La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 18, 1925, Image 6

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Newspaper Page Texttazs Six 7, TiA GRANDE BVENTNO OBSERVER Tuesday, .August l,l2.r. President P. L. Campbell,. Pioneer s Son Had Long, Active Career As Educator ' I'NIVKItHITY OK OUKUON, KuK'il-- (H.ee!ul). The Btnry ot the life of In. 1'riiH'i i.ut'iun 'nmjtM-)l, irniil-nt of the I'nL versily of Oi i ffoii, w ho Ud luat Vriiljiy. Ih uimont a lilrttory of )ils(ur education in Om-koii for tlie punt aTi yt'tuH. Mi? wuh prcBl . dent ul llu- Htutti Normal m-ho'il at .Moninoiili irorn ISiiti to Jhc iiiKiitullon limn which In-took )i!h dt:"" bi-'for! fiiicrinK Jlar vunl, ami for the pawl 23 years )u Iuih he. ti the chief exerulUe of the l'nl entity of Oregon. 'rcHil-al 'iilill(-i ranie of :i Jonji lint: oT teacher h and iiiIhIm teiM. ile m u horn at Newinai Itrt, Mo., 0-lolr C, I Mi I, the MO.l of the JCev. Thulium Krunklin i 'nniihe iiml Jane Klizu (i 'mnp ell) t ;i in pi H-li. HiH Jul rents took Mm to Mint:ina when he wuh tour y.'jH'H nhl, ami In the fall or 1r,'.t, In- en a ic to t tri'Kon, hlh father liavlnj,' accrpleil the pn-Hl-tlenry of t.'hriHtlan eolkKe, Mou iniiuth, later the Htute Normal v Hehool. For the past (ifi yearn 'resident Cainpliell hart lived in in-Kon, wit h the exception of u f'W yeai h npi-nt In ('ainlirlilc V'hih a nt iid nt at I lai wild mil V rally, and a year iih a report t on the Knn:;:in City War, Sun of I'Joncer. Tli Bon of an Oregon plnnee-, T'reKident 'ailipliell's life HpillllH'-l two fpocliH. II' 1,'n w (o manhood vln-n the Hlnle wiim evolving from pioneer conditlotiH Into a modern t find proKi'-.H.'five cotiimonweiii.li, find he rout rj hill i ! over a lontf jierlod to the ilfveloprnenl of ed wntlon, vvhleh paraMeled the phe. nominal advance tn oi her IIiwk In point of yeaiH of coatlnnoiM K-rvi(-e In; wuh union? the Heiilor college pn-HldenlH in thin country. . TreNldi-nt n mplM-lls ancesiry was Kcoicli-Iiihh. 1 1 Ik preal-K'"',at randlallier cume to New Orleans . Iroin Heoiland while a young man. The preRtilent'fi father, ThoniaH J 'run Id In i 'amjihell, una a native ' of I.ouIhIuiui. He wan -4Jin;1 aiiihitiouf, i nln-eil st'ldious j lielhany i collejre, VlrKlnia, and received liU """tlejfiei' tn t he rliiaflriil roiirno. ( . June 10 1 1 -a 'amphcll, I'rettl'lent f T'ainpheH'H mot her, horn in north Ireland wuh the fintl cousin of Alexander 'uniphell, the rounder of the ('hi lKtian church, H1h runic to America when nlie wuh !i and ' lived In the lioiiHchold of her .cousin until her marriage In JS51 to ThoniaH Krnnklln runiphHI. lit 8&, " 0Jraus-Ca2ac6i .Umiteciti W Savo one full business uuv each WtiV Inke the b'mttst Train Across Canada direct to ;. j TORONTO in 83 HOURS I MONTHfc'AL In 8B HOURS Cu.it.ine and service the linest - Ifrlectly-itpiHinted tmim with Compartment Ohservntiott ' Car, Cuini'irlttieiil ni Munird Skr-iiui (:! and Open Tup Ol.MMvution Cart throufb Ihi Cs BatliuD HLtfic HocklM. "it Coin No Mori to 1 rovil en lh4 CurwJwN i'uW" Canadian Pacific 6tnlAQOil fhrnrOtfll j. I MrO tl rt 1X..H., HH(M AftM National Foiosl Timber For Sale Rcnled M will bp received by the District Forester. Port kind. Oregon, up to and Im iud. lng September lo, lii-jfi. for nil the nierehanlable dead timber ulandlng or down, and nil th live timber timrked or desig nated for culling on an area embracing about G.nfin nerci within t. i s., it. au j i H.. It. 37 F; and '(, H., It. 87 W. M Flvepulnt and Knat Fork