The Sunday Oregonian., June 13, 1915, SECTION THREE, Page 9, Image 41

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IN 1892 Battery A, of the Oregon
National Guard, boasted of being
thoroughly modern. It had a full
line of everything: essential to the
warfare of that day. But now, 23
years later, the whole collection of
equipment, from the uniforms of the
men to the big Napoleon cannon, are
In the discard. They are among the
relics scattered about the state, while
In their places with Battery A are guns
modern for the present day.
In August of 1892 the battery went
Into camp at Long Beach, Wash., and,
among other things, staged a series of
exhibition drills, including sham bat
tles and cannonading. The old Napo
leon cannon, which were loaded from
the muzzle, were the guns of the day.
They have been replaced in warfare
now with the modern three-inch guns,
which Are shells in place of being
muzzle-loaded. Some of the men who
were in the battery in 1892 still are
members.
Shown in the accompanying picture
of a section of the battery as it ap
peared in camp at Long Beach are the
following persons, named, from left to
right, in the order in which they are
standing: Sergeant W. T. Mann, R. W.
Saunders, R. E. Warnock, A. E. Doe,
W. R. Keyzer, Corporal W. D. Jackson
and C. M. Plckard.
HENRIETTA W. CALVIN DOES GREAT
WORK FOR AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
Woman Who Becomes Specialist in Federal Bureau of Education Leaves Best College Home Economics Plant on
Coast, Built Up in Three Years, During Which She Was Dean.
BT C J. M'INTOSH.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvallis, June 12. (Special.)
Henrietta W. Calvin came to Oregon
In 1912 as dean of the school of do
mestic science and art at the Oregpn
Agricultural College, and left it in
1915 as specialist of home economics
In the United States Bureau of Educa
tion. In these three years she has left
her impress on the college campus in
a new home economics building and
the strongest college home economics
department on the Pacific Coast, and on
the public schools of Oregon in a wide
and. intelligent interest In the subject
of better homes.
Most people would find the road
from the home of a country girl to the
leadership of the school and home lives
of the girls of the entire United States
long and steep, but Mrs. Calvin, who
traveled It unconsciously In the dis
charge of her duties as they arose, ac
complished the Journey before reach
ing middle life. Some events of the
progress of the Journey were: Home
and school life of a country girl In
Illinois and Kansas: school teaching in
Kansas; seven years of college study
and training, three at the Kansas Ag
ricultural College, two at Washburn
College, one of graduate work at Kan
sas Agricultural College, and one at
Purdue University: librarian of Kan
sas Agricultural College two years:
profossor of home economics at Purdue
four years; professor of domestic sci
ence at Kansas Agricultural College
five years, and dean of home economics
at the Oregon Agricultural College
three years.
Only Extent of Work Shown.
This outline gives no adequate Idea
of her activities during these years,
but it indicates the extent of them. In
addition to the duties connected with
them, she reared and educaed well a
family of six children. She practiced
her own theories in her home and
family so successfully that her adult
sons are active members of agricultur
al faculties in different colleges and
specialists in the Federal Department
of Agrculture. Her two younger sons
are still in school, the elder, Ben, hav
ing been a strong and dependable
member of the Portland Jefferson High
School athletic teams during the pres
ent year.
On of her expectations In going
back to Washington was that of meet
ing more frequently the members of
her family engaged in agricultural ex
tension work.
A noticeable thing about Mrs. Cal
vin's work is that it attracts attention
by its value and scope. She had not
been at the college long until her in
fluence became marked. The status of
the domestic subjects in the schools
of the United States was not definitely
fixed when she came. The college
school of home economics had little of
equipment and less of buildings. The
entire faculty consisted of seven mem
bers and the classes number 165.
Advances Are Great.
When she left, the work of the home
making subjects held a prominent and
permanent place in the school system
of the Oregon Agricultural College and
In the Federal Bureau of Education.
