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The OHEG0N STATESSIAN, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning January 1, 1935
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CENTENNIAL OF
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50th Anniversary of School
. Of Law, Social Policy .
Change Observed
' For iwilfamette university the
year 1934 was one filled - with
Important ' dates, . anniversaries
and achievements. It marked not
Only the close of ; the. long and
successful administration of Dr.
', Carl Gregg Do nejr and toe begin
ning of Dr. Bruce" R." Baxter's
- presidency but also was celebrat
ed as the fiftieth .anniversary of
the Willamette law college and
the centennial year of the arrival
. in Oregon of Jason Lee, Willam
ette's founder, i :
. It saw also Important changes
In the 90ryear' old social policy of
tho- university., an Increase In en
rollment and unasual success in
the school's extra-curricular activ
ities. Dr. Doney Retires to
Home in Ohio
The ! retirement of President
V)eney after 19 years of service
and the selection of Dr. Bruce
Richard Baxter to succeed - him
were the two most important
events of the year. ; - Dr. Doney, .
who since his coming in 1914 had
greatly increased the endowment,
built up enrollment and raised
scholastic standards to top-rank,
performed his last official act in
presenting diplomas to 7 IT sen
iors on June 11. Shortly after
ward he returned to his former
home In 'Columbus, Ohio, where
he intends to read, write and "put
his papers in order." .
Dr.. Bruce Baxter, .assistant to
the president of the University of
Southern California, was chosen
in midsummer by the board of
trustees to succeed Dr. Doney. In
: Capetown, South i Africa at "the
time of his, election, Dr. Baxter
was unable to take over his .du
ties until late in October, but in
the short time he has been here
has completely won the students
and townspeople to his contagious
t personality. Although- he be-
plans for Willamette he is certain
that tie will endeavor to maintain
the .high moral, and scholastic
standards of the school and is al
so interested. In securing a new
t iiurary I building and a science
Tuildine
A swing in the policy, of the
university was made by the board
of trustees at their June meeting
when they made a revision in the
rules which had prevented . Wil
lamette j students from enjoying
social dancing. The change, which
made dancing by campus1 organi
sations legal as long as the danc
es were-held off the campus, came
as the; result of student agitation
late in 1933.! The- trustees also
voted to arrange a pension sys
tem for faculty members. ;Thi$
system, 1 although r various plans
have been studied, carefully for
the past six months, has- not yet
been put in operation. . ' .
Jmo Lc Ctnran
'Visits Original MJmJob .
As the western terminus of the
Jason Lee caravan, sponsored by
.the Methodist 'Episcopal church to
celebrate the centennial of the ar
rival of the pioneer missionary in
Oregon, Willamette had historical
Importance during the year. Cer
emonies at the state fair grounds
and at the site of Jason Lee's
original ' mission near Wheatland
took place in September as a me
morial to the school's founder, p
. , In May the law school celebrat
ed its 50 th anniversary St a ban-
hi micuucu u; inuuiiucui lew
yers and Jurists from all over the
Northwest. Judge William M.
Ramsey of McMinnvillev founder
and first dean of the college, was
"an honor guest. ?.
Student activities met with suc
! cess in athletics i and . forensic.
Willamette's football team, the
greatest since 1905, was undefeat
ed in the Northwest conference
and won a co-championship with
the College of Idahov Basketball
and baseball teams, though not
champions, finished high in con
ference ratings. ' V-
'. Willamette's forensic team' was
rated with the r University of
Southern California .and the Un
iversity of California at Los An
geles teams as leaders -in the-Pacific
Forensic league, while in-
dividual members of the forensic
squad won signal honors. - -
As the year closes Willam
ette is looking forward to the
brightest prospects In years. 'With
a new high spirits in the student
body, a young and energetic pres
ident at the helm, a predicted in
crease in enrollment for next year
and promises of an athletic year
even better than the one lust fin
ished Willamette seems to be fae-
Ing the most fruitful period of its
existence ;
- The Salem Philharmonic sym
phony orchestra under the direct
. tlon ot Jacques Gershkovltch is
In the midst ot one ot its most
successful seasons. There will he
two more concerts, one February
15 with Clara En ess. pianist, ns
guest artist, and one ot April S
with Frances Brockman violinist
from Eugene, as. soloist. "
Last spring Emery Hobson and
.the Philharmonic chorus were fea
tured in two concerts respectively.
