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About St. Helens mist. (St. Helens, Or.) 1913-1933 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1914)
COUNTY I EACH I! SESSION Many Eminent Instructors litre to Attend Imtiuila iBIKTOSnBEH! ..;,-;'.'sl!ntf nnil Instructive AiMicinon M.,ti! AI..11K lOiliii tttlditiil Llito WII1U L. liunton. I'rlnrlpnl Wnrrun School, , (I'ontluuod from lust wedk.) Mr M ''() ill said tlmt vocational tuliji'l" aro necessary In school In order for puplU to dlscovor din work (or wlilt-li they are oiluptcd. Tills dlHTovory would tend to keep tnuny boys In the country and would iiiulp hotter those boys tlmt now go to tnc city unprepared to do any work v ll. Tlio statement of Nine tlmt busl pms methods vary Is illogical t'ie fundamental principles of all 'jl uoftfl aro tlie iiumo. Business mi . do prefer those who have uIho a lllr.l ciilturiil education they are h",lir fitted to luindlo the best clim of customers. Voratlonnl oducatlon alone lo one illicit nml doe not fit one to pHrform hlii proper duly to society. It Ir rot only for tho dull liny, aa muny sup pn, lint, In so mo form la adapted to tho nuods of all. In tlio afternoon, Mr. PlUnmn spoke on tho subject, "Who's WTo cml Why In Education." Ho rev vlewed thoso men and women .-n havn left us their valuable work and methods for the guidance of me men of the future, and told of the iloflnltn pinna worked out by I.' 3 riinimlHHlonor of Education, P. P, fluxion, and our State Captain, Supt. J. A. Churchill. Ho cr.ti.ei' iKMrornly our present condition in wlilrli our sheriff Is bettor pii'd loiter equipped and better a slmc i fur tlm suppression of er' e thuii li the County Superintendent of schools for the prevention of ne rml the making of Rood cltlseno; In wlilrli people attend and appla 'd the work of the criminal courts mure than that of the schools; lu wlilh In one county the apple luspcrttr )f paid $.1000 and the county ' rli. tonilent 400. "Can you take s Spltxcnhurg apple and pr.nhiC" a fine tlllt.'ti? You can take a boy and produce a SpltsenburR apple." The apple Inspector puts money Into out pockets more directly but the returns from good citizens are as sure and as Tho man who was pro.icnoi -doctor- lawyer Kald, "I have form! that men will pny more to Ret e.cu with uii cn'niy than to save the!.' bodies from tloath or their souls from teiWuc-Hon." A wrong condition Is shown v.liei, the city of Portland Mk.M n 'nun from tho state superintendent 'i office and a village taken the county upnrlntendent. Ijws and theories are usoloss un less npplled. T'n architect! plant aro uueloss until tie bulldur ubii them; libraries are ueli:is until the teacher builds them Into 'he i''n of tomorrow. The teacher niuV. be mn.a-jr of three roulms;8ubJo'!i in -t r, Muihod uf Application and tho Mm 1 of tl.e Individual. Dr. IluHlinoll, president of Paclfir University, at Forost Grove, proved that though millions of men are fighting whon even their generals cannot tell why, while the kings who are roHponslble stay In the back ground. Christianity Is not a failure; that optimism wins. lie character ized our time by invention, capital ism, nationality and Individual liber ty, and mndo us feel that right would finally prevail. , A round table discussion of dobut- Ikrs and declarations dovelopod the facts that the time of teachers Is filled; that competent teachers of the subjects are scarce; that spec ial teachers will do the work. Also tlmt In much debate work only a few Kt tho benefit. Arrangement was made for a debating league. Mr. Plttmnn, Wednesday evotilng, cave us the Twentieth Century Farm er's Creed. I believe In maximum production with the farmors working In partner-' sllp with tho farm not taking all "w profit. , I believe that the only good weed , a dead WAarl nnH tha a 1nnn fluid Is as necessary aa a clean conscience. I believe In the boy and girl. I holleve In taking care of the arm wife whllo she lives a man cannot live by himself. I believe In the country school and ol'urch that teach men to think and "ve nobly that provide complete "ociul life. I believe In my community, I holleve In farm life and am glad ,n bo a farmer one who Is ashamed f bis work Bhould change. Every Individual ought to-produee inmothing. Miss Marie Ilofer, of Salem, Bald that the country Is the ideal place for ' a scnooi with the children In natural surroundings. The city playground Is abnormal and expensive. Many.of the old forms of amusement are lost and It Is