The Sunday Oregonian., August 13, 1916, SECTION FIVE, Page 3, Image 57

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Blanket Tossing Is Camp
, LANKET tossing" for a camp
pastime has no equal for the
young huskies of the Seventh
Cavalry as they gently heave their
protesting comrade into the air and
give him the benefit of a ' birds-eye
view of the surrounding country. For
the man in the blanket, the sport loses
Ats charm after the second toss.
The Island of Santa Cruz is one of
the three in the West Indies owned by
Denmark. There are only two towns
on the island. A treatv for the pur
chase of these islands by the United
States is to be considered soon by Con
gress. The price is to be $25,000,000
and the relinquishment of our vague
claims on Greenland, which are classed
as "explorers' riRhts." The chief value
or tne islands is as a site for a coalin
station for the Navy.
The "Mary Ann" is the first practice
flying boat of the Aerial Coast
Patrol. It is at the Aviation School at
Port Washington. L. I., and on it the
youp members of the new organiza
tion have been taking lessons in flight.
The Lenox Hill Settlement in New
York opened a roof kindergarten for
the poor children of the neighborhood
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OREGON NORMAL SCHOOL
FOUNDATION BUILT
(Continued From First Page.)
the hands of succeeding generations
what the destiny of the institution
should be. As educational demands
changed, the successors worked out the
details for reorganization.
And, though the story is simple, it
covers 58 years of school evolution
lrom the time the first building was
placed on the Monmouth campus, in
1858. Before the later periods are
shown, the very beginning is impor
tant. Illinois Men Plan.
It was at the home of John E. Mur
phy one cold night in the early '50s,
when the snow was deep on the
ground, that a group of men, all from
the vicinity of Monmouth, Warren
County,. Illinois, met to ponder over a
map of the Oregon country, and to plan
io go mere. uirrerent routes were
discussed, and there was much plan
ning and argument. Rev. John E.
Murphy, William Murphy, his cousin;
Albert W. Lucas, Thomas H. Lucas,
Ira F. M. Butler. Squire S. Whitman
and Elijah B. Davidson decided to
make the Journey.
k They resolved to found a church and
a Christian college in the West. Some
homes were sold, some were rented,
and still others were left vacant.
Wagons were built, household furni
ture was sorted out, and provisions
were packed for the journey and for
eome time after arrival in the new
country. Horses also were provided
to draw the wagons in which the
women and children were to ride, oxen
to draw other wagons, and a pony each
for two of the older Murphy boys to
ride, that they might leave the train
at times to kill game.
On a clear morning, April 13, 1852,
friends and relatives were told good
bye. After reading a passage of Scrip
ture, singing a hymn and asking God
for guidance during the journey and
In building new homes and the Chris
tian college, the 30 white-topped wag
ons slowly crept out of sight of the
friends who had gathered to bid fare
well. The train moveM steadily. Finally
towns became scarce. The captain
stopped at the last town and bought a
wagonload of corn to feed the horses
and cattle while en route. The great
plains were dry and hot, but in time
the Snake and Columbia Rivers were
reached. It was August 30. 1852, that
the beautiful Willamette Valley was
reached by the pilgrims.
Ground Finally Choaen.
The first Winter was spent at Cro
ley. five miles north of what is now
Kickreall. Then the pioneers moved
south 11 miles .to a 'beautiful green
plain bounded on the west by low
foothills covered with great oak trees.
This was the chosen spot. Donation
land claims were taken, log houses
built and homes started.
In 1854 Rev. John K. Murphy, Elijah
B. Davidson, J. B. .Smith. Thomas II.
SHOWS
Pastime Island of Santa Cruz
recently. There is a wider use of roofs
for recreation every year and a move
ment has been started to have roof
gardens for children established all
over the crowded district of New York.
