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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1927)
... .-r.a- SATURDAY IrORNIKn, JANUAtlY: 1, 1Q27 " ' u'.' Wu&ic stem y '4 Education Is Provided For Over JSJOOfr Young People in Salem's Elementary and Secondary Public Schools Excellent Quality of Instruction Draws Many rom iNearpy and Brings New Families to Salem Efficiency Threatened by Lack of Accommodations for Fast Growing Enrollment New Junior High Building Now Under Construction vyiiiixe-, :l;4rA noJ- Qu i ri; d r i: o..:u: tnaQfnfK, Mo-n r,rrl T Tnnonr.lKr Afffr;,r W.VrU kl CrrswAA nnrl Fnrfher Expansion of Present BuiIdingUitticut tVTU VJlUUV WLIIUUI jV-UllgCOllUU lift. A Oil IhCoIIC UUliUIll A V-r iVl 4V-AJT Ta-w mov4uiij t a v- a tiijii w , ' - - 1 , iSchom Mere Second, in : Sizes fflrisufDas Educational1 Facilities Factor In City Growth Enrollment Grows Steadily .With High School Leading riSystem Headed by Superintendent George W. Hug. I.s ; Outstandingly Efficient Guidance Is Feature V Salem" lakes Just pride in its public school system, which in efficiency and general merit is second to none in Oregon, and in . siz. is. second bnly to that of Portland.- J : 1 Providing education for over 5,000 young people' Is probably ualetn's largest and certainly its most important "industry;" for- thernon, the 'existence of such a school system Is a direct asset to the- community's material . pros perity; hence thi edition, de voted to Industrial and commer cial 'progress, would be Incom plett -without mention of; educa tional advantages offered here. : Salem's school system . consists of high school, enrolling this year .over 1,200 students; two junior high schools, with a slight ly greater number; and eight grade schools with accommodate - over 2.500 pupil's. - Despite its present excellence, the efficiency of this system), is threatened by lack of accommo dations for more. pupils, and the need, for increasing these facili ties Is ono of which Salem people must keep in mind. This year, ' the new Leslie Junior high school building Is to be erected: this Wilt, relieve congestion in the re cently erected Parrish junior . hfjrh, and In the grades by re teasta the present McKInley Jun ior high building for grade school purposes. But the high school is also-crowded to capacity, and an addition must be built soon. Increase Is Steady - The increase .in total enroll nent last year was 3.5 per cent, . Jh which the high school led with! G'.R-per cent. The percentage Ihla ' xar?wi!l le greater, but cannot b? determined accurately until th4 Vend of the school year. The figure. for the year 1925-26 are: Total -enrollment. 4.822; high scho6Vl .15 4 i Parrish junior high 1 ii'cfclnley Junior high 221, JrftToTgntetar " 1,1 ; Engle- ' wood school 306. Garfield 388, Crat 249, Highland 314,. Lin col 39C, Park 34f. Richmond 3f7;. Washington 46; grade total 2JlTt.'( ' Ail unusual feature of the Sa lexa' scpool system, ' as . well as one which is complimentary to its excellence, is the surprisingly large-', dumber of tuition students who come ' f r&m ' outside the dis trict ., td : attend the Salem - high schooL These students last year numbered 370. of whom 230 came front i bther districts In Marion county,! 75 from Polk county, - three ffom Linn, one from Clack amas' and one. from Multnomah.. The feiecutlve head of this ex tensive -but well organised school 'Your Horrie Should Come i What better New t Year's Resolution Could You Have Than This? fTIIB. building of more and I v better homes does more to , . build your city, your com-mfnlty,-your state and your county than anything ese. . I ' . Staft 1927 with a resolutka. to "Own Your Own Horns ; ' We t.wHI glad ly help, ' you ? with your plans and giye youej esti mates as to the rotit the bililding material neede . : . . 