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JIIMS MB M -'- ' - - ' ; ; ; . . . " . ' ." . . . . . ' 1 " " " 1 " . I1 11 1 ' 1 ,' ,f I ri."":' Vr v.-.--.... ....,. .. '... , . ' .11 WHAT THE SCHOOL PAGE MEANS . A new department of The Sunday Journal, of which this pat pre enta the first installment, has been inaugurated. Aa a clanct will . i 1 show. It i a department devoted to the work of , the public school! or mis city, in mis pays eacn weex wiu ds presenter examples oi the work done by the public school pupils, end other features h ow ing methods of instruction in various, branches, and the advance merit, being made.'.; v. . . ", .... . , ; There will be articles by teachers and others on the work of tfca public schools, discussing many phases of it, of interest to' parents and all citizens.- The school news of the week will be fully reported, -as The Journal believes there it' nothing more. important than our common ' schools ' . ''' ' V ' , ' .Attention will be given to the special and modern departments of the schools, -especially drawing and mechanical work, illustrations of which will be presented.' The productions oT the art department' will receive notice, and pupils, it is hoped, encouraged. . The schools will W- divided into groups, and work in compost- ', tion will, be an especial feature of this department, it beinar honed thus to stimulate not only improvement in written expression, but also a taste for reading and Jhe-srudr of correct expression in larf- T guage, and thus to add by a pleasing means to the children's store X : of knowledge, and to their means of acquiring it, T The Journal's intent Is to transfer both the 'teachers' and the X- pupils' ideas and efforts, aa far as practicable, U. this page, and it desires, the children to feel that, subject to the supervision of their T . teachers, who will help conduct the, department, this is their nae-e. 4 and it hopes. that ther will derive 'both profit and pleasure from their contributions to it: and their representation in if Their work X will certainly also be of much interest to their parents and friends, ana so, we may say, to the public generally. t Space will be .given each week to school athletic sports, and since a school athletic league has been formed great interest will be shown in this feature of the page. Another feature will be an outline of some of the books found in the children's department of the public library ,with a view to en couraging pupils to read not 'only newspapers but good books. Next Sunday this page will be devoted largely to composition work by pupils of the Ladd, Hawthorne, Williams avenue and Sunny aide ;, schools. -Jt v v v-r ,.. u, , . . ! It is especially flrratifvinar that in inaue-uratmo- J--.-t.i ;rf..r -i i . -'a -- a -----o i ... inc journal na me gooa win ana cooperation of superintendent X Rigler and of the principals and teachers generally, in the Portland w scnoois. vvitn ineir aia an A( Toting, Artist's . Conception of an Oregon Landscape..- and that of the school children th! nr. ;. expected, to become one of the most valuable and most intesesting features of the paper.' . 1. . '. , ART IN SOUL OF EVERY ,: CHILD'S LIVING NATURE Good Books for Boys and Girls in Public Library ' By Miss Millard. Abbott. A. B. "Frigate's Namesake, Btorv of a little alH who loves ' the United States navy end everything con Alcott. L. M. "Old-Fashioned JlrL" Polly may be old-fashioned, but she la so merry and lovable that all the stria like to read about. her first vlslt'to lirfu nltv. Alton. Edmund. "Am on a the Law male'' The author when a boy was a page in the senate, ana ne teua aooui the dolnaa - of conareaa and about the men on whom the panes wauea Baldwin. James.. "Story of Slet treat fried." Telia of hie forging- the won drous . aword and of the many other atrance and 'daring- deeda which he did. . Rinntnniii Haltm. ."Stnr fit m T.lttle Black. 8am bo.'" A tla-er etorr with col ored pictures for small readers. Barbour, R. H. , "The Halfback." Story of a preparatory school and of the freahman ; year at Harvard. Football and ailf. clmtln with, an account of a Yale-Harvard football am. i arnea. Jamea. . -. "Midshipman Farra- ruu ine great aamirai a Doynooa ex perlencea on board Commodore Porter's hip the- Esaex. during Ita eventful erulaa in the Pacific. Baas, Florence. "Nature Stories for Young- Raadera Plant Life." Very aim. 