Nurses formed a pretty feature of
the ill-starred preparedness parade in
an Francisco. They were called upon
Lucas and. Squire S. Whitman donated
640 acres of land on which to found a
town. The land was surveyed in 1855
by T. H. Hutchinson and was platted
the townsite of Monmouth. Lots were
sold to all persons desiring to live in
a university town which was yet a
wheat field and cow pasture. The
money was to be used in establishing
securely the college, which was under
the supervision of the local Christian
Church, to be called Monmouth Uni
versity. At a mass meeting of the people the
town was named Monmouth, In honor
of Monmouth. 111., which the company
of men had left.
The first money for maintaining the
university was raised by donations.
The little wooden building stood down
on the public square, about the spot
now occupied by the Davidson studio.
Finally the Christian Church of Oregon
iook cnarge. At this time 40 life schol
arships were issued representing $500
each, which made an endowment of
$20,000. In 1858 a wooden building was
erected at a cost of $5000. It was lo
cated on the present State Normal
School grounds, on which A. W. Lucas
and others had so carefully planted fir
and maple trees.
More Settlers Drawn.
An eye must be kept on the town, of
Monmouth. In 1856 some buildings
were erected. J. B. V. Butler,' Sr., and
W. Hart each built a store. The school
grew. More settlers came. A drug
store came in 1857 and in another year
a sash and door factory had been erect
ed. Mr. Butler built the first postofticej
in 1859 and was postmaster until 1868.
He was succeeded by W. Waterhouse,
an old-time resident who held this
place for many years.
Monmouth's first house went up in
1857. It was knowp as the Ebbert res
idence when torn down two years ago.
When the house was partly razed the
camera caught it. but not before a local
movie theater had placed an adver
tisement of the play "Dante's Inferno"
upon one of the sides of the structure.
The second stage in the evolution of
the institution of learning was begun
in 1S71. when the Christian Church
changed the name "Monmouth Univer
sity to "Christian College and put up
a beautiful brick structure which is
now the middle wing or center of the
present Oregon Normal School build
ing. The brick used came from the
ground where the normal dormitory
now is located and as far down as the
residence of Rev. K. H. Sickafoose.
That such an undertaking was suc
cessful was . due largely to the ener
getic work of 'x. F. Campbell, lather
of Prince Lucien Campbell, president
of the University of Oregon, who was
head of the Christian College up to
the year 1882. He traveled about the
country and collected donations ag
gregating $15,000. Heavy subscribers to
the fund were J. B. V. Butler, Sr.. David
i Stump, Ira F. M. Butler. F. S. Powell
TOE SUSDAT OREG
PERSONS AND PLACES IN
May Be Purchased From
to render professional daties when
bombs planted at one mobilization
point exploded, killing and wounding
a lumber of persons.
Launching: hydroaeroplanes has now
become a popular ceremony much like
RESTS ON
BY PIONEERS
and others. Immediate ability to pay
was not thought by everyone, for resi
dents of the smallest means helped,
too. Women earned poney by doing
washing and by other means requiring
persistent labor, and mortgages n
properties were not uncommon.
BulldlnK Labor Contributed.
The boys attending the school and
loyal citizens of the neighborhood con
tributed labor in building the new
structure. A few of the 'early citizens
now recall the activity of the year of
'71. J. B. V. Butler. Jr., now head of
the department of history in the nor
mal school, was a small boy when he
viewed the laying of the cornerstone.
Another building this one of wood
was put up for use as a printing office.
It stood at the south end of the fir
grove on the campus. The ground floor
was used. as the offices of the Chris
tian Messenger, established in 1870, the
first newspaper of Polk County. T. F.
Campbell was editor. Town news was
covered and the happenings at the
college appeared in detail. This old
structure, which was later the eating
house for many hundreds of students
coming to Monmouth, was sold for $45
last year and moved away.
