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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (April 11, 1915)
Mi 'i -I 1 1" D rt vHBljPr&T i lnlk Jrl-lr 'JIINNVILLE. Or., April 10. (Spe 1 ciaL) Far back in the year 1S55 I a rroup of public-spirited resi dents of McMinnville conceived the idea of starting- a college for the benefit of young women and men of that com munity. A building was erected on what then was a large scale. This was the nucleus of McMinnvllle College, which is one of Oregon's biggest and most attractive schools today. The wonderful strides made In build ings and educational development, as Ings and educational aeveiopmeni, well as the growth of McMinnvllle and TOUR BY MRS. FELTS IS MEETING WITH SUCCESS President of Oregon Congress of Mothers Given Assurance Everywhere That Delegates Will Attend National Convention in Portland May 12-16. MRS. ARISTEXE FELTS, president of the Oregon Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associations is making a tour of the state in the interest of the National Convention of the Congress of Moth ers, which will assemble in Portland Way 1! to IS. Mrs. Felts is being re ceived hospitably and entertained wherever she visits. In Baker, Mrs. Susan Moore, past president of the Haker Parent-Teacher Association, and Mrs. O M. Dodson. president, gave a luncheon early in the week for the teachers, principals and parent-teacher officers of the schools with Mrs. Felt as the honored guest. The Mayor and other officials attended and several ad dresses were made. An afternoon meet ing waa held at which the Alpha Club, a literary organization, united with the Parent-Teacher Associations to- honor vlplnltir la Rtinwil in the Schools. At the outset it comprised one lone frame building of a type which was preten tious then, but which would hardly pass the Inspector under the present day building restrictions. The school grew rapidly from the day It was com pleted until 1882, when the old build ing was torn down and the Institution moved to a larger tract The original site of the school is now occupied by the First Baptist Church, which was built in 18S3 and enlarged In 1898. r:rlt Mill First on Site. The original building sprang up soon . . ,wlnn 'after the establishment of McMlnn Mrs. Felts. In La Grande large and en thusiastic meetings were held and Mrs. Felts made addresses. In all places vis ited the associations promised to send delegates. The railroads have promised special rates during the convention. John M. Scott, general passenger agent of the Southern Pacific, has written to Mrs. Felts promising that the company will name the usual certificate - plan for fares from all points in Oregon, in cluding Klamath Falls. The rule affects all affiliated lines and the Independ ence & Monmouth. A. D. Charlton has made an offer of co-operation along similar lines offering the one and one third rate for round trips to Portland from all stations in Idaho, Washing ton and Oregon. - Mrs. Robert H. Tate, one of the Na tional vice-presidents of the Congress ville. It was In 1862 that W. T. Newby erected a srrist mill on the site of Mc Minnvllle.. In 1854 Sebastian C. Ad ams remarked on the favorable loca tion for a town and Mr, Newby re plied by offering him a tract of land. about half a block, at his own selec tion, if Mr. Adams would build a House. In the Spring of 1866 Mr. Adams erect ed his house and as soon as completed made it his home. Soon after he commenced to agitate the subject of a high school as a 1 o rtr- u npfflpmfnl and. as he and most of the leading men in Yam hill County were memoers oi tne nriii tlan Church, it naturally became a Christian school. Dr. James McBride, William Dawson, W. T. Newby and Sebastian C. Adams worked up the matter, bearing most of the expenses. . Mr. Newby gave six acres of land, on which was erected the building. School Given to Baptists. Mr. Adams, who was a teacher by profession, took charge and taught in this school for a year and a half, but, no organization having been perfected, it was given to the Baptists, who were about founding the West Union Insti tute. The only condition made for the gift, and given enough importance to be in writing, was that one professor at least should be employed in the col lege department continuously. It was Incorporated in January, 1858, as "The Baptist College at McMinnvllle." Dr. of Mothers, made an address on Friday in the Courthouse under the auspices of the Parents' Educational' Bureau. Her subject was "Equal Opportunity for Every Child in the State." Next Friday Dr. W. G. Elliot. Jr., will speak on "The Moral Awakening and Training of Children." The address will be given as one of the series that began in the Winter and will continue until the mid dle of May. The Chautauqua committee of the Oregon Congress of Mothers met. at the home of Mrs. John Risley, Milwau kie, Monday afternoon. The kinder garten work is to be continued as usual during the two weeks of Chau tauqua at Gladstone Park and the at tendance is expected to be larger than ever. The parent education" bureau will hold two eugenic tests, one each week, on the grounds. Flans also were discussed for Ore gon Congress of Mothers day. Those present were: Mrs. John Risley, Mrs. Frank Dayton, Mrs. B. G. Skulason, Mrs. John Waldron and Mrs. Justus H. McLaughlin. Another committee meet ing is called at the home of Mrs. Ris ley on April 19. The Ockley Green circle met