THE HORNING GREGONIAN, THURSDAY, jMAY 16. 1901.
HIGH SCHOOL- STUDIES
EXPLANATORY DISCUSSION OP NEW
COURSE.
Considerations Which Entered Into
Formulation 'of the Schedule Be--
ported InDetall.
6ALEM. Or-. May 16. At the last ses
sion of the Oregon State Teachers' As
sociation, a committee composed of Pres
ident Strong, of the State University:
President Iee, of Albany College, and
Superintendent Landers, of The Dalles
Schools, was formed for the purpose of
drafting' a course of study for high
schools. The committee recently reported
ai course of study which was adopted by
the State Board of Education, and the
list of studies incorporated in the list was
submitted to text-book publishers for
their consideration in making proposals
to. the Board of Text-Book Commission
ers; The course of study as first made
p"hbllc was only In skeleton form, and
the committee has just issued a com
plete discussion of the course for the
aid of teachers and students. In addi
tion to its application to this course of
study in particular, the discussion con
tains many timely and interesting com
ments on our educational system in gen
eral, which will make it a valuable ad
dition to the pedagogical literature of
Oregon. The course of study and com
ments thereon are as follows:
FIBST TEAK.
.Higher English (about the grade of Lock
wood, to be coupled with English classics of
this grade).
Beginning algebra (high school grade).
physical geography (or Latin).
iljistory Greek and Roman to 800 A. D.
(short study of Eastern nations should precede
Greek history).
SEpOXD TEAR ON TWO-TEAR COURSE).
higher English (about grade of Loctwood,
to be coupled with English classics).
tAlgcbra finished (one-half year).
iBookkeepIng (one-half year), or hlgbr arith
metic (one-half year), or physiology toae-half
year).
Gatln, or physical geography, or botany, with
laboratory work.
''History, medieval, with special reference to
England.
SECOND TEAR (THREE-TEAR COURSE).
?Hlgher English (same as above).
Algebra, finished (one-half year), geometry
(one-half year).
'Latin, or physical geography, or botany, with
laboratory wrk.
'History (same- as above).
THIRD TEAR.
.'Study of English and American authors with
composition work.
iGeoxnetry finished.
elect any two
.Latin, first, second or third year, according
to Whether it has been taken before.
History, modern, with special reference to
England, it course Is four years course; and
American history and Constitution If course Is
three .years' course.
Physics, or botany, or geology (one-half
year), with bookkeeping or higher arithmetic
(the other one-half year), or elementary polit-
leal economy (one-half year), and review (one
half year).
FOURTH TEAR.
Study of American and English authors with
composition work, history, American with Con
stitution. Select any two
1. Latin or German.
2. Chemistry or physics..
S. Geology (one-half year), and roology (one
half year), or astronomy (one-half year).
4. Elementary political economy (one - half
year), and review (one-half year).
Themes and orations last two years.
Music and drawing are additional to above
Note. The above courses of study are based.
upon five recitations per week for the length
of time assigned, and each recitation to be at
, .least 40 minutes long.
The course outlined by your committee ap
proaches the Ideal, but is not beyond the ca
pacity of the schools of the state. It sets a
high standard for giving the best equipment
,now possible -for citizenship, for successful- liv
ing, for active .service In the world. The
course is made up on the beat models to he
obtained from the long experience of high
schools in other etates, from the expert opin
ions of various committees of the National
Educational Association and the American His
torical Association, with such modifications as
local conditions make necessary. Tour com
mittee acted on several fundamental consid
erations. It was unanimously opposed to the
"plan of a multitude of subjects runnlnc each
for a short time. It agreed that thoroughness
was of the first consideration; that no subject
should run for a less time than a half year,
1. e., 18 weeks; five times each week, with 40
minutes given to each recitation.
The committee was confronted with the ob
vious fact that the need of thoroughness being
granted, not all subjects might be rightly
classed as secondary school subjects could be
Incorporated Into the proposed course. It
therefore laid down the principle that the ex
perience of other states In the development of
higher school work and the expert opinion of
those best fitted to give an opinion, should de
cide what subjects were most essential to a
well-balanced high school course. It was
thought further that this experience, acting
through many years as a sifting process lead
ing -to a survival of the fittest, should deter
mine the position of various subjects In the
course.
A Flexible Course.
Tour committee was of the opinion that the
-proper sequence of subjects was a matter of
importance, and the continuity of training
should not be disturbed. It favored unani
mously an adjustable course, with part of the
work required and part optional. It "was
agreed, however, that the superintendent or
principal of schools in each town, or the
Boartrftedflatlcnj. and not the Individual
student, should qiwtsafee the right of choice, so
that when offered to students one set course
should be given. It was believed to he the
common opinion of school men of the state
hat In the towns for which this course will be
compulsory the number of teachers will be too
small and the pressure of work too great to
allow of choice by pupil.