The students enrolled in Christian
College numbered. 130. Four profes
sors were in the faculty. Language
and literature made up the most im
portant part of the course. The first
class graduated in June of 1871. It
was composed of the following mem
bers: A. F. Campbell, Horace Knox,
Charles E. Wolverton, Mary Stump, Os
car Knox, Bruce Wolverton. Sarah L:
Churchill, Nancy A. Springer.
Early Instruction Recalled.
T. F. Campbell, as educator, preacher
and publisher, was a noted character.
He taught the Christian principles on
hlch the college was founded, and
his teachings are still alive. His stu
dents remember dominant points in the
early Instruction. A tew have been
collected after various interviews a- d
run as follows:
Whatever you do, do with all your
might.
"This is a busy world and he who
would keep pace with the times must
travel by . rail and send his thoughts
in advance by electricity.
"To be content you must be busy;
to be useful you must be active.
"It is an oracle sanctioned alike by
reason and revelation that if any will
not work neither shall he e: M
"Select a profession best suited to
your tastes, talents and surroundings.
uen make yourself master of it in
every detail.
"Study economy: shun avarice.
"Live not for yourself alone, but for
God and humanity.
"Take your neighbors by guile and
teach them the philosophy of their be
tag. The body politic, local and gen
eral is full of corruption."
The trustees of the college set en
OXT AN. PORTLAND, JULY 13, 1916.
Denmark Aerial Coast Patrol Gets First Flying Boat
the fashion of setting ships afloat upon
the sea. Mrs. Vincent Astor was the
recent sponsor for the new flylnar boat
of the New York Naval Militia which
was launched at Brooklyn. A bottln of
champagne was used to christen the
craft.
trance requirements and regulations
after entrance. Adherence to them was
strictly enforced. " Some of the regula
tions were: - ,
"Every candidate for admission into
any department of the college must
present satisfactory evidence of good
morai character. It is required that
every student shall pay his tuition and
janitor's fee before his name is entered
upon the class book; that he be diligent
in study, punctual in attendance at the
calling of the morning roll, recitations
and examinations: that having entered
any class he will not leave it with
out the permission of the faculty; that
he neither introduce upon the prem
ises or use any intoxicating beverages;
that he abstain from profanity, the des
ecration of the Lord's day. all kinds
of gaming for a reward or prize of any
kind and from card playing even for
amusement and also from whatever else
is inconsistent with Rood order, good
taste and rood morals; that he go not
beyond the immediate precincts of the
village without the permission of the
president and faculty; that he do not
visit a drinking saloon, attend any ball,
billiard saloon or other improper place
of amusement: that he neither keep in
his possesion or use firearms, a dirk, a
bowie kinfe or any other Kind or a
deadly weapon; that he do not loiter on
the streets."
Early in the '70s the financial status
of Christian College was not firm. How
things might have been different came
in soon, for in 1874 the question of the
location of a state university came up
for the consideration of the Legisla
ture. Monmouth wanted the University
of Oregon. It offered the buildings and
campus free L the state would decide
in its favor. Monmouth pressed its
claims. When the matter came to a
vote there was a tie between Eugene
and Monmouth. But when the deciding
vote was cast. Eugene won.
"Who gave the deciding vote to Eu
gene? Mrs. Mary Campbell, or Mon
mouth, was ssked.
It was R. S. Chrystal. of Dallas, who
voted against Monmouth," was the re
ply. Just why this Polk County man was
unfavorable to the proposed location
of the State University in his own
county Is not known now. At least, no
early resident can give Mr. Chrystal s
explanation.
Financial Condition Shaky.
Christian College continued. The
financial condition was shaky. The
Christian Church found It could not
support the school longer. The de
cline of Christian learning In Mon
mouth was augmented in 1876 by the
death of Rev. John E. Murphy, one of
the college's strongest supporters. He
had been vice-president and financial
secretary since the school's founding.
Almost every Saturday he would mount
his saddle pony and ride for miles to
Harrisburg. Coburg, Pleasant Hill or
some other distant town to preach to
the people.
