TIIE SUNDAY OREGGXIAX. PORTLAND. 3F VHCII 7. 1920
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NjOHN DREW APPEARS IN
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Departure of Star From Empire and Also From Association With
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tractive widow, but still she fails to 45 faculty resignations since July. I OH
score. She has a beautiful young 1 1919. Some go to the branches of ; i
niece and for a while it looks as if Industry in which they are special- t I
the scientist was going to fall in love lists, fur one of the great lessons of: -with
her, but the dashing widow, J the world war was the unrealized;
bless her heart, wins out in the end i value of technical training of the uni- , I
versity and college professor. Others T
go to states that have already met the i T
crisis in their higher educational in- j B
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BY ELIZABETH LOXERGAX. . his part in "The Cat Bird" was a good
NEW YORK,
It seeme
John Drew i
'EW YORK, March 6. (Special.)
ned strange to have
appearing under new
management and not at the historic
Empire theater. His name has been
associated with the Frohmans for so
many years that his appearance at the
Maiine Elliott with Mr. Hopkins as
manager was something new though
mis part in "The Cat Came Back" was
old John Drew role. It is a cleverly
written comedy with many delightful
twists to the old bachelor role, in
which Mr. Drew always shines. Ru
pert Hughes is the author and the
hero is a clever scientist so engrossed
in his work that he lets love and
matrimony slip by as a matter of
course.
The girl he should have marrie'd
comes into the first act as an al
and the scientist believes that she has
managed the belated love affair with
out help from anyone.
There are many extremely trite
lines and of course amusing situa
tions aplenty. Janet Beecher plays
the role of the widow with Kuth
Findlay as the niece, William Ray
mond, Sidney Mason and Albert Reed
also have good roles and "The Cat
Bird" is beautifully staged by Mr.
Hopkins.
"The Jest" closed last week, after
an unusual record. It played for
about 32 weeks, extending over two
seasons and closing last season at
the height of its success because of
the extreme heat. It is said that Mr.
Hopkins' receipts approximated $500,
000, a new record for a dramatic at
traction in that length of time. As
with "Redemption," it is closing at
the height of its popularity to make
room for a new attraction, with John
Barrymore as the bright particular
star. "Richard III has been chosen
and after a short time to prepare the
elaborate scenery, the Shakespearian
season will open. It is an interesting
experiment for New York has usually
proved strangely uninterested in sim
ilar productions. Sothern and Mar
lowe has a fine engagement last sea
son and are planning another a little
later.
Lionel Barrymore will come to
town in a few days under the man
agement of John D. Williams, who
was associated with the Frohmans
during the lifetim; of Charles, but
later withdrew for his own produc
tions, many of which have been seen
in Portland. Mr. Williams will re
vive Brieux' well-known drama, "The
Red Robe" and the leading part
should suit his star very well, indeed.
And Ethel is appearing under the
Frohman banner in Zoe Akin's De
classe" with the same crowded houses
that welcomed her the first week.
John's wife, Kathleen Harris, is in
her company and Lionel's (Doris Ran
kin) will probably be seen as his
eading woman.
Henry W. Savages second prouue
ion.of the season came to town.
sharing first night honors with "The
Cat Bird." It is "Shavings." the popu
lar Joseph Lincoln novel, adapted for
he stane by Pauline Phelps and
Marion Short (who wrote "A Grand
Army Man" in which David Warficld
appeared seven or eight years ago).
lie hero, nicknamed hliavings ny
lie Cape Cod folks, is an eccentric
laker of toy windmills, the sort that
bount in all parts of the cape. He
ovable old character and does
much toward straightening out the
ffairs of his village in a simple un
assuming way. There is the innocent
ex-convict, hounded by the villain.
the village banker s daughter, who is
love with the son of his worst
neniy. All these ana oiner prooicins
came to the attention oi tne quaint
old maker of windmills. Harry Bercs
ford is delightful in the tjtle role, and
ther parts are well played oy
harles Dow Clark, Vivian TODin,
ames Bradbury, Saxon Kling, Clara
Moonfs nd little Lillian Roth.
