THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. JUNE IS. 191$.
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PAGK
ING
IT SHOW
EARLY HISTORY OF
OREGON SUCCESS
Big Event at Willaraette Univer
sity Seen by Thousands While
Thousands Cannot Find Seats.
DEMAND FOR REPETITION
History of University, Oldest in
Northwest, Unfolded Step by
Step in a Series of Tableaux.
Eaim, June 3 4. Tnai me story 01 me
early history of Oregon- and. Inci
dentally, of Willamette university, which
antedates the state of Oregon might be
perpetuated and that present and future
generations might be imbued with at
least a slight touch- of the indomitable
spirit which prompted the pioneers to
"respond to tho call of the red man for
th white man's book of heaven and
carry civilization into the great North
westthis was the motive back of the
production of the historical pageant of
Willamette university depicting the
origin and progress of this, the oldest
institution' of higher learning west of
the Rocky mountains, and commemorat
ing the seventy-fifth anniversary of the
founding of the institution.
THOUSANDS SEE PAGEAIfT
More than 6000 people witnessed the
three presentations of the pageant Sat
urday night, Monday afternoon and
Tuesday night, June 7, 9 and 10, and
fully half that many more were turned
away disappointed because of lack- of
seating facilities. Among the thousands
who saw the production this year were
many former students and friends of
the university who .had traveled long
distances.
Great as were the expectations of its
promoters the presentation excelled even
these expectations and the repetition of
the pageant in future years, either every
.year or every two years, is being urged
by the Alumni association. It is ex
pected to create of the university cam
pus a mecca for thousands.
OBIGIK OF PAGEANT
The pageant was. conceived, composed
and directed by Delia Crowder Miller, a
member of the unlveraltv fur-ultv. who
shares the credit for its inception with
Mrs. E. E. Fisher, who first suggested
tho Idea of a celebration which developed
into the historical production. Approxi
mately 500 people, Including many In
dians from the Chemawa school, were
employed in the presentation of its 22
episodes, which required four hours to
complete.
The story- begins with a scene deplet
ing the spirit of the Willamette awaken
ing her sleeping muses and bidding them
go forth to summon her children for the
celebration ot the anniversary of the
founding of 'the university. Then is tin
folded, step by step, the yearning of the
red man for the "white man's book of
heaven," the journey of the Indians to
St. Louis and the response of the white
man as represented by the coming of
Jason Lee and his party as missionaries
into the great Northwest.
BIRTH OF UNIVERSITY SHOWN
-The birth of the university in the lit
tle mission school erected by Lee at
French Prairie and its development into
one of the largest and best known insti
tutions of higher learning on the Pacific
coast," werte most accurately depicted.
The concluding episodes record Willam
ette's contribution to modern day activi
ties and the production was brought to
a thrilling finale" when, with the presi
dent, university faculty and players
grouped about a tableau of 12 Liberty
girls,, the ensemble joined in singing
"America."
The production was replete with re
alism and the dramatics ' were of an or
der that would do credit to seasoned
actors.
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Jason Lae was Impersonated by Harry
Bowers of Brownsville, Cyrus Shepard
hv Thrvm u h Athfmn ri lm David 1
wards by David Lawson of Blanchard,
"Wash. ; Courtney Walker by Francis
Cramer of La Grande, Dr. McLoughlin
by Horace Rahskop of -Marshfield, Gen
eral Clark by Leslie Fisher of Salem, Dx.
Elijah White by Ralph Thomas of We
liatchee, Mrs. Elijah White by Grace
Sherwood of Salem. Mrs. Anna Pitman
Lee by Mabel Garrett, David Leslie by
Edwin- Soebfofsky,
The. cast of the pageant was very
large, about 300 persons taking part and
20 costumes being used in its produc
tion. The members' of the cast in the
prologue were ; Spirit of Willamette.
M lss Florence Shirley, of Salem ; Spirit
of Drama, Genevieve Levy of Milton ;
Spirit of Music, Grace Sherwood of Sa
lem, and Spirit of History, Orvillo A.
Miller. , . i
INDIAN S I3T TRIBAL 'REGALIA
About tO Indians of Chemawa par
ticipated in full tribal regalia. Included
in this number , were four chiefs. Chief
Ohkentah (George W. Bent), Chief
Nachntoo, Chief Heehohastesin and
Chief Hedhushka. Chief Okentah is
chief of the Southern Cheyenne Indians
and he traces his ancestry back to BUas
Bent, who was born in Massachusetts
In 1764. Chief Naahntoo 1s a direct de
scendant from Chief Joseph, the warrior
chief of the Nea Perce tribe of Idaho.
