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Tr OIIEGON STATESMAN, Salen. Oregon. Tcesday Hernia?, Aggg?! 18,;l:S4-f - , hi inn " jr-tnaTi Sr " eiiiii ' ' " : Faror Sway No Fear ShcXL Awt" From Fiin Statesman, March 28. 1851 j . THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Charles A, Spragtje, Sheldon F. Sackett, Publithtn Charles A. Sfkacvh ..... EditorManagr Sheldon F. Sackett ' - - . Managing Editor Member of the Associated Press V The Aaaoctated Press -4e exclusively entitled to th dm (or publica tion ot all new dlspatrbea credited to tt or not therwlae credited to ttala paper. ","'" Pacific Co&st Advertising Representatives: Arthur W. 8 type; Inc, Portia 1.3. Security Bldg. 810 Franr-lac. Sliaroa Bids-: Los Anxelea, W. Pac. Bids. Castern Advertising Representatives: ord-ParsonsStecher. Inc. New York, 171 Madison Ave. Chlsaso. S6t N Michigan Ave. Entered at the Poetoffic at Salem, Oregon, as Second-Clae Hatter. Published every morning except Monday. BusinesM office. 1 15 S. Conimerrial Street. ' j . - U ? SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Mall Subscription Rates, in Advance. Within Oregon t Daily and Sunday,! Mo. SO eeat; S Mfe l.JSj Mo. IX.2S; 1 year $1.00. Elaewiuire 69 centa per Mo., or $5.00 (or 1 year tn advance. By City Carrier: 45 centa a mcnth; $5.00 a year la advance. Per Copy 2 centa On train a and News Standi $ centa The End of the Long, Long Trail?, Useless Bones in the Educational Process THE OREGONIAN rightfully casts doubt on the prevail ing system in education of choosing teachers for the higher schools on the basis of years .of advanced study and degrees held. The schools are making is impossible for anyone with, a mere bachelor's degree to get anywhere in the educational world," opines that paper. "The young man or woman who dreams of becoming a great teacher faces the necessity of going through seven or even more years of col legiate study before he or she can hope to achieve promotion.' One reason for this constant raising of standards lies in , the fear of incumbent teachers of new competition. Once Safely DOsitioned. the teacher in hicrher durational circles ' welcomes higher and higher standards especially where they are not made retroactive. The device of degrees and long- term preparation acts rather effectively in keeping down overproduction of teachers, although of late even a seven- year post-high school period is not an insurmountable hurdle and as the Oregonian comments, more and more Ph.D's are jobless. We think the most serious flaw in the education of ad vanced teachers is not the time required nor the degrees but the utter foolishness of the "requirements for these degrees. To secure a. Doctor of Philosophy degree in almost any field the student must seek some narrow, exclusive, almost invar iably useless field of knowledge and probe there until some dry bone is uncovered. Then he must spend months, perhaps . years, exploring this bone and writing of his discoveries. ,When he has waived this aloft to the satisfaction of some former bone-hunting professors, his degree is granted. " I The advanced degree usually bears no relation whatever to the student's ability to teach or, as a matter of fact, to perform scholastic studies which have a real bearing on life. , The fault of this system comes from the vicious inbreed ing in higher educational requirements. All too often the professors in charge of degree requirements have been forced through this treadmill of useless research. Protected from the. realities of life,, they go on insisting of generation after generation of candidates for teaching positions that these candidates follow the restricted process which marked their training. tOt &t rmmm " I "' Hi. ' V..i ' "i . . . .lMmi J f ... ..' - . .. . .. ...I v. .,' . -.. I -I- . ; . ' " - - ' ' lt)o J 11 C A DT CTDIN PC By EDWIN A L. -MAGDONALD BITS for BREAKFAST -By R. J. HENDRICKS- Anotber hunt for tha. Dorlon Woman's grava: (Contlnulns; from Sunday:) Va rious elnes to possibla information concerning th location o tha grava of tna Dorlon Woman wera contained tn tha artlcla in this column In tha Sunday issue. V Perhaps soma living member of fha Samiial Parker f&milY ean Hieher education would be improved measureably if the hhrow light on tha matter. Or tha cobwebs of the PhJ). and vears of valueless D reparation were I Fetor D. Clino family. Or tho Lav- I M . . m -1. -. T . is xuuusua laiuiiy. a. w ferson. son of tha