There has been a tine response
from both townspeople and young
musicians to the Philharmonic or
, chestra this year, according to the
board made up ot 37 business
men and women.
i TJP B1L1 TO EOTA
.Few people know that they are
going UO hill When: drfvinr tn
Eola. At the Marlon-Polk county
brldza. . the elav&tlna ahnra ,
PIIIHBOF
SilEMM ACTIVE
level is 30 feet while at Eola the
Making Many Friends as Leader
Of Methodist University Here
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Dr. Bruce B. Baxter, La the two months he has been in Salem, has al
ready won a wide circle of friends through the numerous public
:. addresses be has made in this city and throughout the state.
Woman's Club Active for
Over Quarter of Century
Organization ! Junior Glub, Renovizing of
Quarters, Year's Achievements
Thirty-five years ago in Salem
a small gronp of public-spirited
women met for the purpose, of or
ganizing a Woman's club, and for
over a quarter of a century the
club has been engaged in carrying
out the objectives of its organiza
tion namely: the furthering of
intelectual, philanthropic and so
cial activities.
- .Nineteen hundred thirty, four
has been but a continuation of the
past ' busy years, and . many ex
cellent .speakers, lecturers and;
musicians have contributed to the
intellectual life: of the city. A
class in art -appreciation land a
study of the new books were out
standing events of the early part
oi tne year. Recently, a - large
class in interior decorating has
been meeting twice a month at the
clubhouse rooms. C- n
The clubhouse on North Cot
tage Is commodious and i nicely
equipped, and the recent renoviz
ing of the basement rooms have
added materially to the comfort
and appearance. . li r
Perhaps the most outstanding
event of this year's clubwork has
peen tne organization- of a Junior
Woman's club, which began Its
work with sixty charter members.-
Thls group's composed of i vounr
women ' between the ages of 18
and 30. '.7 "';.v-:vv. -.- vf
Another big - project launched
this year Is the culmination of
seven years work, gathering re
productions of fine paintings.
mounting and typing on the back
of each picture a complete history
of the artist and picture. : Almost
700 mounted pictures have. been
recently placed In the state li
brary for loaning to schools, clubs
ana siuay classes.
For .many years, thoustnds of
used magazines have been gath
ered and distributed to various In
stitutions. . This year the ' srork
has been extended in its 1 scone.
ana wm reacn the needy of Salem.
bo far, about two thousand mag'
azlnes have been gathered and
are being placed. '
A MODERN
IN . SALEM
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Dr. L. E. Barrick, Pres. Virgie T. Golden, Vice-Pres.
CLOUGH-BARRICK CO.
F,U MEiR A L SER VICE
A thoroughly modern ' Funeral EsUbllshment with a service
that is efficient, praiseworthy and consistent with general
economic conditions. Built up through many years of faithful
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EstaU!s!ied 1878
"Know Your Oregon" is the
subject ot the year's program and
various phases of Oregon's econ
omic and Industrial life is being
presented by well-known lectur
ers. I The. Husband's dinner, an
outstanding social event, was
started two years ago and bids fair
to become an annual event. -
Many of Salem's prominent
women have served as the leaders
and I each have- brought to the
rroup and to the city new inter
ests and new projects, keeping the
standard high, and making the
Salem Woman's club one of the
most outstanding groups In the
city. -
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WEST STATTON. Dec 31.
Henry Condit treasures a number,
of antiques that had belonged to'
his parents. He has the marriage
certificate ot his father, Cyrenes
Condit and his mother, Rebecca
Jane Rowland, who w.ere married
April 25. 1851. He also has a
diary telling all the happenings
as they crossed the plains in 1854.
When they started across the
plains they had four yoke of oxen
and one extra one, five cows and
three, mares; "when they arrived
here they only had one yoke of ox
en, one cow and one mare having
lost the others on the trip across
the plains. He also had a diary
and weather Journal kept on their
Journey and after settling here.
The writing is in pencil and still
plain enough to read after these
many years. - ,
- Henry Condit Is almost 77 years
01a ana. can tell some very inter
esting stories of the pioneer days.
MORTUARY
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ELEIIEOS BUILT
Wililamette and Salem High
Set High Mark; Other ,
Successes Noted
Two championship football
teams, a championship, baseball
team, : a championship- softball
team ; and championships in var
ious minor 'sports made 1934 a
championship year for. Salem.
" The performance of Salem high
and Willamette's football squads
were perhaps the stellar achieve-
H&ents of the year, the red and
black eleven going through its sea-,
son undefeated and Willamette's
team ' winning a co-championship
ot the Northwest conference with
a record that made it tha great
est Bearcat team since 1905.