The faculty numbered 15 and the stu
dents 371. The school of home eco
nomics Is second In point of numbers
only to that of the school of agricul
ture. Interest and growth of the de
partment called the attention of the
college authorities to the tact that a
new influence was a work,- the execu
tive and instructional power of the new
dean.
New equipment had to be supplied
while enlarged quarters were provided
In some of the buildings designed for
and BUited to wholly different uses.
Dean Calvin converted the new equip
ment to good-ue and -found no unsur-
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mountable obstacle In the cramped and
inconvenient quarters, for her past
training, fine though it was, was
scarcely equal to her vision of the fu
ture. Lack of favorable conditions
simply called for a little more energy
and enthusiasm, and the results were
secured.
New IJnildlnjr Erected.
As the stability and need of the
work became apparent, Dean Calvin
was accorded the heartiest co-operation
of the administration in her effort
to "make this the leading college de
partment of home economics on the Pa
cific Coast." No sooner were the new
equipment and supplies secured than
the faculty was enlarged and plans for
a new, modern home economics build
ing were put under way. Thus the
building was begun early in the school
year of 1913-14 with the expectation
that one wing would be ready for oc
cupancy by the February following.
This unit was not completed until the
following Spring and Summer, when it
was equipped with modern culinary.
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sewing and laundering implements and
supplies.
It was her belief that it was the
duty of the state to train its future
women citizens to be skillful managers
of home and family affairs and also to
provide training that would render
them efficient in the business world.
For this reason the new equipment was
suited to the home kitchen, with its
modern food preparation and cooking
devices, and also to larger public uses,
with huge ovens and mixing laborato
ries. Garment Making Taken Up.
The domestic art equipment and ma
terial provide for home garment mak
ing and also for custom work. The
modern laundry machinery provides for
home laundering and also for commer
cial laundering. The young women of
the classes were taught the use and
care of all.
But Dean Calvin's work neither be
gun nor ended with these things. Her
vision comprehended something differ
ent from mechanically skilled and fln
lshed housekeepers. The objective of
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her work' is efficient citizenship, com
plete womanhood. Not merely the
how, but the why, she days, is impor
tant. Her girls should know the gen
esis, character, ideals and methods of
good citizenship, of happy and useful
lives. The minds should be informed,
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the morals cultured, the manners re
fined, the body strong, beautiful and
wholesome.
In a. less degree, less only because
she was less able to bring it about.
these same qualities were to be devel
oped In all the young women and girls
of the state. If these things are good
for college girls they are good, or the
girls of city and country who cannot
come to college, therefore she would
go out and carry the message to them
in their homes.
Extension Work Done.
To this end she employed extension
work, industrial clubs, trained teach
ers in the public schools. visiting
homes of mothers and scattering help
ful literature. This was her practice
and it won for her the sincerest ap
preciation of the people of Oregon. It
also won for her. greatly to her sur
prise, an Invitation to enter the high
est position in home economics in the
entire country.
This invitation was declined at first
and then accepted with reluctance only
after Its terms had been modified to
coincide with her Ideas of justice to
President Kerr, the college and the
people of Oregon.
"The college authorities have given
me every encouragement In building
up the best college home economics
plant on the Coast," she said, and she
felt that it would injure others asso
elated with her to lay down her duties
just then. She was busy with prep
arations for the great conference on
home economics to be held at the col
lege In Farmers' week and for the do-
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mestic science service of the depart
ment in the Oregon building at the
Panama-Pacific Exposition. Besides
her heart was in her college work and
she unaffectedly liked Oregon fields
and opportunities. When the time in
which she might join the Federal force
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was extended to enable her to finish
up this work she accepted the offer for
the enlaj-ged field that it provided.
Aside from her wonderful construc
tive talent Dean Calvin has keen sym
pathy and splendid, poise. While she
knew and deplored the pathos of in
sufficiently nourished children, many
of whom she claimed lived in Oregon,
she advanced the work of amelioration
only as fast a her new positions
could be organized and definitely held.