Tour committee does not wish to throw dis
credit upon a limited choice of subjects by
students in schools whoso equipment and force
of teachers make K practically possible. A
few districts of the first class may with profit
give careful consideration to the matter, but
the attempt in schools in districts of the sec
ond and third classes would lead to the prac
t!calfailure of all high school work In such
' schools.
Tour committee was of the opinion that a
course of study could and ought to be made
providing work for each of four years In def-
lnlte order, so that any school, whether hav
. lng one, two. three or four years of high
School work, could find Its appropriate work.
y, -It was thought, further, that the course could
&. and ought to be made so that a school having
- but one or two years of high school work
could at any time add one or more years and
, find an -unbroken continuity In the work; and
f that a student going from a town with one
,htgh school year to another with two or three
X high school years would find the continuity of
?hs work unbroken.
The course of study was made on this plan.
t and towns must take as much of the course
as circumstances dictate. The only year In
t which a double plan seems necessary was In
- ithe second year, according as it was a part
- of a two-year or a three- (or more) year
' 'course.
Qnnllty Rather Thnn Quantity.
3he committee was of the op'nlon that
schools of but few teachers should very care
fully weigh the matter before extending their
work beyond the second year of the high
school course; that It is much better to do
jjewer years thoroughly than to cover the full
"course superficially; that to develop the high
..school work at the expense of the grammar
school work would be a grave mistake and
""dangerous to the high school movement; that
'it Is quite Impossible to carry out the full pres
ent course, giving the required number of reci
tations -per week and number of minutes in
each recitation, without a larger corps of
teachers than the most of our districts can
afford. It Is greatly to be desired, and your
committee recommends that the association
urge It upon the high schools in districts of
the first class, that all high schools of the
state conform to the course of study com
pulsory for the schools tn districts of the sec
ond and third class. It also deems it wise to
urge that the association recommend that the
colleges and universities of the- state base
their requirements for entrance upon the 'course
of stndy-compulsory fatschools In districts of
the second and third class.'
Good English First.
"When your committee came to discuss the
subjects that should enter Into the-course of
study. It decided, first, upon a thorough study
of the mother-tongue, to be -required during
each year of the course five times per week;
the work to Include two elements the study
of English .literature and the 'Study of the
principles of composition and literary style.
It was Intended that these two departments
be pursued side by side and closely related to
each cither; that formalism In grammar and
rhetoric be avoided and that such work be
done In connection with composition and liter
ature, as far as possible. It Is to be noted
particularly that the term English literature
does not mean the "history of English litera
ture, a study of which, without the constant
reading of the best authors In English arid
American literature. Is, in the opinion of your
committee, not worth the time actually put
upon It.
Second, It Is thought that the opportunity of
studying one language besides English ought by
all means to be offered, and it urges that this
be recommended by the association to all high
schools. The committee were, of the opinion
that conditions In Oregon pointed plainly to
Latin as the language besides English to be
offered, but did not believe It wise to Incor
porate it In the course as a required subject.
It Is strongly of the belief, however," that Its
Introduction into the course In Individual
schools, beginning with the second year at
least, will greatly add to the efficiency, dig
nity and high standing of the school.
History.
Third, It was decided that the study, of his
tory should be required for the first two "years
of the course and in the fourth year, and that
it be available as an option in the third. It
was believed that practically the sequence rec
ommended by the committee on the study of
history of the American Historical Association
should bo followed. Thg committee is of the
opinion that all schools having three or more
years of high school work should give an op
portunity for a somewhat extensU'e study of
American history and the Constitution. It Is
believed that they can with great profit be
closely correlated, and that a suitable text
book In civil government could be used' to ad
vantage. Fourth. It was decided that mathematics, in
cluding algebra and plane and solid geometry,
should be required for the first three years of
the course, and that higher arithmetic should
be an optional In the second year of a two
year course and the third year of a full
course. Tour committee deemed it unwise to
incorporate into the course any mathematics
higher than solid geometry, being In practical
accord with the report. In 1809, of the chair
man of the committee on college entrance -requirements.
It believes, however, that the
-work In mathematics, and especially In alge
bra, should be done with great exactness and
thoroughness.