So enthusiasm began gradually to
die out new conditions, new Indus
tries, new denominational schools were
established in the Valley. The old
thusiasts began to wane, and realizing
the end was near, they again pressed
, claims for a state school. Again they
offered the buildings and lands free
to the state. And this time the state
id "yes." It was 188 2 and the Legis
lative Assembly passed a bill creating
normal school to be located at Mon
mouth.
The third educational period had be
gun. JJ. X. Stanley was cnosen presi
dent of the normal school, holding of
fice until. 1890. He built the south
wing of the present structure from do
nations of $15,000. The first floor was
used for clsssrooms; chapel and the
training department took the second.
There were Just four grades .in the
training school and these were con
ducted by Miss Cassavant, the first
teacher.
The cardinal principles on which the
normal school was founded were:
First That education is the accumu
lation of power by self-government
through voluntary effort, much more
than the mere acquisition of know!
edge of prescribed tasks.
Second That true government In
education is self-government, induced
by educating the higher nature of man,
and not by a system of laws and penal
ties prescribed by boards of trustees
and enforced by a faculty of spies.
Third That the co-education of the
sexes brings about better results In
study and in government, makes better
members of society and citizens of the
state.
Many on Board Prominent.
The first normal school board of
trustees consisted of the following.
of whom many are prominent In the
state's affairs: A. S. Powell. Albany;
George H. Burnett, Salem; John Wol
verton. Monmouth: J. . Cowls. Mc
Minnvllle; A. B. Griggs. J. J. Brlston.
L. Bentley. A. W. Lucas. Ira F. M.
Butler. William Dawson, E. Bedwell.
F. S. Powell. D. S. Stump. T. F. Camp
bell, J. L. Riggs, all of Monmouth; J.
Vanduyn. Independence: J. H. Hawley,
McCoy; S. C. Adams, Salem: J.' R. Cald-
weJL Carlton; H. W. Murphy. Cleveland
Wash.: J. I. Thompson, Salem: W. D.
Fenton, Portland; T. D. Humphrey.
Hillsboro.
P. L. Campbell became president in
1890. He was a part of that succeed
ing generation which worked out plans
to suit the times and carried them to
success. His services for the normal
school ended In 1902. when he was
named president of the University of
Oregon.
In 1892 a public school was built
where the new school now is situated.
The land was donated by Mrs. J. B. V
Butler. Sr.
By 1899 the number 6f students in
the Normal had reached 280. More
room was needed and the north wing
was erected. It cost $10,000, which sum
was the first appropriation the state
ever made to the school at Monmouth.
Competitors sprang tip in normal
school work, and at one time there
were four schools In Oregon, at Ash
land. Weston. Drain and Monmouth.
The burden finally became so great ths
violent agitation was beicun to eliml
nate all the schools. This was vir
tually accomplished and In 1909, under
THE PUBLIC EYE
Nurses in Parade Aid San Francisco Bomb Victims.
the presidency of E. T. F
Monmouth school closed its
Res'.er. the
doors.
Pioneer Spirit Revived.
The pioneer spirit exhibited itself.
Alumni of the school organized ror
work and In a persistent campaign
told the people of the state why the
school snould be reopened. The Initia
tive brought the desired result at the
election of Noverrtber 8. 1910. when a
lO.ooo-majority vote was given.
Operations began in Septemoer,
with J. H. Ackerman the new presi
dent. This start, sfter the school had
been dormant for two years, may be
called fittingly the fourth stage In the
educational evolution. Public opinion
in Oregon reorganized itseif.
Improvements then were rapid. A
$50,000 girls' dormitory was built in
1912. A heatlnc plant and $10,000 gym
nasium came the following year. An
addition was made to the campus
thre'j acies in 1914. - Oregon's first
state training school was built in Mon
mouth in 1916 t a cost of $50.oio. For
fire years under the new regime the
attendance has grown at the annual
rate of 40 per cent. Five hundred at
tended the last Winter term and 825
the 1916 Summer session. The institu
tion, after a long struggle, seems per
manent.
