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IUffmher 20, 1925 " 7 '
V-THE GOODNESS OF GOD: Oh that men would praise the Lord
for his goodness, and for 'his Wonderful worfcs to the children of
men. Psalm 107:21.
THE MARION COUNTY GRAND JURY INVESTIGATES
V ' THE STATE FLAX PLANT
iv There was a scare head in a newspaper published yes
terday, over an article telling of the investigation by the
Marion county grand jury of the state flax plant
4 .i .Calculated to alarm the people of Oregon, who own that
, plant. ., V : . - ' ' '
f Mt J r:-.i.. .jit.; iv: . : xt if. - Li
it s aiiicujr wiiiiiu me uxuvnice tn me marivn couiuy
grand jury to investigate the penitentiary; in fact; it is a
duty- .
" ! And the state. flax plant s a part of the penitentiary.
rt". The more thoroughly the Marion county grand jury, as
at present constituted, of members of judgment, investigates
the state flax plant? the better it will be satisfied that the
state flax plant, as at present equipped and operated, is in
plejldid physical (shape 'and in most competent hands
And that in physical equipment there are improvements
every day, and . will be as long as the present management
fetiall continue--
' ' Most of the improvements costing nothing; being done
hy the labor of the inmates that is abundant and willing; or
, hwhen there are expenditures, they are cut down for the most
fca'rt to the bare raw materials, like lumber and cement and
Jsteel.
i The Marion county grand jury will be proud of the state
flax plant, if they will look into it thoroughly w ,
- And its members will be still more proud of it if they
will come back next year.
TRAINING FOR PRODUCTIVE LABOR
EIsewhereNin this issue of The Statesmati'is an article
entitled "Educational Democracy." It is descriptive of voca
. tional effort practically applied under direction" of aali
jfornia public high school.
. ... ? The fundamental purpose of this school is-4o direct. boys
' to the more useful trades. Incidentally through the employ
went here offered idleness is reduced to a minimum after
school and on Saturdays.
f ' jThe theory held by the sponsors of this type of educa
tion is that since the large majority of boys must earn their
living in the future at some kind of useful labor the import
hnce of directing and equipping them early for the duties of
; life in the community and as builders and supporters of
i 'homes, training for. wage earning, is greater than academic
culture only. - :
Actual, -consistent worthwhile work regularly and hap
pily performed in. the earlier years of life is the only sure
ijneans of developing habits of industry. And there is only
one alternative of industry and that is idleness which develops
from lack of regular employment at productive work.
j , i Work adapted to the growing youth is essential even in
ilhis'day of physical training in our schools and colleges, to
complete, physical development.
Stability of character necessary to self-respecting, con
tented citizenship is" the outgrowth of the use of all the
faculties, mental, spiritual, physical and vocational. ,
Reanect for human toil is a crime reauisite for every
educated man or w,oman. In personal development there is
no substitute for work. We srjeak of brainv men states
fneh,. barristers, financiers, educators. And surely brain
power counts in the accomplishments of life, but a more logi
cal way , to classify these men is upon the basis of, industry
Vast numbers of other men have started out on the pathway
;of life with as large brain capital as had these noted men but
failed to realize on this capital through well-directed persist
"ent effort. , ; -
" The vast majority of boys will maintain their future
homes, and families by the practical application of their
hands and minds to productive labor. Industry is demanding
kfTt and mnrp's lartrpr nrnnortinh of labor's nroceeds. Even
now the wages paid some types of tradesmen exceed the
salaries paid for highly, trained "white collar" specialists.
This does not. argue, of course, that there shall not be pro
vision for, the literary, scientific specialist. A literary edu
cation should always be open to the youth and -young men
nd women' of 'this- country. ' But' for a proper balance, of
'preparation for citizenship arid civic progress provision for
practical training to productive labor must be provided and
'encouraged.. . ' , , ; H '-'
Written by Col." E. Tlofer tor
Christian Science Monitor: i
"Hello, lioss." is the customary
salute of high school boys to W.
Ii. Glascock, principal. Union high
school. San Matoo. Calif. "Profes
sor.'V lie considers not quite res
pectable. It would be regarded as
sarcasm or irony. It simply would
not do to call him professor, so
to is known to the boys ps Boss.