Friday night and enjoyed a delightful pro gramme. Mrs. C. M. Pye, Mrs. Morti mer Smith and several others contrib uted to the programme. The regular business meeting of the Mount Tabor Parent-Teacher Associa tion was postponed last Thursday be cause of the Spring vacation, and will be held next Thursday at 2:30 P. M. There will be a short programme by the children. An interesting entertainment was given by the primary teachers of the Mount Tabor school last Thursday aft ernoon and evening, in the assembly hall, netting more than 100, for the purchase of a stereopticon and slides. An operetta, entitled "The Land of Nod." was given, the cast including 33 children. The staging and costumes were beautiful, and the actors and sing ers acquitted themselves with skill. Special mention snouia ds maae oi me King, Vaughan Rands; the Jester. Law rence Cappa, and the sandman, Robert Boulette. The operetta portrayed the visit of "Six Little Sleepy Heads" to the "Land of Nod," and the wonders they saw at the court of the King. Princes, Princesses, goblins, dream sprites, et& completed the cast. The operetta was given under the direction of Misses Dobie, Elton, Davis and others. .- " . A "Mother Goose" entertainment given recently by Holladay School was a pronounced success. . Helen Moore house was Mother Goose; Ralph Jen George C. Chandler was the college's first president. Among the oldest Institutions . of higher learning on the Pacific Coast, McMinnvllle College ranks fourth, Willamette and Pacific Universities in Oregon and the University of the Pa cific in California antedating its or ganization. However, McMinnvllle College is the oldest institution on the Coast incorporated -under the designa tion "college" and continuously known as such; furthermore, it is the oldest Baptist college west of Missouri. It is one year older than Whitman College, at Walla Walla, Wash. This old commodious two-story frame-building, with its six acres oj. ground, the gift of the Christian Church to the Baptists and incorporat ed by the Legislature in 1857-58, has constantly grown in buildings, ground and better facilities and higher edu cational value. In 1882 the present four-story brick building was erected. This is the main building. The observ atory was built in 1894 and is the best equipped and the largest in the state and one of the best in the Northwest. In November, 1908, the music hall was occupied. It is a two-story frame building, 50x100 feet. There are also the gymnasium, erected in 1895, and the central heating plant, installed in 1908. The campus, once six acres, has expanded to 41 acres in one large tract and immediately adjacent to the town on the south. Part of the campus is within the city boundaries. nings, Old King Cole, and Horace Kinpsley was "the knave." A large number of pretty children participated. Peninsula Parent-Teacher Association will meet Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in room 8. Peninsula School. Good roads will be discussed. The elec tion of officers will take place. The Sunnyside Parent-Teacher Asso ciation will meet Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. All parents are urged to at tend, as an interesting programme has been, prepared. The Stephens Association will meet on Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock,, when a programme will be given by the chil dren and a discussion of school garden plans will take place. The Highland Parent-Teacher Asso ciation will meet Friday at 2:30 o'clock at the school.. The meeting is Impor tant and a large attendance is desired. sit ta.a.t.Tanhfir ASBOCl&tiOn kjUtLfiiiau ii-i .i. . will meet on Tuesday afternoon, April 13. Buckman Association will meet on Thursday at 2:45 o'clock in the school assembly hall. Mrs. Josephine Sharp will speak on "The Vacant Lot MovaP ment." Several children of the school will contribute to the programme. Women who attend are invited to bring ..srtnff anri RnlAV B. SOCi&l hOUr. The recent benefit given by the associa tion at the Cineograpn j. neater success. An excellent programme was furnished by Olga Magda Levit, Miss wnmmAinm-r M 1 ss Ewart M 188 Laura Shay and Miss Catherine Jordan. The Hillsdale Parent-Teacher Associ ation held its regular monthly meeting Friday. In the absence of the presi dent, Mrs. B. Barnes occupied the chair. Mrs. Arndt made her report in con nection with purchase of pictures for the school with funds donated by the association. The speaker was Dr. Frank C Migh ton. clinical director of the Pacific Chi ropractic College, who gave an inter esting talk on "The Spines of School I Children." ' The next regular meeting wiu oe nem on May 7. . Columbia to Get Macadam Strip. DATTON, Wash., April 10. The Com missioners of Columbia County have de cided to macadamize two miles of county road, beginning' at the city lim its and extending out towards Johnson Hollow. Nearly all the roads leading to Dayton have been macadamized for several miles out of town, and work on this thoroughfare is much needed. Bids for the contract will be called for soon. 