'le little talks intended to interest very ittle-readers In plant Ufa-. V.m -A T.. 1V...U... m w. A Their Tenants." Telia about the erab and' his portable house, the spider and hia web, the animal that rolls himself Into a ball, and other ourloos folk and their oaeer homes. Brooks. Dorothv. "Stories rot the Red Children.1 - What the little red children believe about the wind, stars and rain, told -in simple language. Deland. K D. "Successful .Venture." The "successful venture" of four rlrls and their younar brothen who, rather tnan be dependent oh theln relatives.: go iu wurn ana earn ineir own living.' . French, H. W. . "Lance of KananS Btory of a brave : Bedouin boy, "the euea -messenger or the . prophet," and nww no gave ma ure to save tne Ara Diana rroni the hands of their enemies. - tiairia j. t. "Uncle Remus and HI "Why the Hawk r Brother wtir Rabbits,", and Frlenda"' Contains Catches Chickens," "Why Brother Wolf rMrt' Car hj 'T.ltlU. D.kkll.'.J other plantation stories. Kltrtlnir. Rlldvar1 "Jilncla . RmV " Splendid story about the animals of the forests of India and tha aenrta at "tha jungis aa tliey tell them. - i- Klrkland. E. S. "Six Little Cooks.f How Aunt Jane taugrht six little gir to cook all sorts of gopd things; con tains easy recipes for any girl to try-at home. . , Miller. O. T. "Our Home Peta" Ha- riea about eats, dogs and birds. Telia, among other things, how to take care of mem ana wnat to reed them when sick. By Miss Esther Wuest RT lies within the 1 soul or every I child. ' It is a part of, not a thing "for el gn to, hu man nature, and requires develop ment just as any other part of our nature. It is to a large extent due to the p v b 1 1 o scnooia io de velop and care for this art Instinct. Which, if properly - developed, leads to UfllOJfl pOSSIDU- J 1 Hies and . a full ' 1 r appreciation of every wojk or ure. It Is Just Tas true today as It ever was that drawlnar la the i- I basis of industry . i and that . taata In industry is the ttsmmM.vmmttm basis of public wealth. And the nation which has the taste can control the markets of " the world. When ; Napoleon decreed that every child in' the public schools of France should be taught to draw, he f:ave such an impetus to the artlstlo if of . the French people that in this ' then?0 B Ba,,on na" 'nce approached The development through the schools a a m "Tm DIB. and must be tuuuuvu un aenerai educational prin ciples as well as on general art prin ciples, , , . An error prevalent among many poo pie Is that the work of this department of education Is done entirely with the nanaa. It takes as much iiiki produce a satisfactory drawing aa It does to do a problem in arithmetic. The hand la mn t th mnt t .v.. Rra,n.Jan.d nu1l be trained to follow Its dictates. To learn to record what the eye per ceives Is not all. even though It be perfectly done. . Thera la a. Atr. cult "olence, that of developing a love wnicn element is Within every Child. Tha mnaMr(nn of , the beautiful and pure in art ought to stimulate a desire for tha anm. fo ments in the pupil's every day life, re vealed in the appearance of his room, personal belongings, dress, selection of color harmonies. ate. Rah i ahould revive the desire to gain more knowledge and step by step a founda tion would be laid which could not be are laid aside, the boys and girls of our i:nuum win nave acquirea sometning oi vaiuo iur wniuvtr vocation nr nrn. fesalon. they may choose, and more than mat, an appreciation oi the beautiful ana oi wnat lire really means. high-school Is beinar constructed in the iNorin AiDina oiniriiii. ' No other cltv in the' country of any. where near the same size has aa good a PORTLAND SCHOOLS GROW WITH GREAT RAPIDITY - Some years ago the educational world of the United States sat up and rubbed its eyes over a report cent out by the . city school superintendent of Los An : geles. . '' This report showed that schools of the Southern California metropolis made a gain of 10 per cent in the attendance over the preceding year. Such growth . waa regarded as phenomenal and the prestige, of the orange grove village experienced a boom that no other single Influence had given it since Its found- lag. - . !