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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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