The Indians participating represented
many tribes, including the Black feet, Nee
Perce, Umatilla, Assiniboine, Oros
Veoire, Flathead. Skagit. Sioux and
Yakima. Superintendent and Mrs. liar
wood Hall of the Chemawa school direct
ed and trained the Indians in their
dances. Mr. Bent was also one of the
directors. ;
CLOSES WITH TABLEAU
The pageant closed with a magnifi
cent tableau in which the Spirit of Wil
lamette has gathered around her the
faculty, players, students, soldiers and
Liberty girls. The closing number is
the singing of America while the stage
is lighted with red fire and the players
joyously wave American flags.
Virtuoso Calls His
Audience for Talking
Springfield, 111.. June 14. (L N. S.)
Temperament in a noted violinist got
the best of an audience here. The
fiddle virtuoso was playing a selection'
of "Cancion d'Amor" before an assem
blage at the Y. W. C. A. Some one
shuffled her feet. The player struck a
"blue" note. Then some one whispered.
Laying his violin on a nearby table
the testy entertainer said : "Either you
or I wHl make the noise in this con
cert. If you insist on talking while I
play, then I shall quit playing, or you
shall go outside to talk." Nobody went
outside and the playing continued in
quietness.
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Above Princess Hedhushka and ehleJ 'Ohkenfah (George W." Bent), Ifneal descendants of Indian chieftains
who participated in historical pageant at Willamette university. Below Group of Chemawa school Indians
who appeared in pageant.
Overseas Engineers
Detachment Will Be
Here About June 23
Due to arrive here on Monday or Tues
day, June 23 or 24, a special train , car
rying 205 men and three officers of the
Twenty-third . and Twenty-first engi
neers will leave Camp Devens, Mass.,
Tuesday. The detachment will come by
way of Portland and will Stop over here
for a reception. This information was
contained in a telegram received at the
mayor's office this morning from Lieu
tenant C. H. Knowlet, who will be in
command" of the train. His telegram
fellows :
"Have received authority from the ad
jutant general to stop over at Portland
for a reception to the Camp Lewis con
tingent of the Twenty -third and Twenty
first engineers. Will leave Camp Dev
ens Tuesday, the 17th, via Chicago.
Ogden, Huntington and Portland. Should
arrive following Monday or Tuesday, 205
men, three officers. Definite details
later."
What the Careful Housewife
Says About MAB
Mrs. M.t 1 cleaned
my white bathroom
with MAB, and it was
much easier than the
old way; it did not
chap or irritate my
hands.
Mrs.C: Iwillnever
scour a bath tub or
wash bowl again if I
can get MAB, because
it just takes the grime
off without any trou
ble, " Mrs, L.: My hus
band uses MAB to
t i i
r ciean ms nanas wnen
he. returns from the
shipyard. He finds
that it does not contain grit, but somehow dissolves
the grease and does not hurt his hands.
Mab Sales Company
234 Worcester Building
Phone Main 3308
SURE. AN IT CLEANS
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25;000 WOUNDED MEN
CARED FOR BY: BASE
OF SEVEN HOSPITALS
Captain H. F. Parsons Tellsof
Heroic Work in America's
Three Big Drives.
Twenty-five thousand injured men
were cared for in seven hospitals com
prising a base during the St. MihieK
Chateau-Thierry and Argonne drives,
Captain H. F. Parsons of base hospital
unit 46 told, a Journal reporter Satur
day after his arrival home. The men
were brought to the base in litter con
voys, sent through the receiving quarters
into the surgery, and then placed in bed
in wards. Captain Parsons explained.
The hospitals in this base were fed by
two American and two French trains.
and the casuals were approximately even
in the three drives.
Dental surgery, of which Captain Par
sons was in charge, was largely of a
temporary character 4it the emergency
bases at the front, the officer asserted.
The dentists worked on the theory of
early return to the front and extraction
was substituted for repair. During the
drives men were sent back to the lines
with jaws in metal splints and rubber
and aluminum plates, j the final repair
ing to be done at reconstruction hospi
tals on their return from the front
Captain Parsons was with base hos
pital 4G at' its mobilization at Camp
Lewis, and left there i on May SO, 1918,
for Camp Merritt. The unit was there
a week before departure for England and
France-on June 11. On arrival in France
Captain Parsons was stationed at Ba-soilles-sur-Meuse,
where he remained
until March of this jyear. He was in
charge of his own hospital, which had
two dental surgeons and two assistants.
