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i ST The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning. December 23, 1930 PAGE SEVEN MUTES CDMETD LIGHT University of Virginia Rec ords Written by Jefferson , .TLAJTA Ga" Dee. 22. (AP) Thomas Jefferson's orl iaal written account of a meet- l?6 ?.f th board directors ot tlie literary f and of the Unlver it' o Virginia In 1824 came to light here today. . . The, account was inscribed In Jefferson's own fine script, made famous in the Declaration of la dependence and signed by him self as "rector.". It Is contained in an age-yellowed book betong 1ns to John F. Burdlne, Atlanta business man. Burdlne the other day read an .Aswciaiea new story from Fhil- iaeipnia on the purchase there by Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach of a Jefferson letter. He remembered that in 1S3S h had purchased at a small book shop here a volume containing considerable Jeffersonlan writ ings. I He carried it to the Atlanta Journal, which Is printing a story of the find In its Sunday editions tomorrow. Book Contains Isettm The book contains. In addition to the University of Virginia hoard report, a day-by-day ac count of an early meeting of con gress, and a cypher letter appar ently about General Washington in 1782. 'The congressional ac count and the code letter appar ently are in a different handwrit ing man Jefrerson's. The rolume also contains let ters, unsigned, but writing sim ilar to that of Jefferson, to Ed mund Randolph, commenting on national matters. I look Now Defaced One a fine rolume, the book now is badly defaced. Some for mer owner used It for a scrap hook and pasted poems and pic tures over the fine script. A number of pages have been clip ped out and the book had gone through a fire at some time. There are many perfect pages, however, and Burdlne thinks it possible others may be restored by removal of the matter pasted os them. The account of the University of Virginia board meeting Is in the most perfect state of preser vation of any of the signed mat ter. That section told of some fi nancial difficulties encountered by the institution and the inabil ity of the directors to establish at once all the departments con templated by the legislature in aa act of 1815 establishing the school. . MICKEY MOUSE "A Particular Baby" By IYVERKS Find Madison Autobiography' WASHINGTON'. Dee, 22. AP) The unpublished begin ning of an autobiography of James Madison, which the auth or did not finish because he fjund it too tremendous a task. J" as come into the possession of tie library of congress. ,'. The fifteen-car, work- of the fourth president, painstakingly J inueu oy nts secretary and an- atrUAIiUSI j ll m& TUAT MAN CAN'T C7 ( MISTAKE X NEVER WEDDING' J?cS&MWa TO m amyY S-yCHiup pewoftc ViATOV KMl p THAT'S THB WZ, riK . O I fifl Jr? )VM CAU. IM3lpV,, p r It s' i lffi notated by the hand of his wife, came to the library through an auction. Its experts regard the manuscript as a valuable histor ical find. Popular love of "splrltous li quors" Madison held responsible for the only political defeat he noted In his long public career for the Virginia legislature In 1771. CATHOLIC SO L PROGRAM SUNDAY STAYTON1, Dec. 22. The Cath olic school held its annuel Christmas program on Sunday evening at the school auditorium. The following program "will ba given: "Holy Night," chorus: "Spring's Approach." Rhythmic orchestra: "Renting the Picka ninnies,'" dialogue; "There was Ke Boom at the Inn": "Lore in the Midnight Came": Santa's Whiskers: Jolly Old Santa Clans"; tableau; greeting, tiny tots. A cordial Invitation to the pub lic is extended to attend this pro gram. Stayton has taken on a holiday spirit these past few days, with the stores all decorated and many homes already beautifully lighted, etc. with more to follow suit later. Various merchants have of fered prizes for decorations. Light, Red Heads Easiest to Teach Saysi Instructor Some good work is being done for the boys of Salem high school by the Y. M. C A., according to Bob Boardman, physical Instruc tor of the association. Friday saw fire classes of 161 boys enter the swimming tank for the second session et instruction In the arts of swimming. The object of the coarse is to teach the mastering of three swimming strokes and three dives. 'Instructors for the course are Mr. Boardman and Fred Smith, student of Willamette university. Of the first term classes num bering mere than 100 boys, there were 37 . who could not swim m stroke when they started in the course in September. When they finished all bat twe could swim 60 feet. The average age of the boys is 16 years. Mr. Boardman is conducting an Investigation of the 37 lads to see the situation from a little more of a scientific attitude. f Measures are being taken to compare their ability to learn scholastic studies and ability to learn to swim. Orer 80 per cent of the boys are from rural communities and small towns. - Reasons given br the boys for their .falling to hare learned to swim are varied: 22 said they had no chance to learn:' others never had the desire; some were afraid of the water; and still more were made to stay away from the