Fifth, that a science be provided' by options
In each year of the course and be practically'
required in the first year, as the committee
was of the opinion that Latin would not 'be
begun by schools until the second year. Tour
committee waS Impressed with the fact that
In science the schools of the state In general
were not now In a condition, either as to
skilled teachers or to suitable appliances, to
take the work in physics or chemistry; and
that with suitable appliances even laboratory
work In physics or chemistry would be of little
value, and, perhaps, of permanent harm, without-
teachers having valuable special training
in the subject; Therefore, It is recommended
that in science thorough courses be given In
physical geography and botany; that field work
bo done In each case, and that in botany
thorough laboratory work be done with the
microscope, etc; that in case schools desire to
establish other science work, they fix upon
physics as the subject.
Sixth, other options m were provided for the
satisfying of local conditions.
In considering the relation of this course to
preparation for college. It was thought that
no difference should be made between the
preparation of students going to college and
those going Into business, or Into Industrial
life; that the secondary school course of study
should be made upon Its merits, and, being so
made, form the basis of the requirements for
entrance to colleges and universities. But your
committee unhesitatingly recommends that the
superintendent or principal or other school au
thority select the course, so far as the cir
cumstances of the school and the length of the
course allow. In which Latin Is required.
Tour committee wishes to lay the very great
est possible emphasis upon the fact that the
practical results from this course of study de
pends In great degree upon thej superintendent
or 'principal of schools and upon the teachers
who do the work in the high school branches.
The best course" In the world will accomplish
little In the hands of the Inefficient, underpaid
teachers. The teacher, first of all, must have
character from which emanates strong, whole
some personal power; in the second place he
must have, of absolute necessity, thorough and.
to some extent, specialized knowledge of the
subject he Is to teach and of its allied
branches; In the third place, he should by all
means have some growing knowledge of the un
professional side of the work. To fulfill these
conditions a college or university training Is,
In general, necessary even now, and will be
come more and more necessary as time goes
on.
Tour committee also calls attention to the
fact that no school can profitably and with a
high degree of success carry out this course
with textbooks alone. It must, if it is to
achieve excellence, supply the necessary ap
pliances In the way of libraries. These need
not be necessarily large or expensive. Thej
should Include a reference library to supple
ment the textbook used In the school, and a
general library of the choicest reading matter
In duplicate, carefully selected and graded.
SECOND DAYPROCEEDINGS
CONVENTION OF STATE " SUNDAY"
SCHOOLS.
A. A. Morse -Elected President Com
mittees Named and -Reports Sub
mitted Adjonrnment Today.
SALEM, May 15. The, session this morn
ing opened at 9:15 A. M., with devotional
exercises, led by C. D. Meigs, 'who took:
as his subject, "Peter's letters."
Committee appointments for. the con
vention were announced as follows:
Finance I, H. Amos, Portland; C. J.
Atwood, 'Salem; H. Sheak, Corvallis; Mrs."
G. W. Cutts, Newberg; H. L. Pratt, Port
land. ." s
Sunday School Tdings Robert Held. Sa
lem;, J. F. Ghormley, Portland; J. R. N".
school officers and teachers and explain
the system. Appoint a committee to pre
pare. a list "of all the "families In the
church, and ' which members of the fam
ilies attend Sunday school. Divide the
territory into districts and appoint vislt
'ons for. each district. Get the pastor to
-preach a sermon on the need of Bible
etudy4n the home, and then start the
visitors on a canvass of their districts
for .members of the homo department.
Following this address, separate con
ferences were held by superintendents,
teachers and county nfflcersof Sunday
schools.
' JVevr Names Enrolled.
The following "names have been added to
the list in the -register of the secretary
of the State Sunday School Convention:
J. B. T. Tuthill, Salem; Mrs. J. B. T.
Tuthill, Salem; Mrs. L. S, Launkin, Clear
Lake; Mrs. J. A. Aupperle, Salem; E. W;
Cannay, Summit; John Boyne, 'Salem; "Mrs.
W. H. Byrd,' Salem; F. L. tPound, Aums
vilie; W. C. Kantner, Salem; Mrs. E. O.
Moll, Salem; Mrs. E.-J, Maple, Oregon
Cltlv: Mrs. A. A. Lee. Salem: Laura Bean,
Salem; Mrs. M. E. Case, -Oregon Glty;J
Mrs. M. R". LaFouett,- McMlnnvIIle; Helen
TORCH IN A COAL MINE
CAUSED
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Six Men Ioat Their Uvea and a Nam.
ber.Vere Badly Injared Care
' lessness the Cause.
FAIRMOUNT, W. Va., May 15. Six
miners lost their lives, five were fatally
Injured and three seriously burned in an
explosion at the shaft of the George's
Creek Coal & Iron Company, at Farming
ton, seven miles west of this city, on the
main Una of the Baltimore &Ohio Rail
road, this morning. The dead 'are:
Maynard Beatty, of Mannington.