He sailed from St. jNazaire for home
on April 24 on the transport Madawasha
and landed at Newport News. There he
was met by Mrs. Parsons, and together
they have visited thej Kast during May.
Dr. Fafsons expects to return to his
office in the Selling building at an early
date.
niDP TN AX AEROPLANE ALL
WEEK. MUNICIPAL GOLF LINKS
Adv.
Rider's Skill Brings Reunion
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Lee Caldwell Meets Old Pal
Champion Cowbotbcates Round-
Up Comrade, Tracey Lane,
on Artillery Truck.
By Margaret E. Sill
Ashland, June 14. This is my truly
first interview. I hied me downl as a
busy housewife and berry picker on our
little place, to get the celebration news.
I had heard Captain Lee Caldwell was
at the hotel and, because I knew Okla
homa when barbed wire 'was not and
cowboys all my life, and as a native
Kentuckian adore horses, went to see
him. He is a typical cowboy, modest,
brown-eyed.
Captain Caldwell, champion broncho
rider who has recently been released
from army service, enlisted at Pendle
ton with Troop D, First seperate squad
ron of Oregon cavalry.
With a detachment of 143 men he se
lected and transported 984 head ot
horses on the steamer Amphionf ;The
boat was delayed and on reaching France
Captain Caldwell found that Troop D
had been transferred to field artillery.
He was later transferred to the Fif
teenth cavalry company and from there
to! headquarters. Camp De Souge. He
served in the battles of oSt- MihieJ.
Mount Touchon, Hill 273, Argonne and
Meuse and Was with the army of occu
pation. When seated on an artillery truck at
Argonne he noticed the skillful way a
rider handled his horse. The rider was
his old round-up comrade, Tracey Lane.
whom he had not seen since leaving the
United States. Lane Is still with the
army of occupation. - '
I Caldwefe 5 was In Ashland this week
conferrina; with the round-up committee
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Captain Lee Caldwell
of the Fourth ot July celebration. He
participated in the .Ashland celebrations
before entering army service and If he
returns this year wiU b doubly wel
comed as a war veteran. ,
REVISION DF COURSES
OF STUDY DELAYED BY
TEXT CHANGES MADE
New Manuals Will Not Be Ready
for Distribution Before the
Middle of August.
Salem, June 14. -Becanse of neces
sity for a complete ' revision in the
courses of study for the elementary and
high schools of , the state, - due to
changes in the texts adopted by the
atate textbook commission at its meet
ing June 2, the new manuals will not
he ready for distribution before the
middle of August.- according to J. A.
Churchill, stats superintendent of
schools. Many inquiries are coming
into the state superintendent's office
from teachers in all parts of the state,
who are anxious to secure copies of the
new edition. .
Immediately after the textbook com
mission had adopted the texts for use
In the public schools of the state the
state department ot education began
the work of rewriting the course of
study, this work being necessarily de
layed until it was determined just What
the treatment of the texts would be.
Special committees have been appointed
for the special subjects, such as Eng
lish, the various sciences, foreign lan
guages and vocational courses. After
examinixur the latest reports and find
ing of the various committee f the
National Educational - association - and
consulting with the state . superintend
ent these committees will submit toxhim
courses (or the high schools of the
state In Such subjects aa have been as
signed to them. Superintendent Church
ill, himself, will write the courses In alt
of the : fundamental subjects such as
reading, grammar, . arithmetic geogra
phy and history. Several weeks will be
required tn reading all of the new texts
before the conrses can be written, which
will result in the delay in delivery of
the manuals.
A. revision in the 'law; so that the
change of texts will be made In Novem
ber instead of June, will be recom
mended to - the state legislature by Su
perintendent Churchill before time for
the next adoption ot texts. The pro
posed change would allow almost a year
for the preparation ot the new courses
ot study Instead of only a few weeks
as Is the case under the present law.
Baker Would Assist
City Soldiers Also
Washington. June 14. I. K. S. City
homes for returning soldiers who de
sire city work and life are as essen
tial to their contentment as farms for
soldiers desiring farm life, Secretary
X; altar told the house public lands com
mittee which is considering tho sol
diers' land settlement bill. He in
dorsed the land bill, but urged there
be some sort of examination by con
gress with the view ot helping soldiers
to obtain homes in cities, and in in
dustrial centers.