- . Far and wide the news was spread by the town boosters and the next enn- . sua demonstrated that school facilities are the most potent factor In the building" up of a city's population. Los ' Angelea, ' heralded aa the educational center or ine racirio- siope, a re w unto Itself thousands of home builders who - swelled the number, of inhabitants added yearly' to the city by thousands and created a new high-water mark for ' rapid growth. ! : Set STew JUoord. previous to tnat time 4 or 5 per cent waa resTarasa aa a mgn annual increase in school attendance. Chicago had been considered one of tha school rlUes ef the United tSates. Ita annual rrowth waa only per cent; New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Co lumbus and Cleveland and other cities were proud of the fact that they could point to an annual increase in the pub lic school registration of even leas. While all the world marveled at the progresslveneas ef Los Angeles and en-j vied her there waa one city that said nothing but kept on in the same old conservative way to make a record that woa Id speak for Itself. Of course, you n ruassea tae name oi tne city, la Portland. ' It Portland Tar Ahead. If the growth of Los Angeles schools In one year was considered marveldus wnat must ne saw or a eity that has shown almost as great an average in crease yearly for 10 years. Los Ana-e- les in an exceptionally favorable year maun a new recora, out ir tne average for the past 10' years were taken Into oonsiaerauon tne ua morn la city would oe xouna many, points paiow ortiana. The attendance last vear In tha Dublin schools of Portland showed 'an Increase of more than 12 per cent over the year preceding and this year fn even greater gain will be recorded. ' Big Increase Svary Year. But the surprising thing is that the Increase annually for the past 10 years ns oecn. mora xnan 1 per cent, in is tne total attendance was 11.S4S: In 1801 it la 19,463. An the gain is be coming greater. Blow in starting, the attendance did not show any phenome nal increase until 108, when .the num ber of school children who registered in the public schools waa-t per cent more than in 1006. Last year and thla year thla percentage of grain was It per cent and next year it is expected to be even greater. In 1898 there were 2S schools' and ISS teachers. Today there are 48 schools and a staff of 80S teachers. Two of these schools are high schools and the! others graded Institutions.. A third public sonool aystem as tnat or Port land, courses or manual training, tne trades, music and the arts In addition to the regular acholastic curriculum are placed within the reach of every boy and gin in tne city. The salary roll Is 850,000 a month, but a movement started before the financial stringency last year has been revived to make this larger. . Portland has. as efficient, a corps of instructors In Its schools as' has any city In Amer ica but they are Induced to stay here from other reasons than that of salary. for It is a matter of regret that the scale of wages is aliehtlv less than that of other progressive cities on the coast and elsewhere. The school board. It Is thought, will take steps to remove this drawback be fore tne beginning or the next year. Tha nubile and tha nreaa were In rnvor of increasing the salary appropriation last year, but just when It aeemed that the long needed raise would- be made In the stipends of instructors the strin gency came on and the board for lack of funds decided to defer recommend ing the additional tax levy which would have enabled them to pay Increased salaries until a more favorable time. If is believed that the board will ask for the extra appropriation at the next annual taxpayers- meeting wnen tne salary question will be put up to the people. ILLUSTRATIONS ON THIS PASE TIIE WORK ,0F- SCHOOL CHILDREN lis -J ln AH the Illustrations . on this page are . the ' work of pupils the olty schools. They are pre sented not as ' ' the finished product of . experienced artists, but as safflpUs of the work which the 1 school : children are doing. Some of . them are the 4) ' work of beginners, other were 4 drawn by pupils in the, higher grades. From week to week this page will , present similar evi dences of the art training in Portland's publlo schools. ??!; Ill '.i-.w.,;:. . . MM mm- - ImmMmmmmmmm ;7 4 PI t -1 ,"' Mm - 1 Pretty Wash Drawing,, by Edwlo Johnson, Seventh Grade, Couch School. - DE. PAUL IVADER "IS - with East side high East side hlga. school is . now - en gaged In turning out her second foot ball team. DrPaul Rader. pastor. of 1 they are too much