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THOUSANDS of patrons of motion picture theaters throughout the unrthn5t will have the 1915 poster of the Rose Festival brought to their attention as a result of the co operation of exchanges in Portland and the Motion Picture Exhibitors' League. r i,nn 1 n TifAf.an nf film 30 feet in length are being -used in the motion picture campaign oi expion.ai.ioii Rose Festival. The poster film, which ti. Mica Miriam Rnhillpr animates with her smiles and gestures, is now . . . Vi.llJi.r. at being run in tne ureevii wuiwinS ... San Francisco and will be seen later In vaudeville and motion picture houses of the ijaiuornia metropolis AH Cats Die With "Boots On," Asserts Writer. Fate Declared Sure to Fall In Dead of Night, as Felines Seldom Die at Home. - ' PORTLAND, April 10. (To the Edi tor.) Nobody stops to think how a cat finishes. A cat is the commonest of four footed domestic animals. It has been a great boon to many ancient women without other company. Grandmother always had one about; and never a pes tilential rat or mouse on the place. Pussy's picture was in my primer when I started to school. Why. I can remember to this day that C-a-t was the first word I ever learned to spell. Yet who pauses to consider how a cat quits. I am for the cat. I am tired of reading all the time about this war and the high taxes. The cat is a strange perversion of natural processes. As a race the most peaceful and lovable, it Is a fact that nearly all Most Gigantic Piano Factory Sale Ever Witnessed by the rublic ot rortland NO INTEREST Saving to You $60.29 to $102.00 In interest alone, beside the difference of $85 to $108 in usual retail factory price, xoiai saving iiu. w . r xi . nj Hnria.n;aA nf tha ninnA maker's craft 4 is orana-new irom me xm-uu to give "Lifetime Satisfaction," and not xriaiios. 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Aberdeen, Hoquiam, Olympla and other cities and towns in . ington, as well as Idaho and Montana. About a month before the opening of the Festival this film will be featured in vaudeville and picture houses of the city through the co-operation of the Exhibitors' League. In this manner thousands of patrons of theaters in California, Oregon, Washington, Mon tana and Idaho will have the Festival dates brought to their attention. cats die the violent death. I never knew a cat that died in daytime, in its bed. If you are an old residenter you have had many cats in your household. Did you ever Bee a cat die? No. Did you ever see any other person's dead cat? Almost never. They die In the dead of night at the call of the feud by violence, after the close of a calm, i weet day. You. 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About his mouth a primness, almost a sardonic smile, with the sharp teeth clenched and you could easily imagine that bark of them lay a piece of the ear or the Jowl of the other cat. Dirt and something else matted his furry scruff whrr. long ago, an anxious mother, alert against the enemy, carrying him from the kitchen porch to the woodshed, scrupulous to keep him neat, had licked that furry scruff spotless. A small blood wound upon his neck and two about the eyes it needs but slight puncturing to finish the busi ness. But his rigid tail, also showing wounds, had stood erect when death chilled it. He had gone down with banner flying in the night. Thus nearly all cats strangely dir. Of the hundreds, rerhaps thousands of cats in this town, many die nightly; but seldom is thera a mourner at the funeral . It is cbvlously true that the neighbor cow, horse, goat, sheep and pig may lie down in peace, together, one and all. and get up to breakfast on fairish terms. Not so with cats. Neighbor cats never mingled in friendship un less of tho same family of cats. As f r dog and cat tho night winds sigh, and sigh over the problem of the centuries, for the feline species is of unknown origin. Nobory knows which famllv of cats started the feud. At "dawn this morning my cat, with a foreleg chewed off at tho joint, came crying to my kitchen door. I had to finish him with gas. The man who "slcs" a dog onto a cat is only half human. The other half Is rhinoceros. It is said you can drive a nail into a rhinoceros and he won't feel it until it gets through the epi dermis. C. M. HY6KELU GOLD FIND 0F51 RECALLED James Thornton, of Ashland, Solo Survivor of Yreka Argonauts. ASHLAND. Or., April 10. (Special.) James Thornton, of this city, is the sole survivor of a party which. 84 years ago, or on April 1, 1851, first mined placer fold at the diggings where Yreka, Cal., now stands. In this parly were six intimate companions who came from Louisa County. Iowa, to Oregon in the Spring of 1850. Their names were James and John Thornton, Jacob Wagner, Charles Hendricks, Humphrey Long and a German named Henry Van Asalt. They remained at the new diggings about three months, cleaning up 810 apiece when they abandoned the camp on account of the water supply giving out. They were "tenderfcet." and their operations were superficial. Parties who afterwards practically worked the same territory cleaned up fortunes. Mr. Thornton is now in his 0th year. At one time he was connected with the Ashland Woolen Mills and for eight years was the owner of what is now known as the Dollarhlde toll-road over the Sisklyous, sotuh of Ashland. Florence Carnival xt Month. FLORENCE, Or., April 10. (Spe cial.) Plans are being made for the holding of this years Rhododendron Carnival next month, the committee on arrangements being J. K MacKerhnlo. Dr. C. P. Johnson and W. H. O Kelly. It is expected that the rnllroad will run a special excursion to Maplcton at that time, this being the first year that it has been possible to reach Florence without a tiresome stage trip over, he, , mountains. . -.. Art J