Willamette's football team lost
only to Oregon State and defeated
all Its other opponents by Impres
sive scores. : Individual honors
were won by Johnny Oravec, light
ning Bearcat backtielder, who was
second in the nation In scoring,
and by Loren Grannis, guard, who
was named on , the Associated
Press All-American for small col
leges. Salem high won all its games
against Oregon schools and was
tied by the strong Everett, Wash.,
eleven to 0 In Its first game.
Outstanding performers were Don
Coons, end, and Jimmy Nicholson,
quarterback. . -
Moaf significant sports event of
the year was probably the phenom
enal Interest in sof eball. a. "par
ticipator" rather than a "specta
tor sport. t . After a successful
city league' Season, the night
games ot which were attended by
several hundred spectators night
ly, the Salem league was host to
the state softball tournament with
16 teams participating. Pade's of
Salem became state champions by
defeating Enke Dye ot Portland in
In the finals.
In baseball Willamette and Sa
lem high both . had good teams.
Willamette with an excellent team
was; held from a Northwest con
ference crown by a couple of freak
games, in one of which the Bear
cats gained ten hits and no runs.
Willamette finished second In the
conference standings. The Salem
Senators upheld Salem's baseball
honor with a championship in the
State league.
.For the first time in years Sa
lem dropped below par In the sport
that has always been its favorite,
basketball. Although Salem high
had a fairly good team and a good
record in Its regular season it fell
to seventh place In the final stand
ings of the state baaketbaU tour
nament, Astoria taking the crown
by defeating Klamath Falls. It
was the first time since 1929 that
Salem had not been In the finals.
Willamette was nosed Into third
place in the 'Northwest circuit by
Whitman, Paclti; taking the con
ference crown. Only in Independ
ent qnini piay aia saiem come
near a championship. Pade's. win
ners of the city league, were de
feated by Walla Walla in the fi
nals of the Northwest T. M. C. A.
tournament. "
Minor sports had their place on
Salem's sport calendar with 8a-
lent high taking a state champlon-t
ship in wrestling and Willamette
capturing three championships in
Nortnwest conference tennis. Tal
bot Bennett, Milwaukle sopho
more, gamed the Northwest sin
gles laurels by defeating Marauis
of Whitman, the: first time a Wil
lamette netman has held the
crown since 192 C. Willamette also
took champtonshipr in men's and
women's doubles.
River Eating at
Bank, West Salem
The Willamette river is eating
away its bank on the West Salem
side at the rate ot about ten feet
a year. The full force of the river
strikes the bank just south of the
Harlon-Polk county bridg. Resi
dents ot West Salem claim that
about 4 s feet ot the bank h
been washed away the past tour
or nre years.
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Not New But Sincere '
'-. No, it's not anew wish -but We do
sincerely wish t you a year filled
with Health, Happiness and Pros-j
perity, ,. f. t - ; ' j
Our Resolution For 1935. V: "j
We will try and do our part in 1 935
v by giving you better furniture val
ues along with quick, courteous
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'Quality Considered We're Nerer Undersold 1
4 67 COURT STREET
One of Most Successful Years is
Reported by Y. W. C. A. of This City
Over 500 Use Club and Lfounge Rooms Dally; No Woman or Girl
4 1 - . Applying for liodgin g Ever Turned Away
The Salem T W. C A." has Just
completed one of Its most success
ful years. From 500 to 300 peo
ple use the club and lounge rooms
dally en : North . Liberty street.
Thirty - one permanent roomers
lived at the Y. W. last year and
295 transient guests stayed there.
No women or girls are ever turn
ed away who apply for lodging.'
Girl Reserve workers number
276 and last summer there were
86 girls at Camp antaly.i The
business girls club enrolled 45 and
the Cadena . group made Up of
those. In household service includ
ed 30 members. U
The first Young Women's Chris
tian association was organized in
London, England In 1855. :. The
first association In the ' United
States was organized in i New
York city in 1858 and the nation-
Two Big Sport Tourneys
Held Here in Past Year
Hoop Contests Sets New J High; Softball
Event Draws 3000 Each Night 1 '
During 1934 Salem made a
strong bid for recognition as the
sports capital of Oregon 'With two
major athletic tournaments being
conducted, here and an Interest in
sports greater than ever before.
The annual state high school
basketbaU tournament was held
as usual In the Willamette univer
sity gymnasium with 16 selected
teams competing. Astoria won
the state championship w 1 1 h
Klamath Falls, beat out by As
toria in the finals, taking the runner-up
CUP. ' Jd, . i i:
Capacity crowds fined; the
bleachers and balconies in the
Willamette gym every night of the
four tournament days, while the
daytime crowds were also large.
