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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1916.
THE- FORUM
TAXPAYERS PAYING TO HAVE ject of Kchool life isn't to beat Walla
STUDENTS TAUGHT FOOTBALL Walla "high" for instance, in foot-
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La Grande, Jan. 20. (To the Edi- I for one strenuously object to the
tor) In writing this article I wish i taxpayers paying $50 per month out
in ototo tVint r hjtvR nn fault to And in ! of the taxes or anv other sum for an
the least with our school board, with ' athletic instructor. I though some of
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our school teachers or with any of
the school office. However, on the
other hand I expect to he criticised by
some people who Have different opin
ions than myself, and that is alto
gether just and proper for them to
do so.
The taxpayers of this county are
paying $50.00 each month for an in
structor in athletics who does not
each a class and who "coaches" the
students in the art of football playing
basketball, baseball, etc. I am re
liably informed that in the beginning
it was the intention that tne gate re
ceipts from certain football frames,
,etc., would pay his salary, but he hH
been employed since last September
and ho far has not made an official
' accounting to the school board. Now
I am not finding fault with the in
structor, but I do insist that if he was
to get his pay .through the receipts of
the games then the taxpayers should
not be called on to pay his salary. I
also insist that it is wrong and it
practice not to be tolerated for the
taxpayers to pay $50 per month or
any other sum' for an "athletic in
structor." We are taxed a "high
school" tax which is all right and I
am in favor of it and I help to sustain
- it in my small way, but I am against
any proposition whereby the county
or district pays any sum for a man
to teach students to "play games" if
you please. Any aggregation of stu-
A an1! a tliat lia nn not nn annlillt tvt
manage their own games can get onemucn as any other b"nch of school
of the professors to help' them out af- I lnT .fo'." without this competent lead
taking this before the school bard,
but really this is only a question and
I 'beliove in giving "light" to all mat
ters so they may be discussed pro and
con. The school board would consider
my protest only as one, and rightly.
However, I have talked this matter
over with many citizens and they feel
as I that tax money is going in the
wrong place, because it was voted for
"school" purposes.
E. W. EASTMAN.
EDITOR'S NOTE-All schools of
consequence now agree that athletics
are part and parcel of the school sys
torn and must be so considered. Hence
the best manner of handling them has
long since been studied out and it is
now agreed that athletic directors
should have little or no academic du
ties and that athletic management
and power should be centralized, l'or
many years volunteer coaching was
tried in La Grande with varying suc
cess, seldom if ever is a faculty
member able to handle all branches
of athletics well. If he does he has
sorely cut into his academic duties.
Volunteers from townspeople mean no
responsibility, and therefore are very
unsausiactory. Ltack or centralized
authority means haphazard manage
ment and 'any school authority will
admit thrf. several years ago the gen
eral premise was established every
where that athletics need the atten
tion of a competent person fully as
tor school hours. And if the stu
dents and professors have enough
"school spirit" they will manage this.
A school is not an institution to teach
students the art of football or any
other game except the "game of life."
I admit they need physical exercise
and football is all right (I played it
ithree years myself) but the tax
payers and mothers and fathers cer
tainly are not in favor of paying a
man $50 a month to coach students in
the art of football, baseball or any
other game. Besides, if you please,
it is the duty of this "nthletic in
structor" to look after the finances
and management of the different
matches in games between tho several
schools. Oh yes, the taxpayers pay
for this bookkeeping too. Any stu
dent body should be ablo to look after
its own nuances, gate, receipts, etc. It
is their business if they indulge in
these games to look after that part
of the "gnmo." Why don't we have
a "literary couch" to conch each liter
ary society that is organized in our
schools and to look -after their fi
nances? It -would be just as sensible.
All those in school who are inter-
orship it will grow to seed and over
run academic departments and phy
ically injure the youth. .
All schools of any size now employ
couches for athletics. Graduate man
agers have years .been deemed indin
pensible and draw big salaries, this
for the reason they put athletics and
student affairs on a business basis.
iFor some little time La Grande paid
faculty momljers for coaching, but
being htimun that faculty member
couldn't be two places at once.
In La Grande Chas. Reynolds is a
resident nnd has other work, and bv
giving part of his time to hiirh school
athletics, becomes a fnculty member
and draws a portion of a full salarv.