pioneer, Delos or near Heppner, Oregon. A letter brought tha Information that she had died, only a short time before. The pioneer Swarts family lived I in the Mlddlegrove district: the swept aside. The greatest need of the teacher, obviously, is the manifest ability to teach. Instead, today college prof es-1 Jefferson, whose donation claim sors are notoriously oaa teacners. I was near the one ot the Dorlon If the teacher held his Ground on demonstrated ability Woman's husband, John Tourpin, which was frequently checked, by his dean or university bi?ltw. ye J1,!11 Vi . . . a . . I WriLHr I.IlfS BOSBIUIB BUUrDBa Ul el W president, ipto mgner eaucation tne neaitny Dreatn or cnange geDhlne JOhnson. a daughter ofl would be swept. We should have less disillusionment among! Lewis Johnson. She had lived at college graduates who suddenly find a degree has no practi cal value. We would have more taxpayers convinced that growing appropriations for education are justified: For the American people have a fetish for education and because of this have been more than liberal in its support. If the educa tional process, wrapped in the eravecloth of antiquated cus-1 donation - claim of Simon Swarta torn, had to be as rigidly and periodically Inspected as a com- Joul ur-"a z. ;"T petitive business firm, in these stirring days of 1932, useless th.Tus mer niac. traditions such as the Ph.D. process, and other years 01 val- J was near. So wa the w. R- Mun ueless "advance work" would be swept Aside- Ikers .place. The Simon Swarts house was near the Tourpm house -i r .i n l ana between tnese oia log Vnangmg V iews On Uie DOnus houses was the ancient Indian tU- LOWLY sentiment is develoninor throughout the nation tallage well known to the earliest - I A.t mm. i a t . . 11 t.. ing toward the Waldo hills and the Santiam pass was near. V la S Perhaps some members or one of, the families can tell where the Dorlon Woman was buried, or can give a hint concerning the way the Information , may be secured. oppose further federal aid to the American soldiers of world war The development of this view is retarded by the intense desire most Americans possess to deal fairly with the men who "carried on" in 1917 and 1918. In pre-1929 days the anti-bonus, anti-grab viewpoint was almost extinguished by the flood of prosperity which bathed the nation and rendered insignificant the really stupendous benefits of more than one billion dollars annually now given to the exsoldiery of the nation. But when the majority of citizens of the nation are feeling -the pinch of new taxes which range from postage stamps to levies on auto tires and gasoline, the general public, which is a far larger group than the veterans' organizations, asks why it should go on giving support to this special group. Why should more than $400, 000,000 of revenue be voted annually into hospitalization of men whose disabilities are in no way connected with war time service? The most effective propaganda of the pro-bonus propon ents of 4ate has been to attack HWall street" or the "steel barons" or the "war profiteers" and to deduce that huge The statement was contained in the decree following the suit to quiet title that John Tourpin had resided on the land to which his estate received the patent. from 1846. One ot the students of old Ore gon history. T. C. Elliott of Walla Walla, has taken up with the au thorities at Washington a search intended to show just what state ments were 'made by the Dorlon Woman and her husband, whan they made applications for. the tour claims which they filed. The result of this inquiry may throw some light leading to an answer to the present quest Mr. Elliott says the original pioneer claim ants were required to give a good many particulars, In order to prove that the rights which they asserted were valid. k Since the above paragraph was typed, a letter has come from Mr. Elliott to the Bits man, which reatta. In part: r I think the Cath olic fathers at St. Paul and St. Lioula will get weary answering questions as to this woman (the Dorlon Woman). It seems very strange that their records reveal nothing about her death and bur ial. That is the natural place to look; I am afraid we are up against a stone wall in that search. She may have died when on some visit somewhere. She should have been given, a Christian burial somewhere, and record ot It may appear. It ahe was visiting in the Walla Walla country sch record might have been made by Father Cherouse, who