The tournament was handled more
efficiently and skillfully than ever
In the past. . l
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UNIQUE PLACE HERE
Fulfilling much the same place
In the business woman's world as
Rotary or KIwanis fills in the
man's world, Zonta International,
Salem branch,, is composed of 19
executive women. Membership Is
limited to one from each profes
sion. X
The principal project of the lo
cal club is to help senior i girls
at high school through their fi
nal year. The club year is com
pleted In April at which time dis
trict No. t, made up ot Spokane,
Seattle, Tacoma. Everett, Olympia
and Portland will meet with the
hostess club at Salem tor the. dis
trict conference. - -J; .i.
."Mrs. Ora F. Mclntyre is chair
man of district No. and Alene
Phillips, secretary. Helen Louise
Crosby hold an Important office
with the International organisa
tion, being chairman ot the In
ternational committee ot constitu
tion and by-laws.
Officers ot the Salem club are
Helen Yockey, president; Nellie
Schwab, first vice president; I Mrs.
La Verne Winkler, second vice
president: Hazel Cook, secretary;
Alene Phillips, treasurer. Mrs.
Margaret Rosecrans is program
chairman for the year. The club
.meets Thursdays at the Marion
hoteL
USE CUBAN PRODUCES
The United States is expected
to absorb a large, volume ot Cu
ban winter vegetables this 4 year
owing to the lower rates ot duty
provided in the recent trade
agreement between the two coun
tries. '.. ... : -.: ;'.: ..
zom CLUB
al?orgaslzation or national board,
was forced In! 190r : ,
.fsubjelts., taken up by; the dif-
fefent" groups fwlthin the " Y. W.
Cj A. Ire family telationships,
citizenship and social responsibil
ity, work adjustment and religion.
rfn the program of the associa
tion great emphasis is laid upon
the development of the individual
within the group. . The " major
groupings are usually by occupa
tional or social background. Thus
there are special programs for
girls and women in industry, in
business in school or college, for
Inflian girls, and the girls, and
wdmen jof foreign background.
All are encouraged to study and
function- in relation to the broad
er.;SocCaU Issues which affect them
as individuals and as a group.'
The innovation in Salem sports
was the state softball tournament.
Although ' a similar tournament
wail held here j In 1933 Interest
in Softball was not so widespread
as this year and the 1933 meet
could not compare with the tour
neyUhis year oh Sweetland field.
Crowds averaging 3000 each
night turned out to watch the fast
softball games-between the 16 best
teams in the state, some of the
fans retaining : thefr seats until
the last inning, which were often
played after midnight. The final
game, which- saw Pade's beat out
Enke Dye f Portland for the
championship, was attended by
close to 4000 fans.
Salem was also host to the state
high school wrestling tournament
and the Northwest conference ten
nis meet.
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The Business and Professional
Women's club Is selecting a per
manent clubhouse for the coming
year and will decide upon a site
in January; The new. city offi
cials; will be consulted by ' the
group in an' effort to secure a
public recreation1 park tor Salem.
One snrsrestlon ha bAan to not
aside the north halt el the mu
nicipal auto park.
A statewide memorial to Jason
Lee Is a nroiect of thA local einh.
Changing the name ot Table Rock
to iiee s Altar nas been snzzest-
ed as a fitting memorial.
The Josenhine Shad scholar.
ship fund is lncreasinr steadilv
and has helned minr rfrla
through school the past year. The
ciuo cnorus under the direction of
Kretehen Kreamer captured first
place at the state convention
The biennial convention nf (ha
nauonaj xeaerauon will be held in
Seattle next summer and a large
ueiegation trom Salem will at
lencu
BUSINESS MIEN'S
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Advancing Steps of Progress
. W T. EIGDON CO
:- ' Fnnerab Since 1891, SaIexn,"oregon
-W. T. Ridon.is what may really be termed a pioiieer; fn the undertaking profes--fii?n.
& the state. Away back in 1875 he located In Jefferson, teaching school and
operating a drug store. As in inany instances of years ago several duties develop
ed on one person, hence it so happened that in the absence of anyone else, afl bur
ials in Jefferson fell to Mr. Rigdon and for. fourteen years he had the distinction
: of officiating at every burial held there but one and that was an outsider.