Joe Nichols, o$ Loanaconnlng, Md.
J. H. Everson, of Everson, W. Va,
Dan Alferrel, of Farmington.
Joe Dominlck, Italian.
Tony Philllppl, Italian.
The injured are: Charles Carpenter,
fatally; Carl Hunter, fatally; Hershel
Everson, fatally; Joseph Blaney, fatally:
an Italian, fatally; Jefferson Fast, badly
burned; Thomas Bainbridge. badly
burned and bruised; an Italian, burned
and bruised.
The George's Creek Company, a Balti
more corporation, had Invested fully
$1,000,000 In the mine, which Is one of the
best-equipped in the Fairmount coal re
gion. The mine was only recently put
Into operation, and about 125 men were
employed, only 40 of thl3 number under
ground. Of these, 15 were in a portion of
the mine that has been worked for some
time, and the remainder were working' on
headings, quite a distance away. One of
the men in the rooms, it Is alleged, had
smuggled a torch into fhe "mine, as
torches give a better light than the safety
lamps prescribed by the company. At 9:15
o'clock the miner fired a shot, and the
smoke, which was very dense, caught flre
from the torch and spread to either the
gas or dust, and the explosion resulted.
Fortunately, the mine did not catch lire
to any extent. The explosion vented it
self through the air shaft and almost
demolished the building on the surface
in which the fan was located. The men
on the headings did not know there had
been an explosion until notified. The air
was soon turned, in, and In a. short time
the headings were cleared of foul gases
and the work of rescuing the unfortu
nates commenced. It was 5 o'clock before
the work was 'concluded.
I haye been worked Jn that neighborhood.
Not far from the Little Giant, In the
Shasta Gulcfi. are the. Lost Channel placer
mines, and the proprietors are now en
gaged In an effort to find bedrock.
The situation is such In many places
that hydraulic mining cannot be carried
on successfully, ior the reasons that the
bedrock Is so far below the surface, and
that there are no means of securing suffi
cient fall for the tailings. Those who
have looked into the situation are of the
opinion that dredging will be practical.
I-and Decision AfQraied.
"WASHINGTON, May 15. The Secretary
of the Interior has affirmed the decision
of the General Land Otn.ce, holding that
the California & Oregon Land Com
pany, successor to the Oregon Central
Military Boad Company, is not entitled
to a patent for a small tract of land in
the Boseburg land district, Oregon. These
lands were certified to the state in 1S71
for the benefit of the road company, un
der the Indemnity grant of 1S65.
A dull, throbbing pain, accompanied
by- a sense of tenderness and heat low
down, in the side, with, an occasional
shooting' pain, indicates inflammation.
On examination it will be found that
the region of pain shows some swell
ing. This is the first stage of ovaritis,
inflammation of the ovary. If the roof
of your house leaks, my sister, you have
it fixed at once ; why not pay the same
respect to your own body ?
You need, not, you ought not to let
yourself go, when one of your own sex
Strike of Lumbermen.
VANCOUVER, B. C, May 15. A strike
Is In force against the Chemainus lumber
mills, on Vancouver Island, and a num
ber of the men who have been employed
there came to this city by steamer today.
They stated that of the 130 men employed
in the mills, only 18 went to work this
morning. The grievance is said to be a
decrease in the wages, the reduction rang
ing from 25 cents to 75 cents per day.
A LEADING SPEAKER AT THE OREGON SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION.
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Boards of Survey Appointed.
VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Wash.,
May 15. A board of survey, consisting of
Major Charles A. Booth, Captain James
A. Goodln and Lieutenant Campbell E.
Babcock, has been ordered to meet at
Vancouver Barracks to fix the responsi
bility for the loss of certain stores pur
chased by the Depot Quartermaster the
first part of last June, and sent to the
Quartermaster at Seattle to forward to
Fort Casey.
Captain John D. C. Hoskins, Lieuten
ant Percy M. Kessler and Dr. Jesse P.
Traux have been appointed a board of
survey to meet at Seattle this week to
fix the responsibility for the loss of cer
tain Quartermaster stores, for which Cap
tain John Gibbon, Volunteer Quarter
master, is responsible.
Sellwood, Portland; Mrs. A. M. Crawford,
Albany. - ,
Nominations A. M. Smith, Portland; J.
