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ii 111 1 1 mm mmlwmmmmmmsmmMimm.aBi mwmmmm 1 THE HORNING OREGONllN, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1905. PROBLEMSftTTHE RURAL SCHOOLS Theme of Discussion by State Superintendent of "Pub lie Instruction. J.-H. ACKERMAN'S ADDRESS Frank Rlgler, City Superintendent of Portland Schools, Talks on "The Problem of Classification" at the Congress. EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE TODAY. Conference raceu In Auditorium, lwls nd Clark Fair, entrance free at Twenty-nfth-street gate. Pre!dlnB officer. It. F. Robinson. Caunty Superintendent, Multnomah Count'. General subject, "Technical and la dHbtrial Education." Address, "The Higher Agricultural Education." President E. A. Brj'an, Washington State Agricultural Col lege. Pullman. Address. "Education in Reference to Our Future Industrial and Commer cial Development." Howard J- Rog rs. Assistant Commissioner of Edu cation for the State of New York. Discission led by A. L. Mills. Probably no stronger Illustration of the Tadlcal changes that have been brought .about in the principles advocated by edu cational leaders of the country through co-opcratlon and free discussion of school questions in forum and press has been presented during the Educational Confer ence than In the discussions yesterday. Not very many years ago the suggestion was first made in Western States of con solidating school districts in order that better and graded schools might take the place of the rural district school. At first it was hardly taken seriously by educators, and ridiculed generally by tho public as impracticable. In the Audito rium session 3esterday forenoon some of the greatest thinkers of the American public schools advocated this very thing and that its natural sequence or supply ing means of transportation for children would be more than compensated by the enlarged facilities thus placed at service of pupils, and higher efficiency of instruc tors that might in this manner be pro vided. Address by J. II. Ackerman. - J. H. Ackerman. State Superintendent of Public Instruction, of Oregon, was the principal speaker, and the discussion was participated in by W. T. Harris. Uni ted States Commissioner of Education: Edward G. Adams, principal of the Mount Tabor School, and others. Frank Rlgler. City Superintendent of Schools. Portland, who was to have de livered an address at the session of Tues day, and was prevented by illness, spoke on "The Problem of Classification." A. J. Church, City Superintendent of Schools of Baker City, presided at the session and was an excellent officer of the day. Like his predecessors during the week, he did not occupy much of the time of the Congress In Introducing the speakers, and was apt In his remarks Superintendent J. H. Ackerman's ad dress was the subject of chief interest, for the rural school presents problems in which very great Interest centers, and for which the educators evidently have Intense concern. Problems of Graded Schools. Professor Ackerman, in the course of hlB remarks, said: The graded school haa Its problems, but in -my opinion they are at this moment far less urgent than those presented by the rural school, and this must fervo as an excuse for devoting a period of this congress to the con ditions and needs of the many one-room coun try echoola. where more than half of the children of the state must receive their ele- "mentury schooling, and which with roost of them is all the schooling they ever get. They have a right to healthy, well-trained bodies, to the Judgment and direction of In telligent parents or guardians, to cheerful and helpful surrounding, to the best Intellectual, roeral and industrial training that the age afforde. to membership In happy homes; ui ihort, to everything comprehended In the words "education" and "training." These yoeuntry children deserve and have a right to demand sohool privileges in every way equal to thorn accorded to the children of towns and coltles. That their school privilege are not equal is those provided Jn the graded schools of our towns and cities cannot be questioned br any one at all familiar with the facte. It is con ceded by