Meaclmm Creek wn terNheds, Fmaillla Natlontl Forest, Oregon, estimated to be 1 oon.ndd f,,,t u, m, 0f west ern yellow pine, zr.n.niio f,-et I. Al. of lodgepole pine tint her, inorfl or less, and an an. estimated amount of I inugbis fir, western larch, while fir, Kngelnumn spruce, mid other species of timber. rutting of other specie than western y.d. low ami Indi-epoie- pine to be optional with the purchaser. No bid of less than .7.1 per .M. feet for eltow nnd lodg.' pole pine, and J.t.o p,.r M. jvv for other upecle will be run. nldered. must be de. poslled with each bid to be applied on t he purchase price, refunded, or utalned In part as lii u Ida ted dam ages, aeror.l Ing to condltlona of sale. The right to reiect any and all bids reserved. pcfore lds are sub mitted, full Information con cerning the timber, t he eottdi. tlons of sale, and the suhnita pion of bids should be oMuhtcd front the I'm est Supervlso-, I 'end b Ion, Oregon, or l he I'U trlct I'orester, Portland, tie. gon. Alexaniler Campbell preaehrl throughout t he harder Klaten of Ken lucky, Tennenee, Y'liinl.i, Went Virginia, and iiImo in Ohio, Indianii, Illinois and Missouri. It wait Alexander 'iimphell who Ian tadied ii n ed uca t loan I inove tueiit within the rhureh that waa later to had lo the eMiahllHhmi-nt In dial a nt Hvjfoii of 'ht latLin col h fe, M on m out h, pi eHhled over hy hot h ThomuM l''rr.nl( I in ( 'iimp hell and an the );tle noniuil hy' I'rlnci' I,, t'ltmpliell. Alexander wiih of Hcolrh-lriah jia renta e and waa orlKimtlly a I'reshvlerhin. Kiirly In hia career he hecarnn identified with the See.dera from t he 1'i eshyterian church, le)iii' Inif In a rnore lihr-ial laler'preta llon ff the scrlfil iiren. Ilia first erriciithirial - perimenl waa I r-i- I at Itet hany, Weat Virj;loia. near hla home, in hut It proved a diaappoin! incut . It remained for a Ktoiip of devout I llhiois meniheiH of lh fdinrch to hrhiK It 10 HiK'reHH in Oregon. I al her Slmlicd. Law Irealdent i ;imphtdra fa I lie ahldied law after hhi man laj,- and went to Texas for the pur- laia" of praelieine; his profeKaioir. Here lie Im'hi l eaeli Int.', ami In - afti-ruarda Iriiii-ht in Kaaaas and Missouri mini I i:t. 1 r , I i r ' 1 1 and Hoelal life in Mi;soorl v.a-4 organized beeau.e of the 'M. jl war, and he lof)kcl touar d t he weal aa hla irnal. With hia fain - 1 1 v he took p;HMai?e aboard a side- wheel river boat up I Ih linso irl. and aTler a lnnr trip In which t he" paity at one .Innrl ure waa moh'Slei) , hy Indiana, arrived in Heh nn, . Monl, 1'reshlent Campbell wuh fond of telilnj? of the (arly days in Hiethe presidency, the school inul frontier town. Near the t "a in p- proper! y were ileeded to the alate bell home wan n tree, vhlch ar rv- t f rce of rill deld by the tnrvle. s, ed an n ronculent place fur n and iln' life of the fnatliiitlon as Klhbet. The Moutar-a h,llanteHJa state tionnal nehool beari with lumped ii road aent or two, anil! President Campbell's mot her would not permit lu r children to look out the hac: door in Ihe.i.nd Ihc slate made its first ap- iiioriiliiKH until she was sure they woulil see no slirht of a law- f br-enker ex pia 1 1 m? hla nlme from ! the stout limh of the tree. ( Thouuift l-'ranklln Campbell waa cnlled to the prcfiidcncy of Chris- Man college In Oregon in the fall of ISfiii, and the family act fori h In u atane coach on Ha aecond:sily of Oregon 'It baa made ateady westward journey. The school n' Mnnmurdli had been founded by i ft group of lltlnolH men, who de-1 