The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, January 01, 1927, 2 A. M. EDITION, Image 21

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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON : SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 1, 1927 Julia Noble. Lily Pollard, La Vina Sheridan.. - , :. ' THE LINCOLN GRADE SCHOOL BUILDING ",'. Richmond School Anna Fischer, principal; E. Gertrude -w Anderson, Maybelle Burch, Adella - Chapler, Adona . Cochrane. " Laura B. Eaton, Er mine Pawk, Marjorie McGilchrist, . Lola Millard, Lola. Tipton..' Marion County llealtla Demon ,.-:'. 8tratkn.v Dr. W. H. Brown, director and ' school physician; Dr.-V. A. Douglas,- deputy health 'officer and ; school physician; . Elnor a E. . Thompson, director ot. nursing -service; Dr. Estella Ford Warner, director of medical service; Anne ' Simpson, director of , health edu- " N. ' NEW YEAR! i A. -.- . ; ' each one of the 3 1 ,536,- 000 seconds - in next year s 365 days be chock fulL of good things for you ! cation; Mildred Ihrlg, statistician; , KHa McNeil,- school and city nurse; i Grace L.- Taylor,' school nurse. '. . , . , '; ' .. X . i ... -i. . ...,..'...-.... i ' w .. .r '.-. j..J V . I i ; -May V-. '. .j I 1 . t. J -wr. , . i. ' ' - .. ." 7 ... : nm- -. i S ' - : ' " fNfi Cap ital Drug Store j.H.wmctt 1 "ONLY THE BEST - Jr. . a HEADS KIMBALL ? - V J BIG ENROLLMENT CAUSES PROBLEM HIGH SCHOOL SPECIALLY IS OVERCROWDED Kurt her Expansion Necessary Xet Year Vocational Work Suffers Elswhere in this edition, there is an article descriptive of the Salem city school system, in which it is shown that the schools are flourishing and that they are do ing excellent.-work,..' There is. ac cording to Principal . J. C- Nelson of the Salem high school, another side to the -story, at .least with respect to the. high school. Gratifying as it may be to everyone that - the . enrollment at the high school Is growing, that very fact entaiUthe responsibility which devolres upon Salem people to provide accommodations for all of these new seekers after-knowledge. Nelson points out; if that responsibility 1s"'"ot met, the jrrowtli is a detriment, not a bless ing. It may be that some Salem peo ple who are well enough informed about their community in other H' respects, may' not. know that twice Ithln the past three ; years the fcchool authorities have had to take steps to relieve eondftlons of congestions at thev,high school, and that while further additions may be built, they nrake itim ex teedingly unwieldly school plant ifth'ey"are "added tfflto the pre ent one. Three years ago, at about the time that attendance at the high Khool passed the-1000 mark, the wing on the east end of the build ing was constructed. During the past summer, the " old gynastnm was cut up into recitation rooms to swell the capacity of the build ing again.. ,.. ;..-s. 'eel Addition Soon ':-"- These changes have made pro vision for jthe expanding need for recitation rooms, but In the schoo year 1928-2r9, still further expan sion ' will be necessary. And even now. while there are-. smUittlea4jr.es citation rooms there; are some other almqst indispensable fea tures lacking. .: ' ' - , i The first of these Is an ade quate auditorium.;. The present assembly room was built to seat something over- 800 students, must now accommodate over 1100; about 10t of these are crowded into the original seating spare and 2,00 actually have-to stand up through all assemblies. Another need ! for increased machine shop and ether trpace and X Another Outstanding X "oaieni Where original oilburner specifica tions, after thorough investigation were changed to an ' - AUTOMATId COAL BURNER ' Installed by Hillman Fiid qmz 'fHEAT MERCHANTS.' Cieri.. Off ices, Suite 309, 310, 3M, ?12, 313 - First National Bank iiuilding t You can now have safe, and economical " automatic heat in your home at very, low initial cost. - Ask for arheattng-'v survey in? your home by our trained men which will put you underno bbli-' gation. C facilities in the vocational depart ments.' and this need Is especially acute because of the peculiar na ture and purpose of the vocational work. .This pupose is frankly that--of retaining in school a group of stu dents whose interests does . not center around books and the class ical studies, but who can be great ly benefited by remaining in school for a few years more if work which does not Interest them can be provided. This year, a large number of these students have dropped out, much to the disappointment of the schopl officials, because they could not be acorn modated in the voca tional courses. Many of them are eitherloaf ing about town or, have taken jobs beneath their ability and which lead nowhere. Tfiis sit uation may mean, little to the aver age citizen but it weighs heavily upon the mindsof the educators who have worked out a successful jiicans of educating these students but. cannot put It into practice for lack of facilities. - lroblem Msuiy f-kl-l These problems make the ques tion of enlarging the high school one of greater, complexity than that of merely adding a few rooms and require that before an addi tion. to the present building is de cided upon, the alternate plan of erecting another building, as pos sibly more advantageous, must be considered. However, that snch a building is the, best solution, is mtnow being urged as the defin ite conclusion of any of the school' officials. ' i , The Salem high school's enroll ment .has shown an average in crease of 80 students each year since, 1919, or 62 students,, since 1918, the ; difference being ac counted for In the fact that there was a decrease due to war condi tions in the school year 1918-19. Following are the enrollment figures for the years since the hrgh school has consisted of the thee npper grades only: School Year Increase 1917-18 1frll&. ... 