all Atudents of education that the .conditions in the country schools are not to day what they should be for the proper prep aration of the country boys and girls for American citizenship. These conditions are wrenched: Ill-kept, poorly furnished and in adequate school buildings. urrouadlngs the most drpreaslng. the echooln too small to present conditions for successful work, teach ers deficient in experience and scholarship, fre quent change of teachers, poor classification, and -the nchool year more than one mOnth lees In the average than prevails In towns and cities. Until the standard of rural schools is ad vanced, the teachers will regard them as merely training for work in cities. A high ideal is necessary for great attainment, hence the necessity of deciding what must be' our ideal rural school. A wise policy on the part of the school boards will remove some of the weaknesses. I would suggest consolidation of school districts and the trans portation of children to centers, a course of study modified from tbtt of city schools, so as to meet the needs of a rural community. and Introducing agriculture and domestic sci ence, and, last, a special course for teachers in rural schools. The relation of the rural school to agricul tural Interests is Intimate. It gives vitality to farm life. It has failed in this somewhat in the past because the rural students were forced into the one mold of education, instead of a spfccially designed cast adequate to their needs. Under the old plan of education our Kcnoole influence the people from the farm, but not toward the farm. Our industrial schools are revolutionizing education, and it is to them we must look for cur rural teach ers and our patterns 'for rural schools. A favorite scheme , of mine is to arrange the. rural schools in groups and assign a teacher of agriculture to each group a teacher who is a specialist, who could go rrom school to school in his group as the specialist In drawing, music and physical cul turegoes in the city from building to "bulldlnr and from room to room. The question of Industrial education In rural schools has been a live one In the delibera tions of the National Educational Association. It is to the normal and agricultural schools that the rural schools will have to look more largely than they have in the past for qualified teachers; and when our normal schools shall recornlse this aeed of specially trained teach ers In rural district and shall have set about to meet and supply this demand, then will the normal school problem be effectually solved and the normal school will have found its true mission. Xurlse Eye Kemoy cure yes;.SBka wet res etroac eeth ? ia; doeaa't MMrt. The Meier & Frank Store Will Be Closed All Day Monday SZf Shopping for the double holiday must he done today and tomorrowArhe Maier t. Frank Store will at closed all day Mount ly No matter whether hs dress apparel, ogtSag goods, picnic supplies or traveling necessities that's wanted yon win find it here In generous assortment and at the vary lowest ifee Tomorrow the store k open until 9;30 P. M., giving everyone an opportunity to do their buying advontageoHsly Today we offer a grand array of special values in almost every section of the storeIt's Harvest Day for economical buyers The Meier Frank Store's 820th Friday Surprise Sale 1 000 New Silk Waists Values up to $8.00 for $2.98 Each Wash Goods Remnants Price A matchless silk waist offering for today's 820th Friday Surprise V Sale 1000 of them, a great special purchase from a leading man ufacturerTaffetas, crepe de chines and pcau de cygnes fancy round, pointed or sguare yokes, trimmed in lace, fagoting, shir ring, tucks and side pleats or plain tailored effects Immense variety plain colored silks, checks and changeable silks in white,. light blue, pink, green, navy, reseda, red, black, light and dark brown, tans, checks and changeable colors, all sizes; waists of up-to-date style and splendid quality values up to $8 on sale today at the remarkably low price of $2.98 See Fifth-street window display. Toilet Articles at Very Low Prices Gtycerine and Rosewater, 10c bottle for the low price of 7$ Okayed Toilet Paper, special value at, roll 3 Fairbanks Pure Tar Soap none better cake. . . 