cblcd In 1 S!tn to found honus .build ... a Chribtimi sclniol j off in the last 23 'years, each year "rftirro "men and womeli alike' .j abwlni nn advance' over the may become uchoolcd In I lie sri- previotiH year. Notable achfeve i nee of IKine: find In the prlucb , mcnta stdiolaatlcally have been plea of religion. No move vas made until !M4 when the area regime, until nowlt la nn'ognlxe 1 now occupied by Hie town of as anion! (lie leading state InsfU Monmouth was chosen and the ! lilhinH lit. the country.' ' college' founderH donated , the cnl-J i'lMsldenl J'ampbrll came to the lege cam tma. In 1 SaS a woodr'n j unlversif y 'following it p'etiod of building waa erected on the pivs- jadinlulalnitlvp strife and turmoil, ent aite of the normal school int. The. two presidents who bad prr- in caal;i-or $ri.(MUk..nnd 'other i fji. provenieiils were made In Tho mas Fran U tin Campbeira early admin 1st ration. In 1 S7 1 t here were 1 .'10 al udents enrolled, w uh I he slate, and President ,. Canip foilr Inalructors In charge. jbelt was better fitted for this r- Aticnded Oregon Citllege spontlbil Ity than an outsider. An Prince 1,. Campbell obtained his oulside man would have been.un. early education in Ihia early Ore-jder ohvious disadvantages. and gon, college . where the ehbri he bom-d of regent a turned - nnt- 'ampbell had established three de-! orally lo the rhlef executive nt part mcnta; primary, preparatory' ; r M(k w4t r :f 1 IIAI1, TO no IT. HOYS. 1U T-Il(i! ruASIl! ll.Ni(,i n,v.v J50,(M)0 north of liquor. 1!ii Imm.mi nu (nkrn ,y thy iicnts in raliln In rhlcuRu. IMrtiire nhciwii (he "i.ilii(ul" mU of brral.lng lha IkjIIIi'k iu ttm lUiunr nmj' inlntln tho wnlcr uf (lie CIiUhko river. 1a1.ru 1 IIKNSON. DKKItl.OlMili. MONT, Ml a h j In lh wr Now hit doty to WluT hin. hrn lir Is oul r.vllng lo hrlp hlra ovrr III rou(h ruaik. iind crflh Kc In iso,' the y.-ai (ollowlntf I'rlnce Camphell'ii jrrad attlon, there were 1 hti di-lijip and hiiHineMM houaea in Moninou.h iind y :t r in habit a nia. Alter hla Kiitdualiou, he taitfiht the claaah; in ( 'hriat ian col U-k t until hia en trance aa a Hludent In the claai cal at Har vard uulverally yln At t'limhridKC, tin- (ii-ckoii alud- ent developed a literary leiit. wrote a cooUd-al of poetry, and contributed to the Itoalon Tran acrlpt. 'Ihla literary Interest l-d him to heel; a place :m a p-port' i on the Kans.'iK ('Hy .Star, ami aa an Interlude In hla collet?'' courae he hpenl a year on the at aft" be fore hla return 'o Harvard for hM laal year. On the Star he wrote a Kond dea I of prom ot I on a I in t teriid for t he cn al Ion of liul" varda and parka, a work In whi.-li the newapaper alaya had a ke.-n (til crest . I le covered a sai'.'timeti'a i ani'lntr nil t lie uay from police report Intf to ';rand opera. t n nlntr In Moninonl It n fl i-r ob- talnlnt; Ma Harvard decree in 'r'lfis'i, lie became a member 'of ' faculty, j J lis marrlatre j .1, Zh-bi-r., I he ; ZtVher and Mrs, of l'oreal Oiovi Nepleinher. 1 y,7. to Mi."a lliij-'enia daughter uX A. Chai t'.tte ,ie,. i tool; place in The daiii'hler of Mi:;. I.U'ia len dl':-:t!ds martiai'''. Mi:;, I dcraon Ifi a restdi nt i;a,tet- j Sprint?-', KariKaa. Mrs. Ilu-ini : ' 'a m phi It died four years after j her m:ifrkiK'. Pretdden! Campbell j married f-hiaan A. 'hur ch of H.m i I'Vanelseo. the present Mra, Camp, ! bell, A mrust 'jt, I !MiS. Stalo Take Sfhrwil, (. 