In plans she is conservative. In action
radical. -
"Big enough to combine theory and
practice." says & writer in the Country
Gentleman, "she is a born promoter in
the best sense of the term."
And yet she never plays to the grand
stand. When It became necessary to
acquaint the people of Oregon with the
fact that opportunities for studying
home-making were open to all, regard
less of preparation or degree require
ments, she told the writer that she
wanted the plain facts announced fully,
but in the least obtrusive manner. '
"This is a new course," she said, "and
it is necessary to ' advertise the fact
that It is open to all who can profit by
It. The degree courses find all the
advertising they need in the young
women going out from the school,
every one of whom is an advertise
ment." -
Dean Calvin would, rather b known
by her work than by any other means
and it will be fortunate for the people
of the United States if they come to
know her in this way.
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bord d'une Source" (Franz Liszt) ; "Lo
soiree dans Grenade" (Claude De
bussy); "Poeme" (Anton Scriabin):
"Etude de Concert" (Felix Bluznen
feld). "
"Impressions of Egypt" is the latest
contribution of Bainbridge Crist to the
musical world, written for full orches
tra, and will be played by the Boston
Symphony Orchestra at its promenade
concert in Boston this month.
Mr. Crist, desirous to hear the initial
performance of his new symphonic
poem, will delay his arrival in Portland
until early in July. Hearing the Initial
performance of his symphony. "Le Pied
de la Momie" in England, last Autumn,
was denied him, owing to his return to
America early in September.
Mr. Crist's songs have found ready
recognition from Angener & Schott. of
London, England,-and Schlrmer. Fischer
and other American publishers. His
latest songs, "September Eve," "Shower
of Blossoms" and "No Limit." have just
been published ' by Schirmer, and
Fischer has brought out "April Rain"
and 1 "Yesteryear." This latter publish
er is bringing out the Crist piano suite
"Retrospections."
Mr. Crist, who is also a tenbr singer,
has relatives in this city,
"Then you've given up the idea of
taking singing lessons?" "Yes. I find
It would take me three years to learn
to sing as well as I thought I sang al
ready." Boston Transcript.
What is there essentially absurd or
Inevitably villainous about tha lower
tones of the musical scale, asks the
New York Sun? The baritone is a
villain, the bass Is the devil himself.
And theater orchestras utilize the tuba
chiefly to emphasize the exquisite hu
mor of a clown's contact with the floor.
Imagine a player of the bass horn who
loves music and holds his tuba in af
fection and honor obliged to bray
through it like a donkey. He knows
what rich vibrations it can send forth.
He does not love to shred the shudder
ing air into ragged strips. We are
stirred to this protest by the various
accounts of the arrival in Dork of Lam-
baertus Johannes de Jung, champion
tuba player of the world. He is re
ferred to as though he were a great
brainless human '.bellows. The horn
player is not a. waster of breath. Will
and power to control his breath, re
tralnt and judgment in its use are the
characteristics of a great virtuoso. It
is perhaps a natural conclusion that
such an instrumental mammoth cave
as the tuba must be a cave of the
winds. We long to see it lifted by a
giant. Boreas himself would fill its
winding passages with mighty waves
of sound. The champion reports that he
played for 27 hours without a pause.
Like the tireless winds of heaven, he
breathed profound reverberations o'er
the tide that rolls up to the wharves
of Rotterdam.
It is necessary to economize finan
dally for the ensuing season at the
First Baptist Church, and it is likely
that no new contract will be signed for
a quartet. The contract with the pres
ent quartet, consisting of Mrs. Pauline
Miller Chapman, Mrs. Virginia Spencer
Hutchinson, Norman A. Hoose .and
Hartrldge Whipp. with Luclen E.
Becker, organist, will expire August 1.
John Claire ' Monteith will sing
Wednesday night at Central Library,
at the meeting of the Grade Teachers'
Association, when Miss Grace DeGraff
will talk on her trip to the Peace Con
ference at The Hague. "
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Miss Irene Reynolds was presented by
Miss Jocelyn Foulkes in piano recital
June 5, assisted by Miss Edna Slater,
soprano, the 324 East Tenth street. The
event was a pleasant success and both
piunist and vocalist were cordially re
ceived. Abda Waldrop, organist at the $15,000
pipe organ at the First Congregational
Church, San Francisco, has resigned
that position.