B. T. Tuthill, Salem: O. .-'Bennett.- -Junction
City; Miss Minnie "Walker, Pendle
ton; Mrs J. E.. Ferguson, Astoria;
Resolutions-. V. Milligan, Portland;
Mark Munson, Douglas County; Samuel
Hoffman, Newberg; Miss Laura ,M.' Col
ton, Jackson County; Mrs. E. E. Baltezor,
Pendleton.
Press Merwin Pugh, Portland.
The remainder of the forenoon was
given to the reading of the annual re
ports of the various officers.
Secretary A. M. Smith says that he
found it difficult to formulate a report
because only 270 out of over 1200 Sunday
schools In the state had reported to him.
The delinquent schools,are not all of one
Atwoodt .Salem; J.' H. Atwood, Salem;
MrlandAIrs.W. F- Starr, .Mfinroe;. '. C.
Battey, Salem; R. Gardner, Plalnview;
Isaac "Whealdon, Plalnvlew; Mrs. H. V.
Cornelius, .Turner; ,Mary-(E. Stout, Me-
-hama; Ronald McKillop, Salem; Mrs. Bes-i
sle McKIllpp, , Salem; Mrs. A. M. Busby,
Turner; J. H. .Baughman, Lawrence; L.
P. Landor. Salem; Jennie M. Jones, Ger
vals; Lillian Jones, Gervala; "W. R. Wi
nans and Mrs. W. R. Winans, Salem;
Mrs. L. Abraham, Lincoln; Mark C. Mun
son, Roseburg; Lula Margason, Mabel
Sprenger, Wallace Spreng'er and Ethel
Margason, "Shedd; Mrs. Beulah Roes,
Brownsville; Edward Dyer.j Orleans; Mrs.
C. E. Newhouse, Spripgbrook; Mrs. M.
Votaw, J..M. Vestal, Anna, Stanton, Nel
lie Burrows, Anna Jones, Laura Blair,.
Jane Bialr, Jane Votaw ,and William M.
CONVICTED OF MURDER.
Jaclc Brnner, Who Killed a Shepherd
Several "Weeks Aero.
THE DALLES, May 15. Jack Bruner,
the sheepherder, who shot and killed a
sheepralser named O'Rlley some weeks
ago near Prinevllle in a quarrel over a
sheep range, was convicted last night
at Prinevllle of murder in the second de
gree. On the first ballot the jury stood
as follows: Eight for murder in the Jirst
degree, two for manslaughter and two
for acquittal.
The case was bitterly contested on both
sides. District Attorney Frank Menefee,
Hon. N. J. Sinnott and Hon. W. A. Bell
appearing on the side of the prosecution,
and Hon. H. E. McGinn, George Barns,
John Hopkins and M. E. Bring for the
defendant.
Had Distinguished Brothers.
SEATTLE, May 15. From Information
In the possession of the authorities It Is
believed that Felix Johnson, who com
mitted suicide by morphine poisoning In
this city Sunday last, is a brother of ex
Governor Johnson, of Alabama. Deceased
Is also said to have a brother who 13 a
ranking Major In the regular Army.
Larc-e "Warehouse.
SHANTKO, Or., May 15. The Shaniko
Warehouse Company Is putting up an
other addition to its warehouse. Thi3 is
the second addition this Spring. When
it shall be completed, the warehouse will
have a floor capacity of 100x700 feet, and
will be one of the largest structures of
Its kind In the state.
Administrator Appointed.
ASTORIA, Or., May 15. In the Probate
Court today John Garner was appointed
administrator of the estate of Mrs. Ruth
Garner, deceased, widow of the late Rev.
D. E. W. Garner. The estate is valued
at 120,000, and Is to be divided- among
the six children of the deceased.
May Lease Hotel.
BAKER CITY, May 15. E. W. Johnson,
proprietor of the famous Overland Hotel,
of Boise, Idaho, is in the city, consulting
with the managers of the Gelser Company,
with a view to taking a lease on. the Ba
ker City Hotel, the name by which the
old Warshauer Hotel .will be known when
reconstructed.
Mes. Assx Astoit.
holds out the helping hand to you, and
will advise you without money and
without price. Mrs. Pinkham's labora
tory is at Lynn, Mass. Write ta letter
there telling all your symptoms and
get the benefit of the greatest experi
ence in treating female ills.
"I was suffering to such an extent
from ovarian trouble that my physi
cian thought an operation would be
necessary.
"Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, having been recommended to
me, I decided to try it. After using
several bottles I found that X was
cured. My entire system was toned
up, and I suffered no more "with, my
ovaries." Mits. Axita AsTOX.Troy. Mo.
denomination, nor all in one section of i Manning,. Newberg;. Minnie Newby, Clara
the state, but schools of all denominations : Stanton, Sprlngbrook; John Todd, Oak
Mrs. Henrietta Carstens Dead.