was then the resi dent priest among the Indiana (Continued on Page 7) The Va Safety Ive - - Letters from Statesman Readers New Views "Do you favor additional bo nuses , zor woria war veterans T Why or why not?" These were the questions asked yesterday by Statesman reporters. Thomas M. Newberry, barber x I think they are entitled to all they can get because they were forced to go whether they wanted to or notr It was nor lust ilght- war profits to this group justify huge post-war payments to I ing in our own country; we were it. . ci -1 ii a nwiAyl anrw I flrhttnr fnr tha nthAP rnnntrtM.. me soldiers, oouer-nuuueu uu.paj'eis wm uui uc uwncu aj b7 this argument of prejudice. Granting huge profits were made by war profiteers produces no legitimate argument for extortion 6f adding federal grabs by bonuseers; The great mass of people wno stayed at nome maae smauer proius 1 1 1!) 11. 1 - J 1 J V LS. 1 Mn-An i nan cua me reiamea souuex yvueu uu uuuuu muawiuio out bonus, his subsequent bonus, his low-rate insurance and his hospitalization benefits are considered. August 18. 1007 . The ' city councU ot Corrallls has Just passed the gas franchise asked for recently by James Steel, ot Salem, giving him the right to manufacture gas la Corrallls for 26 years. Residents of Corrallls are jubilant at the prospects of better, light Chd cheaper heating. The believe gas will be eheaper than wood as fuel. fighting tor the other countries.- As to .their getting the c-ther half the bonus before it's due, X don't know. - - John BX cCalley, livermanV per nam: "t think they dor, yea. They helped the country out In time of need. Now everybody Is in need and they should be help ed. I'm a tax payer myself and I'm willing to pay taxes to help them out." Dr. Poling Goes to Hoover 11 JODERATP!.MTNDFn nrnhirrffinnicf. will ronctir with tho decisi2 i0"!,0 wno will support President Herbert Hoover for reelection. -ervice men more bonus money. xuuuir. wno nas snenr rrtA nniir at tnn laar vear Cflmnaipn. i Thsv airaadr nav . receiTed a ing for prohibition throughout the United States, declares: ahare and I don't beUeve they are aOuriAnn.ii... . !..... n..v.. i. .. I av-birdsr an than o there, now- vi.vukiih vi rieaiuvut uvui u uucu uyvu uis l belief that in contrast with'Qovernor Roosevelt hi election : I adays. Tm against the bonus army wm saieguard. the ealns mada under nrahibitlon. will move I wea.' lvTI? th -atlon ot exiatlng evils resulting from non !Inc4 non-enforcement in tha communities. wiU " wm f nake1tlTeDl nd the return ot the saloon system, . f JLy mlt W publlc otII-er or candidate to any policy aantimTnt ulca" sainst hU own conscience or the of todenl nSwMUtUeaU a vlU on"a P'taClple oi i&aerai control for a nMnn.i -v . m.inw'JSw t0 "PP01 Jitter Presidential candidate on the major tickets as the national w r. t tt a decided gain for the forces of nntnnt i t?. nw. ernor Koosevelt will certainly win the votes of the most rabid the bonus payment at once, bat I w , w"c uusi, araeitt arysido not support President I T" osv w. wewi Hoover the balance of th tmrl- will tuJLhJ. ! $T--! now. They seem to Jiave plenty j? r "01Dponwts wno are not satisfied with either .Canalaatea srani BhAnM HAn v.. i loit. jf uiav wo cu&ugv ui. luej xoui r amendment can never be marlA hw tnhi .nHMta friot I a direct. natinnal.wirlA rofamcinT nrin I rhey should be paid what ' is a final derMnn nn ,V 1 aervlcea to their I a.nna decision on this much-discussed subject. - goTernment. but why should they -ot--"""'. i - - - XZ :-,V:- I damand.it rhen...the government i iai4j airaw nais at Hair price; rape in the grain stubbla; they fought- for - is not able to .r "": w e ironi iawn;.news items about returning teachers, nay? d layman, farmer: "Ton cant cut taxes by paying ' this bonus money, and It seems to me the soldiers as well as the rest of the puoiic .snouia join in ana neip get taxes down." J. T. Incon, clerk t ! had at one time thought perns ps there was some right in the claim for of money to support themselves while they; make trouble." lira. Emily Smith, bomemakeri Yesterdays ... Of Old Salem Towa Talks from The States-' manv of Earlier Days Engineers . at the head ot -the SfcKensie river are-making sur veys for a big electric plant. It la said they will have a f 09-foot fall. with water enough to generate 60,000 horsepower. The water will be taken from Clear lake by tunnel to the river. 