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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1915)
Woman's Section Special Features SECTIOX FIVE 'Pages 1 to 12 .NO. 17. rOKTLAM). OIIL(iO.V, SUNDAY MOHXIXG. NOVEMBER 21. 1915. VOl- XXXIV. HISTORY OF PACIFIC UNIVERSITY TRACED FROM HUMBLE BEGINNING President Bushncll Tells of Plans for Making Institution of Greatest Use to Students and Practical Instruction in Utilitarian Arts and Crafts in Shops on Campus Is Proposed. A Great Credit-Giving Sale of , Thanksgiving Furniture at Powers Stamps Stamps This Quartered OakDining-RoomOutfit $-S .75 Including 6-Foot Extension Table, 6 Leather-Seat Chairs Us J The Suit errf inn:y :U for roy d ttf tar th9 tf f n bo t i t ftp Terms-$3 Cash, $1 Week The Quality of th ult. l way above th standard. Th chair are rotfM wllb genuine leather and ar. of box-frame construction. Th labia baa a thick plank top. A S3.25 DINER FOR $2.15 Q Snprm I H .HI I r - a a- w w a jewaw S..li4 ' t:"f table. m mil- i pJ-.tl a. and thxk rvan4 toy, fmi.a.4 rwtdea or fum4. aaata t.n rrtuu C.ual artr III J. $30.00 Oak Duffel spe cial pric Ol 2 OH onir OlD.OJ 116.00 Colonial Buffet prictd at (Hno i r onljr PJlO J in S4.25 DINER FOR Special $15.45 Our regular $: Sa de.lgn. .with thick plank lop and attractive croup pwt etal ban. A table of high, quality and cacTllenl finish. SZtSi Oak Buffets. length SI Inches. SP- Ann Ort riatlr priced at JOa-.OU $103.00 Que Anne Buffet peeia!" priced at only. . . .$69.75 $3.35 M A Special $24.85 regular iZ9 So value, full quar tered oak. flush-band top, extra heavy bue and Iran. One of the. finest design, on abow. Seats lu. $24.75 Fumed Buffet spe cially priced at ..... . $90.00 Fumed Buffet, 66- inch, special price. . . . $13.95 ed Buffet, 66- $47.50 Don't ll'orry About Your Thanksgiving Music TL 7 .1, Will Furnish It AIL Orer 5000 1 He V ICtr Ola Records Are at Your Disposal Th.it r.ew. krtKht. first-floor VictroU Department is planned and furnished for your comfort. Every VictroU model U shown, ar.d your opportunity for selection is com plete. Th Vk-troU is th moat popular. th moat wiJely known, th tt musical Instrument that has ever bn produced. 5oU on ea.y weeUy or mor.tly instalments. Powers Easy Credit f -1 if ;;f ' MSI Terms-Weekly, Victrolas $15 to $350 The Sterling Range Should lie in Your Home Thanksgiving Day. Guaranteed for Fifteen Years Th "Sterlinc" U without qution th hik-ht quality, the moat satisfactory ind Ior.rt-wearir.j rarre maJ today. It is cotvitructcd particularly for West ern fuel. l rvinforcvd throughout, is as hetlo lined and highly finished. It will rit satufaction ery lay in ths year. It b insured for fifteen years against wrarinc parts, ar.d this is a point yoa cannot well overlook when makinc your rartr velettion. Ksy nxdit terms ar cordutlly extended. Tay weekly or monthly, as convenient. Terms $1.00 Weekly Special Offering of New Dinner Sets All at Reduced Priczs l.;0 :-l"lcce Whit and Oold Dinner Q bet. special Thanksgiving prlc. flO.ao i;-I1rce Hanover Tattern Dinner bet. special Thank6lvln price l:i.0 l0-Ileco tnclleh Torceln Dlnne bl In Cecil design, special at I3.0 10-I"le-e German China S-t. spe clal Thanksglvlns; price 4.15 S 5.75 : SI 9.85 S23.80 dj&LJuK 35 Patterns High-Quality Wilton Rugs Worth $45.00 9x12 Extra Special vik$32.85 A sate that prnt unusual valu. for rue buyers. Splendid Wil ton Kus of extra savy m rare in small and medium designs, wld. ranee of color rcvlr for our selection. I'laa to bo her. early bafor. lb. better destsns have been dlpod of. $500 CASHSIM WEEK .BIG DRAPERY VALUES $1.95 19c 39c 19c IS pairs regular l; ts Marquloeita Curtains, filet In sertiott. In many de.iens. Ine pair ! yards ll-lmh Cream. White and trru fecrltn. regular value SVr. nr al. I ha yard :. yards of SO Combination Cretonne and bcrlm Dra pery Materials at. the yard - so yards of Zc Dolled harisa, large and small dots, special at. to yard. OUR CREDtT-GlVING SERVICE u tx tended to you in a pleasant, satisfactory and dignified way. There are no annoying features, nor embarrassing con ditions connected utith