"The Wonderful Thing came into
le Playhouse with .leanne Lagcls as
the bright particular star. Miss
agels, it will be remembered, made
er start" on tne coast- ions neioie
ho enrnn to Broadway. In "Outcast
many considered her better than Elsie
Ferguson, the original heroine. Then
she appeared with George Arliss in a
number of plays, last season, created
the leading feminine role in "Daddies"
under Mr. Belasco's management and
this is her second play this season,
for "A Young Man's Fancy" upon
which Mr. George Tyler spent a for
tune, falied to score and withdrew
with barely a week to its credit.
Mr. Broadhurst is her latest man
ager and Miss Lillian Trimble Brad-
ev. author of two successes oi tne
season "At 9:45" and "The Storm." is
the author of The wonaeriui
Thing." Of course, "the wonderful
thing is love, which comes late to a
young married couple. The French
girl has cherished a deep affection
for her husband, only to find that it
has been a marriage of convenience
on his parf. that her fortune may pay
a debt of honor. Later things work j
our satisfactorily and there are sev
eral opportunities for Miss Eagels to
act and she rises to the occasion
every time, in light or heavy scenes.
She is a charming picture and at all
times very convincing. Fred L. Til
den plays the role of a blackmailer
well. By a strange coincidence. Mr.
Broadhurst has two plays in adjoin
ing theaters, separated only by a pas
sageway. Mrs. Bradley is author and
director of both. The other is "The
Storm."
FRIENDS OF HIGHER EDUCATION TAX ACT
SUBMIT REASONS WHY LAW SHOULD CARRY
Institutions of Learning in Oregon Are Declared to Be in Desperate Need of More Funds if Work Is to Be
Carried on Efficiently and Proper Consideration Given io Welfare of Students.
Important to Retain Faculty.
Yet it is vitally important that
many of these faculty members be
kept in the state, and in particular
the technical specialists. Professors
of agriculture, horticulture, dairying.
animal husbandry, education and child
study, journalism, commerce, engi
neering, forestry and such practical
branches come to their highest worth
in a state only after years of service:
New men cannot learn Oregon in a
season . or two.
Higher education puts dollars Into
the pockets of thousands of Oregon
citizens. The feat of the agricultural
college in increasing the grain out
put per acre has alone added more to
the wealth of Oregon for each year
than the entire cost of higher educa
tion for the same year. So has the
work of the college in reducing the
fruit pests. So has its achievement
in raising the egg-laying average and
in improving the livestock. In a less
visible but no less direct way, the
university' and the normal are mak
ing their contribution of the wealth
of the state.
Higher education is a safeguard
against anarchy on the one hand and
against aristocracy and reaction on
the other. Nearly all the inventions
that helped win the war were con
tributions of college professors or, col
lege-trained men. Educated men and
women produce more and save more
The arrival in the business and in
dustry world in the last 15 years of
a great number of young men of
broad university training has helped
make America the business and indus
trial leader of the whole world. It
has helped bring the worker and em
ployer closer together and to improve
the social and financial position of
the former. Higher education in Ore
gon has been one of the strongest
factors in bringing in settlers to pop
ulate a vast region that at the pres
ent averages only nine persons to the
square mile.
Kntimate of Kffrct on Taxm.
Assessed valuations in Oregon usual
ly vary from one-third to two-thirds
of the so-called "cash valuation.
which, in its turn, Is generally lower
than the "asked price. A man pay
ing on $1000 of assessed valuation
would have J1.26 added to his annual
statement. As the prevailing tax
levies run, including Che special levies
for roads and towns and local schools,
his Increase would usually range from
one twenty-fifth to one fortieth.
That is, it would add from 2',i to
per cent to his annual taxes to have
the agricultural college, the uni
versity and the normal of his state
placed on a footing .that would let
them remain the equals of the higher
educational institutions of neighbor
ing and middle west states, and make
it possible for him to educate his boy
and girl at home, without foing to
the far greater expense of sending
them away from the state.