HILLSBORO. Or., May 15. Mrs. Hen
rietta Carstens, wife of J. F. Carstens,
died at her home In this city yesterday.
Deceased was born In Hanover, Germany,
October 11, 1S34, and emigrated to Indiana
In 1S54. In 1855 she was married to J. F.
Carstens, who survives her. They came
to Oregon in 1S70, and since then have
lived In Washington County. The chil
dren are: Anton C, Henry C, Green
ville; Mrs. Sophia Smith, Forest Grove;
Lewis F.. John F. and Mrs. Henrietta
Williams, Greenville, Und Mrs. Emma Mcr
Kinney, of Hlllsboro. The funeral will
take place tomorrow, and interment will
be in the Greenville cemetery.
Postal Orders.
WASHINGTON. May 10. The postoffice
at Dorena. Lane County, Oregon, has
been moved sevene-eighths of a mile to
the northwest, and John H. Kirk ap
pointed Postmaster.
The office at Garrison. Linn County,
Oregon, has been moved four miles to the
west, without a change of Postmaster.
A postoffice has been established at
Funrman, Klickitat County, Washington,
on the route from Pleasant to Dot. Mary
E. Fuhrman has been appointed Postmaster.
Salem Disappointed.
SALEM. Qr., May 15. Great disappoint,
ment is expressed here over the announce
ment that President McKlnley has aban
doned his trip to the Northwest. Since
the President will not be "here to lay the
corner-stone of the new Federal build
ing, it Is possible that this ceremony will
be conducted by the grand master of the
Masonic fraternity. This order is the
only one that makes a specialty of lay
ing corner-stones.
Re-elected President.
BAKER CITY. May 15. Colonel J. A.
Panting, manager of the Gold Hill mine,
was re-elected president and-manager of
the Burnt River Mining Company yes
terday. The company owns the Gold Hill
mine.
havp failed to report. So far as Indicated
by these reports, there has been, an in
crease of 3 per cent in attendance and of
4tt per cent in enrollment. This, the
secretary said, represents only about the
Increase in the state's population. The
leading Sunday school in the state in point
of membership is the First Methodist Epis
copal Sunday school, of Salem, with a
membership of 65S, but is third in average
attendance, 329. The First 'Presbyterian
Church Sunday school, of Portland, is
first in attendance, 425, but third in en
rollment, 588.
Reports of departments were presented
as follows: Primary, Mrs. C. M. Kiggins;
home. Mrs. W. R. Wlhans; normal, Rob
ert Reld; house-to-house, N. J. Damon.
Afternoon Session.
The afternoon session was opened with
devotional exercises, .conducted by Rev.
G. W. Gue, of Portland. The committee
on nominations reported the following
list of officers, who were elected by unan
imous vote:
President. A. A. Morse, Portland; vice
presidents, Robert Reld, Salem, and H.
Lamper, Moro; .secretary, Merwln Pugh,
Portland: treasurer, A. M. Smith, Port
land; primary superintendent, Mrs. C.
M. Kiggins, Portland; "normal superintend
ent, Miss Belle Wallace, Pendleton; home
department superintendent, Mrs. Samuel
Connell, Portland; house-to-house visita
tion to be filled by executive committee;
executive committee J. F. Ghormley, A.
F. Flegel, E. C. Bronaugh, B. Lee Paget,
F. E. Cooper.
The principal address of the day was
that by C. D. Meigs, on the subject, "The
Home Department; What, Why, How?"
As this is a"new feature in Sunday school
work, and a department that has been
found effective In building up the Sunday
schools, the address received close at
tention from the teachers and other Sun
day school workers present. In Intro
ducing the subject ,of home department
work, Mr. Meigs laid down three rules es
sential to success: "Understand the work
before you undertake It: undertake the
work when you understand it; "make it
your business to succeed in the work, and
stick to the business." The home depart
ment Is a "new departure," originated
by Rev. W. A. Duncan, of Syracuse, N.
Y., In 1S81, the same year in which Francis
E Clark started the Christian Endeavor
movement. It Is just as much a part of
the Sunday school as the Intermediate
department Is. The primary, interme
diate and adult departments include all
who attend the school. The home de
partment includes those who do not at
tend the Sunday school, but who unite
with It In the regular study of the Sunday
school lessons In their homes.
"Let me not attempt to recount what
home department work can do, but mere
ly mention a few things it has done. It
has set Christian heads to thinking, Chris
tian hearts to praying. Christian tongues
to talking and Christian feet to .walking.
