La Grande evening observer., October 31, 1913, Image 2

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than now. As you know, the
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, La Grande, Oct. 31. To the editor tieulture, rtoekraletng and kindred
of- tbe Observer.' Ia, Monday's Obr'robjeeta, and a coDtgt of liberal arte
rrer yon mad report of the dis-J and aeioBees. - There la abaohiteh no
cttaaton at iJw-open mieting of the itanWa why thaae throtl achoota should
Farmer' Union held- at the Knight; sot be branches of the state unhwr
oT Pythias Hall on the referendum
to- be Voted a at next elec-
Uoh, aM M -your reporter haa son
trlMt mlstmoVrsteetf a part of the
dffeOssiort and.! Ha import, and aa I
have been intending Vr review briefly
the four measures for' whlc hthis
election has berti-tailed, I will with
you Idnd permission say;
"That the last legislature, (Senate
Bill 264) passed an act calling for
a special election to be held on Nov
ember 1st,' to vote upon such meaa
urea" as the people might want to
submit"' to the 'referendum; though
heretofore ' these measures have al
ways been voted on, as was intended,
at ' the 1 regular elections, without, or
with very little, cost to. the taxpay
ers. This election will probably cost
the taxpayers of this state $100,000,
the state appropriating $12,000 for
the" publication ad postage on the
measures ' and the . state expense
akme. i iThls is a. fair example of
the wasteful extravagance of the last
legislature, which even went that of
1911 -Home better, v There fare five
measures to be passed on by the peo
ple wo for the University, county
attorney bill, the sterilization bill, and
the compensation act.
The first for the repair and exten
sion, of the plant already at the Uni
versity, carrying $75,000. It is claim
ed that these repairs are badly need
ed, and if so, it would be poor econ
omy to refuse this sum for such pur
pose and the necessary extensions to
the buildings now owned by the state.
The second bill is also for the state
university, . and carries the sum of
$100,000 for the erection of another
building for school purposes. Whether
or not this .bill should be voted at
this time, is questionable,. and perhaps
sity, under, one president and board
of regents, with curricula' prepared
to strit the needs of each without nn
iMceseary duplication of work, or dup
licating .what ought to be taught in
the high schools at heme. ; The fact
that they are located th different
towns makes not difference. The medi
cine and the law department of the
state university are at Portland; and
it would beyjtirely proper to have
the agriculaural and the normal de
partment, away from Eugene, also.
The nonsense serit out, over the state
that consolidation means that all the
different schools must be grouped in
one town and those in the other towns
abandoned is ridiculous. Each .school
could have its own dean or head mas
ter ,all working in harmony under
one board of regents, who could come
before the legislature and ask . what
is proper. The rivalry for numbers
eliminated, the standard of each could
be easily raised by imposing an ex
amination and preventing those, who
should be in the high schools at home
from becoming a burden upon the
taxpayers of the state at large, and a
drag to the real student who goes
there to educate his brains, and not
for society, functions. , "
This plan has been adopted in other
states with entire satisfaction, with
the possible exception of the "presi
dents" who are left out of a job; and
the traveling solicitor who finds that
public sentiment and intelligence has
decreed that higher education is , a
thing to be diligently sought by those
who earnestly strive therefor, and not
commercialized like seeking custom
ers for goods. Such methods are
infra dig., and should not be coun
tenanced by any reputable school,
much less the state schools of higher
should be left to be determined later, learning. -This, no doubt, will be the
If the present policy of filling the
state's higher institutions with num
bers regardless of scholarship or pur
pose in life, is kept up, no doubt the
building is needed; but if the policy
of making these higher schools ijeal
institutions of higher learning, open
to those who come, of their own free
will through an earnest desire to reap
the benefit of the state's bounty, and
prepare themselves properly to .re
ceive real collegiate instruction, then
it may be needed.
The state has voted a millage tax
to support its institutions of higher
plan in Oregon, when the people will
elect a legislature independent and
intelligent enough to resist the log
rolling schemes and importunities and
do a little conservative work along
these lines, or when they take the bit
in their teeth and do it without the
legislature. It is the logical solution
of this vexed and constantly recurring
squabble. . Greater economy and a
higher standard should be the end in
view, and there is much room for
both. , '
What is usually known as the work
man's compensation act is intended
learning, which is a move in the.to allow such manufacturers, mill
riight direction, for nothing can be men, railroad companies as do not
more detrimental to their usefulness. come under the interstate commence
than an .-uncertainty of support. The ! laws, and other employers of labor,
state of Oregon and its people have ' and their employes to make an elec-
always shown a commendable libel-
ality in education matters. This is
attested by the fine high school build
ngs all oyer the state, nnd the ease
with which the state has been grafted
many years through logrolling schemes.
fathered by political pedagogues
dickering and bickering with ignorant
legislators sent to Salem to make
laws in the past. These grafts have
tion as to whether or not they wish
to come under an arrangement where
by the state guarantees the laborer
compensation if he is injured in such
employment, and if killed, his widow
or family are granted a regular sti
pend thereafter from the fund ac
cumulated. This is intended to pro
tect the workman and his family, with
out having to incur expensive litiga-
become a disgrace to the state, and tion, and, as in some cases, and the
it was only a few years ago when the j payment. of a large part to soliciting,
oeople in desperation took matters , ambulance chasing attorneys, who
n their own hands and put an end to j disgrace their profession. It is a
three of the four so called Normal ' g00d measures, practically making the
Schools, and at the last election by j state an insurer against accident,
referendum vote again knocked out i The sterilization bill is largely a
the unreasonable and extortionate ap- j medical question, and is along the
propriation of nearly a million dol- lines of the best sociological thought,
lars voted by the extravagant legis-.and is designed to protect society in
'.ature of 1911. I have been inform- the future, atrainst decreneracv.
ad by an ex-member of the legislature
that one of the state schools not the
university even carried citizens of
another town who had attended lec
tures given by one of its teachers on
!.ts rolls as students, so as to form a
basis for further demands for more
appropriations. While this question
is not directly involved in this elec
tion, yet it sjhould be considered in
preparing for the future.
The bill passed by the legislature
making each county a prosecuting
attorney's district, is one of unques
tioned merit. If this official is not
controlled from some central author
ity like the United States District At
torneys are, and Responsible to the
authority whom lie directly repre
sents, he should be to the people of
the county where he lives, so that eacn
county can make its own choice with
The chief trouble is the rivalry that out interference from other counties;
ana lor ine lurtner reason tnat tne
lias grown up between the State Uni
versity and the State Agricultural
College, with the Norm;l School also
attempting to cover grcund that it
should not, and this is directly due
to the three institutions being under
separate and independent manage
ment. There should not be the least
ivalry between an agriculture, hor-
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