Fortunately he is capable, morally fit,
and satisfactory in every way to
trust the students with; the other
members of the faculty in the mean
time giving their sole a?Nition to
academic departments.
Mr. Reynolds has made his reports
regularly. They are not made to the
School board but to the . Athletic
board of control, composed of two
student body members, two faculty
members and one School board mem-
some objection thereto, and can't be
abolished because- some oppose, it be
hooves school boards to handle the
matter as seems best, cheapest and
most expeditious. To disavow the
presence or permanency of athletics
is fallacy. On the other hand, years
of experience and hard knocks 'have
convinced educators, school boards
and student bodies, that a centralized
power under competent leadership is
essentia), and in the long run the most
economical financially, and far super
ior from the standpoint of efficiency,
satisfaction and results.
La Grande is doing only what other
sections have long since learned to be
the best solution of a problem that
exists and will exist as Jong as there
ia American youth.
Why shouldn't the same care and
caution be exercised in the develop
ment of a boy's physical body as is
given to his brain ? It costs .money
to develope brains, and it costs
money to develope limbs, and arms.
and bones and muscle. . The time has
come when brain learning ia faulty
and useless unless : the . brain is
housed in a sound body. On this
basis of reasoning, La Grande s school
board is spending $50.00 a month to
develope the physical side of their
students, and . thousands and thou
sands to develope brains.. The school
board hasn't gone far enough.' iWhen
it employef a first class athletic di
rector to handle gymnastics, sports
and games, developing the body with
the brain of all grade and all high
school students paying therefore
first class wages for a first class in
structor, then, and then onrv. will it
have given that which is due to the
physical side of the La Grande bov
or girl who happens to be in school.
Baby's Skin Troubles.
Pimples Eruptions Eczema Quick
ly yield to the soothing am healing
qualities oi ut. . noDson s tczema
Ointment. No matter where located,
how bad or long standing, Dr. Hob
son's Eczema Ointment will remove
every trace of the ailment. It will
restore the skin to its natural soft
ness and purify. Don't let your child
suffer don t be embarrassed by hav
ing your child's face disfigured with
blemishes or ugly scars. Use Dr.
Hobson's Eczema Ointment. Its eruar-
anteed. No cure no pay. 50c at vour
Druggist.
ested in athletics can organize, select : bp r. H .hjia mmlo tl,ron ,n.i.
their ieums in baseball, football, etc., 1 ularlv and at the proper times
and the same time can manage j Baker, Pendleton, Portland schools,
and take care of every feature. Be-1 in fact all the leading schools of the
cause really this is a side-issue. Phy-: state and northwest do similarly but
meal training is ull right, but. on the I only in one or two instances are those
campus at recess or tho noon hour or ! schools as fortunate as La Grnnd
after school or Saturdays is the time and they, unlike La Grande, employ
for that and if it includes these gHmes 1 different men, for different branches,
' the students should do tho organizing meaning greater expense than is a
and managing with some help "free" fact in La Grande. Therefore, atli
from the different teachers. The ob- letics being with us to stay in spite of
Baker's First Booze Case.
Baker, Ore.. Jan. 25. Charles
Blackwell, the first person tobe ar
rested for drunkenness and disorder
in Baker since January 1, was found
guilty in ponce court by Citv Judeo
Cunning yesterday morning and sent-1
enced to 100 days working for the city. I
tsuic-Kweii admitted that he bought
the liquor here in Baker but refused
to disclose where he got it. When
District Attorney Godwin attempted
to secure information 'he refused to
take oath, and in ' all probability
further charges will be preferred
against him at the expiration of his
jail sentence. Blackwell was arrested
Saturday night by Officer Brennan
and Sheriff Anderson, . t
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Bad Habits. v '
Those who breakfast at eight o'clo k
or Inter, lunch at twelve and have din
ner ot six are almost certain to be
troubled with indigestion. Thoy do
not allow time for one meal to digest
before taking another. Not less than
five hours should elapse between
meals. If you are troubled with indi
gestion correct your habits and take
Chamberlain's Tablets, and vou mav
reasonably hope for a quick recovery.