1 , .. . V - - - - f ' . I "Dependably Serving th Lunl '.. t ber Ccmsumer' ; ' j;AV.coPEib XTert &alem Tf lephone 57 Tards in West Sa lem. Albany. Lents,' Hubbard, t amhilL'nUls boro, Eurene, Ccrrvallts. Grants . ' PassPoj'lt Rose V t - :.' ... I system is George W. itugl city superintendent, under whose guidance it has been expanded to accommodate the greater part of the-, recent growth. Educated at .the University of Oregon, Mr. Hug was for eight years principal of the Eugene high school and tor five years superintendent of schools at McMinnville before as suming his present position in the Salem district seven years ago. Ollnjcer Head Board The board of education is pre sided over by Dr. H. H. Olinger. who has been on' the board for seven years. Other members of the board are L. J. Simeral. vice president; Dr. C. A. Downs. Mark D. McCallister and F. E. Neer. W. H. Burghardt has been clerk of the board for 15 years. General employes of the district Include Miss Carlotta Crowley, elementary school supervisor; Blanche Isherwobd, secretary to the superintendent, who has held that position under two previous administrations; Ida S.; Wright, secretary to the high school prin cipal; Vera McCune. secretary to the Parrish Junior high school principal; G- W. Smalley, who has direct refponslbility tor school property and -supplies, and John W. Marr. who In addition to his duties as attendance officer has Just finished his. annual task of taking the school census, .listing over .000 young people in the Salem ditrict between the ages of; four and 20. Under tbie leadership of Prin cipal J. C. Nelson, 'the Salem high, school has been built up, auring tne iz years In which he has held that office, until it Is widely recognized as one of the bps in the state. A friend to both students and teachers. Nel son has directed , affairs at the high school In such manner that he has never been faced with 'the difficult and. -. demoralizing 'na tions which periodically confront many school executives. Departments .which are out standing, not because they are more-efficient than the others but because their subject .matter is newer in the Tiigh school curricu lum and therefore 1 isj In .most schools less thoroughly treated. (uciuoe inosp oi pnysicai eauca tion, machine shop - and mechan-1 ical drawing, home ! economics, commercial, work,; mujiic and art. Athletics for ATI, Aim . Except for 'those; who present a physician's statement that they are unfitted for iti every; pupil in the Salem tfchooMs esirolled In physical edijcaton wojrk. In the high school, this work' is super vised by j!xuis5 Andterson; The ideal of athletics for sll la carried out In tie Indivlduaf self-compe-tition as well as mutual competi tion pirovided In tie Decathlon events,1 The vfelne of the work is shown in the improvement in Individual1 and average perform ance from yea r to year. ,Xn the past year the average score was raised from 7T12 to 802 on these events. whicii include the sK up, rope climb, push up, broad jump, shot put, 100 yard dash, basket ball throw., football pais,, high Jump and pull up. Similar work Is offered for girls, wi'fh the addition of correc tive wok for thosje ho are physically deficient.. The physi cal edacjatlon department has the cooperation of the .'Marion County Health ,1emonstratlon. which as sists In. conducting the physical exap-ilaatlons at the opening of the BchKr year. ' and places two narses ; at the service - of the Schools in addition to the regular school n,urses. Otter Vocational " Work Practical, courses. In i mechani cal drawing and , matihlne shop work are offered under the Smith-Hughes plan, the instruct ors being E. E. Bergman and Floyd ; Siginund. : In -tfce Salem high school, this work lis made unusually practical in two ways; close cooperation'; with, the local machine shops and garage)s which send some ; of. their work to be done in the high school shop, and work on school property, auch as repairing desks, welding ' broken furnace doors and sanding With the sander whicby ; the students themselves co nstnacted. - , The commercial' department: la supervised by the' oldest .member of the high schooL. faculty in point of service, Merritti Davis. . A com plete commercial course is offer- ed, preparing students adequately for positions - as t stenographers and bookkeepers, aind for eecretar- ial positions in the .state and conn- THE . I -' it - i ty offices as well as business of fices. The department employs eight teachers- The work of the art department 'is of exceptionally high quality, as is shown in the record of the Clarion -annual, which for several years past has won first in com petition with other, high school annuals of the state, with the art work, all done by students, as a principal factor in these victories. Ruth Brauti is in charge of this work. Lunches Are Served Courses in home economics are conducted both in the high school and in the junior high schools, with a cafeteria at