Under blra 4Z per cent of 'the
boys above the grammar ' grades
work for wages. Mr. Glascock di
rects junior college, two high
schools, two junior high schools
aad a doien elementary schools,
and gives bis personal attention to
the manual labor department.
The district which Mr. Glascock
administers has probably a larger
percentage than the American
average of wealthy families. One
might conclude that this would
not be a good atmosphere for
growth of industrialism in the
public schools, or that sons of
captains of industry and financial
giants would not take kindly to
common day labor for their chil
dren. But quite the contrary.
This headmaster does not claim
that making labor a marked factor
of student life Is original with
him. Neither does . he employ
fancy terms like "vocational meth
ods." To him it is just plain work
.with discipline and character
forminp as the main objects. His
siogan is: Teach the boys habits
of industry versus habits of idle
ness.
There is nothing of the preacher
about Mr. Glascock. If there Is
work to be done about the schools
you will find him there on the iob.
hi coat off. his feet in the ditch.
his crew of boys swarming around
him. It's ' Boss, how's this," and
"Boss, bow's that," but never
Professor." That gentleman van
ished when the Glascock plan of
uniting labor and education was
born. That title does not fit In
with his educational vocabulary.
He believes in 1he value and dign-
ityV of labor. Efficient labor of
any sort, on the Glascock plan.
must be learned. Unskilled and
untrained labor Is done free to
gain experience. The boys are In
terested in such work out of pride
for their school and the ambition
to become wage earners. They
are taught to take pride In a job
well done, a pride in good work.
The Glascock idea aims to produce
happy, contented Individual, a
useful member of the school, the
family and the community, train
ed for the common, ordinary life
pursuits.
Walk across the school grounds
anywhere on a Saturday the
busiest day of the week, and what
do you see? First.' it is "what you
feel the atmosphere is one of
wholesome cheer and dynamic
democracy. There are no groups
In dainty white, batting tennic
balls. Near the entrance stand
scores of common ears and several
big limousines. At several places
on the campus are young men.
bare-armed and bareheaded in
labor-stained corduroys, shoveling
rubbis onto trucks. They have
finished building a beautiful piece
of parking, set with shrubbery,
srrass trimmed and edged to a
nicety, all done under the direc
tion of a landscape gardener. They
are learning landscape gardening
by doing it.
A big high-school boy has just
come up in a silk shift and is talk
ing to ."the boss" ?Mr. Clascack
says,; "Throw aside that Sunday
hat, roll up your sleeves and go
to work. Can you handle a lawn
mower? Oil it un and se how near
you can make this stretch of lawn
resemble the top of a billiard
table. Report to me when you
think you have done a good job."
A young man who is president
of the senior class, president of
the high school honor society, and
tennis champion. Is handling on
of the shovels.
To the right Is the captain of
the football team, slugging wedges
into eucalyptus logs and over
seeing a bunch of 1 0 boys cutting
up fallen trees. He has taken a
contract clearing out an. old corner
of half an acre that has grown
Into a snarl of timber. All but a
few of the trees are being- reduced
to 12-inch stove wood that is sold
at $20 a cord delivered on a truck
that was built at. the school shops
out of a salvaged." wrecked auto
mobile. The boys under him, are
learning the fuel business and he
knows he is losing money on his
contract. He's not quitting on
that account. Not a scrap of fuel
will be wasted'and that half acre
will be converted Into a beautiful
If trimmed copse In a corner of
the high school grounds. It will
net the school district several hu
dred dollars.
3
Oregon has long reached the pinnacle of f ame4 the majestic snow-capped ML Hood Is .
.known the world over. The grandeur of the Pacific highway has brought thousands of globe
travelers to this state. , The word lumber Is synonymous with Oregon over the entire universe,
and now the disoovery of large copper and other ore deposits In the eastern part of the state
bids well to let Oregon take the lead in industrial development of our country. , But wait
that is not all. Down in a little ravine in Hubbard, Oregon, Marion county, flows a cool, spark
ling spring that has been wasting millions of gallons of ""life giving" water for countless years.