Imagine yourself to be responsible
for the carrying on of higher educa
tion in Oregon. The institutions for
which you have this responsibility
have been created by the people fo
the education of their boys and girls,
for the spread of good citizenship, for
educational extension to the state
generally,' and for the perpetuation of
the republic's free institutions.
Suppose that you have been pro
vided by the people with what they
expected at the time would be an ade
quate millage income. Unexpectedly
to them and to you, however, the 'in
come fails to meet growth, fails to
meet the unforeseen conditions creat
ed by a world war. In fact, the in
come stands almost still.
Costa Double In Seven Yea-rs.
Meanwhile your costs begin to go
up, up, up. They double in seven
years. Your dollars become worth 45
cents of their old buying power. Your
buildings are depreciating. Your
equipment is wearing out.
And, on top of it all, your student
enrollment jumps 150 per cent.
Would you close up your doors? Or
would you let your whole educational
system break down?
Or would you go frankly before the
people, make the facts known to them
and ask for the increase in income
that has been necessary in every
other activity.
If you would do this last, it is then
your consistent duty to vote for the
higher educational tax act.
This Is affirmative argument for the
fciKher education tax act, proposed for the
hullotin and submitted by R. S.
Bean; president of the board of regents o(
the University of Oregon; J. K. Weather
lord, president of the board of regents of
he Oregon Agricultural coues.
V Olcott. president of the board of regents
of the Oregon Normal school.
1. Higher educational institutions
forced to appeal for relief:
as great, and the buyin? power of the
existing income cut squarely in two,
the millage tax revenue has remained
almost unchanged.
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MIIIbbc Income Almost Unchanged.
The millage tax revenue has stood
almost etill because assessed valua
tions in Oregon remain about on the
same basis as they were in 1913. It
was the exDectation of the legislature.
FINANCIAL crisis is upon the . 0f the tax commission, and of all con
cerned, wnen tne present muiage sup
port was passed, that the annual rise
in assessed valuations would equal
increase in maintenance. How con
spicuously it has failed to do so is
shown by the following table:
A FINANCIAL crisis is upon
Oregon Agricultural college,
state university and the (
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the
Ore
gon Normal school. It is due to
causes over which they have no con
trol. Upon this crisis, the joint ways
islature held a hearing. The com- IBM
rnittee found the three institutions I jjjjjj
in desperate need. It found that 1 '.' ! 7
Lhey should not wait even until next
year.' Accordingly, it recommended
to the legislature an additional levy
of 1.26 mills for support, beginning
in 1921 and an appropriation of like
amount for this year alone. The
legislature itself was barred by the
6 per cent tax limitation from mak
ing the levy and appropriation, so it
referred the bill to the people, and
directed that two pages be set aside
in this pamphlet to explain the facts
to the voters. The voters are to
decide May 21. and as many of the
facts as can be contained in two
pages will now be set forth.
inhfr of Stndeata IncreaKinjr. .
Since the original millage bill wetU
Into effect In 1913, the number of
full-time residence students t the Ag
ricultural college and the state uni
versity has increased 150 per cent.
At the Agricultural college in 1913,
there were 1364 full-time students;
there are now 3378. At the State uni
versity in 1913, there were 691 full
time students: there are now 1745.
The Institutions have tried bard to
make income meet maintenance costs
in the face of this remarkable growth,
but have been unable to do eo.
: Not only has the number of stu
dents increased 150 per cent, but in
the same seven years the cost of sup
plies and equipment has doubled.
(This is not true of faculty salaries,
which have necessarily been increased
very little). The buying power of
the dollar of 1913 is today about 45
cents. The experience of the three
institutions has been the same as the
, , experience of every Oregon family.
. It is as if a family of four in 1913,
' ' J -with an income of J2000, has been in-
creased to a family of ten in 1920.