it. Yoa take no chance in opening an account here. Furniture $ 5.00 Cash, $1.00 a Week Furniture S 7.50 Cash, $1.50 a Week" "Furniture $10.00 Cash, $2.00 a Week Worth of Furniture $12.50 Cash, $2.25 a Week Worth Worth Worth of of of $50!oq $7500 $125.00 $150.00Worth of $200.00 Worth of T-'urmture $15.00 Cash, $2.50 a Week Furniture $20.00 Cash, $3.00 a Week (ill Automatic, Collapsible, Adjustable Dress Forms 1 9 50 SIM CaihSOc a ll rtk. T A V T. - Jfrrrt." TT... form I th easl-.t and simplest t oper ate. a 4'M.mee.t d-irrt can obtained by merely pull ing ami lb diff'-nl Ho"" lo tb n.rm.ils riir1. in. f .rm ...lomsut.l'.T .locking tt If Into place. uh th -u-tti.- inn can quwraly and accurately dup.icat. your owa fSvir. TTNfTl fauAinYll 'fe ' J VnillM 1 THIRD & ' T .BV m ft . YAMKItl U VBBBaB g ST " 'vv-v-w.s 4 t&zl- ' ' If ': 'c :- I V; -l -. rtrr nrj .E?rrt 1 1 -'I - we : t;-. tr: a , - 1 jp : :e. -r - V, ct-;Tr - j- , I '-rW dk-J ---r i3r-: 1 ! e -.5 :1 .'""Xlx i.' 3 -re ' $ n T-mF i - f u tJ 'V. 1 I f f Sfc-rrre c Ate for fiom&z? 0' a a a c n n nnnnnnaaa rasar--WBasT- BW Wssw aasasa gall I BJ -aWeasg- gi V sail g" V aTw s BT Fr.ED LOTKI.ET. nCGu.V history is still a living chronicle. Many of those who helbed make the history of our state are still with us and can give flrsl-hnnd Information about the day of our beginning. No need as yet to depend on th. dry records of the printed pace. Itecently I spent several Interesting hours with Jnmes W. Gib son, of Kcedvilie. a pioneer of 184.. who helped his father put up the first bulldlnir for what Is now the I'acilic University at Forest Grove. Jlarvey Clark, who had come out from Chester. Vt.. in 1841. to rto mis sionary work among tho Indians, gave W. O. Gibson and his son. James, tho contract at 118 to build a double Iob: cabin to serve us schoolhouse and boardinc school. In tills muss and mud-chinked Iok house- Mrs. Tahilha Moffett Brown was Installed as teacher and foster mother of the children who had been left motherless by the death of their parents while cross in it the plains. uriuinally th school was i.iannerf to cure for and leach only the orphans, but It widened its scope as It was seen that many of the settlers, wanting their children to set an edu cation, would send them to the school to board. Mn. Rrsas OS on Arrival.. "Grandma" Rrown was eminently rit ted to serve not only as a teacher, but a mother to the children. he was th. widow of l!ev. Clark Brown, of ?tanington. Conn., and had had three children of her own. Left without money, she taueht school in Maryland and Inter In Missouri. She came to Oregon in 184S. when she was 66 years old. settling at Salem. Silo had not been there Ionic before she was in vited by Mrs. Harvey Clark to spend the Winter with them at their home on Tualltln 1'lalns. Mrs. Brown's mother ly heart went out to the children who had lost their mothers and in some cases both father and mother on the plains. She suggested to Mr. Clark that she would like to gather the orphans around her and teach them. Mr. Clark saw the merit of the Idea and at once set about putting the plan into execu- "Grandma" Prown started her orphan school in March. 1S48. in the log meeting house. Those who could afford to wer. to pay II a week for board, lodging, tuition and washing for their children. By th. Summer of 148 there were 39 children Loardinc with Grandma Brown and It was seen that a larger school would bo needed. The new buildini?. the first cne constructed for the school, was the .28 double log house built by Mr. Gibson. Mrs. Brown was compelled to devote all her time to the boarding department and Mrs. Eells taught the children. Though Rev. Harvey Clark . had taught school on the Tualatin plains as early as 1812, it was the school started by Mrs. Brown with his co-operation that became the Tualatin Academy, and eventually 1 aclfie University. Harvey Clark was a Presbyterian minister, but later became a Consregationalist. in 1847 l!ev. George H. Atkinson was sent oat by the Home Missionary Board to work in the religious and educa tional field in the Oregon country. At the ministerial conference held bj the Pr-.