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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1935)
PAGD SEVEN 77- BsiqsMeve Likely m -193iS -Mote TLa GZIEGOX . CTATZCT.IAN..: -Calira, - Ore'sca, Tcciiajr Itomir.?.-Jancary: 1, 1S23 i v ft a. SUOIROI US DAS1S Policies , as to Secondary Education Viewed by University Group ;. Changes as sweeping as tbose effected la 1934 may occur within . the Salem , public school system during the' new year.. - Nearest In perspective . Is. the report of the . University of Oregon school of ed acatlon based on Its recently com pleted . surrey of Salem's junior and senior high schools. More re- : mote la the likelihood that en trance 'of students in grade and high schools at midyear may. be " done away with and midyear grad uation discontinued. .: ' The surrey of the 'secondary i schools, which the school ooard authorised at the urging of Super- Intendent Silas Gaiser, -. will ' be used as a guide in revising and Improving the courses of study and their variety, an indication of ' trends in student selection of sub jects and, finally; a determination of the results being produced by these ! schools, according to the superintendent. He expects to re ceive the findings of. the surrey early this year. ... Increase In School ' Population Is Rapid - -. . . A study of the Salem ' school census for the last five years, a part t the survey, reveals: that the school age population of the district has been rising steadily - but in 1934 increased more sharp ly than, in any of the other four years. The study shows the fol . lowing number-of children In the district between the ages of 4 and ! 19 years, inclusive, for each year: l30. 6819; 1931, 62; 1932, 758; 1933, CS13; 1934. 7323. Other" studies Included results of mental tests administered at . least once to each grade school . and once to each high school pu pil, number of hours allotted to " each subject, rate of pupils' pro . gress through school, .variety of subjects, textbooks and class pro- grams. . w . - ; .v , -, The 1935 spring semester 'may be the last to which students may be admitted to school in midyear. - With school board approval, stud- les are now being made to ascer tain what savings In school effi ciency could be effected by such plan. If the plan - is deemed ' , feasible, revisions probably will be made in the age limits for entry of pupils-to next fall's beginning classes, according to Hr. Gaiser. : Last year brought seven import ant developments in the city's public schools: - - .. 1. Starting in the spring under Superintendent George W. Hug, the directors gradually worked out a definite policy in handling the secret society problem. ' The ... ' cllmar came in the fall after sev eral football players had been sus ! pended from the team as susnect- i.1 ed society members and 22 stu . dents' names were scratched from the class election ballots for the same reason. There followed a i plea by a delegation of secret so i. ciety alumni and parents for a i more, lenient policy, encourage 5 r -meat from other groups for con tinuauce of the policy, and the , - ooara a i announcement that it ; ! would adhere to its plan. Students suspected of connection with the q societies, the board held,, will b ri ' barred ; from extra-curricular , ac- uroues out will continue their school studies as usual. .' i : Coming of Gaiser - Important Event - - 1 ! 2. Silas Gaiser of MUton.7ree ! - water? was appointed superinteqd t ;at to succeed Mr. Hug, who had ! hold that position here lor 11 l years. ;V v v-;'.:,- ':v; -.v..,v. I 1. A graduated salary schedule T rewarding, teachers- for : merit in ; serrlce, educational rating, - ad f raneed study and trarel was work I edot with the faculty at the in , stance of Mr. Gaiser and -with the, final approral by the board. While jf some, adjustment may. be found i desirable, the schedule a a whole . appears to be meeting with favor J from a majority- of the faculty. and should, Mr. Calier feels, go i far toward building up the quality f of instructional work in the , schools. ' . 4. The" sports program of. the i elementary and secondary schools i were revolutionized last , fall by , the introduction of an Intramural j athletics plan that made partici pation in eports available to all ; boys and girls Interested rather than concentrated -among a few outsUnding sUrs. Vernon Gil more, named intramural director ,q tor boys, already has organised numerous teams in touch football, ! soccer and basketball and nlan n carry the program on through the I other seasonal sports such as base " ; ball and track. ;'V' 5.. The school year 1934-35 Is f being made a trial period for sub stitute teachers. From this trial j. the administration expects to com- - pile a list of substitute teachers -l who will be fully competent in h their work. - One aim of the rat- ins of substitute J to set up an approved list front which fill-in , ; instructors must be chosen, there by eliminating charges of favorlt- ' ISM. .. ..::. - Addition Built at , Illffbland, Eaglewood , ' ' - . Under the CWA and SERA, ' th school board had much-needed additions built at Englewood and lugniana school, giving those i two : buildings more classroom pace, better heating systems, and auditoriums. Plans to extend the building program to Leslie junior , high school where a gymnasium auditorlum 1 In demand by the patron of the district were drop ped for the time being when the t ; directors found they would be un- : able to secure the necessary labor , ; through, the relief administration. Of $40,000 ia bonds authorized . several years ago for construction, f 15.000 were sold to help finance ; U Highland and Knglewood jobs Taftes LeMih Womaji's'Affairs . ' : ', During Past Year in This City , , ; - .' Bin. David Wright, chairman of the Salem school board, has also found time for excellent work for the Salem Woman's clnb where she Is chairman? of the American home department, and for the : Marion County Housing Committee where she was chairman of