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 4, 1920

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

This issue is titled Senior Number and includes articles about teacher training at the Normal School and the Senior A class. The issue also includes numerous senior poems and songs and photographs of the seniors.
State Normal School Journal, March 11, 1920

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

This issue includes articles about a student production of J.M. Barrie's Thewill, an address to the Ellen H. Richards Club by Elizabeth D. Jones, the placement of recent graduates, the health education department, and a list by the home economics titled Unusual Cookery.
State Normal School Journal, March 18, 1920

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

This issue includes articles about the Normal School's defeat in a Spokane area basketball championship, the death of Cheney Academy graduate D.H. Felch, a production of Yokohama Maid at the Normal auditorium, a talk about childhood nutrition by Lutie Stearns, and a short course titled Home Hygiene and the Care of the Sick.
State Normal School Journal, March 25, 1920

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

This issue includes articles on about President Noah Showalter's efforts to recruit new teachers and a lecture by Florence Kelly about using cooperative markets to reduce the cost of living, the passage by students of an Associated Students constitution. It also includes a letter from a former Cheney resident living in Tituila, Samoa. This issue also contains sheet music for a song titled The Red and White.
State Normal School Journal, April 8, 1920

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

This issue includes articles about the State Board of Education's decision to make the Normal School a 4 year college, a course by Mrs. Clyde E. Cooper on millinery (hat making), an Easter sermon by Reverend Claude B. Martin titled Why Join a Church, and American art.
State Normal School Journal, April 15, 1920

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

This issue includes articles about a visit by University of Utah professor Howard R. Driggs, a student production of The Big Idea, and a state-wide survey on reading skills.
State Normal School Journal, April 22, 1920

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

This issue includes articles about a test on current events, the upcoming May Day program, a baseball victory over Spokane College, a new class about the Bible as literature, an editorial arguing that America's involvement in World War I helped focus American attention to liberty and peace, and a clothing and textiles classes.
State Normal School Journal, April 29, 1920

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

This issue includes articles about a resolution about a resolution by the Normal School to limit the purchase of clothing until prices decrease, a Lyceum harp recital by Alice Smith, a student production of J.M. Barrie's The Well-Remembered Voice, a baseball defeat to Spokane University, the Junior Chautauqua, and the manual arts department.
State Normal School Journal, May 6, 1920

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

This issue includes articles about the first Sutton Oratorical Contest, a Hard Times party, a faculty event hosted by the Ella Flagg Young Club, a baseball victory over Spokane College, and an editorial about morning assemblies.
State Normal School Journal, May 13, 1920

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

This issue includes articles about a tennis tournament for Spokane colleges and universities, a piano recital, a baseball victory over Whitworth, an upcoming concert by Miss Burr, the Yep Kanums Club, and a listing of the Honor Roll.
State Normal School Journal, June 10, 1920

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

This issue includes articles about a campus mixer and dance, a visit to campus by Dr. White Elk, new faculty members, the Yep Kanum club, the expression department (communications), and bird watching.
State Normal School Journal, June 17, 1920

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

This issue includes articles about reasons for choosing a teaching career, Dramatic Club tryouts, entertainment at Monroe Hall, and the non-monastery benefits of a teaching career.
State Normal School Journal, July 1, 1920

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

This issue includes articles about the Junior Chautauqua, the Informal Formal Dance, the initiation of new Dramatic Club members, a listing of the Honor Roll, and an editorial on student spirit. There is also a supplement that includes articles on a program to disseminate books and a piece by Dr. Frank Crane called The Salt of the Earth.
State Normal School Journal, July 8, 1920

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

This issue includes articles on the role of teachers in a democratic nation, a performance by comic actors from the Phillips house, a geography class field trip, lettermen for 1919-1920, the Junior Chautauqua, changes to Play Hour, an editorial on the decision by Senior As to wear pink and green at an assembly, and music appreciation.
State Normal School Journal, July 15, 1920

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

This issue includes articles about the formal opening of Senior Hall, a production of Hour Glass by a dramatic arts class, a picnic at Fish Lake, dual editorials on the proverb about giving a calf an inch, and an article by President Noah Showalter about the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco, California.
State Normal School Journal, July 29, 1920

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

This issue includes articles on a production of an operetta titled Mam'zelle Taps, a declamation contest, a talk by Mrs. Kennedy about classical music, a comedic performance by the Senior Bs, and an editorial by Elmer H. Staffelbach about the perceptions of modern problems that seem larger than those in times past. The issue also contains a supplement titled Third Year Issue about the third year class.
State Normal School Journal, August 12, 1920

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

The issue includes articles on Senior Sneak Day Picnic, the Senior Play, the second formal dance of the year, 40 students who earned elementary certificates, the senior class will, and a history of the class of 1920.
State Normal School Journal, September 30, 1920

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

This issue is a special issued titled "Administration Number". The issue includes a greeting from President Noah D. Showalter to the student body and articles about changes to the faculty, a study by the Public School Code Commission about inequality in education, Showalter's new book "A Handbook for Rural School Officers, and the approval for changing the State Normal School to a four-year Normal college.
State Normal School Journal, October 21, 1920

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

This issue contains articles about the Normal School's football victory over Spokane University and new Dramatic Club members. It also contains a poem titled "Out where the West Begins" and the hand written score for The Red and White.
State Normal School Journal, October 28, 1920

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

This issue contains articles about the Normal School's football victory over Whitworth, an assembly featuring a performance by the Once Over, Big Bend, Big Ben quartet, the National Education Association, the YWCA room, and the Yep Kanum Club.
State Normal School Journal, November 4, 1920

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

The issue contains articles about the Normal School's football victory over Spokane College, the Senior Hall Victrola fund, an evening of entertainment for the football teams by the students at Monroe Hall, YWCA activities, an account by alumni Delma Gray about her work in Alaska, and an article by Vida M. Bates about the importance of cooperation when teaching at rural schools.
State Normal School Journal, November 11, 1920

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

This issue contains articles about the Normal School's football defeat to Spokane University, an assembly featuring a lecture by Dr. W. C. Bagley, YWCA membership, and a letter from Ralph Tieje about the Presidential election in New York City.
State Normal School Journal, November 19, 1920

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

This issue contains articles about the Normal School's football victory over Whitworth, a YWCA assembly, the Red Cross, and the role of rural teachers.
State Normal School Journal, November 26, 1920

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

This issue contains articles about the Normal School's football victory over Spokane College, off-campus clubs, the Red Cross, a YWCA assembly on Women in Industry, and a list of the sixteen Fall graduates.
State Normal School Journal, December 17, 1920

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

This issue contains articles about an upcoming basketball tournament to be held at the Normal School, a basketball defeat to the Spokane Amateur Athletic Club, state legislation that impacts education at the county level, an address by Dr. Cubberly on the new "county system," and the recently finished football season.