, In this way he became an undertaker and upon removing to Salem in 1889 he pre
pared himself more thoroughly to take up the profession which has, within a few
years', made such strides in advancement From several small locations," in and near
the center of town, he finally conceived the plan for a modern funeral home and in
1924 bmlt the present fine bunding at 299 North Cottage afreet. In this under
taking he was in the lead. It is probably one of the most complete establishmenU
in the northwest As a matter of fact Mr. Rigdon is the oldest active undertaker
in Oregon today. ' . . . - .
S? 5 f hi(5h hf has been reorganized. Besides himself -
and SeraSr D?leaylor ce-president and Winifred R. Herrkkis secretary
21i?&!S?l!S parJ0r! the last word In morta:
artes. Every convenient facility for properly taking care of-departed friends, in-
&drnWLrgan' eSPrlly nt,fof th Pse h at hTnd aS much
Joni drabneS3 removed from the last rite to those who have gone be-
As a natural result the second
distinctive characteristic of the
program is the emphasis through
out the associations upon a know
ledge of and participation in pub
lic affairs. ' v.p
Girla who make Up YWCA
groups, are regarded as potential
leaders and are encouraged to
participate : In forming thel poli
cies of the organization By mem
bership. on committees, and; boards
of directors. " : !
.Boh volunteer and professional
leaders are Used. Leadership , Is'
developed through study courses,
conferences, council -meetings,
training seminars and institutes.
Mrs. Elizabeth Gallaher Is secre
tary, of the local chapter. J
Any young woman or girl - is
eligible for membership - in the
Y. W. C. A. .
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Vocational guidance In all its
various phases is the service ac
tivity adopted by the National as
sociation ot Altrusa clubs of which
the Salem branch is a member.
The work Is carried on In Sa
lem through contacts made by
group talks and personal confer
ences with both college and high
school students. Material and fi
nancial assistance Is given j de
serving students. Altruistic! pro
jects include donations to school
lunch funds and to local hospitals.
Altrusa Is the first national or
ganization of business and pro
fessional women and selects for its
members only one executive from
each occupational classification. .
Officers of the Salem club are
Mrs. LaMoine R. Clark, president;
Grace Elizabeth Smith, vice pre
sident; Alta M. Kershner. secre-
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Safety of your investment in this association fuily
fully insuredSip to $5000 by the - 5-
Federal Saving and Loan Insurance Corpora- -j
tion, Washington, D. C :-
OFFICERS:
KEITH POWELL
President
THOS. A. ROBERTS
Vice-President
ARTHUR B, BATES '
Seretary-Treaaurer
CUSTER E. ROSS
' Attorney
Guardian Building
SALEM COB
SPORT GEHTER
Santiam pistnet Is Made
'p Easily Accessible by
Road Completion '
Salem ' will surely become the
center for sportsmen and especial
ly for those who are members of
an Izaak Walton League or Hunt
ers and Angler" clubs wljth the
completion this year of the grad
ing of the North Santiam highway,
according, to the opinions of lead
ing sportsmen in Salem. ,
The Santiam, river will doubt
less'be' stocked this year, as well
as the lakes In the -iBreitenbnsh
district and the Eight Lake dis
tnct, which Includes Marlon lake.
In the Brentenbush and Marion .
lake district, part" of which are
now "under the Primeval Forest
district, are more than 100 lakes
most of which are well : stocked
with trout. . ' v
It will be the objective of both
the Izaak Walton league of Sa-,
iem and the Hunters and Anglers,
association, 'cooperating with-th
Salem chamber of commerce, to
hare all the lakes In this near dis
trict properly stocked.
The North Santiam highway
passes within a few miles ot this
great lake district, which cannot
be filed on by private parties due
to the fact that about 20 sauare
unities of this district was placed a
year ago In a reserved Primeval
Forest area. The district west of
ML -Jefferson had , already ' been
designated primeval forest -which
gives sportsmen all privileges,- bat
no private .ownership. .
Another reason for Salem be
coming the center of outfitting for
sportsmen Is that those. who pre
fer ocean fishing, arS only - two
hours from ocean sport. Recent
improvements of the highway be
tween Dallas and the Tillamook
paved road, will reduce the driv
ing time to the Pacific coast.
tary; and Olive M. Dahl, treasur
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. DIRECTORS:
David S. Adolph
Allan Grant Carsoa
Conrad W. Paulas
Keith Powell
Gecy Riches ,
Thos. A. Roberts -Roy
H. Simmons
Coyler Van Pattern
Paul B. Wallace
Salem, Oregon
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titration u oo feet.