171 191920 121 J92Q-21 89 1921- 22 .' ,. 33 1922- 23. . 118 1923- 24 : 78 1924- 25 .... 61 1925- 26 64 Total 661 t 590 711 - 800 .833 951 ' 1029 1090 1154 On this basis the enrollment for the present year, will reach a total of 1216 and next year 1278, tak ings the lower rate of increase al ready described; in " 1928-29 it f will- be 140 and by 193 will have reached 1400,. DUJiaing 0 z . X T X A. ' X X K-X X 4? Fireman KIMBALL SCHOOL GIVEN SUPPORT ALL ANNUAL CON FKRENCES VOTK TO AID - Rev. John )(. Canse,. New Presi dent, OptimiMtie As to Fu ture Prospects The current bulletin carries the headline: "The New Day at Kim ball Its Dawn." for the reason that all the annual conferences of the patronizing territory have vot ed to aid in its' financial program. This adds to .the complimentary annual resolution of good will thel decision of the conferences to co operate more nearly as haa the Oregn conference. The newly elected president. JRev. John " M. Canse. D. D.t has' met 'with " the most hearty assurances of leaders generally to cooperate In every project tor the enlargement of the program of KlmbalJ .School. It was twenty years .;;go that "Dr. and Mrs. Henry D Kimball dedicated the large part of their property to the training of the ministry at Salem. The entire history,, has been, hopeful . and to day there is better encouragement than ever. There are a few more students than last . year, and the educational nualifir ations averaee higher. Besides ""thejbreal"ient there are t lieToTfbwTBgtLfea'rt7 D7 John D. M?Cortri!cky secretary. Dr. E. S. Hammond; Professor W. H. Hertzog." Professor. . I. iAn drews, and Professor C. M. Keefer, with Rev. Rex Pickering office secretary. Work is under way for the en largement of the service of the building by making two large basement rooms, for a men's read ing room and for a general ser vice roqm with closets and lock ers, also a men's wash room In cluding shoVer bath. A " ladles rest room is installed, as there are several women students, while at the beginning twenty years ago there were no such applicants. It is expected to equip the entire third floor, now unfinished, for a secondary library, and for a num ber of dormitory rooms for men. This improvement will increase the useable floor space by thirty five per cent, and carry out more nearly the original design as the school should grow. President Canse has received the most cordial greetings from all presidents of schools related to Kimball through the Methodist conferences of. the northwest. President Doney wrote the compi- menta for Salem and Oregon as follows: "My dear Doctor Capse: Welcome to Salem and to the field of higher education. I am delight ed by your coming and do wish to help in every way possible, i am persuaded that you have a great opportunity." The Inaugural ceremQnieswill occur In recogni tion oif the new president about the middle of January. It Is expected that there will be . . . i r t 1 11 a continual growiu ior iviuiuau School of Theology. The propo sition under President Hickman to remove the school to a larger city. while it failed in the objective re sulted, in arousing ma,ny old rrUnds and finding many new ones. It hs been reported that the present incumbent; was select ed by' Dr. Talbott to become his successor. Both t were Hoosiers and graduates from DePauw uni versity. The new president enters, upon his duties with wide ac quaintance throughout the Pacific Northwest. He is hopeful- tthat many new friends wilf arisa to join the faithful people of Salem and the Oregon conference .in 'estab lishing a dependable income that will not only, cover -the present budget of 'expenses fcut provide for a gradual and permanent enlarge-q ment of the material equipment. Kimball School wishes" all the readers of Ibe Statesman the hap piest of happy "New Years, ; tfnd pledges cooperation": In i. every worth-while1 enterprise launched in behalf of a still bigger and bet ter city. This Reboot looks back over a worthy past but is reach ing .forward" for, a greater future, and hereby welcomes friendly re lations with, every , forward look ing and constructive agency of the LESHE BUILDING I (,oors w'tl1 two recitation room4 rfw DfCC CiKTon eucn side of it. so that an ad- I NEW J I'XlOR HIGH " - TO AC COMMODATK 4J5o I f Newest Type School truct ore Will Relieve Congestion In . , South Knd Planned to aromraodate 4 50 pupils in -the 7th. 8th and 9th grades, the David Leslie junior high school building is under con struction on the 13 acre plot of ground acquired by the schoo! district on Howard street between Cottage and Winter, as the only item of new building commenced by the Salem district this year. This structure jot 20 rooms is merely