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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (May 27, 1920)
tí OREGON IS BACKWARD IN STATE SCHOOLS h ’ s a cinch If \6ur Home is Make it New W ith Washington Pays $30 a Year For Education of Each Child: Oregon $11.85. " It ia the qussllon of lb* undermost the uppermost. property value* over human value*.~ «aid M H. Marvtu. a member of the Washing ton State Industrial Welfare Com nils ■Ion. who made a plea at the Portland hotel recently before tt»e Portland Ministerial association for the »tat» two-mill elementary school measure, * which la to be voted upon May XI *1 the primary. He continued: "The church has made mistake*, but this is one place where the church must not err. You must get behind this measure so that the child of the poor man can have hit or her deserved opportunity In life. Oregon Is (ace tc face with a crisis in It* educational system, that. If not met, will put It back toward the dark ages instead o f in the light of the twentieth century which It should hold. It I* one of seven states which still holds to the antiquated Idea of district school tax at Ion plan. It-must get out of the rut In which It finds Itself today and place herself alongside the other 39 or forty suites and make the tax for Its schools equal throughout the state "Washington today pays per year (30 (or th* education of each child within Its boundaries. I am told you In Oregon pay toward this great work for the voter of the future only 911 *3. It is time for a change and I. from your sister state, urge you to announce from your pulpits, from the hcuaetop* If you please, the benefits of this measure, and I hope U will be voted In by a big majority.'* Rev. W. T. McElveen of the First Congregational church of Portland, also made a strong pies for the meas ure and declared that it was not only a problem for Ore con to solve, but "a national one. to handle this situs, tion which Oregon now faces, namely — the education of the Illiterate, of which there are today In the United States. 5 Vi millions,” said Dr. Me- Elveen. “ Labor counts on the church in this crisis.” said the speaker, “ Oregon is behind the times In her educational system and every 'tightwad' citizen In Oregon is to blame for this situation which we now must face at th* pells on May 21. ** '"D o you know how Boston Tech bandies her students? They have one teacher to every six students. Oregon has one teacher to every 64. How's that for a contrast? Isn’t it about time you and I went to the polls and voted for something new in this state* I think so.” Mrs. Alexander Thompson and Mrs. 8. M. Blumauer also made striking addresses to the ministers on this measure, being followed by President Campbell of the University of Oregon, who pointed out the necessity of aid ing the elementary schools, that the higher educational Institutions would have a basis cn which to werk. a groundwork on which to build the cltl- len of the future. The ministers endorsed the measure unanimously. to figure why m FULLER P ain t You should know w hy Camels are so unusual, so refreshing, so satisfying. F irs t, quality— second, Camels expert blend o f choice Turkish and choice Domestic tobaccos which you’ll certainly prefer to either kind smoked straight I P reserve* thing O NE is sure— and B e a u t iftws you can’t hide the outside of your house from critical eyes. You’ll be proud of your home and your neighbor hood will be proud of you if your house is kept painted and in good repair. The well-painted house is evidence of community spirit and thrift. 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Also iu «very c nimur.lty there are taachers who are planning to leave and go elsewhere to teach or to enter other professions. Why? Salary partly, but mostly because the teacher like the prophet, is without honor In his own country. Making the home schools safe fol home talent will help to solve th* teacher shortage. Thera must be good sala’ ies. of iVurse. Teachers teach because they need money. There must also be sane protection against the spoils system. It is an old story it many communities for a new super intendent and his assistant to f’ nd Jcbs for their t..<-mls at *he expense of local taachers, or to be ’ tile them so that they must resign in set* respect Does the community know about it or do anything about it? Do ths patrons i f each school know the ma terial of the teaching force? If they have ai^up-to-date. accomplished, gift •d teacher, will they encourage her •with salary increases and bark her •gainst unfair discrimination? How many good teachers bav# left the community, and why? That will tell the story. How many young peo ple who would msSe fine teachers are doing something el * Instead? Keep the home -ires burning until all the cumbering dross and all the unfairmss which is driving home teaching talent » >*y from home Is burned up. and C »n see how rapidly the teacher shorts¿e becomes a ttUu of ihc past Or.’ g'-n can rear.* dy her condition by votin': • V o .” for the 2 rail! Elementary Belie,oi bill popularly U.,owa as th. Children's Bill. A* a solution of the problem of the pastorlcss churches In the North Woods of Maine, Baptist* have ordain ed two women ministers, and they u'e now serving in the pulpll of the pic turesque little church at Jay, Maine. While other women evangelists are “helping out*’ at churches where minis ters with large families have not been able to meet the rising cost on an aver age Hilary of $1.87 a day. Miss Alice IL Whittier and **!as Ella J. Nash, so far as known, are the only Baptist feminine clergymen In the whole of New England. They were ordained In 1017, when the war was making a heavy demand on the man power of Maine. Their first assignment was to the church at Jay. one of the oldest of the slate, having a history that dates back 110 years, when the congregation met In a log house. As a rule Miss Whittier •ake» the morning service and Miss Nash bus charge of the evening meet- lnR Both were graduated from the Gor don Bible College In Boston, and both worked for a number of years after ward under the direction of the Ameri can Baptist Missionary Society. They have served the out of the way settle ments In the far north Aroos'ook County and other sections of Maine, where the people depend on the col porteur for thetr gospel teaehlng. They have tilled two pastorates of five years' each, one at Owl's Head and Mie other at Jay. where they are at present sta tioned. Will the woman pastor solve the problem of the shortage o f ministers? Miss Whittier says she will. A woman gifted with the power of oratory, trained In a high class theological in Right— Miss Alice M. Whittier. stitution, and willing to make the com bined sacrifices of not only a preach er's wife, Imt a preacher himself, should he allowed lo fill a pulpit, alio declares. According to Miss Whittier, th» woman preacher has conic to stay. It Is her opinion that very soon u large percentage of clergymen of all Protes tant denominations will he women The Baptists mid the Congregational- Ists are among the first denominations to admit women to the ministry. “ Will women pastors be content to work on salaries that average leas than 9700 a year, as men preachers have b e en doing for years?" Is another ques tlon Miss Whittier answered. She said they decidedly would not "A ll over the country,” she said, "people are realizing more and more the Injustice that has been done in the ministers. The time has come, I be lieve, when pastors are to rpcelve their Just due. The country pastor’s salary should not merely be raised— It should be doubled. He receives less than nn oriHnsry day lahorer and depends to an humiliating extent upon the charity of tils congregation No, women who enter the ministry will not be so pa flent. I’in sure Conditions In America today do not warrant the practice ol such self-denial “ Miss Whittier Is one o f the leaders In Maine of the New World Movement of Northern Baptists. That stale Ini i' been asked to raise a quota of $2.0 -O. 000. The umount didn't stagger the pastor of Jay. “ Will your congregation he able 1» come across with heir apportion 9 ment?" she was *«ked ) ■'Certainly, there s do doubt «non It,” she said. Gasoline Distillate Kerosene and Fuel Oil offered it for shipment and is ready to do all in its power to remedy any existing shortage with good service « Southern Pacific Company " ' ■ •; .J . f6&3'- TT-vw -n