The movement ot gold from this coun
try to South America was Increased
Friday by- an engagement, of $1,000,000
in gold bars for transfer to Peru.
Wedding Silver
'and Plate
Whether you wish an individual piece of a complete service,
your fift to the bridt may well be chosen here from attractive,
well selected stocks of flatware and hollowware.
- .
We will welcome your leisurely Inspection of our stock,
which includes many, well known standard designs.
Diamonds
Our fferJniES in diamonds In
clude stones as low as 10. and as
hjh as 2500. If you seek a dia
mond for a gift, or for personal
adornment, you will do well to
choose here. ;
Emblems
We show an .at-'
tractive stock of
Emblems of various
Orders, which we
will be rlad to have
you inspect.
Whit Shrine Pins
'-JEWELERS-
Every
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Day New Homes Are Being Made
and JENNING'S Is Helping Them,
to Be Successful Homes
Always during the forty-two years that JENNING'S has been furnishing the homes of the peofle
of the West, a certain number ot homes have wanted a certain amount 01 new uin.vult
in a while. -
'But never, in all our experience, have we met so many families who Nvanted new HOMES as we
have met just in the last few months.
And they want BETTER homes homes worked out in a harmony of comfort, urility and beauty.
We are glad to have helped so many to find success and happiness through their HOMES our hope
is that we may help YOU. '
RUGS
Set Up a Standard
for Your
Living Room
The starting point of thfe living room U
the DAVENPORT. Ail of the qualities for
which that room exists centers in it.
It is built to accommodate a group,
therefore it is sociable. Roomy and
deeply cushioned, it is soothing and
restful. ,
Start now toward attaining your ideal
living room by choosing a Davenport
here, and let your gradually added pieces
keep the same standard.
Davenports of cane and mahogany and
overstuffed Davenports are shqwn on
our main floor.
We are pleased to be able to show you the famed Anglo-Persian Rugs in all regular
sizes, and in extra large sizes, at prices most economical, it is true mat ianury wms
are advancing, but forehanded buying upon our part has equipped us with stocks from
which we may draw for some time to come. ' V
These Rugs are in wondrously beautiful Oriental and Chinese patterns; they are
heavy-weight, and they will lie flat on your floors.
- We will have odd sizes woven to your order, '
Klearflax Linen Rugs
Imagine clean, delicate strands of pure flax solid colors. That's where its decorative pos-
wo tat. .Irurf upon U,, .t. - -.h. S.. ..slly .
a heavy, thick fabric of great durability and That.s sorflethInjf whJch vears of faithful
strength. See how flat it lies upon the floor. service on your floors can show you. A rug
That's generous weight to the square yard. for every room! Our assortment awaits your
Notice its charming range of soft, harmonizing, inspection. .
fWhat Wonderful
Tapestries and
Draperies
A riot of color and fabric! Here are
modern blue, rose and gold stripes, dec
orated in silver tinsel effects, guaranteed
sunf ast allover Italian scrolls In blue
and rose backgrounds with taupe designs
solid-colored damasks, sunfast, of
course.
See the new' Tapestry Couch Covers
in the better qualities in allover effects.
They're priced $ti.S0 and 15.50.
Never before .have we shown these
Marquisette and Voile Curtains in cream,
beige and white. They're priced $3.75
the pair. ' -
We both design and execute color"
plans for single rooms or an entire home.
We will be glad to offer suggestions with
no obligation whatever.
A Gala Week in Dining Room Furniture
Here is an entire floor of Dining Suites, ranging from the very moderately priced up to the more
expensive. Walnut and mahogany vie with ach other in attractiveness of design and finish. Let us
show YOU this most desirapje ot turnuure.
Rolling Stock for the Baby
See the array of Baby Carriages,
Go-Carts and Sulkies all drawn up
waiting for a "fare." These vehicles
are the acme of luxuriousness and .
beauty. Pick ou,t YOUR baby's car
tomorrow at JENNING'S and be;
certain of having the best. , Conven
iently displayed for your inspection. -The
prices are moderate.
It's- Refrigerator
Time!
We sell the famous Herrick, Colombia
and Cold Storage Refrigerators. We
guarantee them to cive you satisfactory
service. " You will find them equipped
with the latest sanitary and ice-saving
devices, assuring perfect scientific re
frigeration. - Prices range from $16
to 570.
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