occupied with money making.' , It Is therefore to. the rising generation that we v must look for help. If we can educate and enlist the active aid of these, in whose handa are . vested ' the future of protective and preservative politics, we may view the outlook with some comfort ' Hence It is that at every publlo and at every " private sohool no oonortunitv should be lost to tell the impressive story er America s amasmg waste OI its wonarous natural resources. Sayings ef Chiidrcn. ' A primary boy after a few daya in school decided he wanted to go home during the aesslon and asked his teacher to take him. ; A little girl who over heard said, . TWhy, . you can't go home with him because all the rest of the children will want to go and when peo ple see you they'll say: 'Here comes the old lady In the shoe.'-" the Hassalo Street Congregational church' and ' a great football flayer. Is the head coach. Rader is being assisted by Virgil D. Earl, formerly of the Uni versity, of Oregon, and W. A." Fenster macher of : Princeton. Both, men are mambera of the faculty. ' For captain juast eiae nasone or tne tat niavers in ine inierscnoiaauc league in Anson CornelL ' Hla position is quarterback, and his' work In running punts and his excellent handling of the team aia mucn 10. Keep uiem in tne run nlnar last season. West Side was rather late in start Ins- football work this year, but with Dave Jordan coaching the team, and one of the heaviest teams tney nave -ever had, thev do-not exDect anv bad results from their late fltart. Newton Smith, the big tacKie, is captain or. tne team. . Jordan is an experienced football player, having played end on the Mult nomah team for several years. .He has tha confidence of. the boys worklns- un der him. and they are working hard to ttirn out a winning team. Smith, the oaDtaln. haa Played tackle for the last two years, ana is a xavorite witn an tne Doys. Klsawnere in tms issue or The Jour nal will be found pictures and descriptions- of the high school and other teams. . Teach the School Children TBy Caspar Whitney In Outing Magasine. . xue autumn . scnooi opening; prompts me. to say there is no lesson of deeper significance for 'teachers to expound to tneir sonoiars tnan tnat one pregnant with the personal responsibility of every American for the safeguarding Df tne xoreaia wa uie wna animal, oira ana fish life. Not' alone as a food supply out xor ins maintenance 01 tne coun ry and the prosperity of the neonle. 1 suppose the superficial thinker will call-this an overdrawn picture. But study the well-attested figures on. the relationship of forest . preservation and the water supply; on the protection of insectivorous birds and agriculture: and on fish-life conservation and .the market price, y .-( ' I',-.; -.. Much, of the effort to arouse Interest In this cause tmont our nela-hhnra la labor - lost;, not because our neighbors are . lacking: intelligence, . but because I Some one, spelled mouse. mouS. .The teacher pointing to the word asked what followed, and received Hhe prompt re ply, ;'A cat." ' Trying to teach politeness a teacher stopped a boy who ' was passinar In front f her and asked, "What" should you say T' He reflected a minute and then said, "Hello!" PAGE OUGHT TO BE I . ENCOURAGED; ! Br-Prof.;Tran:vRigJcr.;Sttpj.. SchpoI(,rortUitd. - .1 It ts proposed by the editor of The Journal to devote each weelt everal columns of his. paper to the publication of commendable i work, done by pupils of the elementary public schools. This proposal is so exactly opposite to the usual attitude of newspapers towards ? 'public schools that In ray. opinion It ought to be accented and an- 'X couraged. To find specimens of the poorest work done lit the sckool t, room nd publish, them aa the average product; to give publicity to '.i the grievances Vol discharged employes or unsuccessful applicant!; ' 5 , to Kuess at ine . acunauencics oi dudhs ana traciiers-snd nrnduro .w sensational articles out of such subject matter; to declare tha school .': buildings fire-traps . and pet houses,- this furnishing material, used . unscrupulously by untruthful canvassers for certain private schooli ', these are some 'of the commoner ways in which the schools are no- ' ticed by. the'press. - .. ; -v; ; . f,'t 4" . It is. refreshing, therefore, to. meet a mah who is honestly seek- Ing what js. meritorious in the schools with "a view of making it pub-' lie We are glad to-welcome the representative Of such an editor into our school rooms and teachers' meetings, and to facilitate hia' inquiry into what vt are really" doing. It will be found, I predict, - that instead of scattering a pupil's attention among 12 studies, as waa ' .'recently alleged, more than half'of hia time ia given to three, and ' that the so-called fads, instead of wearying him, furnish an agreeable ' variety in his daily program.