1 : First demsndlng four more hol idays and a shorter working day. Spokane barbers now are threat ening a strike if their, wages are not raised to S3 a dsy. The de mand la made because . the' pro prietors have raised the price ot haircuts to 15 cents. August IS, 1931 To the editor: The spectacle ot Friday night's program by the B.E.F. In Willson park was at once amusing and dis gusting. Despite reiterated asser tion that reds and communists are barred from the organization, the speechea by Commander Green and bis aides sounded distinctly like the May day rantlngs ot Rus sian women on the "Green" ot New England towns. In an earli er generation, when American cit izens were animated by national feeling Instead ot submissive to the Jitters," remarks such as war freely broadcast In the park would likely have started a fight. it they had not brought arrest for seditious utterance. No doubt the frequent applause which greeted more radical utter ances elicited Green's statement to your paper that "The American people have been 100 .per cent for us. Careful observation of these outbursts -of bandclapping revealed that the encouragement was coming chiefly from youths of high school age, 'pool hall loungers, alley walkers a group that would be first to call "Sic 'em" at the least prospect of a dog fight The bulk of taxpaylng responsible Salem citizenry, who provide and maintain the park and concerts, appeared to have gone home; the few who remain ed to' hear the bonuaeers were keeping their hands In their pockets. The speakers' slogan was "gim me," not "thank you." No appre ciation was given for Police Chief Glasstord'a aid' nor for that given by the citizens ot Washington and other cities; no thanks for any of the free transportation offered ana accepted to their homes; no thaaks,;even. for the use of Will son park facilities only -crum bling that MWe got started an hour and a half late" because of the band concert. The Sunset di vision men adopted the attitude that it was -atlll 1117, and that the non-eombataat populace, al though impoverished by the de pression, should- support the march against Washington Just as it had backed the drive toward Berlin. Each harangue. was merely de nunciation of things as they are; no constructive idea was given. : -Jl SYNOPSIS : life to leraly Patricia BraithwaU waa n aeries of parties, trips abroad and mw Palsa Beach. Her castles erasable when her Anas Pamela tn renaa her . that Mr. Braithwalfa .fortune la depleted and paggests that Pat aaarry the wealthy, saiddle aged Harvey Blaine to iasure her own and her father's fatare, warn ing her that leva fades. Aoat Pass's saarriage with Jiauaie . Warren hand we, young lawyer waa h ginning to nail in spite of the ar dent lave they had had for each ether. They still cared bat the ree tJae ef asarried life had made them leas levers and ssere friends' Stanned by her east's revelations. Pat Is seriously consideriag Blaine te aave the father ahe adores, when meets a f sadnating y e a n g iper, who only reveals his first naate. Jack. Despite their Instant attraction far one another, Pat dls- cenragea fatare meetings. That night. Pass caationa Blaine te be matter-of-fact and not sentimental In trying te win Pat. stressing tha point that Us one advantage Is the fact that Pat is desperately hard era and , worships her father, whe Uvea for Pat alone. Pat decides te have a heart-to-heart talk with her father. CHAPTER EIGHT Here's a nice place to sit" Heart pounding In hammer blows, Patri cia made room for her father on n log washed up by the tide. T want to have a serious confab with yon about going home," ahe said gaily. .Tn zed up with PaJjaJBcach." . Her face horned. For the first time fat her life ahe was 'not deal ing openly with him. "Oh, God of all rwrellness, dont let It be true!" she prayed. . The eld man considered. Natur ally he had no Intention of takixtg her to her devastated home. It might be said he had no intention tn any direction ether than to keep heartbreak and ughness from his child, waiting upon a more mature understanding to help her when the time came that she must know. If one, as money, had never fig ured largely in his consciousness. He had had very little in year the largest sum at any one time being that received for the furni ture. Substance had a larger impor tance in. his mind than exchange. And substance had been his. al ways. In so far aa he had need. however small the exchange in hand. And there had been enough of that when urgently needed. Even now, there