Many have played a part in tho
story "Why Things Are In Monmouth."
The pioneers' worn was lnaispcnsaoie.
Likewise the work of successors has
been a necessary part in assuring the
continuity of the historic institution of
learning. Throuch sacrifice recorded
all along the way and by respect for
that spirit first shown at the meeting
at Monmouth. 111., the original hopes
are accomplished in the termination of
the scheme.
Contact Not Neded to Poi
son From Ivy.
Exposure to "Infection" May !
Counteracted by Kepeated Whi
Insr In Warm Water With Strongly
Alkaline Soap as Soon, as Possible.
D'
IRECT cor.tact with the poison
Ivy plant is not always necessary
to produce poisoning, as the
poison may be transferred from cloth
ing, gloves, and Implements, also from
towels used by those who have been in
contact with the plant. When there
id reason to believe that there has
ben exposure to the poison, repeated
washing with warm water and strong
ly alkaline soap as soon as possible
is advisable, says the Weekly News
Letter of the United States Department
of Agriculture.
There is no one remedy that will cure
all cases of Ivy poisoning, and In se
vere cases a physician should be con
suited. Specialists of the department
have found the following methods and
formulas useful in many cases: At the
outset, removal of the cause of the Irri
tation may be accomplished by cleans-
Ing the inflamed surface repeatedly
with alcohol, or with a saturated solu
tion of sugar of lead In alcohol, using
a fresh bit of lint or absorbent cotton
each time, to avoid spreading the Ir
ritant. The sugar of lead solution can
not be used over extensive areas be
cause of risk of lead poisoning. Cov
ering the Inflamed parts with lint or
absorbent cotton kept constantly moist
with llmewater or with a saturated so
lution of bicarbonate of soda will af
ford relief. When this can not be used,
a simple ointment, such as sine oxide
ointment, is recommended. A solution
containing 1 ounce of fluid extract of
grindelia to 1 pint of water appuea on
inwMl bv ainc-oxide ointment.
treatment must be used with cautloil
extensive cases because of the poi-1
bllltv of mercury poisoning. The acute
Inflammation of Ivy poisoning Is some
tlrres followed by eczema and second
ary Infections of the skin, which, in
miM cases, will yield readily to treat
ment with bland antiseptic ointments.
A formula highly recommenced for ivy
noiooning and often especially neipiui
at this stage Is the following:
Carbolic acid grams
Resorcin 1 grams
Hismuth subgallate grams
Equal parts water and limewater
to make c- -
This solution may be Jabbed on the
affected parts several times a day.
"K. OF K." FEARED WATER
Earl Always Wore Lifebelt Waist
coat AVlien Aboard Ship.
LONDON. Aug. 10. Lord Kitchener
had a sort of foreboding of an accident
at sea. So much was this the case
that he never crossed from Dover to
Calais without wearing a lifebelt
waistcoat, one that he had specially
made for him in Egypt before he made
his famous advance to Khartum.
Though so often on the sea and an
excellent sailor, he detested sea trips
and never felt comfortable on board
any ship. He complained that the sea"
affected his sight.
Another curious point was that while
he always acquired curios In any part
of the world In which he might be. he
took care never to allow his purchase
to be on the vessel on which he was a
passenger.
Riley's Letters Wanted.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Aug 7. As a
memorial to the late James Whltcomb
Riley, Hoosler poet, a movement has
been started to make a collection of
his letters, many of which are said to
be scattered throughout the United
States. The work will be In charge of
Edmund H. EtteL a nephew of the poet.
cloths and allowed to evaporate may jj
afford relief. Black wash, prepared by
adding 1 dram of calomel to 1 pint olt
llmewater. may be applied two or threy
times a day. allowed to dry. and fj'
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