7u lXHI, n year rollowlnc the led Inn of Prince f,. Campbell (' more than u hundred stideii;a j carolled. ' l!y 1 KSJi t he number , of stmlenfa had hici eaaeil to I so. I propria! inn to the normal, the h-j?lslat ure votint? funds for th conM ruction of a new bill Id In: at n coat of $ia,aafi. He wuh called to the presidency of tli I 'nivei-aity of Orenou tn 1!M2, Hi nee the year Dr. 'airiphril b'canie j)fesldent of the Iniv pallia, both in student enrollment, equipment and character. of teaching pcrMonnet. Never h t he enrollment shown u falling innde hy the university .under his eeeded hi iii, were Frank -Jilf-oo-r and Charles' IT. Chapman, In l!ui the unlversiiy needed an appeal to Its constituency in Monmouth w ho bad already made j " . " ..v ?"a.v.i'... '-i v ' Ids mark aa an educator. Knew Coiidllhms U'cll, President 'nmptwil waa t hor oiighty acquainted it ti educational conditions In t he at a to. Jti tact. the chair In education had hci-n offered to him at t he state uni viiaity, and when he refua-d it. tin1 pi ofeshorahlp vvua later tilled by Or. II. J. Hhehlon, now rhair niuii of the university ndinlnistr.i live committee anil dean of the school Of education. Taere wc-it fewer than -T'l M udeii la enrotleil .When President Campbell took up hla i-xeeuliw duties at liugene. Today, I hero are appi oximalety 3,(aa regular hludent a. i; tension, correapoii- deiice at udy, uud an miner seen ion j .nt iiieiita bring Hie total wi ll about j 0,i'im, , i "I ui lux the f i rut years of hia i service l the univcihity t he in stituiam laced many problcniaan 11 solved many difficult lea," said i De;:n John Straub, in coimiienlii'gi on President 'aiupbeirs i -any work I 'no uesl lonahly tho ' unlvf-isily ould ''nol be where It la today I It not been for Hie. valiant vice Hi-. Campbell jr Kldent. Won Hard ItattlcM. J'lly hla tnel and foresight, 'lelrollment waa the lncrea.se In high overcame all ohstaclea which hia - I the growth and progress o' the university. lie was u man of Merlins' integrity and the highest ideals. lie aleadfaally ref us- , to jus! It y I In- means hy the eji I, pn fen iug al all - times to light hoit'-atly for the progreas of I he niiiveisily. No man hi the Ht ate wuh more beloved by sludeiits a rid by c iti.eiis t lian Prince 1.. i ailipbell." Wlii n Presi'lent Rl rong resigned hi I !ui2 lo bt come , chancellor of the Pnfverslly of Kaunas, the I'nl eer.'dly of ( u-egon ' consisted of the lljiejal uita colbge, llm school of 'engineering In Kugene, ami t he schooN of law ami medicine In Portland. Fnder President Camp bell's administration strong schools and departments were added. The school of music vui created in 1 iiu., the school of education in 1 ! lit f he school of journalism. I PHi: archil. cfure and allied arts. and bu'dntss administration.' I HI 4; soeiofohy. I 'fL'ti; and physical edu cation, l!'.'!. In response to a de mand from all over the mate for extension work and for metropoli tan classes, the extension division, including the department of coi-re-spomlence, was established In I'.Hi?, Did Organ lJng Work. President Campbell orgnnfzed the Portland .Center in 1!H7, und established the summer sessions in Kugene and Portland. On Ills rec ommendation the law school, which had been operating as a night school since 1SS4 in Portland,-was discontinued there and established on a regular academic basis nt Ku gene. The school of medicine and Its work was alwaya close to his heart, and he sought always lo de velop and strengthen It. He viewed health' as a state problem, with the schools of medicine and 'physical education contributing to J better