the work In manual train ing, domestic science and sewing that must bring thmn buck. The noxt step will he to teach mothor how to cook. In order that they may tnln tholr daughters, mid to teach fathers how to train boys. Behools should have treos and piny shelters. A "game should end In a laugh. V. I: Orlffln. of O. A. C, showed that high school soclul Ufa and ath letics must be propsrly directed and controlled becauso the sporting ele mont Is always prosont. , High school clubs are good hik ing clubs, camera clubs, debating clubs and every pupil should work. The stute schools, the University, O, A. C.or the Normal will furnish speakers upon almost any desired subject when occasulon offers. Prof. Stetson, U. of 0., compared the learning of children In school with learning out of school. His conclusions wore that the child's memory, mechanical; that the touch school course Is arbitrary, based on er must take the attitude that mem ory work Is not sufficient; that texts written by adults, are logical while children are psychological. Children learn outside of school by thinking, doing and feeling, Inside by thinking only. The teacher cannot always hold classes; the children must ask questions and talk about things that Is tholr natural way of learning tnd they remcmbor things they ask for. Thursday morning Mr. Griffin ipoke of work In elementary agric ulture: Agricultural work must be organised along the natural linos of Interest of the children. This will keep most boys In the work. Club work Is a movement to put domes tic work back Into the home, where It belonga. The corn clubs of the South have shown tho farmers how to produco largo crops cheaply. A large part of the boys never attend high schools; therefore, In order to secure efficiency, vocational training must be emphasized In the seventh and eighth grades. Thrift Is devel oped in children only when they earn their money. In agriculture the goal Is not a prize, but it Is learning how to do the work. Thirty years ago Denmark was de pendent, last year, by means of her development In agriculture that country expoitod $125,000,000 worth of products. Efficiency was the key note of Mr. Carleton's talk In the afternoon. He maintained that the work of American schools Is not inefficient; one proof being that American doc tors and engineers accomplished the great work at Panama after the French had failed. If we would be efficient we must do each day's work perfectly. Friday morning Mr. F. H. Shep herd, of O. A. C, presented some modern conditions In education. The course of study In many schools Is almost the same as It was when t,hey were first foundod, not having been changed, to meet changing' condi tions. A man might spend a life time at such a school and be Ignor ant at a round-up. Most modern courses of study prepare men for the professions medicine, the minlBtry, law, and education. One and a half million aro engaged in these profes sions In our country while 31 mil lions are engaged In the Industries; In fairness to these, the courses of study should be modified to suit their needs. Seventy-two per cent of our pris oners have no trade. It seems reas onable that a large part of these might bo saved from their careers of crime by teaching them some work along the line of their natural Inter est. L. R. Aldorman, superintendent of Portland schools, addresed the teach' era Friday morning and outlined gome real business principles of school work. A motive Is necessary for efficiont work. The best English can be learned only by writing real letters to real people. Teachers must teach real work, their guidance In vocational training must extend through the whole course, and they must have an Individual Interest In each pupil. In order for the teachers to know a class of boys and girls It la necossary for him to stay with thom for a series of years. This nlan Is being followed In Portland Country schools Iobo most from change of teachers. Portland Is differentiate lis schools. Those pupils Inclined tow ard muslo being given speclM atlcn tlon In one of the city schools, art In another school, domestic sc'ti.ce, manual training, commerce, etc . In others. It Is found that many child ren have special talents that .ihould be developed. Do not teach If yo'i do not love children.. A teacher un ubo all his ability In a country suhool there la no subordinate p'ao lu the profession of teaching. THE GHURGE1 AS A SOCIAL CENTER A Brosdsr Sphere for Re'lglon New Field for the Rural