-sbyterian and Congregational chnrrhos at Onroii City, in 1 S4 S. Mr. Atkinson strongly urged the establish ment of an academy. A committee was appointed to look iuto the matter. They visited Grandma Brown's orphan school and decided to convert this school into the proposed academy rather than to start a new jtchoui in opposition to it. Charter . ranted in 1M9. Tho Territorial Legislature. Septem ber 29. 1849. granted a charter to Tual atin Academy, which, according to the charter, was to be "A seminary of learning for the instruction of both sexes in science and literature." liev. Harvey Clark gave the new school a quarter section of his claim to be sold as town lots, the proceeds to be devoted to the work of the academy. Rev. Cushinsr Hells was selected as tho first principal, and his wife served as his assistant, teaching in the primary r a es In 18ol Governor William Slade. of Connecticut, president of the National Board of Popular Kducation. sent Miss Kli.abeth Miller as a teacher. Miss Miller dM not teach long, however, as she was wooed and won by a young attorney of Salem, Joseph G, Wilson, later Oregon Supreme Judge and Rep resentative in Congress. In 11 a "t-rge frame building was erected, which 1 spite of its nearly 65 years of tervice. Is still in use. Two vears later, in 185S. Rev. Sidney II. Marsh came out from the East to take charge of the schoo.. For the next 26 years he worked unceasingly to build up the institution. The year after President Marsh took charge the Territorial Legislature en larged the scope of th. institution by granting a new charter which five the academy a collegiate standing. The name was changed to "Tualatin Acad emv and Pacific University." The first graduate of the Pacific University was Harvey W. Scott. He was graduated in 1863. For nearly iO years -Mr. Scott moulded the opinion of the West as the editor of The Ore Konian. When he died he was presi dent of the board of trustees of Pa cific University. . Itecently I spent the evening with Dr. Charles J. Bushnell, president of Pacific University, at his home in For est Grove. "If I had to tell what we arc doing here in two words." said Doctor Bushnell, 'those two words would he building character.' Too many col leges are not meeting the needs of to day. They are one-sided and narrow. They train the head only. The colleno that deserves to live and grow must train the hand, the heart and the head We are planning lo train our students for commercial and industrial occupa tions so that their work will ho of actual use to them and not be cultural only. We want to teach our students to think clearly and to study tho fun damental social relationships in busi ness, politics, religion and art. We have a splendid equipment here, and we must make it count for something. We have 01 acres of campus: our five buildings represent an outlay of near ly jaOrt.OOO: we have an endowment of $L'5O,00O; we have a history of more than 60 years of worthy instruction. Our attendance is growing steadily, and I am very optimistic as to the future. I am not alone in thinking that many of our colleges are not meeting the needs of today. Other Authorities Cited. "Here is what John Dewey, of Co lumbia University, says." and he hand ed me a clipping which read as fol lows: . "Our present education is highly spe cialized, one-sided and narroiv. It is an education dominated almost entirely bv ti modleval conception of learning. whilo training for the profession of learning is regarded as a type of culture as a liberal education, that of a mechanic, a tnuniclan. a lawyer, a doctor, a farmer, a merchant or a railroad manager Is regarded as purely technical and professional. The result i that e see about us everywhere the di vision into "cultuied" people and "workers.' the eparation of theory and practice. Hardly 1 per cent of the school education ever at tain! to what we call higher education: only 5 per cent to the grade of our high schools, while more than half leave on or before tho completion of the fifth grade of the le .(Concluded on Page 8. Ccluma .