It has opened the Bible In thousands of
homes, and set up many a broken-down
family altar; reclaimed many a back
slider, quickened many a Christian and
brought many a sinner Into the Sunday
school. It has added 25, 50, 100 -per cent,
and often more, to the enrollment of the
Sunday school.
"The very first thing you must do Is to
want a home department, then understand -it.
Send for an 'outfit of printed supplies
and study them. Then call a meeting of
Ridge; Mr, and Mrs, George Randall, Cen
tral Point; Nellie Barr, Ethel Smith, Amy
Heater, Ellzaheth Miles, M. A. McGregor,
Mrs. G. W. Qutts, .Mrs. F-.A. Elliott,
lone Hill and Mrs.J, Ethel C. Votaw, New
berg; Mildred Wills, Bessie Chase and
Arthur Kirk, Chehalem Center; Lora M.
Colton, Ashland; Sarah Brobst and Lucy
Todd, Wilsonville; Grace "Wilson and
Nora Margarrldge, Webfoot; lone Hutch
ins, Pleasantdale; Orrin Bennett Junc
tion City; Henry Sheak. Philomath; Mrs.
A. M. Crawford, Mrs. R. A. Millen, Al
bany; G. W. Gue, Portland; Mrs! E. E.
Baltezor, Mrs. Charles Boothby. Pendle
ton; Mrs. Libby Morcom, WOodburn; A.
M. Smith, Portland; 'E. C. Miller, Cros
ton; Mrs. Oscar Frohmader, Croston;
Mcda Stevenson, Jorth Yamhill; T. M.
Kirby," Hay sville;. Cora Wold and Mary
E. Skipworth, Eugene; G. A. Moore,
Turner; Mrs. C. W. Boeschen, Mrs. C. F.
Royal and Mrs. W. A. Adams, Salem.
(C. D. Meigs, whose addresses have been
the principal attraction at this success
ful convention, will pass through Port
land today, leaving tonight on the North
ern Pacific train for the 'British Colum
bia convention. A reception will be given
him this evening by the Sunday school
workers of this city in the schoolroom of
the First Presbyterian Church, at which
time a general invitation is extended to
the officers and teachers .of all our city
Sunday schools.)
Drowned in Willamette.
EUGENE, May 15. Monroe King, aged
30 years, was drowned Sunday afternoon
In the Willamette, six miles above Lowell,
25 miles from Eugene, as the result of
the capsizing of a small boat.
King was in company with two boys
named Neet and Sharp, respectively, and
was ' coming down the river in a skiff.
The current in the river is treacherous
in many places where rocks are hidden
beneath the surface. In one of these
places the boat was overturned by strik
ing a rocK, tnrowing tn.e tnree into tne
water. Neet and Sharp both succeeded
in swimming to shore, but King could not
swim and was drowned. Men gathered
at the point and dragged the river yes
terday, but were unable to recover the
body, and today A. M. Griffin came to
.Eugene for dynamite with which to at
tempt to raise the body, but no further
particulars were obtained. King leaves a
wife and 'it is believed he has two children.
Complaint Against a Justice.
OREGON CITY; Or., May 15. Dr. C. B.
Smith, of Eagle Creek, today swore out
a complaint to have Justice of the Peace
H. F. Gibson, of Eagle Creek, put un
der bonds to keep the peace. The mat
ter will probably come up for a hearing
tomorrow.
Ppblls Land Grant.
WASHINGTON, May 15. The Secretary
of the Interior has approved a patent of
17G0 acres of land in the Vancouver land
district to the State of Washington for
public building purposes.
For a Press Club.
BAKER CITY, May 15. A call has been
Issued for a meeting Sunday of members
of the press of this city, to organize an
auxiliary of the Oregon Press Association.
Fruitgrowers Organize.
UNION, Or., May 15. A meeting was
held at Cove, in this county, yesterday,
for the purpose of organizing a fruit
growers' union. E. L. Smith, of Hood
River, addressed the meeting. After a
few speeches, a committee was appoint
ed to arrange all preliminaries. The or
ganization will be in the form of a Joint
stock company with sufficient capital to
transact business and to erect evaporators
and cold-storage plants.
Ald-de-Camp to Shatter.
VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash.,
May 15. Captain Edward H. Plummer,
Tenth Infantry, has been appointed Ald-de-Camp
to General Shatter.
New Schoolhonsc.
SHANIKO, Or., May 15. A new school
house will be built this Summer costing
$1500. One thousand dollars has already
been subscribed for the building.
"Will Leave Alaska.
WASHINGTON, May 15. Captain How
ard R. Hlckok, Fifteenth Cavalry, has
been relieved from duty In Alaska and or
dered to rejoin his regiment.