Church. BPKKD CONTEST ON FOB GOOD. Two of McCormlck Fleet In Rivalry for Honors. By Peter Radford. Lecturer National 'rmors' Unloa. Tho social duty of the rural church Is ae much a part of Its obligations as Its spiritual side. In expressing Its social interest, the modern rural church does not hesitate to claim-that It Is expressing a true religious In stinct and the old-time Idea that the social instincts should be starved while the spiritual nature waa over fed with solid theological food, la fast giving way to a broader interpreta tion of the functions of true religion. We take our place In the succession of those who have sought to make the world a fit habitation for the children of man when we seek to study and understand the social duty of the rural church. The true Christian re ligion Is essentially social Its tenets of faith being love and brotherhood and fellowship. While following after righteousness, the church must chal lenge and seek to reform that social order In which moral life la ex pressed. While cherishing Ideals of service, the rural church which at tains the fullest measure of success Is that which emlches as many lives as It can touch, ana In no way can the church come In close contact with Its members aa through the avenue of social functions. The country town and the rural community need a social center. The church need offer no apology for Its ambition to fill this need In the com munity. If an understanding of Its mission brings this purpose Into clear consciousness. The structure of a rural community Is exceedingly com plex; It contains many social groups, each of which has Its own center, but there are many localities which have but one church and although such a church cannot command the interest of all the people, It Is relieved from the embarrassment of religiously di vided communities. Soolat Needa Imperative. The average country boy and gtrl have very little opportunity tor real enjoyment, and have, aa a rule, a vague conception of the meaning of pleasure and recreation. It la to fill this void in the lives of country youth that the rural church has risen to the necessity of providing entertain ment aa well as instruction to Its membership among the young. The children and young people of the church should meet when religion Is not even mentioned. It has been found safest for them to meet fre quently under the direction and care 1 of the church. To send them Into the , world with no aoclal training exposes ! them to grave perils and to try to : keep them out of the world with no octal privileges is sheer Jolly. There la a social nature to, both old and young, but the social requirements of the young are Imperative. The church must provide directly or Indirectly some modern equivalent for the husk ing bee, the quilting bee and the sing ing schools of the old days. In one way or another the aoclal Instincts of our' young people must have oppor tunity for expression, which may take the form of clubs, parties, pic nics or other forme of amusement One thing Is certain, and that la that the church cannot take away the dance, the card party and the theater unless It can offer In its place a sat isfying substitute In the form of more pleasing recreation. Universal Instinct for Play. In providing for enjoyment the church uses one of the greatest meth ods by which human society baa de veloped. Association Is never secure until It la pleasurable; In play the In stinctive aversion of one person for another Is overcome and the social mood la fostered. Play la the chief educational agency In rural commun ities and In the p!ay-day of human childhood social aympathy and social habits are evolved. Aa Individuals come together In social gatherings, their viewpoint Is broadened, their ideals are lifted and finally they con stitute a cultured and refined society. - It la plain, therefore, that the church which alms at a perfect so ciety must use In a refined and ex alted way the essential factors In octal evolution and must avail Itself of the universal Instinct tor play. If the church surrounds Itself with octal functlona which appeal to the young among Ita membership, "it will nil a large part of the lamentable gap in rural pleasures and will reap the richest reward by promoting a higher and better type of manhood and womanhood. The ship which Is to wear the speed crown of the McCormlck Steamship Company will be decided within twenty-four hours. The steumois Celllio and the Multnomah pulled out of this port