoming summer session, Y Night at the Normal School, plans to increase the student loan fund, projected teacher salaries, the planned close of the pipe organ fund, the failure to pass a bill in the Washington state legislature to grant Normal Schools the ability to award four-year degrees, the women's tennis team, the upcoming baseball season, and a survey to be given by Dr. Curtis Merriman's class in educational tests and measurements about student handwriting.
State Normal School Journal, March 30, 1923

State Normal School (Cheney, Wash.). Associated Students.

This issue includes articles about a subscription campaign for the school annual, the Inland Empire Teachers' Association convention in Spokane, the acquisition of a new Miehle press, the purchase of a pipe organ, a Training School report, an upcoming tennis tournament, the wage scale for Lincoln County teachers, and students earning certificates in penmanship by the A.N. Palmer company.
State Normal School Journal, April 13, 1923

State Normal School (Cheney, Wash.). Associated Students.

This issue includes articles about a convention to be held in Cheney for northeast Washington newspaper editors, the winter quarter honor roll, the Loan Fund Committee, the upcoming informal dance, an Easter performance of Handel's Messiah in the Normal School auditorium, resolutions from the Inland Empire Teachers' Association convention in Spokane, including a resolution in support of vocational education in public schools, the pipe organ campaign, and Whitworth's track team.
State Normal School Journal, April 20, 1923

State Normal School (Cheney, Wash.). Associated Students.

This issue includes articles about an upcoming Applied Sciences and Arts open house, graduates from the Normal School participating in a "cadet teachers" program conducted by the Washington state Superintendent, the Japanese themed informal dance, a meeting of eastern Washington newspaper editors held at the Normal School, applicants for certificates in the spring, the activities of the campus Camp Fire girls, an upcoming international education conference in San Francisco and Oakland, the baseball season, and a track meet between Whitworth and the Normal School.
State Normal School Journal, April 27, 1923

State Normal School (Cheney, Wash.). Associated Students.

The issue includes articles about plans for the annual May Day celebration, an appearance of a gossip publication titled "L'Enfant Terrible," growth of the Normal School faculty, the activities of the campus Camp Fire girls, a meeting of Washington state normal school trustees to address whether the schools should award degrees, the baseball victory over Spokane University, and a story by student Arthur Stram about his encounter with a mountain lion.
State Normal School Journal, May 4, 1923

State Normal School (Cheney, Wash.). Associated Students.

This farcical issue titled "L'Enfant Terrible" includes fake articles about an upcoming dance marathon, the resignation of Daisy Talksom from her position on the Journal, and the misappropriation of funds supporting the school annual.
State Normal School Journal, May 11, 1923

State Normal School (Cheney, Wash.). Associated Students.

This issue includes articles about the release of the school annual, the awarding of the University of Washington's Arthur A. Denny fellowship to J. Orin Oliphant, an international education conference in San Francisco and Oakland, the use of $500 from the organ fund to support the Student Loan Fund, the organizing of a chapter of the YMCA at the Normal School, the establishment of the Off-Campus Girls' Club, the baseball and track seasons, and the hometowns of students attending the Normal School.
State Normal School Journal, May 18, 1923

State Normal School (Cheney, Wash.). Associated Students.

This issue includes articles about the commencement week address by Dr. E.O. Sisson of Reed College, the commencement ceremony, Trustee Charles E. Myers announcement to run for representative of Washington state's fifth district, a student production of "Full House," plans for third- and fourth-year classes, the creation of an honor society at Ellensburg State Normal School, and the baseball victory over Spokane University. The issue also contains photographs of the baseball and track teams.
State Normal School Journal, May 25, 1923

State Normal School (Cheney, Wash.). Associated Students.

This issue includes articles about Dagger and Shield officers, students winning academic honors including the highest honor to Arta Verity, a list of diploma recipients for spring 1923, a farcical list of dance rules, May Day celebrations, the baseball defeat to Spokane College, which caused a three-way tie for the Spokane Conference championship, and an upcoming alumni reunion.
State Normal School Journal, June 8, 1923

State Normal School (Cheney, Wash.). Associated Students.

This issue includes articles about the departure of Education Department head Curtis Merriman for the University of Wisconsin, five Normal School graduates selected as "cadet teachers," efforts to prepare male students to teach scouting to boys, the hiring of music instructor C.E. Fouser, donations by outgoing seniors to the Student Loan fund, Dr. E. O. Sisson of Reed College's commencement address on the cost of education, Camp Fire training at the Normal School, speakers to visit in the summer, the athletic championships won by the Normal School over the past three years, and the track defeats to Bellingham Normal School and Whitworth.
State Normal School Journal, June 15, 1923

State Normal School (Cheney, Wash.). Associated Students.

This issue includes articles on diplomas awarded in summer quarter, a family named Reed that has 5 students enrolled at the Normal School, the upcoming publication of a summer booklet by the Senior As, the Dance Committee, an upcoming convention of County superintendents, a lecture by Edmond Meany about the role of the Pacific Northwest in American diplomacy, the summer baseball system, and the imminent installation of the pipe organ.
State Normal School Journal, June 22, 1923

State Normal School (Cheney, Wash.). Associated Students.

This issue includes articles on an upcoming meeting of county superintendents to the Normal School, students awarded penmanship certificates by the A.N. Palmer company, work on the Senior A booklet titled The Arrow, the publication of a student manual, the organization of summer baseball teams, and the election of club officers.
State Normal School Journal, June 29, 1923

State Normal School (Cheney, Wash.). Associated Students.