3 11-row initiation ebony-back Cloth Brushes; special 39 Goodyear's all-rubber Syringes; great value .49 Sapolin Furniture Polish, cleans and polishes; can: 16? Bathasweet Rice Powder the only pure powder for the nursery and bath; regular 25c value for 13 Coke's Dandruff Cure; regular .$1.00 size for, bottle 69 Heckle 's solid steel Scissors, guaranteed; pair 59 Eagle Combination Fountain Syringe and Water Bottle; best value on the market at this price 79 xj0 pTLTsmhc Immense new line of plain and mounted PICW jOH1DS Back and Side Combs, very newest effects, all grades; each 25 up to $8.50 Patting Up Fruit Articles You Need Mason Jars, pints, doz 6o Mason Jars, quarts, doz 75 ,Mason Jars, Y gals., doz.. 31.00 Econonry Jars, pints, doz. . . .85 Economy Jars, quarts, doz.Sl.05 Economy Jars, gal., doz.$1.30 Jar Rubbers, dozen 5 Jelly Glasses, dozen 35 Paraffine "Wax, cake 9 18 lbs. of . Western Dry Granulat ed Sugar for $1.00 Preserving Kettles, Saucepans and all canning necessities at the lowest prices. The Meier (Sk Frank Store's 820th Friday Surprise Sale Cross-Stripe Curtains Price Ten grades of cross-stripe Madras curtains at exceptionally low prices for today's 820th Friday Surprise Sale 500 pairs in the lot and considering the values they ought to be I- cleaned up before the day has gone by Light and dark X grounds with colored stripes very best patterns and color combinations Size, 40 inches wide by 3 yards long New curtains of style and quality $1.25 Curtains, Pair $ .63 SI.50 Curtains, Pair $ .75 $1.75Curtains, PairJS .88 $2.00 Curtains', Pair $1.00 $2.25 Curtains, Pair $1.13 $2.75 Curtains, Pair$1.38 $3.50 Curtains," Pair $1.75 $3.75 Curtains, Pair $1.88 $4.50 Curtains, Pair $2.25 $6.50 Curtains, Pair $3l25 See Fifth-street window display. Custom shade and drapery work our specialty Best materials and workmanship Lowest prices guaranteed. Stationery Lewis and Clark Envelopes, official designs; package c Chambard Linen Paper, -white, q blue and gray; quire OC Enxelopes to match, pkg 8c Souvenir Postal Cards and View Books, a very large variety -at mode rate prices. Plain Brass Wire Coat Hangers, each. 5c Women's Knit Underwear Specials "Women's silk mixed Swiss ribbed Vests, high neck and long sleeves, pink and blue, all sizes. Best $1.25 values on sale for OjC "Women's fine ribbed white cotton Vests, high neck and quarter . e sleeves, all sizes. Best 25c values - , ...IOC "Women's Imported Swiss ribbed wool Vests, low neck, no sleeve, ri iq hand crocheted yoke, pink. Hue, white, all sizes, $1.50 vaL for...I.I" Fall and Winter Underwear for men. women and children. All styles and grades. The best values for your money. Fall Clothing for Boys Clothing for Little Men Right styles, right materials, right prices; clothing that wiB please the parents as well as the boy The showing is superior (f rl ir every way to any in the city and our prices In every instance Little Boys Russian Blouse Suits; all the newest styles, "Buster Brown and sailor collars; serges and fancy tweeds and cheviots; ages 2Y to 6 years; special at the very low price of, suit $4.50 to $12.50 and fancy mixtures; ages o to 10 years; suit $3.50 to $12.00 WW Joys xvortolK buits, in single or double-breasted styles; plain, or lmicker- mtm ffi-fr""!' mm uocKer trousers; xancy worsteds, cneviois ana tweeas; ages o. xo xo years; great variety at, the suit $5.00 to 510.00 fm Boys double-breasted School Suits; dark mixed cheviots tweeds and cas- ,i simeres; ages 8 to 16 years; values from, suit $3.00 to $12.50 t3 : mmr uitnv xuo jlvccicio uuu uvcicuuis; imvy mue, lull covens ana mixea iweeas; ages a to iu years; unequaiea values 33.DU to $iU.lni All Summer Suits on sale at very low prices. Ill TTT 1 O.