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DEPARTMENT HEADS
State Association Closes Its
State Convention.
COUNTY BODY ORGANIZED
Post-Season Athletic Games Are
Opposed ; Free Textbooks for
Primary Grades Urged.
Closing sessions of the annual
convention of the Oregon State
Teachers' association were held at
the Xlncoln hieh school yesterday.
During the forenoon the hundreds of
delegates gathered In groups for the
meetings of the various depart
ments into which the association
is separated, while in the after
noon all met together in the school
auditorium to listen to closing ad
dresses by Will C. Wood and Dr.
A. E. Winship, prominent educators,
who were invited to this city to
address the teachers.
At the final sessions of the vari
ous departments, held in the morn
ing, interest centered in the elec
tion of the department officers for
the coming year.
List of Department Officers.
The following were chosen:
Higher Education Dean Colin V. Dy
ment of tha University of Oregon, chair
man; Professor W. R. Fredericks of Lin
field college, secretary.
Industrial Arts A. K. Trenhotm of
Portland, chairman; Percy Daine, Port
land, secretary.
Vocational Education A. B. Nichols,
Oregon Agricultural college, chairman;
Louise Wood, Oregon Agricultural col
lege, secretary.
Librarians Mrs. Twyla Head Fer
guson, Klamath Falls, chairman; Alice
H. Cole, Forest Grove, vice-chairman;
Kleanor Davis, Lincoln high school, Port
land, secretary.
Modern Languages P. A. Getz, James
John' high school. Portland, chairman;
Florence Whyte, University of Oregon,
secretary.
Psychology and Education M. S.
Hamro, Roseburg, chairman; Dr. C. A.
Gregory, University of Oregon, secretary.
Science and Mathematics Dr. II. B.
Torrey, University of Oregon, chairman;
Miss' Helen N. Manning. Lincoln high
school, Portland, secretary.
chairman; Miss Almeda Fuller, Jackson
county, vice-chairman; Joslan wins, in
dependence, secretary; Mrs. J. H. Dunn.
Hood River, treasurer.
a We )L1io Kstlioi. Wno.t PnrMinri
chairman; N. B. Zane, Portland, secre
tary.
Agriculture Forest Rycroft, Lebanon,
chairman; K. D. Fendall, Newberg, sec
retary. City Superintendents A. C. Cannon,
Hood River, chairman; E. H. Hedrick,
Heppner, secretary.
Physical Education Dean John Bo
vard, University of Oregon, ahalrman;
Eva Hansen, Pendleton, secretary.
Music Misa Helen F. Hand, Corvallls,
chairman; Miss Louise Woodruff, Marsh
field, secretary.
Classroom Teachers Miss E. M. Neav.
Grants Pass, chairman; secretary to be
selected later by the president.
Commercial Teachers R. D. Taylor,
James John high school, Portland, chair
man; Mrs. Bertha McMormick, Coquiile,
secretary.
County Auxiliary Formed.
For the first time since the state
association was formed a complete
county organization was perfected,
composed of representatives of the
association in each county of the
state. At a meeting of the county
representatives yesterday the fol
lowing officers of that body were
chosen: President, ' P. K. L&jfeis, Ti
gard; secretary, M. J: Fenega, For
est Grove; executive committee,
George A. Briscoe, Ashland; B. F.
Youel, Silverton; E. F. ' Goodwin,
Freewater.
OS the meetings of the various de
partments yesterday two of par
ticular importance were those of the
higher education group and the ath
letic department.
At the previous session resolutions
urging the following were adopted.
Adoption of uniform entrance blanks
for ail Oregon 'colleges and universities;
adoption of biology and zoology, chem
istry or physics as the required sciences
for Allege entrance, with possible sub
stitution of physical geography,, geology
or general science if taught with proper
laboratory work; adoption of phrase
"honorable dismissal" to apply to hon
orable conduct; elimination of business
English from the units of English re
quired for college entrance; holding the
rumber of special students in colleges
and universities to as low a figure as
possioie granting of special credits for
musical work in high schools only after
two years' work in beginning music has
Deen luillllea.
ine resolutions as above outlined
were contained in a report present
ed to the department by Dean
George H. Alden of Willamette uni
versity.
yne athletic department,, at its
session, took a stand against all
post-season games with outside
teams, on the grounds that such
contests extend the athletic season
to a point where they interfere with
scholastic work, and also that the
long trips taken in such connection
are inadvisable.