each, where noon lunches are served to students who do not go home for j their midday meal. Eula S Creech is head of the home eco nomics department, in addition to conducting the cafeteria at the ! Parrish Junior high. As one of the newer institu tions In the educational field, the junior high school is an especial hobby of Superintendent Hug. who introduced, while at McMinn ville, the first junior high school in Oregon. The purpose of the junior high., as he has organized it here, is to place together in one school the adolescent children who predominate in the seventh, eighth and ninth grades, so that their development may take place among children of the same age. rather than - with the younger children of the lower grades. In connection with this institu tion, an even newer educational feature is conducted here the department of research and guid ance, whose aim is to solve the individual problems of pupils who are either faster or slower in their work than the others of the same age. The faster ones are aided in reaching their intellec tual level by a system of double promotions, while the slower ones are placed in the ungraded rooms, of which there are four in the Salem school Bystem. Carrying out the plan of pre serving the age divisions, pupils who are 13 years old or older, even though they have ot finish ed the tower grades, are trans ferred to the junior high, special classes for them being conducted In some cases. Building Well Arranged The Parrish junior high, in an ideally arranged building on North Capitol street where it is Invariably admired by tourists motoring through the city, this year has over 1.000. pupils en rolled. Its principal Is H. F. Dur ham, -who has "been connected with the Salem schools for 16 years, most of that 'time as a principal. , He was executive head of. the Washington junior high before the Parrish building was opened. ; - The McKInley junior high school, on South High street, is crowded to capacity this year with 240' pupils. Mrs. La Molne R. Clark, who has been employed In the Salem district 15 years, is principal Music is a subject which Is giv en -especial attention throughout the local schools. Miss Lena Tar tar 1 head4 o,f the department in the high school, which has a band, orchestra and glee clubs as well as giving an operetta each year. In the McKInley junior high, this work is conducted f by , ; Miss Gretchen Kreamer, who Is also supervisor of music in the ele mentary .achools. Miss Alice Thompson Is the music instructor at Parrish junior high. - In her latest report as public music supervisor, Miss Kreamer described the courses, given as de signed for pupils who would re ceive no other musical education j Appreciation of good music, ' ear RICHMOND SCHOOL BUILDING IN SALEM training and sight singing are the aims. Music memory contests conducted among the- pupils of the fourth, fifth and sixth grades, contribute especially to the pri mary aim, that of appreciation, and their value is proven by the interest taken and the high scores made in the contests. Although music is an elective, two-thirds of the pupils in the McKinley junior high are enrolled in music courses. Grades Well Organized Good work is done in all of the grade schools, over which Miss Carlotta Crowley is supervisor. Her duties are to visit all rooms and assist the teachers in improv ing their methods; to give classi fication tests to all pupils enter ing the primary grade and to those entering the junior high schools, and to recommend reor ganization of classes and revisions of courses of, study where advis able. An unusual feature of the Sa lem schools is the long average tenure of teachers, a fact which JV1ARMON & Hi !t Kit B8 mm ltl!t!l ill!! ' i ' ! '!' " : . ; . ' l!:' fill! - : :- : If , 'ill !''? ilZ-VP V I '.-'7 r ( - u- t-t t- m ,- rt -:,:, t-i- 11 Marmoe g 3 mnr m mi Kim mtrmmmn MARMON . " goes far toward, explaining the high efficiency of the local school system. The annual turnover of teachers is about 10 per cent, re markably low; the greater per rentage of the new teachers elected each year are needed be cause of the growth of the schools rather than because of vacancies. Serves Here 42 Years Margaret J. Cosper, principal of the Garfield school, has served the " Salem school district longer than any other teacher. She has been engaged in school work here for ;42 years; many of Salem's mature business men were her pupils. Despite this practically unequalled length of service, she is still a thoroughly up to date educator, and the same may be said of Anna Fischer, principal of the Richmond school with 29 years of continuous service here to her credit; E. A. Miller, prin cipal of the Grant school, and U. S. Dotson, principal of the Park school, who have been employed here 19 and 17 years respectively. Miller is also head of the depart- Mlg :nl PR UU8I -A.iiW W !K W. m IW-VT-M Uil'mT.!!'