-Ix- - i 1 t i 1 1 1 mu jm aii vvasn suits on saie at one-nan regular prices. BrKirM mm Artistic Picture Framing to Your Order New Mouldings Lowest Prices Second Floor Sole Portland Agents for the Famous Ostermoor Patent Elastic Felt Mattresses All Sizes "Willamette" Sewing Machines Are Strictly High Grade and Cost Half "Agency" Machines Sole Agents for Peninsular Stoves aad Steel Ranges Best on Earth In the Basement Bargains in Dinner Sets, Cut Glass, Silverware, Etc. 4-piece silver-plated Tea Sets, $12.59 value 96.M -piece silver-plated Coffee Sets, $17.50 value fl4.1T Child's Mugs, assorted shapes and sizes, each 78c Silver-plated Butter Dishes, $3.50 values, each 93.78 Silver-plated Nut Bowls. French gray finish f-4.13 Silver-plated Bread Trays, $5.50 values .'94JK Cut glass Nappies with or without handles Cut glass Jelly or Bon-Bon Dishes, iZ value...... Cut glass Olive or Pickle Dishes,. $5 value 4Jtt Zut glass Flower Vases, S-incn. $3 value ..90 Zut glass Bowls, S-Inoh. pretty out. $5 value Cut glass Water Botf.es. $7.60 value &S' 63-pIece Haviland China Dinner Set, purple and green decoration, regular liZ.it j net, on sale for the. exceptionally low price of...... S2S.61 $47.00 100-plece Set. same as above 9S.42 100-plece German Dinner Set, $24.75 value SITM 100-plece German Dinner Set, 4 designs ll.M5 60-piece Havlland China Dinner Set. blue forget-me-nots, decorated with gold edge: very r neat; $32.50 value for this low price 1.QJ $48.00 100-plece Set. same &s above 97&9 Extra special In a 100-plece Havlland China Dinner Set, pink decorations; extraordinary value at this low price 4l.3U 60-ploce German China Dinner Set, pink morning glory decoration, gold on knobs and handles; r1. flC regular $17.50 values, for qM.?.:0 100-plece Set, same as above fi&MS Bronze Candlesticks, S Inches high, $1.00 values 76c Nickel Chafing Dishes, best burner, $9.50 values..... 9fJK Choose from our ' entire stock of Tfhite and colored "Wash Goods Remnants todr.at one-half regu lar prices. Thousands of: them, all this season's ' bes materials, pat terns and colorings, all grades and lengths are included-; values extra ordinary at... ONE-HALF PRI0E Specialvjot of linen hemstitched squares r.nd centerpieces, size'lSx 18 inches 24x24 inches and 30x30 inches; regtunr 75c and $1.00 values r 39 Made Pillow Tops in red, green and blue art ticking, assorted designs; regular 40c values, on sale today for 23 Great Values Women's Neckwear Cl'tl t ! ; T U CJ 1 "A'U i.C.i.n n11- r ,s. JZtu. D11K Jlxaoian -Dram OLUUii, wiiu uvucia sua i.l. A n DnffanAnrr T-YrvTrm lair- A ender, navy, light blue, light green, darK green, black and-white ; regular tTQ- 75c values ior. Rajah" Silk Four-in-Hands, all the best - T ViKtTrm iaW nnl rnvnl. hlnnV flridTiftW? sale 1 ft rS Ki-VVj 7Z'0 rz:z ioc White Allover Embroidery Collars, assorted. . open -work patterns, stole tabs; . 20c and 25c values for, each Women's laundered Collars, with new open work fagot stitch effect; one - and two rows; Vj to 194-inch heights; sizes 12. .to . 2fl 15; your choice, 2 for &JS Linen Turnovers, with buttonhole innovation for four-in-hands or Windsor ties; embroidered in colored basket weave; .also white silk crocheted spider web rings; $1.00 . AtC and $1.25 values on sale for 3T Narrow sheer mull Ties; white Swiss embroidered .dots; colored outline and fancy embroidery ends; dainty shades; 7Q regular $1.25 values on sale for r Great Sale of Women's Hosiery For today amd tomorrow a number of our very test selling lines are Included Take advantage Women's fine gauze lisle Hose, double sole, high-spliced heel, garter knee, . extra, good 50c value; most stores ask 65c and 75c for hose of n trzLMmm eaual craae: all sizes: salf. nnee V Womens outsirft medium wpiivrit onftnn TTnPr rlnnWp snip.- -a. spliced heel, Hermsdorf dye; regular 50a values for, 3 prs..k. . . f ly mTs Women s outsize allover laee lisle TTose. verv be?f. nntterns- A T m flil sizes; regular 35c values on sale for, pair JSC ik'mtm Women's outside Richelieu rib cotton Hose, sizes 8 V to 10; our 1 best 35c values on sale at this very low price, pair. , I Misses' fine 1 and 1 rib "no mend" linen knee Hose, all sizes, fast o color; regular 25c value on sale at, pair ; kOQ Misses' black 1 and 1 rib lisle Hose, full fashioned foot; very fine yfs quality; sizes 5 to 8; 35c values for, pair jOQ MM 1 SPkM r. i -n mi Men's 25c, 35c Hosiery at 17c Pair 2000 pairs of men's black lace lisles, fancies, jacquard, em broidered and striped Hose, an exceptionally good lot of styles and patterns, all sizes; regular 25c and 35c values on y sale today and tomorrow at this low price, pair