- .Without boasting about tha quality of ', the work done in the public schools,' I think that those looking for merit will find it. for our children are not dunces, neither are their teacners loots.- ' , . x la conclusion let me express the hope that the school page of The J . Journal 'will become as popular as -it deserves, and that its files will X lurnish a standing retutation ot the time-worn charges of inefficiency, .which malice and business rivalry have so. often uttered against the'' public schools. - i . , ..-V,. - -4 -!,....,.-. . ARRANGE PROGRAM FOR COMING ATHLETIC WORK Knowing the combinations the class could readily answer 77 and 23 are 9i 77 and 88 are 110; but when they were aRKed 77 and 44, tney replied in cnorus, 'jweyenty-eieven.. ' 'How Is your baby sister," was asked of a little boy. "Oh, she is awful much better. . We had one baby and it died. We got another one now. We buy most every Daoy tnat comes along. ' Sent to tha lanltor to anolnirlca for naving tnrown sana at mm. a little rel low eaid, "I'll rorgive you." t , At ' ft ,v.. ... :;:: is.sjws. ( By: "Pearl G.;m ao) Eighth . Oradei Holladay-School Scholar. : By .Prof. Robert Krohn, Physical Dlrectoif HE members of the Grammar .School Athletic leagu held' a meeting last ween and i program , of th athletio work to be carried out during the ran and' win ter season was ar ' ranged. ' The first event - will,. of course, be foot ball, and from . present indica tions as many yttiitimiiiai teams will be ren- resented ' as ' were entered in baseball last spring. Football brings out the manly qualities In a boy to a greater extent than, any other came and narenta Buuuiu not ooject to tneir Doys taxing part. If physically fit to do so. Hopkln Jenkins, principal of the Hol- laaatr icnoo . wnn an aniv tnnna trail th baseball end of It last season, found It impossiDie to continue ror the hraaent and iias resigned aa secretary. Princi pal Wiley of tn Shaver school waa elected In his place and has consented to take care of the football schedule. It is expected' that all schools having football teams will elect their managers ana captains during tne present week and then he real work of preparing the, teams for the contests will begin. ne league wiu rurnisn Tootnaiis to an teams enterimr for tha cames. and will assist in every war Dossible to haln put a large number of teams la the field. considerable trouble has- beert experi enced in securing competent officials In the past, and it la hoped that soma of Portland's old-time football heroes will kindly come forward and volunteer their services for the good of the cause, by refereeing one or more games. Owing to the difference in weight and the in ability of some of the smaller sqhools to put as good a team in the field as schools of. It to 10 rooms, the teams will be classified and two divisions formed. The winners in each division will be given a handsome sliver cup. to become the permanent property of the schools they represent, while the indi vidual members of each team will be presented with a suitable badge or medal. At the close .of the football season, basket ball will be tried out, and If successful will be a part of the reg ular winter schedule. Soma tlmo iturini February an indoor athletio meet will be held either at the armory or admin istration building, where boys of all grammar grades will be given un oppor tunity to try their sneer! and In the sprints and field events. With the exception of the finals, all trump are to be free to the publlo and It is hoped that parents and those Interested In the rising generation of athletes will turn out to. the games and encour age by their presence and .applause, the efforts and struga-los of the voun li sters. Remember the Smithson, Gilbert and Kelly will not forever ha avaiinhi and the Juniors of today will be seniors tomorrow. The members of the gram mar ocnoot. Atnieuc league nave under- taken a large but