It is true that before the white man drove the brave and noble red man into the Pacific that
; the Indian-worshipped at this spring, and the hand of, the medicine man worked its cunningness
by this same water with miraculous results. v- 1
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Or Telephone 5012 Hubbard, Oregon
I stepped Into one of the metal.
working shops. Two sixth graders
were catting new threads on a lot
of l-lnch Gas pipe bought of a
junk dealer, out of whteb at 12
foot high fence was being built,
the gas pipe set in concrete, posts
and over it stretched wire nettjng.
Pojmlar Idoo
1 "How do you get the younger
boys interested so that they come
to like this work that 1s going on
here? How do you get them start
ed learning to do all kinds of
manual labor?" was ask ad.
Mr. Glascock: "The younger
boys become interested by the ex
ample of the older boys all around
them. It is a popular idea. As
soon as they show a little skill
they can earn good money. The
example of several hundred boys
taking a pride in being wage earn
ers and working on the school
property is accepted as an exam
ple and as a natural thing to do.
The smaller boys well understand
that as long as they remain un
skilled and uninstructed they get
nothing for. their work. Their
powers of observation are sharp
ened and they work hard to be
come poducers. The incentive is
to become handv workers and
skilled members In the pay roll
class. It depends upon theim
pression they make upon the in
structor. It is the accepted and
natural thing to go to the 'Boss'
and ask him for work.. Before
they are employed out of school
hours, they must pf ove themselves
industrious during school hours.
The gradation into the three class
es, 30, 40 and 50 eenta. takes place
in a perfectly automatic manner,
The 30-cent class of younger boys
Is mostly unskilled but, willing. Ip
work. The matter of increase, in
pay is entirely up to the instructor
and is determined on: the basis of
skill and brawn. Naturally, the
instructor must be a worker him
self, to command respect. . Text
books do not enter into this mat
ter. "Naturally, a pay roll of 211
workers requires a big turnover
of labor and money. But it trains
othe students as timekeepers and
bookkeepers. Payments for out-bf-school-hours
work come from
the district building or improve
ment fund, as this work increases
by either new construction or re
pairs of buildings and care of the
grounds."
Moral Training and Kconoiny
Asked as to the labor cost of
the two new buildings just com
pleted on the athletic field. Prin
cipal Glascock said: "'The labor
cost for each of these buildings
would be approximately Shd0,
and $10,000 for material. That
would mean $15,000 as total cost.
They could not be built for less
than. $25,000 on private contract.
as opposed to $15,000 under our
plan. In other words, these build
ings, labor, material and equip
ment, where the students do the
work, cost the school district
$15,000 each, as against $25,000
each if let on private contract.
The boys build all but the main
school buildings and there are
many such. I regard the saving
to the taxpayers as the least im
portant reason for such employ
ment of students. The boys are
at work late afternoon and Satur
days, when many of them would
be- idling on the streets, mastering
the ethics of poolrooms, or gang
ing up .as. boys always have dona
and always will do. You hav
got trf show me that Idleness for
a .growing boy in the formativa
period of bis life and character
ever produced and good result
The problem of education as I se
it, is not turning out a white-collared,
softhanded young fellow
with a graduation diploma, but a i
common sense, practical, active
chap who will be a useful member
of the community, and he cannot
be put on the road in that direc
tion too early in life. The result
Is raising the morale of our pay
roll students to a high standard.
"Good athletics are encouraged
as training for good citizenship,
teamwork and a sense'' of honor.
We emphasize school athletics and
the spirit of plays as much as
work. Our school district carries
all the games among onr own stu
dent bodies. We are not pushing
state and Interstate contest, bul
gymnasium work and open tit
sports, for all the students, with
absolute shut-out of professional
ism and. the gambling spirit that
is too often developed, by high
school and college . athletics
Gambling is not an essential of
public education or the preparai
tion of home builders ahd family
supporters." ' ' ' ' '.
The Glascock' system is entirely
outside of. and beyond any enrrie
ulura provided by the publie-Jichool
system of the state. - There is'o
formulated course of study and all
worn irom students outside
school hoars Is voluntary. There
are metal and wood working and
repair, ships, but work there: ts
not compulsory. There la la print.