the first unit of a building which some day will be twice as large. The first unit is in a "V" shape: the completed building will be a "W" this plan being the most efficient in providing -sunlight for every room and econom izing corridor construction, ac cording to the architects, James & Bartholomew. Excavation was started early in the fall, and work on the founda tion is now under way. Settegren Bros, have the general contract. The building is to be completed July 1. s'o that it may be fully equipped and ready for use when school opens next September. The building Is to be of red brick, two stories in height above th)e basement which- will include two play rooms in addition to the furnace and janitor's room. It. will have a slate roof. At the apex of the "V" will be a study hall connected by sliding Bedding D. J. Poulin, Pres. . Capital MATTRESS MANUFACTURERS Bring your old mattresses to- us for renovating. Our work guaranteed WORK CALLED FOR AND DELIVERED 1190 North Capitol St. GARFIELD ; SCHOOL! BUILDING ; : -s r j v, -1- 2t I U . equate auditorium will be avail able at a great economy of space! " The building will include thre Kuplish recitation rooms, three fot mst hematics. three for social set etices, one for..Latin. one for geh era 1 science with a demonstration table, onfit for penmanship anil spelling, one for drawing, one fot domestic science, one for sewing; in addition to library and ofticrt. Tile manual training depart ment will bo housed in a separaA building, giving the pupils greater freedom for this wqrk and avoldl ing the noise which would be caused in the main building if it were housed there. I i This building will relieve the congestion at the J. L. ' Parrish junior high, as well as providing additional ' room for elementary school pupils in the south end ojf town, as it will take all the pupils from" the McKinley junior higih and that- building will be converg ed into an elementary school. The grade buildings in other parts of the city are also crowded. Superintendent .George W. Hug reports, and further construction to keep ;pace with the steady growth of all districts of the ciy will "be necessary. It is probable that some of the buildings will have to be enlarged next year. It is the policy or the district to enlarge' the ward schools in stead of creating ner ones., as tfie greater 'economy can be achieved hy having large schools in which one teacher, may handle one large section instead of two smaller ones, and in which more segrega tion of pupils according to abilijty is possible. 0 . Company E. W, Muller, Sec. & Treas -Telephone 19 - Salem City ' -3V-4i ; r 3Iattresse VV ; '-(Tlf f ' Imp under VAyy - - condition. SCHOOLS AID IN GROWTH 1 i Draw Many People To Salean As j Homeseekers, Believed ' Continued from page 2) Ne'Mrmeyer,- Theodore W. Olson, My ft el Pelker, Josephine' Turner, Waiter W. Welbon. 5 Englewood School Lyle Murray, principal: Clara Callison, Georgia Crofoot, Maude Forkner, Sadie Grant, Bennie Hammer, Madeline Heckman. Carrie Martin, Mildred Severson, Gladys Tipton. 1 Garfield School Margaret J. Cosper, principal; Minnie V. Duncan, Georg4 Ellis, Greta P. Hiatt. Blanche R. Hubbs, Orpha B. Mitchell, Ina H. Riches, Ruth 'S termer,' Bernice Stewart, Mildred Edgar Trent. Grant School . A. Miller, principal; Cathryn Miller Bates, Ellen Currin, Ella M. De- Ybe, Luella Z. Elrey, Bertha" A. Gamer, Mary Halvorsen, Elva Nissen, Hazel-Van Orsdol, Guerin D. Ziiren. r Highland School Mabel "Murray, principal; Ber tha Allen Mabel Allen, Ida M Andrews, -Isabel I; Bartlett, Gladys A. Paul, Mildred E. Star rett, Mabel' Temple; Nlcoline O. Welbon. M '4 ' ' I Lincoln School W. A. Davenport, principal; Greta Ann Brumage, Neva Cool-' ey, Mabel Curry, Merle Daven port, Merle I Dimick. Bertha En gelhorn, Eleanor Llndberg, Es ther Long, Herma Pfister, Jennie Williams. 1 - Park School ' . U. S. Dotson, principal ; Grace Allen, Amy Martin, Jessie Mar tin, Irene McEwan, Gladys Mills, !- ; ' ''".' .-- " 4'-.'. '-. '. r "How well will they wear? THIS was the, question asked by a new cus tomer" to whom -we had recommended Miller Balloons. : j;;; '.. .' . ' -'f - -v ' . That was more than a year ago. To-Iay, he i still riding around" ch the 'same set of Millers re sold him then and now he's a dyed-in-the-wool Miller fan.: , ' : Ife can tell you all about the merits of Miller Uniflex corlstructiort,, how- it absorbs and com-, pleteiy. dissipates road shocks; he can tell yon why the Miller j?af-jraf Balloon tread puts an eid tb VSPottyr. weaf.v- . : yn:y-K And yet he's only one of hundreds of confirmed users who bought their first iMillers at .,("t; ii.-.'V.'' t--"i' Vif;:f' MILLER 3PIRE SERVICE is "KUSS" SMITII , 1 I ; R i ." X . .. S V Ber. John M. Canse, who came here in ; September aa th new president of Kimball School of Theology: Talk of moving the In stitution to Seattle has apparently subsided, and President Canse haa already made considerable pro gress toward building up the school so that it will be the power that it should be in the northwest, being the only theological school of the Methodist-Episcopal church in Oregon, Idaho or Washington.. ' J927 Bring You Prosperity and Continued Good -Health! Bulgin & Bulgin 275 State St. i -i '. t V "CO. v U B. lair city of Salem. s . .