highly commen'dable task and should have the assistance anl cooperation of parents and the publlo generally. No one has been asked tn contribute a cent toward the fund. The money having been , earned by the bova and girls at their field-day drill on Multnomah Field last June. All teach. era and principals gave this undertaking their heartiest support, not single per son receiving, a penny for any service rendered and It is now up to the Dublla whether or not thla rood work la tr continual The MultnomaH club haa Generously offered the use of the . leld whenever it is not otherwise o cou pled and it is hoped Other fields In various sections will be available. Let everyone boost the league, give the boys a chance, .help them along; and then later on they will be better able to help themselves and others. HEALTH OF SCHOLARS IS MATTER OF MUCH MOMENT In the July number of tha North American Review. William H. Allen. secretary or tne jaureau or American re- searcn, enumerates 10 steps for tna pro tection and Dhvslcal welfare of school ennaren, wnicn constitute a program tnat is immediately practicable In all states. 1. A thoroueh Dhvslcal examination of all children of all schools, nubllo. na. rochlal- and private. S. Notification of parents and family physicians as to children's needs. That tens of thousands of records of defeats piled up at health headquarters do not help children has been conclusively proved In New Tork. t. "Follow un" notices with visits to Inform and persuade parents to cor rect defects and to remove their causes. 4. JSnrorcement of existing laws and securing proper authority, where this Is now lacking, to comnel obstinate nar enta to take necessary -steps. B. Periodic reexamination of school children during school life. 6. Physical examination of children when applying for work certificates. 7. use of information gained regard ing physical effects of bad living con ditions to secure enforcement of health and tenement laws, restriotion of hours of labor, control of dangerous trades, prevention of child labor, 8. School buildings - and sohool cur riculum should be so constructed and so managed that they cannot themselves either produce or aggravate physical ' defects. 8. The effect of school environment and school requirements upon the child should be eonstantlv atudlait. Tnukm should be examined and reexamined for moir vitality, iwnicn exercises an im portant influence upon that of the pupl. JPi -Hygiene should be taught that children will learn their health lights and how to maintain them. . "Glri8, Debating Society. The Girls' Debating Society of the East Portland High school, with an ac tive membership ef - 40, has bright prospects for the following term, under the following officers: President, Margaret Thomas; vioe-prealdent. Qoldle Grtssom; secretary, Alleen No reen; as sistant, Emma Chrlstman; treasurer, Mary O'Donnell; sergeant-at-arma. Nor ma Dobie; editor. Alary IJavies. - Open programs are given each Friday at 2:30 p. m. The society will hold Us annual at home October 17, when the new members will be Initiated. MART C. DAVIS. Editor. 748 Greenwood avenue. City. A Busy Official. Superintendent Frank Rigler of the elty schools is a busy official. All day long his office is besieged by a busy crowd of people. An Immense amount of business Is transacted, all of which baa to be directly supervised by the school chief. Whether it Is to attend a meeting of the school board which may make recommendations involving the expenditure of thousands of dollars, or only to dole out supplies to the half a hundred Janitors of the different buildings, Mr. Rigler is always called upon. At the dullest period of the day. when other. offices are empty, even of clerks, Mr. Rlgler's office rooms are filled with waiting teachers. dudIIs nr pa.uuna oc viie scnoois. l;:vt '."n 41- -Tfeis'C n J F- , ::-ir.j3 ( f. ... ... i' , ( v. - .-- '- ( . h V J i VS (' y A- I. ai.-a Ll ' J wS-wr- " 'V r- -w-' -J ? ' , 'J S I J I Lis cf tfraalecs is as follows: 1, Frank stlfB Xi-aa4 k aT" . a. aa.a. . .. .. . Am. - .... . . a . . - -.- . . . vni, aoorji; ao. z. Marion Kotverraon, aonn totrai; iso. . inreni Monpie-r, wuiiAma a veaue stfiooi; , Chaiiea Becker. Norta Central; o; t, Lndwig liar reach on, WDIUms . Aveaue school. No. , Roy Palm, Willlame Aveoae school; ho. 7, Myrtle Smith, North Central; No. another little aketck by Mrrtl- SailtA.