These tablets strengthen the stomach
and enable it to perform its functions
naturally. Obtainable everywhere,
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front-lace
exclusive
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The one perfect
corset with that
VENTILO back, and VENTILO
front shield. A model for every
possible figure and a price for
very purse. $2.00 and up.
MRS. ROBERT PATTISON
CORSET1ERE.
Other models at $2.00 up.
Residence 1702 . Oak
Phone Red 3221
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KING COAL
Does Not Talk, It
SHOUTS
when it comes to lasting
quality.
A fire built with Kin?
Coal does not require
constant attention.Build
your fire, regulate your
dratt, and go on to bed: )
your room will be warm
m the morning.
We Handle dry 16 inch
Wood.
LA GRANDE! FUEL
COMPANY.
106 Fir St. .
PHONE :: MAIN 700.
Opposite Thome & Wilcox
Grocery.
PIANOS
$187.00
Knabe
Sohmer
Ivers & Pond
Estey
Schumann
Bennett
Lester
Sterling
Other Bigh Grades.
$398.00
Knabe
Sohmer
Ivers A Pond
Estey
Schumann
Bennett
Lester
Sterling
Other High Grades.
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RICH PIANO HOUSE.
Piano direct from factories. '
No culls nor worked -over pianos shipped from other towns.
We do not buy from Portland retail houses, therefore we are in a
position to sell at right prices.
Call and examine goods and get prices before buying elsewhere.
Blchey Building Opposite Elks' New Building
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When Normal
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PROTECT
ENLIGHTEN
ENTERTAIN
You watch this space and from
time to time we will give you
information on the proper care
of. your eyes not generally
known.
We have absolutely the only
plant in Eastern Oreon that
grinds and polishes the sufrace
of a loose.
We have the most up-to-aave
fitting parlors and manufactur
ing departments in Eastern
Oregon. Call and examine our
plant and compare with others.
The firm that tries to deceive
you with fictitous advertisement
is unreliable, beware of them.
J.H. PEARE&S0N.
La Grande's Leading Optometrists.
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Take advantage of our present low prices on flour
it is a good investment. .'.,:
Don't fail to get our prices on flour.
HARRIS GROCERY
PHONE MAIN 70 FARMERS PHONE B 192
408 North Fir Street, Cross Track
HIAWATHA,
HIAWATHA,
HIAWATHA,
Not from Longfellow, but the BEST coal from Utah, a hard dur
able, economical semi-anthracite. The nearest approach to the hard
coal of Pennsylvania.
ROCK SPRINGS COAL.
The Cleanest ami BEST for cooking. Almost as cheap as wood,
everything considered. Will not blacken friend, wife's or ' e hired
girl's hands, or soil the cooking utensils, like some coals. A
freeburning heat producer. All coal screened and delivered free of
SLACK.
We sell slack SLACK at $5.00 a ton.
WOOD Yellow Pine, Red Fir, Taimarack. Good Fresh and DRY,
as we keep it in Sheds. ,
DRAYAGE, DELIVERY, PIANO AND FURNITURE MOVING.
FIREPROOF STORAGE AND FORWARDING.
- MERCHANTS' DELIVERY.
One Block East of Depot. Phone Main 10.
Lynch & Stewart
One block east of Depot. Phone Main 10
The New York Store Is
The Workingmaris Friend
LOW PRICES NOW
Mens suits ; ,$5.00 to $10 00
Men s hats and caps 85c $1.50 $2 00
Men's shoes and rubbers 75c, $1.35, $2.5o $3,001 $30
Men's work shirts 40c
Men's work shirts, wool '.$35 $1.45
Men's heavy underwear .-. 395
Union suits . . -. . .V. .V. ,75
Cotton glaves and sox and handkerchiefs 5c, 10c 15c
Cotton gloves and sox wool 20c' 25c
Overalls, Union ..... 50c, 75c," 85c, $1.00
Suit cases, trunks and bags $1.25, $1.50, $2.00, $3.00
We buy and sell all kinds of jewelry. We keep open until 9 p. m
214 Depot street. La Grande, Oregon
WE BUY ALL KINDS OF RAW FURS IN TRADE.
THERE ARE MANY REASONS
,WHY EVERY HOME IN LA
GRANDE SHOULD HAVE
ELECTRIC LIGHT.
Eastern Oregon Light &
Power Co.
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