tazs 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
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Honored
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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
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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
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Co'
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