J9S4.2S2.374
1)3::. 413.080
934.4.i.032
87(t.7.-.3.!44
82S.H05.570
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With an Income of $900. And with
the attendance one and one hlf tim-
That is, the increase In the state's
assessed valuation since the millage
bills were passed In 1913 has been
3.8 per cent, while the increase in
student enrollment has been 100.5 per
cent, and the increase in operating
costs about 100 per cent.
Further, the number of students
described, totaling about 5400 at the
three institutions, includes only full
time students, and does not include
the many thousands who take winter
short courses, summer schools, ex
tension classes or correspondence
study. Ail of these also have to be
financed, however, from the millage
tax income, and their number, too,
has increased tremendously.
In actual dollars, the State uni
versity is receiving only $10,846
more than it would have received in
1913 from the millage tax income, but
It has 1054 more full-time students.
The Agricultural college Is receiving
only $14,462 more, but it has 2014
more students. The Normal is re
ceiving only $14450 more.
High Average Coat Per Student.
Had it not been for thrifty and far
sighted administration, the three In
stitutions would long before now
have been turning students away. A
pre-war report of the United States
Bureau of Education gave the aver
age cost per student per year at $325
in .the great number of American uni
versities and colleges that entered
into the calculation. At the State
university this, year, however, in spite
of the rise in prices, the cost per
student is $203, and at the college
$180. Even with the new millage bill
in effect, the cost In Oregon would
still be below the average for Insti
tutions of similar grade. The annual
student cost at the Agricultural col
lege, as an example, would still be $70
a year below the annual student cost
at a typical group of five agricultural
schools in the middle west and the
west those of Michigan. Iowa, Kan
sas, Indiana and Washington. (Note:
In addition, the costs of the five col
leges mentioned were taken from a
four-year period preceding the war,
nen costs were aDout one-nan
what they are now.)
The State university. Agricultural
college and Normal have at last "come
to the end of their rope." The war
piled on burdens that made universi
ties and colleges everywhere stagger.
It not only raised prices to the break
ing point for them, just as it did for
every man's household, but it com
pelled them to add branches of study.
to intensify their work, to whip up
their speed; for few agencies rose to
meet the call of the war as did the
universities and colleges of the coun
try. The war also showed hundreds of
thousands of men the wonderful value
of a college education. Nearly 1500
ex-service men have hurried to the
State university and the Agricultural
college alone. Welcome as they were
they have nevertheless helped to cre
ate a problem that cannot be .met
without more aid from the state.
Classroom Space AImo Cramped.
Classroom conditions at college and
university are almost impossible. . It
is natural that they should be when
it is remembered that the buildings
of 1913 were even then insufficient
and that the number of students has
increased ten times faster than class
room space. Out of the dozens of pos
sible illustrations there is room in
these two pages for one or two only.
At the university the sciences have the
laboratory and classroom facilities
sufficient for an institution of about
700, instead of one of 1745. The uni
versity library was built when the
student body numbered 400. and has
study facilities for ali at one time. At
the agricultural college students are
shifted all over the campus to find
room at all, . then are constantly
crowded into wholly unsuitable quar
ters. The teaching efficiency of the
two institutions is fast being broken
down by lack of classrooms and labor
atories. .
The cost of living has risen proba
bly about 90 per cent since 1915.
Faculty salaries a-t the university,'
college and normal have advanced
about 20 per cent since that time. The
result has been a steady loss to the
state from its best faculty material.
Teachers cannot be expected to stay
on Indefinitely out of loyalty when
they have to' borrow from banks or
dip into previous savings to keep
their families supported. At the agri
cultural college alone there have been
Note Just before this copy went to 1
the secretary of state, on March 1, the
higher educational tax act was in
dorsed by the State Tax Payers'
league at its annual meeting in
Portland. The measure had previous
ly been indorsed by the Oregon news
paper conference and by the Oregon
Retail Merchants' association. Many I
ather organizations were preparing to I
indorse it, and dozens will doubtless
do so before May 21.
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