general health - of Oregon citlxens and to advanced ivacureh looking lo-ward -the t'Ompiest oil specific diseases. The school of physical education la his particular ron trihuiion envisaged as a part of a general health movement. , In the spring and summer of 1IU.S, after the oi fleers' training corps had been established (it Ku gene. President Campbell assisted in organizing the emergency coun cil on education, which brought to- get her In one working unit tho leading national association of education. This has since become I he American Council of Kduea tion. While In Washington he i-auif Info clone touch with import ant researches imderiuken by many of the federal branches. He re turned to Kugene Imbucrf with the reeling that Die higher Institutions of learning must make further con tributions along Its special llneji, particularly In I lie hi lencea. Hel entirki research hy faculty and ad vanced Htudenta received an Im petua, and the graduate school he-(ami- more firmly established, with an Increasing recognition of its work on Ihc outside. Hellevlng that every nmbltlouK young man or woman bad Ihc right to neck educational advantages in hla own state, president Campbell in recent years concerned liimself wiih the problems of meeting Hie, problem of earing for lite inereas- lug numbers of Htudenta coming to the university and at the name time keeping pace with necessary build ing', equipment, und personnel. I jiiolliiMiit Increased, In the ten-year period from tho college year 1IM3-W to 1923-24. en- :iH,rollment al the university increuaed three and one-lialf tinier. One rea son for the large Increase In en- 1 school raeitiiies in ine siaie, in P.0i iliere were only five four-year high schools In Oregon. There are now more t ban 2. Ml high nchoola standardized by the superintendent of public inairiiclion, gradual. a of which are accepted by certificates at the university provided they meet certain additional renttlre- ' ini'nls. Ah the millage funds could not care for the expansion need.-j of the university, president Campbell looked about for an additional soum of incomes ligifta from the alumni and oiher houitcs. He came to -the eonclualon that with out gifts and benefactions. It "would he necessary to limit attendance sharply by .nrbilrary men iih or to w hoiesale" education. Neither entrance hy artificial barriers many thai would desire to enter was as undemocratic and unfair. Presi dent Campbell said. president Campbell ruvo greatly of his time und energy to the gift campaign. It was organized un der hia direction, and he was tak ing u vigorous and active part tn the inlenslve period of the cam paign when he fell HI. His last public appearance was on the oc casion of the indent union drive Iwo years ago when he spoke in the Womon'a Building on Ihe campus. Fnder the care of a phy sician, Ihe president made his way to the rostrum und, seated In No Need The The l Honored I - fa. ' x t . P5T n s - p When the town of Wanhlngion, III. celebrates Its 100th anniversary ihli month. Miss Mary Itulln will lw given special honors. She enters her fiftieth year of touching in the primary school this fu, and her I puDlis will present a druinutlc torv Jf her lift- at the celebrat'un. " chair, spoke for half an hour on the alius of ihe campaign. That .speech marked the "kick-Off" of ihi' entire campaign. The si udents exceeded their i-nota, raising $"!li, (Hio In a little more than a week's time. Interested jn 'ainuilgii. While confined to his home by illness. President