C See Morrison-street window display: Men's pure linen hemstitched Handkerchiefs, 4 and -inch hems ; best 25c values on sale for 1 C Men's mercerized lisle Underwear, in tan, pink and blue; shirts and drawers in nearly all sizes; regular $1.25 -JTQ value, your choice for. G Boys' Golf Shirts, two collars to match, light and dark colorings, stripes and figures; all ages; regular 50c values on 5 Q sale for the wonderfully low price of 3ZfG Book News JVebster's new Standard Dictionary, special value 25 Frank Baum's new book, The Woggle Bug, special .60 Leather Stein Toast Book, best value ever offered at 75 Helen's Babies, special...... .25. The Newest Fiction Serena, by Byle; Partners of the Tide, Lincoln; Running the River, Eggleston; Being Done Good, Lent; Log of the Water Wagon, Taylor; "best selling hook of the season, "The Plum Tree," by Phillips; our price, copy $1.08 4: The Meier Sb Frank Store's 820th Friday Surprise Sale 40c Ribbons at 19c Yard A grand ribbon opportunity today 1 0,000 yards of high-grade all silk French faille ribbons at less than half value; fall 5 inches wide; every good shade is includad reseda, old rose, pink, blue, black, white, Alice blue, mais, cardinal, lavender, middy, cream, royal, etc. Ribbon of superior style and quality for neckwear and trimming purposes. Kegular 40c quality on sale today only at this 1 Q remarkably low price, per yard rw See Fifth-street window display. Mall orders promptly filled. JK - j- i , ,f ft A Specials in Trunks and Bags 32-lnch canvas-covered Trunk, covered top tray, heavy corners, two leather straps: a trunk that will stand hard uervice; regular 58.25 value, )r for this low price- - ..J.3 34- Inch heavy canvas-covered waterproof painted Trunk; gem corners, steel angle-Iron top and bottom: excelsior lock. Jeep set up and skeleton trays, full cloth lined; regular $12.25 models, at a saving r 1 a pr youH appreciate - 1U.4 J 35- lnch leather-bound Trunk, water-proof painted, brass plated clamps, hardwood strips, best lock, full cloth-lined; skeleton tray and . deep top tray, two leather straps, regrular $17 value, on sale for, 1 ' 13-Inch genuine Alllsrator Club Bag, leather lines. Vienna handles, r e brass trimmings, regular 44.50 value .o 16-Inch cloth covered Suit Cases, U.75 values "for, each $1.25 Rattan Suit Cases, $1.75 values, $2.75 values, fSJSj. $3.75 values.. $3.00 Steamer Trtmks, Skirt Trunks, Hat Trunks, etc Third- Floor. Je,weiry Specials Fancy mounted Comb Sets, back and side combs In shell, gold c mountings, set 1 . Nickel case stem-wind and eteni-sat, Watches, guaranteed, special at..9Sc "Crosses." gold fllled. with . fancy stone settings ....... Gold filled Purses and Handbags beau tiful new things in all sizes and pat terns, at these low prices. 75c tf 15.94 Cuff Links, sliver and gold, filled best styles, apeoial . . .... ...... 15?C Sterling Silver Thimbles .19e Enameled Souvenir Pins at these low prices 15c, 35e Portland's Leading Cloak Store. We have ready today the most comprehensive gathering of women's and misses' apparel that we ever brought together For months past the cloak chief and his assistant have been working very hard In order to make this early presenta tionEvery new creation for Fall and Winter wear i included Styles and material particular women want and every garment priced at an unusually reasonable point The wise woman will at least look here fcefore buying ready-to-wear apparel Second Floor. The new Suits in Hedingote, tight-fitting, Eton and jacket styles, Imo dium and long lengths, in broadcloth, tweeds, coverts and mannish mixtures; green, red, gray, Bordeaux, tan, plum, black and navy; beautifully tailored garments from the leading fy A makers in the country; prices are from $16 .SO to r W W The new Coats in three-quarter lengths ; coverts, tweeds, cheviots and - broadcloths; tight-fitting, half -fitting and box styles; very handsome variety in plain tailored and trimmed effects; every JAC VY garment unusually reasonably priced, $8.50 to. . . . rW New Raincoats in the very latest styles ; all grades. , - New Walking, Skirts. New Dress Skirts. New Coats for Misees and Children. New -"Waists new Petticoats, etc. Second Moor. 1 t