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years.
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ever known him to be a. disturber of
the public peace?
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ESTACADA TO CELEBRATE
BiS Fourth of July Festival Will Be
Held In Park.
ESTACADA. Or.. June II. (Special.)
A monstrous Fourth of July celebra
tion will be held in Estacada Park
Monday. July 6, under the auspices of
the Estacada' volunteer fire depart
ment, whose managing . committee,
comprising Messrs. Jorg, Byers, Sim
mons, Henthorn, Osborn, May-field .and
Linn, has arranged an extensive pro
gramme.
Besides the Garfield band of 30
pieces.- all kinds of races and sports
will be staged, with valuable prises
for the winners. A ball game is sched
uled between the Estacada and Barton
teams, who will play for the East
ern Clackamas County championship.
Dancing at the Estacada pavilion will
continue afternoon and evening.
About 3000 people attended last
year's celebration at Estacada, and it
is expected that a larger crowd will
attend this year.
Independence Plans Revival.
INDEPENDENCE, Or., June 12.
(Special.) Special evangelistic meet
ings under the direction of J. Bruce
Evans will begin here on Sunday, June
20, in the Baptist Church. There are
to be union meetings of all the
churches. The speaker will be assisted
by a chorus choir under the direction
of J. G. Mcintosh, although Mr. Evans,
who is a singer himself, will render
special solos.
PIPE ORGAN IS TURNED
OVER TO REED COLLEGE
W. P. Olds in Eloquent Address Makes Formal Presentation to Institution
and Dedicates Instrument to Memory of His Late Wife.
P.- OLDS last Sunday formally
presented to Reed College the
fine pipe organ that had been
installed in the chapel. Mr. Olds ded
icated the organ to the memory of his
wife with the following address:
"From the earliest dawn of recorded
history it has been the custom to honor
the memory, character and deeds of
those who "have crossed the bourne
from which no traveler returns' by
erecting monuments of various kinds,
from the modest tablet in church or
vault to the temples of fame which
the children of vanity rear."
- "Following such customs and feeling
deeply her worthiness, we are assem
bled today to dedicate an instrument
of melody to the use of this institu
tion of learning in memory of one
whose home was in our midst and
whose beautiful life was an inspira
tion. - She passed from us at life's
meridian, when eager winds were fill
ing every sail and each day was
crowned with usefulness. She loved
everything beautiful either in nature
or if fashioned by the heart of man.
Her soul was filled with noble har
monies and charmed by their melodies,
and so desirous was she to avoid the
sadness of funereal music that she di
rected there be no music at her
obsequies. Gentle, kind and cheerful,
she believed life should be filled with
happiness and every day be one of
Joy so much did she wish to banish
all causes for sorrow and grief, she
requested that her remains be cre
mated, the ashes scattered over the
grass and among the flowers, and no
tablet be erected in the cemetery to
call attention to her resting place and
bring tears of sorrow to those who
loved her. Her religion was of love
without superstition or fear, and. no
hate or envy found entrance into It
with love and good will to all and
without complaint or objection, -she
faithfully performed her daily tasks;
she gave aid freely to the sick and
suffering, and large was her bounty to
the poor; she sought no publicity and
her unselfish acts were as flowers that
blush unseen. None knew her but to
love her and her example was a bless
ing to the community in which she
lived.
"To her, every place was a temple
of Justice, and liberty a sacred Inherit
ance to be preserved and passed on to
to those who follow us, at any cost.
She believed higher education for both
sexes to be the foundation for human
development; that music should be a
part of every one's education and that
from the simple folk songs of child-
SUCCESSFUL FIGHT IS
MADE ON APPLE SCAB
Dr. C. A. Macrum, of Mosier District, Gives Details of His Method of
Eradicating Pest.