Int Offif0 nn '-" mama. Vo.I. .
m . - - m 1 1 u uaoia .MS
the rest of the labor, school Srorlt.
equipped with three 'typesetting
machines on which theboys learn
linotyping. The newspapers and
high school and college annuals
printed are modest affairs; carry
ing no advertising and' the cost is
kept own.' . The wjiring' aid 'all
the manual work is "done by stu
dents. All printing..-and malti
graphing needed by the district is
done , by the students. 4 This may
deprive some private f lrmbf busi
ness ia these lines, but it relieves
the ; taxpayers, and the business
lng. "The whole community is
back of the manual labor system
we have developed-. Contractors
and labor unions first opposed the
system but dropped their fight and
now work with us." .
AUTO FEES DWARF
STATE TAX INCOME
(ContiniH'd from pag 1.)
indicative, o rthe prosperity of a
btate,' and its financial condition.
4 'X have estimated, based on re
ceipts up to November 30, 1925,
that the tax on gasoline for the
entire year will aggregate more
th$n $3,050,000. For the year
1924 the gross receipts were ap
proximately $2,678,317. If the
same ratio in consumption main
tains until the end of the year
the gross receipts should exceed
S3.050N000.
"Inasmuch as the gross returns
on this tax for the year 1925 will
be approximately $375,000 in ex
cess of the receipts for the year
1924, it is reasonable to assume,
that the gross tax on gasoline will
amount to not less thjn $3,400,
000 for the year, which means
that the motor vehicle owners in
Oregon will pay in the neighbor
hood of $9,000,000 as compared
with the actual payment by them
for the year 1925 of $8,425,000.
"Comparing this with the state
tax, other than the elementary
school levy, we find that for the
year 1925 this amounted to S5.
375,000, while for the year 1926,
as recently levied by the state tax
commission, which amounts to
$5,031,755. or during the year
1926 the residents of Oregon will
pay fax in license fees for the
operation of their motor vehicles
an aggregate almost double that
which the assessable property of
Oregon will pay in state tax."
Saturday at bis home at 1033
Chemeketa street, surrounded by
his sons and daughtrs and grand
children. , - '
The celebration was in the na
ture of a surprise partyes 'the" old
senator's children arrlyihgoust be
fore noon with baskets" of food all
prepared fox the'tablo. . v .
Among those' who attended
were the following: Mr and
Mrs. J. W. La Follett and daugh
ter Gladys of Salem;' Mr. and Mrs,
Perry L : Follett, of Cornelius;
Mr. and-;MrR. Clyde La Follett,
son. Alec ind daughters Thelma
and Dor6thy, of Wheatland; Mr
and' Mrs.' Charles; La Follett and
son Koy"bf. Cornelius; Miss Ina
La Follett, Mr. and Mrs. Carl As
pinwall and daughter Evelyn,-and
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Paynes of
Salem. '
EARTH SHOCKS FELT
SAN JUAN DEL : SUR. Nicar
agua. Dec 1 9. -( By Associated
Press.) A slight earth -tjremor
was felt here yesterday and .to
day there was a stronger shock,
but no damage has been reported.
The Ometepe volcano set on an
island in the- middle of Lake Nic
aragua, which' has been active for
sereval days, continues to emit
sand and ashes.
ITALIAN POLITICS
UNDERGO CHANGE
(Continued from page 1
ish strikes and jockouts.
Fourth: Th law establishing a
system of govr-rnnient by "Pods-
tas" isppointeci by the central gov
ernment for oil communes of lean
than 5000 population, thus virtu-
lly eliminating the system of lo-
ral administrative elections.
Fifth: The law giving extensive
administrative powers to all pre
fects in the kinsdom who are niso
appointed by ihe central government.
MARK SENATOR'S BIRTH
SURPRISE USHERS IX EIGHTY-
FIRST BIRTHDAY
Senator Alex La Follett, for
many years a member of the leg
islative body of the state of Ore
gon, celebrated his 81st birthday
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nesday evening, Dec. 23.
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who buy for other men, surely will find a treasure trove
of likable things here. Quality as usual dominates every
thing, with prices unusually low.
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Men's Ties.. S1.00 to $2.50
Men's Dress Gloves....$1.85 to $4.00
Blanket Robes....:.$5.00 to $12.50
Driving Gloves $1.85 to $3.00
Men's Shirts . $1.50 to $6.00
Men's Dress Sox 35c to $1.50
Imported Mufflers ..$1.95 to $3.50
Silk Handkerchiefs 50c to $1.50
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