Arbuckle "Pardon" Ansnlltd.
Action on matters both of "public
and of technical interest which had
been taken by the association
sessions was put into con
crete form yesterday with the read
ing ana adoption at the closing ses-
omu. or. a. loug series of resolutions.
Among these .perhaps the one at
tracting most attention was that
airecieu against Koscoe ("Fatty")
Arouume, motion picture actor re
cently reinstated by Will Hays. The
resolution placed the teachers' body
definitely in line with a number of
other bodies in the, state who feel
that the return of Arbuckle to the
screen should not be countenanced
. "Be it resolved that we," said the
jitduckib resolution in suhstano
"protest emphatically the action of
-Will Hays in the reinstatement of
Roscoe Arbuckle as an actor in the
motion picture industry in this
country, believing that the vicious
iiuiunety wmcn nas become asso
ciated with Arbuckle's name would
uuuiitm.e in sucn a position a most
Pernicious imiuence for evil."
runner, the resolution held,
me time nas come, in view of the
;sing tide of Juvenile crime in
America, when the educated world
iiiuoi uenounce with alarm the
wueauonaoie moral iite of those who
io participating in the motion pic
vure maustry, ana the continued
exploitation upon the screen be
fArQ . 4 . . .... '
. 1 youtn oi our
ia.ua, me most aeDasmg exaggera
tion ui sex relations and general
criminal acnievements."
Mlllnge Tax la Demanded.
Turning to other fields the asso
ciation, through Its sheaf of reso
lutlons, extended congratulations
ana Dest wisnes .to the recently re
elected state superintendent of edu
cation, ana congratulations to Willa
mette university upon the success
lui raising or her endowment.
Anomer resolution urgea a more
equitable distrihution of state taxes,
but opposed any tendency toward
reduction or taxation through modi
fication of the millage tax law
in any other Way at the expense of
the present efficiency of the school
bill, now pending in congress, for
the establishment of a federal de
partment of education, was urged.
Legislation looking toward reor
ganization of county institutes, to
provide for centralized government,
state and county control, was urged,
as was the Dassatte by the forth
L
coming session of the legislature of
an act appropriating money to pro
vide readers for tle blind students
of the University of Oregon and
state institutions of learning.
Free Textbook Urged.
Turning to the textbook problem,
the teachers urged the adoption of
the free textbook system for all ele
mentary schools of the state, with
the Drovision that funds for pur
chase of such textbooks be provided
by the state. It was also urged that
the meeting time of the-'textbook
commission be cnangea trom june
to November, ana that approxi
mately one-third of the textbooks
should be adopted every two years,
to be used for six years.
The action of the representative
council in providing a teachers' ,
placement bureau to replace private
employment . agencies was com
mended, but the bureau was ad
vised to .go forward slowly, and not
to jeopardize the suceess of the
movement by hasty action.
At the closing session Will : C.
Wood, California state superintend
ent of public instruction, and Dr.
A. E. Winship, editor of the Journal
of Education. Boston, were again
the speakers, dealing with modern
trends in educational thought.
Registrars Hold Session.
While the association was in ses
sion Thursday 1 and yesterday the
Oregon Association of Collegiate
Registrars also was meeting, with
representatives present .from the
leading colleges and universities of
the state. Sessions were held at the
Lincoln high school. and the general
programme was made to conform to
a large extent to the teachers' pro
gramme, so that- the delegates pres
ent could take .advantage of the
open features of the latter.
The sessions of the registrars
were brought to a close yesterday
with election of the following offi
cers for the coming year: G. R.
Schlauch, Linfteld college, president;
Bertha Brainard, Oregon Normal
school, vice-president; E. B. Lemon,
Oregon Agricultural college, 'secretary-treasurer.
'
T niform Credential Favored.
At its business session the regis
trars' association, through adoption
of resolutions, urged the adoption
ot uniform certificates of entrance
credentials by alt- high schools in
certifying students to institutions of
higher learning in the state; went
on record as favoring a sectional
meeting for the Pacific coast in
years alternate with the meetings of
the American Association of Col
legiate Registrars, and recommended
uniform opening and cfiteing dates
for all colleges and universities in
Oregon.