MOSIER, Or, June 12. (Special.)
There Is comparatively little scab
in the Mosier district, many in
quiries regarding the control of scab
and what should be done to eliminate
it have been made. Dr. C. A. -Macrum,
a member of the State Board of Horti
culture, has been successful in elim
inating scab entirely from his orchard,
and he has given in detail his method
of combating it.
"The object to be obtained in the
treatment of scab," said Dr. Macrum,
"is not in its control but its elimina
tion. I have been firmly convinced
that one really effective remedy for
scab is Bordeaux mixture. I am sus
tained in this conviction because ab
solutely no scab has been found in
my orchard this year, while it is gen
erally found in most orchards in small
amounts. - Last year was the first year
to my knowledge that we have had
any scab in Mosier, except possibly a
few isolated apples.
- Pre-plnk Spray Favored.
"I consider the most important spray
to be the pre-pink spray. This is put
on after the little leaves have ap
peared about the size of the little
finger nail or a little larger when
you can detect the little green tops
of the apple blossoms peeping out of
the opening buds. This spray should
be made of the strength of five pounds
of copper sulphate and six pounds of
lime (preferably hydrated) to 50 gal
lons of water. I then use Bordeaux in
proportion of 2 pounds of copper
sulphate, three pounds hydrated lime,
and 50 gallons of water in combination
with arsenate of lead in the calyx
spray. Using Bordeaux in the calyx
spray is unorthodox, I know; but
when one is seeking a method of erad
icating scab entirely, he should not
pay too much attention to precedent.
"With each arsenate of lead spray
applied during the Summer. I use Bor
deaux, in combination of the strength
of three pounds of copper sulphate,
four pounds of hydrated lime, and 50
gallons of water. I use each spray
during the Summer, except the one I
put on in September. Its use fn the
September spray is not necessary, and
besides it will leave some bluish col
oring of copper around the calyx end
which is objected to by some buyers.
Preparation Method Simple.
"The method of preparing Bordeaux
is simple and requires no plant ex
cept two 50-gallon barrels, and a cou
ple of coal oil cans with the tops cut
out. Freshly prepared Bordeaux is a
necessity. It should be made and ap
plied immediately.
"Put 50 pounds of copper sulphate in
a sack, suspend it in the barrel about
two-thirds full of water. I do this in
the evening, fixing two barrels in this
way, and by morning the copper sul
phate has dissolved. Then fill the bar
rel with water. This makes a solution
of 1 pound of copper sulphate to each
gallon of water. ( After filling the
spray tank two-thirds full of water,
add the right proportion of the copper
STICKERS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE
AIVM-FIRE CAMPAIGN.
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Safety Flrat Sloa-an That Will Go on
All Fire Bureau Letters.
As a part of Its "prevent fires" cam
paign the various branches of the fire
bureau, have adopted an attractive red,
black, green and white sticker to paste
on all letters sent out by the
bureau. The sticker, which will be cir
cular and about an inch across, has the
large black letters set in red, "Help
Prevent Fires Make Portland Safe." In
the center on a green body are the
words "Safety First."
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Orgaa to Reed College.
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hood to the grand harmonies of the
great masters it should be taught for
its soothing companionship and inspira
tion to higher ideals. No memorial
could be found more fitting or repre
sentative of her character than musical
harmony.
"And, now, reverently, lovingly and
with a full acknowledgment of my un
numbered obligations to her, I present
this instrument of melody to Reed Col
lege in memory of Lillian Cooke Olds,
the wife of my youth and for 34 years
my beloved companion. Such an asso
ciate is one of the greatest prizes to
be drawn in life's lottery.
"The organ is for use in this college.
