THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON :
SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 1, 1927
Julia Noble. Lily Pollard, La Vina
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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
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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- "
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NEW YEAR!
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each one of the 3 1 ,536,-
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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
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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
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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
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"oaieni
Where original oilburner specifica
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were changed to an ' -
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Cieri.. Off ices, Suite 309, 310, 3M, ?12, 313
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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-'
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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.
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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,.
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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
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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-
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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
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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 .
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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
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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,
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sold him then and now he's a dyed-in-the-wool
Miller fan.: , ' :
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the Miller j?af-jraf Balloon tread puts an eid
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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.. '
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