water by their parents' tear ot their getting drowned. "Light haired boys and 'red heads' are the easiest to teach." said Mr. Boardman in a recent Interview. They try - harder. "There Is no better gift to a boy than to show him that he can swim when he's learned to think in the terms of not being able to swim. There is no toy that a boy likes better than to try out some new accomplishment.' Ot the entire group of 17 non swimmers, six of them had had drowning experiences end had been saved from the water by some swimmer who knew life saving. Miss Patterson Opposes Release Of Linda Baer JJnda Baer, whose father re cently sought to have removed from the state "girls industrial school on habeas corpus action, was legally sent to the school on commitment issued out of the Polk county court, declares Clara Patterson, superintendent of the school, in emended return to the writ, filed yesterday. The child la delinquent, ana should remain in the homo, the amended return states, asking that the writ ot habeas corpus be dismissed. LABJSH FAMILY E MY Case of a Marlon county family existing in a state of abject des titution was brought to the atten tion of The Statesman by Mrs. Florence Matthes. Route 9, Box CI last week. Hermann Rape and family consisting of a young mother end tire small children, she said, are llring In the Lake Labtsh district near her home la an old house which had been boarded up at the windows and made to serve as storage room for hay; t The mother yesterday told Mrs. Matthes, I have no light from the boarded up windows. I must keep onr oil lamp burning in the daytime to see, for there is no glass la the windows, and it I took off the boards, my two-year old baby would die of the cold. In the cold and dark it is such hard work to care for my hungry chil dren." The father is said to hare walk ed to Portland to seek work and only to have to walk back again without having obtained it. He had not heard of the jobs open on county road work, according to Mrs. Matthes, "because he was too poor to take The Statesman, where he would have learned of this work available." Food and clothing of any kind will be accepted with joy, she said. The mother recently had to make the fonr boys, aged 12. 10, 8 and 7. clothes out of the fathers shirts. The case is being referred to local charitable organizations. But anyone wishing to Investi gate can get In touch with the case through Mrs. Matthes, by telephoning 44F24. T H TEACH 60 ON VACATIONS TURNER, Dec. 22 The Turn er teachers will be scattered dur ing the vacation season. Prof. and Mrs. J. R. Cox will visit Mr. Hoi'i narooti near Jefferson and will also Tislt relatives at Port land and Oregon City. Kenneth Hickok droro to his home in Port land Friday evening after the high school basketball games. He Is planning a trip to Mt. Hood. Mrs. Earl Pearcy with Mr. Pear cy and son Atlee will spend a few days at the home ot her brother. Wlllard Mclntruff of Marshfield. Mrs. Iran Hadley and family will take a trip to Longriew, Wash. to Tislt Mr. Hadley's brother, Clifford Hadley and family. Mrs. father. W. H. Carrlgan, at Hood River. Mrs. C. W. Sloan will spend a few days at her homo at Kings Valley after which she will -visit her daughter. Miss Gladys Morgan, at Eugene. Jlr. and Mrs. C. A. Bear were happily surprised Saturday morn ing when their only daughter. Mrs. R. S. Stewart, and young son Quintan arrived from Spring Valley, Minn., to spend the hol iday season. They made a quick trip, leaving Rochester, Minn.. Wednesday evening. Mrs. Stewart fa well known and has many friends in -Marion county where she finished her education and taught school for several years. Mr. and Mrs. t, H. Small are entertaining three of their child ren and their families oa Christ mas day. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Small and daughters Ella May and Jacqueline ot Eugene; Judge and Mrs. B. C Small and daught er Suzanne -of Salem; Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Roberts and children. Dean, Barbara and Alice of Tur ner. , , SUM COUPLE LIC MARRIED STAYTON-, Dee. 22. -Hen. W. H. Hobson and Mrs. Hobson quiet ly celebrated their SSth wedding anniversary on Friday. Nearly all ot their 'married life has been spent In Stayton Mr. Hobson hav ing been a pioneer merchant here. C in L GIVE OPERETTA - INDEPENDENCE, Dec. 22. The pupils ot Independence train ing school gave a Christmas pro gram Friday. An operetta with the birth of the Christ child as the theme was presented. Seventh and eighth grade girls formed the chorus and sang several Christ mas songs. Students acted pan tomime depicting scenes ot the songs. Other numbers included: Dia logue, wicked prince, seventh and eighth grade; musical selections, fifth grade; toy orchestra; second grade; songs, eighth grade. After the program the different grades went to their rooms and enjoyed a Christmas treat pre sented by the teachers. The pu pils decorated a tree for the "White Christmas." Donations ot toys, foodstuffs. -canned fruit and clothes for needy people were oa this tree. Tho "White Christmas" has been an Institution here for sev eral years. 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