May Resort to Dredging:.
-BAKER CITY. May 15. The rich strike
in the Little Giant mine, In the Malheur
district, has awakened considerable in
terest, in placer mining in that district of
the state. Some very rich placer claims
Idaho Notes.
Much activity prevails In the Lemhi
mining district.
The Caldwell School Board will erect
another .schoolhouse.
The annual meeting of the Ada County
Teachers' Institute will be held at Boise,
beginning July 17, and continuing two
weeks. Immediately following this there
will be a Summer school of two weeks.
The Jerico Mining & Milling Company
will place a cyanide mill and hoist on
Its Gold Creek property as soon as .the
road under construction is complete to
the camp, says a Kendrlck correspondent.
A new company known as the Idaho
ganlzed to develop a group of claims 35
miles northwest of Soda Springs, says a
Montpeller report. There are 10 claims
In the company's ground, and the assays
are rich.
It Is reported from Upper Crane Creek
that horse thieves are driving off range
horses to the Salmon River country. One
man lost five head, and a number of colts
can not be found. The wool haulers and
camp traders are obliged to keep a night
watch on their work horses.
Agent Caldwell, of the Fort Hall In
dian reservation, says that if the presi
dent passes -through Ross Fork in the
day time, every Indian on the reserva
tion will be there to greet him. There
are about 1400 Indians on the reservation,
and probably SCO of these are. bucks, and
every one of them would turn out.
Several weeks ago William Landreth. of
Long Valley, killed a coyote in hla cattle
shed under circumstances that led to the
belief that the animal had hydrophobia.
Since that time a number of the cattla
have died or been killed, after being at
tacked by what seemed to. be hydrophobia
and two other stockowners' have lost
cattle which exhibited the same symp
toms. Clearwater County has collected Its. first
licenses. Jacob GIsel and Duck Lee, of
Pierce City, last week were taken before
the probate judge, charged with keeping
a saloon without a license. They were
permitted to pay the "license and the
costs of court and were released. They
had been notified by the sheriff of Sho
shone County to pay the license to Sho
shone County and also by the sheriff of
Clearwater County to pay Clearwater
County,
SAVE A DAY. -
Take the "Portland-Chicago Special" on
the O. R. & N. any morning at 9 o'clock,
and land In Chicago in three days. Buf
fet library cars, dining cara, Pullman,
standard and ordinary sleepers, chair
cars and the best of everything in rail
way comforts and safety appliances. Two
through trains via Huntington dally. Ono
train via Spokane to St. Paul in shorter
time than via any other route. For par
ticulars and lowest rates apply at O. R. &
N. Co. city ticket office. Third and Wash
ington streets.
Mining & Milling Company has been or- I many.
Beverldge Golnfr to Russia.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. May 151 United
States Senator Beveridge will sail from
New York for Russian Thursday to
study -commercial conditions there. Dur
ing his trip he will also Investigate the
Industrial situation In England and Ger-
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR UNION.
"Will Meet After Adjournment
Sunday School Convention.
SALEM, Or., May 15. The State Sun
day School Convention will adjourn
Thursday afternoon, and the state con
vention of the Oregon Young People's
Societies of Christian "Endeavor will open
the same evening. Rev. Francis E. Clark,
father of the Christian Endeavor move
ment, will be in attendance.
This will undoubtedly be the greatest
Endeavor convention ever held in Oregon,
both in' attendance and in general Inter
est. The first Christian Endeavor so
ciety was organized 20 "years ago by
"Father" Clark, and the movement has
spread to every country and clime In
which the- gospel is preached. Oregon
was early identified with-the work, and
In lSSo there were so many local societies
and unions that ar state convention was
called. Annual conventions have been
held ever since.
, The sessions' of the convention thlsyear
will be held In the First Baptist Church,
and overflow meetings will be held, if
necessary, in the Congregational Church.
At each of the day meetings the doors
will be, .closed at 9 o'clock A. M., so that
there will be no confusion to disturb the
speakers or to prevent auditors from
hearing what is said! The .exercises at
the opening session, Thursday, May 16,'
at 7:30 P. M., will be as' follows:
Devotional services.-
Special music, . Y. M. C. A. Glee Club,.
and solo by Miss ina Wlcnols.
Announcements for the convention.
Convention sermon by Rev. W. H. G.
Temple, of Seattle". t
Quiet prayer.
Rev Francis E. Clark' will deliver three
addresses. The' election of officers . and
fixing of" the .place for the next" conven
tion -will occur at 11 o'clock' A. M. Sat
urday. " .
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