This issue includes articles about invitations to the meeting of County superintendents at the Normal School, contributions to the Student Loan Fund by seniors who graduated in the spring, the annual Martin oratorical contest, a visit by Colville pioneer Jacob Meyers, progress on the Senior A booklet "The Arrow," activities of students living in Sutton Hall, the opposition of lettermen to building tennis courts on campus, and Normal School instructor Elizabeth Martin's advance to the Camp Fire rank of Fire Maker for completing a training course at Camp Sweyolaken lead by national field secretary Edith Kempthorne.
State Normal School Journal, July 6, 1923

State Normal School (Cheney, Wash.). Associated Students.

This issue includes articles about a campus visit by Warren G. Harding, students applying for diplomas in summer quarter, the ongoing production of a Senior A booklet titled The Arrow, a news service for Washington state normal schools, a screening of The Man Without a Country put on by the American Legion, a Senior B party featuring Sheiks and Clowns, the closing of an international education conference in San Francisco and Oakland, and the upcoming convention of County superintendents at the Normal School.
State Normal School Journal, July 13, 1923

State Normal School (Cheney, Wash.). Associated Students.

This issue includes articles about a convention of county superintendents at the Normal School, the activities of the Dagger and Shield Club, students awarded with honors for summer, a student production of Dulcy, a screening of "The Man Who Played God," a visit by Camp Fire national field secretary Edith Kempthorne, the hospitalization of three Normal School students thrown from a truck, and upcoming speakers to campus.
State Normal School Journal, July 20, 1923

State Normal School (Cheney, Wash.). Associated Students.

This issue includes articles about a convention of county superintendents at the Normal School, the activities of the Dagger and Shield Club, students awarded with honors for summer, a student production of Dulcy, a screening of "The Man Who Played God," a rattlesnake specimen on display in the upper rotunda of Showalter Hall, the summer baseball season, a screening of a film adaptation of Oscar Wilde's Salome, and a student who is the descendant of a man in charge of Fort Walla Walla around the time of the Whitman massacre.
State Normal School Journal, July 27, 1923

State Normal School (Cheney, Wash.). Associated Students.

This farcical issue titled "Hot Weather Edition" includes fake articles about the editor of the Arrow, selections for the Martin Oratorical Contest, and bobbed hair.
State Normal School Journal, August 3, 1923

State Normal School (Cheney, Wash.). Associated Students.

This issue includes articles about a report by the Associated Students on athletic expenditures, students selected to compete in the Martin Oratorical Contest, the number of students attending the Normal School from different counties and states, C.S. Kingston's article titled Introduction of Cattle into the Pacific Northwest, the near completion of the student manual, the screening of D.W. Griffith's One Exciting Night, contribution by the Senior As to the Student Loan Fund, and the nomination of Trustee Charles E. Meyer as the Republican candidate of Washington's fifth congressional district representative.
State Normal School Journal, August 10, 1923

State Normal School (Cheney, Wash.). Associated Students.

This issue includes articles on a move by the Associated Students to approve the report on athletic expenditures, summer graduates, the Senior A publication titled The Arrow, Yep Kanum club award winners for hiking, memorial services for Warren G. Harding, commencement week activities, the teaching experience of Normal School graduates, and agreement by the Washington state normal schools on the publication of a shared newsletter.
State Normal School Journal, September 21, 1923

State Normal School (Cheney, Wash.). Associated Students.

This issue includes articles about the dedication of Sutton Hall, scholarship award winners Quimby Lefevre and Arta Verity, new faculty, the dedication of the new pipe organ, the impact of "commercialized" sports on amateur sports, the football team, fall enrollment, the sale of the student handbook titled the Red Book, and students earning penmanship certificates from the A.N. Palmer company.
State Normal School Journal, September 28, 1923

State Normal School (Cheney, Wash.). Associated Students.

This issue includes articles about fall enrollment, the dedication ceremony for Sutton Hall, the dedication of the pipe organ, which will be played by Charles E. Fouser, the election of student officers, an address by Washington State College President E.O. Holland about teachers' duties, the upcoming football season, J. Orin Oliphants history of the college, a fall calendar of campus events, and a call by the Red Cross for student leadership.
State Normal School Journal, October 5, 1923

State Normal School (Cheney, Wash.). Associated Students.

This issue includes articles about the football season, the debate team, the Men's Booster Club, Charles E. Fouser's performance on the new pipe organ, the election of Bessie Roberts as Associated Students president, a vote by female students to change closing and quiet hours for women's dormitories, and a meeting of the campus Camp Fire girls.
State Normal School Journal, October 12, 1923

State Normal School (Cheney, Wash.). Associated Students.

This issue includes articles about dance regulations, a joint meeting of the campus YWCA and YMCA chapters, the football game against Spokane University, the selection of class officers, the activities of various campus clubs, the reorganization of the Yep Kanum Club, and the organization of women's swimming classes.
State Normal School Journal, October 19, 1923

State Normal School (Cheney, Wash.). Associated Students.

This issue includes articles about the presentation of Associated Students officers to the student body, a rally for the football team, the addition of 1400 books to the library, the football victory over Spokane University, an interview with French instructor Virginia Dickinson, and editorials about school spirit.