! W.'T, A Happy acOooald Auto 6 By Storage umemirsirmBK8n mm -4 Overlanc: 4 i - . . ment of research and guidance. The high school employs 51 teachers, the junior high schools 56 and the elementary schools 6 2. Including the general employes of the district, 180 persons are di rectly engaged in j educational work in the city t system. The school directory includes: Senior High School J. C. Nelson, principal; R. W. Tavenner, Louis Anderson, Mabel C. Arthur, E. E. Bergman. Edith Bragg, Ruth. Brauti. Marjcrie Christensen, Mildred Christenaen, Ola L. Clark. Ha G. Comstock, Merritt Davis, Mary E. Eyre. El len A. Fischer. Cecile Graham, Hulda M. Guild, Laura V. Hale, G; W. Harra.. Lina Heist. Grace Ty ler Hockett, Elizabeth M. Hogg. Beryl Holt. Caroline M. Rhubetz. Hollis W. Huntington, Carmen Jennispn, Gladys Jensen, Leila Johnson, Herman C. Kehrli, Mar garet Lucius, Ellen MacGregor, Merle McKelvey, Dorothy -Nicholson, Vivian Pearcy, June Philpctt, Ruth W. Purdy, Pauline Rickli, Mabel P. Robertson, Ada Ross, WIULYS-KNIGHT inrjiii.ii!! in1:!!!! m! if ii!rn!:!iirmiOT.!H!'!!!i MBHH'iMxiriWBB'iEtwi! " se as Mew Tear To WU Seryice We Grow- WillysrKriJigh.it o I o O I o Complete Automobile and Repair tnsk vncan in-xiraiara: wmwt'MMiiiuwji a mm WILLYS-KNIGHT Leah Rors. Mary B. iSaylea. Ber nlee Schroder. Lillian Schroder. ! Floyd Siegmund.T Conatance C Small. Gertrude Smith, Laverne tar. Naoriif Taylor. Lortise Town send. Marie Von Etwihen. Trfurlel Wilson. Grace-S. Wolgajmtt. J. L. Parrish. Junior Hlli Bi-hool II. F. Durham,, principal:. ES. Barker, Anna Boontj May F. Bollier, Harel I. Brewer. Frank K Brown. Enla S- Creech. Kath- i ryn Kroeser.. Fannie L. Douglas. I Klaa V. Egans. AVinifretl Eyre, I Beulah Fanning, -Aubrey L. Fletcher, C. F. French. Vivian Hargrove. Gladys J. Humphreys. S. H. Isherwood. Ethet Jackman. PROGRESSIVE EDUCATION TRAINS for Today and Tomorrow, j The traditional education of Yesterday with-its classical training de signed .for an exclusive leisure class -failed to. meet the needsof democratic America, j Two generations ago, uh der the administration of Abraham Lincoln, the J-tnd-Grant Colleges were founded to provide "A LIBERAL AND PRACTICAL EDUCATION" for "the several pur suitRrand professions in life." " ' 'y .' ' '. Oregon's Land-Grant; College AFFORDS education of the most progressive type. Sound -in its fundamental! requirements, broad ; In Its provisions for personal culture, authoritative in ts technical and professional training, Oregon Slate Agricultural College is nationally known. ' In engineering professions civil, -electrical, mechanical; chem ical? mining; in forestry, in agriculture,' in home economics,, in pharmacy, in vocational education. O. A. C; trained men and women are serving: Oregon as leaders and citizens, helping to solve the problems of modern life.: ; . ' . . . .- . Ktandard t'ollege Courses, Fully Accredited " Second Term Begins January 3, 1927 For catalog and other information address j THE REGISTRAR : Oregon! Agricultural College. Corvallis-' OVERLAND mmiii m iiii nii'iffl wma mi til! iri !B'ii;i irarisi! zrm mMxx ut W"" bp p m. v"m nr v n u vcw w n i mm Service . Accessories wraraw Kwemmmminm vaimamm v. t htk Sylvia Kraps, Florence Iake. lxbi La phanv Marlon 4;ion..'sElIe Lip-, pold. "Beatrice Lockwood, D, K. Luthy, Fran kT Olson, Signe Paul son, Hafriet Peaf Edith Piene, Clara E. Pomeroy, Wilma Pratt, Hay - ' L2 Ranch; Lois A. Reed, liiz Reifsnyder, H;?E,: Rice, Ruth Smith: Felix A. 'Subect Dorothy : JU. Taytorr Alice "Thompson. Clara 'V. " Thompson" Grace .Thompson, Gene Vaughn, Etta White. -j. McKlniy Junior High School ! La Idone R. Clark, principal : Xell M. Doege. May A. Hale. Hel en' B. Hamilton, Gretchen Kream er. Bertha "Magness. Phebe Mc-. Adams. Anna A. Miles, Lela Reed ! (Continued on page 5) ' ; . . . .'1 . ' : . i!i A'S. - . -V;. 1 Co0 .3' i ? r - ? a trmm jtiaiffirirsirria OVERLAND f I t.