GROCER TWICE ATTACKED
George Clements Left Unconscious
on Doorstep by Thugs.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Dec. 29. Twice
victim of unidentified assailants,
who last night left him unconscious
on the doorstep of a residence in
Ballard, a suburb, after cutting
mysterious hieroglyphics in his arm
with a knife, George Clements, a
grocer, was in a serious condition
in a hospital here today. He was
found on the doorstep this morning
and had apparently lain there all
nights, according to physicians.
Mr. Clements was attacked in his
tore November 14 by supposed
thugs who left him unconscious
after he had wounded one of them
with a hatchet. Yesterday, accord-
ng to Mrs. Clements, the store was
set afire by persons who placed
kerosene-soaked paper under the
roof.
Mr. Clements was unable this
morning to give an account of last
night's assault.
LA GRANDE MAN PICKED
O. A. Kratz to Be Business Man
ager for Astoria.
ASTORIA, Or., Dec. 29. Special.)
Official announcement was made
by O. B. Setters, mayor-elect, today
that O A. Kratz, formerly of La
Grande, is to be business manager
for the city .of Astoria under the
new charter, which will become ef
fective next Monday. Mr. Kratz ar
rived here today. -
Under the charter the mayor and
commissioners will also appoint the
auditor, attorney, police judge and
treasurer, while the manager will
nariio- the heads of the other de
partments.-
No further appointments , have
been announced although it is un
derstood that William Dethridge,
who resigned today as a deputy
sheriff,, is slated for the job of
chief of police and that Lewis . M.
Kietying will be a deputy sheriff
to succeed Dethridge.
Victor.
Records
for ;
JANUARY
on sale today
66112 Mother in Ireland ... . ....
...John McCormack
66110 Spanish"Dance..'.Jascha Heifetz
74786 Madame Butterfly (Some
Cay He'll Come).Galli-Curci
74788 Hungarian Rhapsody No. 10
Paderewski
66111 Tosca Vissi Darte
Maria Jeritza 1
18970 Manisote, March
Arthur Pryor's Band
Kilties, March
Arthur Pryor's Band
65179 Bella the Belle o' Dunoon..
Sir Harry Lauder
The Sunshine of a Bonnie
Lassie's Smile ..
". ....-.. .. ,. . Sir Harry. Lauder
15331 Apple Blossoms. . .Elsie Baker
( 1S2& 1
Cupid s Garden. .. .Olive Kline
DANCE
18972 A Kiss in the Dark. Medlev
Waltz .The Serenaders
The Waltz Is Made for Love,
Medley Waltz
' .'..The Serenaders
18973 All Muddled Up, Fox Trot..
..Zes Confrey and His Orch.
True Blue Sam. Fox Trot..
..Zez Confrey and His Orch.
18977 Sweetheart Lane, Medley
Fox Trot
..Paul Whiteman and Orch.
The Yankee Princess, Med
ley Fox Trot
..Paul Whiteman and Orch.
18980 Tomorrow Morning, Fox
Trot...Benson Orch.. Chicago
The World Is Waiting for
the Sunrise, Fox Trot....
Benson Orch., Chicago
18981 Swanee Smiles, Fox Trot..
Clyde Doerr and Orch.
I'm (Join' to Qlant Myself in
My Old Plantation Home,
- Fo Trot
.... .Zez Confrey and Orch.
Mall orders Riven prompt attention.
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Some day we expect to get around to showing an
other picture. We Ve worn out one print of this
already and the organist plays the funny music in
his sleep.
SOT one-third more people saw it last week than
the weekbeforeso what are we going to do about it?
Yes we know we said the fourth and fifth weeks
would he the last. We won9 1 say it this week -We'll
run it all winter if you want us to. Certainly if more
people come this week than last week we'll hold it.
But unless the whole town is seeing it two and three
times we can't possibly see how this week can, help
being the last.
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YOU IMAGINE IT? SIX WEEKS!
What a wonderful show! If you haven't seen it--just ask yourself
what kind of picture it must he that can so smash every record and
precedent ever established.
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success
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Big Annual
New Year's Eve
Midnight Matinee
(Sunday Night Only)
A Riot of Fun
Cyclones of Jazz
DOORS OPEN 11:20
Admission 75c Loges $1.00
Reserved seats now on sale at box
office. An entire new show, not
including "Dr. Jack."
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