Campbell coun seled campaign leaders and follow ed the intensive period of the money-raising effort with great in tereat. To date $2.Mui.ihmi luts been pledged or contributed, fully jua- jlifying President Campbell's vision, I acc ording- to regents, alumni, and friends of the university. President Campbell hafl gtven large amount n front his personal funds to the university to aid in lis upbuilding'. Hiiting' his career In the state he was a member of many Impor tant committees anil commissions, among whiclt were the state text hook commission, the Oregon Stale uijiureau of M.in'H and Oeology, the A: Copy Of Evening Observer Should the carrier bov to deliver your paper. . all Main and a Western Union Messenger Boy will bring it at once. ... There is No Charge to you for this service Observer Oregon Htate Ubrury commission, the. Kxeculhe Committee of the V. M. C. A. of Oregon and Idaho, vice president of the Oregon Social Hy giene (Society, director of the Ore gon Ajq intion for tho Prevention of Tuberculoids, vice president und actinic president of the National Association of Ktute Fniveraitles for the year Jl(i-H17. weretary treustirer of the American Council on Kducutlou IttlT-iyiS. und chair man of the Oregon Ktute Council intense Committee on Scientific lU'seurch for HH8. MOW lUVVl'.U IS IMtOKPKCT. AHUIjANH, Ore. luke of the Woods, u popular Rummer resort where' nruny Ashland and Ktumath Falls citizens have cabins, will huve a modern summer resort hotel of the plans of the forest mriee, which la considering an application for a hotel concession on the bunks of the lake, materialize. At a recent meeting of the Ijike of the Woods- Itecrealion associa tion, which Is composed of owners of camp sites und cabins on the lake, It became known that the members were opposed to grant ing of a hotel concession. The for est svrvlec ha reserved a site for Ihe hotel and it la expected that the concession will be advert laed soon. The ' members, of the association feel. lr la retried, that eventually 1 he like will become so popular that the enilre frontage will be needed for cabins and they do not want the lake commercialized. IIHiH WI.MIS DA MAO F t HAI TAI of A TKVr TWJN FALLS A heavy wind and rain storm did considerable damage In this vicinity Thursday last, unroofing some buildings, tearing up circus and ehautauu.ua, tents In neiii). towns. The dam age to the chaiitauu,uu. tent in this city made It necessary to give tip the performance of "Daddy Long Legs," the company offering to go WINDOWS SPECIAL LOT 30 REDUCTION A Real Saving Opportunity If You Are Building or Remodelling. The Grande Ronde Lumber Go. ItelaJl Yard Across Tracks on Greenwood An. To hack and give the performance. Sunday. Al Jerome the circus tetit were in danger and the animals were all gotten out as quickly us possible. Tin rhautuuguu tent at Uooding was damaged ttiso. Highway Crew Move to Wyelli CASCAHK LOCKS. Ore. The state highway crew which' has been loeuted at Cascade Locks for the past month, and which has been working on the Columbia river highway from the Multno mah county line to the Outskirts of Wyeth, repairing broken and sunken places in the highway, moved their plant today to Vlento, where they will continue lo work as fur east us M osier by Septem ber 1. The Paris Is now located in its new store, formerly o c eu p i e d by Ash Bros., with a full line of the latest Fall Fashions in La dies' Ready-to-Wear and Millinery. ,We cordially invjte the public. , , . 1 Miss fail . . Co' ?