were ways his life insurance, paid up and never touched. This, however, waa te be thought of only aa a final and des perate resort, since it waa Patri cia's. Bat at least It could be thought of. For himself there would be enough of the land aa long as ha lived. Pamela's conclusion that he had brought Patricia here with an idea of displaying her in a fashionable marriage market had never enter ed his head. Ha was merely giving her what ha had always given her the advantages ox beauty. Without thinking ef it, he had known ahe would marry a man of wealth. Not for his vealth; but be cause she had had contacts with no others. When, he did not question. In God's good time. Not sooner. Not later. Seeing her father's evident per turbation, Patricia's heart strained in her bosom. A terrible sickness swept her. TVa been thinking for some time of talking to you about home," he said meditatively. Things have arisen while you've been away that I didn't want to trouble you with." "Have you been keeping secrets from me, DadumsT" she demand ed with a brilliant smile. Inwardly aha prayed: "Dear God, dont let it be true." "No. Merely delaying eonfi- SIPS! ir n n rw August 10. 1023 Because ot strike conditions. the Southern Pacific railway hat laid an embarro on shisment ot I livestock, fruit and all other per ishable goods to points south of 1 Gerber, CaliT. Coming Just at the opening of the southern Oregon orchard fruit season, the'' ban threatens to hinder shipments to canneries. Charles Hall's contest of the Republican nomination for gov ernor' won by Ben W. Oleott on May t il was abandoned and abruptly taken out of court for two reasons: Information fur nished to the Hall forces was found to ;be- incorrect and the ! court ruled that - the attorneys should not question, witnesses as to, whom they roted f or : . . afe artaBBBBBBBba ar sasamc w l m SACRAMENTO, Calif. Be cause' the bottom has fallen" out of the market, hops in northern California will not be picked this fall, prominent growera declared ' here yesterday. ,; .... ' j HAVE MONEY! . , We Invite .f..u V;''- Your ; V Banking ; Business I UNITED GTATEG NATIONAL BANK SALEM, OtZ. "X want te have n eeriena confab with yea ahent going hesae," she said gaily. . deacee." -:. " - , "WelL thata n good alibL Maybe FTi use it if ever one ef my secrets should find me out." "The fact la," he went on, "the house became unsafe, doe te tha earing, and I had te have it taken down." Patricia busied herself over a aandspur caught on her skirt. "Oh, God, stand by." Aloud: "When did this happen?" "About two years ago." "But where did you live while I was in school!" "I built a house farther back." Her heart sang. Then it was not so bad aa Aunt Pam thought. "I might have known God eouldnt be so crueL" "The house, however, Is rather small," Mr. Braithwait continued. "Hardly the place to take a young lady who must have space for house parties and the like. Oh God Dear good God stand by. Stand by! It waa aa if aha had been lifted high in an elevator on rotten cables that had suddenly given way, and she waa dashing down to death. So I thought we wouldn't re turn," her father waa saying. "It would cost considerable to enlarge the house sufficiently. And a plan tation is a dun place for a girL We eould-take an apartment somewhere In tha vicinity of New York for the coming summer. Next winter your cousin Pamela plana to bring you out and I shall return to the plan tation to look after things. It is un likely that you win care to return after a winter in New York, and it may be that I can arrange my af- zalra so we ean go abroad. A year in Paris " "Economical," thought Patricia, miserably. "Or more likely a stall. He hasn't been square with me. My Dad urns hasnT been square with me and he's covering now. But he did tt to save ma hurt. Always everything for my happiness." "Paris is tho -usual thing," Mr. Braithwait waa saving. "Unless, of course, some gay young dog steals you from me in the meantime," he finished with a smfle. Ah! He too expects that salva tion. ... Only he doesnt put it up to me aa Aunt Pam did. ... Well, that's that ... I had to be sure. . . . Oh, but rm so beastly selfish! want my own play. I want te drift by moonlight with strange young men, listening te the opera of the sea. ... "How do those plana suit youf" her father asked anxiously. "Capital. She sprang up. "Con fab's ever. And X promised te be back for the tea dance." At n quarter after five she met Blaine en