yesterday aft ornoon at 2:15, headed for San Pedro, both captains personally at the wheel and with both chief en gineers laboring among the black gang In an effort to gala speed enough to get a lead over the other. The race between the two ships has been going on since the last call at this port. At that time the two vessels got away together and the Celllio was half an hour In the lead of the Multnomah when they reached Astoria. To overtake his rival, Captain John Foldat of the Multnomah sent a wireless to the Pilots Association at Astoria directing a pilot to meet him at sea. The message was Intercepted by Captain Rorvlck of the Celllio, so he doused all but his side lights and when the pilot appeared he mis took the Celllio for the Multnomah and did not discover his mistake un til he had climbed the bridge. Cap tain Rorvlck refused to allow him to return to his launch and proceeded into Portland two hours In advance of the Multnomah. The race . up c est stirred the spotting blood of the skippers and they each wagered $100 on the result - the return trip. The pride of the chief engineer also, arose to the occasion to the tune of $100. On the way down the Celllio got away ahead "of Its rival and made the trip In 63 hours from Portland while the Multnomah made it In a trifle under 65 hours. W. Miller, the manager of the company, paid over the wager to Captain Rorvlck and Martin Johnson, tha chief en gineer. "Well, we'll get them on the trip to San Pedro, was the determined remark of Captain Foldat and Chief Engineer A. Gardiner of the Mult nomah and from the way the smoke was rolling from the funnels when the two vessels pulled neck and neck through the Golden Gate there was evidence that somebody would know they had been traveling when San Pedro was reached. Before leaving the port the two captains were Informed by the com pany that the run to San Pedro muBt decide the speed supremacy and from reasons of economy there could be no more racing. The Interest was not confined to the officers of the two vessels, but extended Itself to the crews and pas sengers as well and when the boats pulled away from the dock at the same time it was announced that the winning vessel would clean its op ponent of ready cash. S. F. Ex. BANK REPORT. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF No. 73. The Farmer's State Bank at Scap poose, In the State of Oregon, at the close of business October 31, 1914. RESOURCES. Loans and Discounts ...$24,865.37 Overdrafts," secured and unsecured 45.66 Bonds and warrants .... 22,182.21 Stocks and other securi ties , 365.90 Banking house , 6,250.00 Furniture and fixtures . . 2,525.00 Other real estate owned . . 3,290.00 Due from approved re serve banks 5,359.20 Cash on hand 3,434.96 Expenses 3,088.19 Other resources 288.99 Total $71,685.48 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in ...$12,500.00 Undivided profits 2,817.49 Individual deposits sub ject to check 37,979.45 Demand certificates of de posit 2,238.12 Time certificates of de posit 3,558.24 Savings deposits 12,692.18 1 J TT.- it I jri I i ne Good Old Stand-by" The gun that users wear by agaiiut all coolers. Pick out some f Hand fan know who usm on. Ak Aim about it. Lot him thow yotf tha Solid Breech, Bottom Ejaction-sheila, (moke and uas go down away from jour face; three Safety Devicea, simple Take-down, tha Hammer Uu feature. " ! the Reiaha. aTb J i"'" '"' ;!""! 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The farmer should take all un certainty out of socurlttes"iefore ap plying for a loan. Total $71,685.48 STATE OF OREGON, County of Columbia. 88 I, O. M. Washburn, cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above la true to .the best of my knowledge and belief. O. M. WASHBURN, Cashier Subscribed and sworn to before me this 7th day of November, 1914. 3. Q. WATTS, Notary Public, Correct Attest: ' D. W. PRICE J. G. WATTS Directors. Pigs for Sale, by C. J. Larson, Warren, Oro FOR Sale Household furniture Call at Mist office. Patronize Our Advertisers. It rays Consider the house that stands behind the goods it sells. There h so much deceptive hardware on the market that no reliable dealer will ever GUARANTEE any article until he KNOWS it has QUALITY. WE GUARANTEE OURS and that is the best advertisement that we. could ever write. MUCKLE HARDWARE CO. Livery, Feed and Sale Stable DRAYINC AND TRANSFER All Business Promptly Attended To PHONE 15 OR 12 WM. H. DAVIES ST. 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