May it extend a joyous greeting each,
day to every member of the faculty
and student body and bring to each
her "or his message of confidence in
the possibilities of the college for good,
counting that day lost in which no
progress is made. As the years come
and go, may it welcome each new class
with its inspiring music, suggesting
ideas of harmony in all the college
work and raising . their ideals for tho
future. May its sweet tones bid a
loving adieu to the graduates at each
commencement and leave on the pages
of their memories beautiful thoughts
of well-spent days in these halls, with
the determination never, by word or
deed, to disgrace their alma mater, but
to bless it with their loving apprecia
tion and generous aid."
sulphate solution. Next mix the
hydrated lime in the coal oil can with
water to a milky state. Pour this
water into the spray tank. Repeat
until all the lime has been passed
through the screen. Then start the
engine agitating the solution, and add
the arsenate of lead while the fluid is
being agitated, adding water during
this time until the tank is fulL
"In applying the spray after the ap
ples have been formed in the tree, the
spray rods should be reversed and the
stream directed upwards as well as
downwards to cover the apple thor
oughly. While it is true that scab in
fections take place near the calyx end,
as a rule it also occurs on the body of
the apple.
Thorough Covering; Advised.
"In regard to burning. I have never
observed any burning in the pre-pink
stage. The idea is to cover the wood
oj the tree and the buds thoroughly,
and also to get the fluid Into the open
ing buds in order to anticipate scab in
fections which commence to develop
about the time the blossoms drop. I
have noticed a little burning on ap
ples sprayed with Bordeaux' ' in " the
calyx. I have also observed that the
burning occurs on apples in the lower
limbs. This comes from the dropping
of fluid on the lower apples. Water is
constantly evaporating on these ap
ples, which allows the spray to be re
tained longer than in the top of the
trees.
"The number of apples thus burnt it
negligible in quantity, and are re
moved by thinning. Burning may be
produced by any spray, if care is not
taken to spray the first pint or two on
the ground or Into the tank. Because
after the fluid has been left in the rods
and hose, the spray material precipi
tates in two minutes or less, and when
the machine Is started it is first
through the nozzle and is several times
stronger than is required. Sometimes
burning is caused in this way.
"I first discovered scab in my or
chard in the Spring of 1914 after the
calyx spray had been applied. I then
applied Bordeaux 3-4-50 in every
spray during the Summer, excepting
the spray put on about the first of
September. This, together with the
pre-pink spray, and the calyx spray
put on this Spring, completed the
cycle for a year. I started out with
the idea, that if I killed scab in my
orchard with Bordeaux, I must not
omit Bordeaux in any one except the
September spraying, because a possible
second Infection does not take place
after August. This affords a loophole
for possible failure and the result of
doing the work all over again and
taking another year's time.
Few Applea Ruaseted.
"I have concluded that next year I
will use Bordeaux in the calyx In the
strength of one or 1 pounds and two
pounds of hydrated lime to 50 gallons
of water and so lessen the chance of
russeting as few apples as I did this
year with 2,,i pounds. I consider the
small number of russeting apples
which I obtained this year, which were
mostly removed by thinning and are
eligible for third grades, a mere bag
atelle as compared to one-third or
one-fourth of a crop ruined by scab.
"The thoroughness of the applica
tion of these sprays is exceedingly
important. Every part of the tree,
apples and leaves must be wet with
the spray. When we applied the pre
pink spray, the plowing had not been
done and we sprayed last year's dead
leaves, which were lying on the
ground, in order to prevent the de
velopment of the scab in the mycelium
stage.
"I am aware that Bordeaux haa
been used for years in combating
scab," concluded Dr. Macrum. "but
what I emphasize is the method of ap
plying1 it thoroughly, and allowing no
opportunity for its development during
a growing season."
Oakland Graduates to Teach.
OAKLAND. Or., June 12. (Special.)
Two of the eight graduates receiv
ing diplomas this year from Oakland
High School will teach school, two
will go to the University of Oregon,
and the remaining four are undecided
as to their plans. Miss Myrtle Gross
will teach a country school on the
Calapooia, known as District No. 23.
and Miss Ruth Crouse will teach the
third and fourth-grade room in the
Yoncalla schools. Miss Beulah Me
Cord and Edward Dear will go to the
university
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