the veranda. They went for a sedate walk in the gardens. And though enraged by Pamela's picture Of aim, he rirvertheless had wisdom enough to be dreumspect. It tore his vanity to think of offer ing his money te girl Take Pat, keeping his person out of sight, so te apeak; but her consent was the mportant thing. He never doubted that once ahe was his, he could wis her ardor "I know yon eouldnt love a maa of my age, Patricia," he said, paus ing in the hope that ahe would re fute him, "but if you would consent te be my wife X feel that my con sideration might in time win you regard. If not your affection. It would be my privilege te make your father's remaining years easy. wen aa te am round yon with every luxury.", She kept her eyes resolutely away from his face. "You are gen erous and kind, Mr. Blame, and perhaps in time I would get used " (she checked herself on the point ef saying: "used to' your face") "to the Idea of being mar ried to an older man. I dont love you. But I'd try. Really try." "X ask no more," he said, raging Inwardly, but, also, triumphant. "WIU you shaka hands on itt" She gars him her limp hand, sur prised and grateful that he asked no more. "I think we wont tell Father, though, for a few days, if you dont mind. I hare reasons. And shan we go back to the hotel, please T" "Tour win la my law," he aaid fervently. "Oh, why are old people ae bro orddicT" ahe thought "How much nicer If he'd said, yodej the cat's breeches. Kid'." Then Involuntarily she recollected - that Jack had not used one word of slang and aha had liked it (Te Be Ceaiinoetl) 0 1912. ky Xiac Fcatura Syndicate. Iaa. No one thought of spending sum mer preparing for winter; the only plan was "On to Washing ton," spreading discord and radi calism instead ot attempting to re store peace and quiet. In August, Green and his bud dies are only asking responsible stay-at-homes to "warm our blan kets" with hard-earned, hard saved cash; this winter they will doubtless supplement this with a demand for new blankets. "Pan handling." by whatever name he chooses to call it, is still Just pan handling. Yours rery truly. WENDELL M. KECK. , Your Eyes Will Tell Your Age Are Yo u Forty? Soon alter reaching the age ef forty, the average person wm need glasses for reading Sometimes headaches at that period, althongh this la not reoctfniaed, are doe to eyestrain. It Is atrange, too, that the average person overlooks the zte pesotty ef changing the lenses pretty regularly. , - . ,' There is a remarkably steady change la the power. of vis ion. Give ns certain facta aa to the eyesight and strength of the glasses) won for reading and we can tell Terr accurately Che age of the person. The progress of presbyopia, aging vis ion, runs parallel to the line of the birthdays. By the way, you'd better come in and let us look over your eyes and see If your glasses are all right. Lots of times persons, young and old, think they are bilious, when really all they need is new glasses. Bear this In mind. While headache, heavy feeling, dizziness and disinclination to work are commonly symptoms of some trouble with' the di gestion, tt Isn't always so. Eyestrain, due to lack of glasses or to badly fitting glasses, may account for the -uncomfortable symptoms. Here Is another suggestion. Perhaps We get tired ef wearing the aano the frames ef your glasses are bent, so frames, and It la a good thing to have thai the lenses are not placed la treat several pairs of gleet re If yon can af- of yow eyes as they should be. This ford It. Bare a pair ef spectacles or two, pnta the lenses ot of focus," changing also a pair of aese gtsrifis. Yoa will bo the relation or the curve of tho glasses surprised what a relief there is In to the eyes, so that actually aa artificial chaaging frames. form of eyestrain la produced. . Yon can have such Ql feelings from It to a good thing to have the apecta- a ; the need ef glasses or from wrongly ftt- cle frames adjusted now and them.- To - -., v ted glasses that yon can easily imagine do so wm spare you a lot of smnecee-.. - yourself sick; and It la Just aa bad to sary annoyance and real discomfort. ( . think yon are sick as to be sick, Isnt ltt i" Nobody can be efficient in work or be happy If Buffering s from eyestrain. It Is silly to go about Just half your real self . whoa a test of the eyes reveal tho reel person. By getting the .... . needed pjflaaees yew win be good as stew.. 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