the women's committee. . t , h'5s-''X--'. and $25,000 remains unsold, al that becomes possible. ; c " lotted to the Leslie project when T. While tfie school district's indebtedness aside from bonds was not reduced.; the -directors were able to relieve the pressure for warrant redemption by selling 395,000 worth of 5 per cent notes. As a result the district now has approximately CS,200 In uncash ed warrants outstanding as against approximately $138,900 at this time a year ago. (During 1934 final payments were made on the high school annex and Parrish Ju nior high bond issues, eliminating $1350 annual Interest charges. Al together $36,000 in bonds and $4200 in bond interest was paid. . The district's' indebtedness -now stand as follows: : Bonds, $ 5 S,O0D; principal to1 be paid in 1935. $25,500; interest to be paid in 1935, $2900. " . Notes $9 5,00 0 due in 1935 but probably to' bo renewed. Warrants -Approximately $68,- 200. - .' It Total $221,700; : At the opening of 1934, the dis trict's total debt was approximate ly $218,400. The increasa dur ing the year was due; in the main to expenditures' entailed by con struction and furnishing of the two school additions) and by the playground projects. . Contrast Noted. "Mountain9! Peaks Connecticut-considers it has high mountain Sin ML Litchfield, with altitude of 2335 feet. -That is about the altitude of Brelten bush Springs, with ML Jefferson looking on, from- an altitude of 10,522 feet. Highest mountain in the Appalachian range is ML Mit chell, with altitude of $710 feet. Population Here ? Is Largely Na tive Salem Is the most all-Amerlcan city In the United States . of ; its sixe.. Furthermore ! the 1 9 3 0 cen sus officiallr states, that m? f I white people In jSalem were born in this country: y . . , j , . - ... - I i - ' . " - . - . ?--. - ' ! . ; ? ' - j - i - . ' . ! Best Wishes- for a ' . i . Happy New Year .. 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V UWflrJIANS ACTIVE T Cooperation with other clnbs and organizations In worthy com munity enterprises as w e 1 1 as speeifle activities by Klwanis members In these groups, mark ed the 1934 yearwUh v the local club.1 The year : started - with a fes tive ladies' Jvlght dinner In Jan uary attended by Eiwanlans and their wives from nil parts of the raller iand " from clubs as far way as Tilfllmook. . r Later In , the ' year the club joined twice with the Rotary or ganisation, for an Inter-club meet ing addressed by some outstand ing sneaker. Members of - the club helped the Boy Scouts in their re-organ- tzation during the year, assisted in the organization , of the Ike Walton league,- helped, with! the administration of the Salvation Army, . and pushed ; the Marion County Better Housing program. An outstanding job of 'the year was tne promouon - oi we m etate picnic at Breitenbush sptlngs where more than Z000 persons gathered on June 10.1-'." Howard Hulsey was club presi dent during the year; in 1935 he will be succeeded by. Joe E. Rot man, - Long Growing Season in Valley The length of the growing sea son in alem and riclnlty is on the average, 220 days a. year. -A growing season Is figured on. the time that elapses between the last killing frost in the spring until the first killing frost In the falL . HUBBARD XXEVATION TJP ' " Figure this out for yourself. Although the Willamette river flows north and the Pacific high way runs north from Salem, yet jfeet; compared. to the rirer bank Hubbard has an elevation of 270 elevation of 130 feet. at Salem. HEMffif COKTOEtlD Liquor: Control Act One of i .Highlights; Economy in : : ReHef Is rioietf - Thev year 1934 brings to close the administration of Governor Julius L Meier. In declining to run again, the governor held true to the - Independency which brought him Into the 1930 cam paign as a successor to his great friend, the late George W. Joseph Outstanding among the accom plishments . of the administration during the year were the success ful setup and operation of : the Knox Uanor control act, the steady-reduction la the costs of state government and consequent ly in the floating deficit, and the comparatively economical admin istration of, the state relief '.pro-' gram. ;--; -riX -.jr i--?.'- ; v " On these broad . policies, the Meier administration accomplish ed laudable work in the last 12 months. Its day-to-day operation was at times marred by recurrent and acrimonious outbreaks be tween the governor and. State Treasurer Holman which made smooth, functioning f-he-board of controV- Impossible. With the death of Secretary of State Hoss, jr. J. ssiaaeiman came w owes BSltlmatea a Meier appointee and much of K , b the time, was to be found trying earnestly and quietly to reconcile the disagreement between the other two members of the state board. Liquor Revenues Blocked for Belief - The state managed to squeeze by under the Meier administra tion with an outlay for relief pur poses only a' small fraction ' as large as made by. Washington or California - or a score of - other states - in the union A special session of the legislature did pro Tide a $3,000,000 liquor revenue fund to use to match federal re lief income but the moneys were contingent on earnings or on the borrowings of the commission. As a result Oregon: squeezed along for months in 1934 without xnak- lUf WUUIU Ul W nVUVa av ing any direct payment ind tint until fieotemhif wu ih virtually forced to provide a mln- imum .ot $250,000 a month to the staggering .needs which SERA Work was bringing to the state.'.. If the new legislature does not greatly exceed in Its appropriation total the sums spent In 1933 and 1934, the state by the end of 1935 can see its ten-year-old deficit ex tinguished, an accomplishment for which Governor Meier gets much of the credit..- ' , Marketing Agreement Beneficial to Producers During .the past year -at the state house, a great development has gone on in the marketing agreements proposed- for milk men, walnut men. melon raisers, prune growers-and other ' groups of farmer-producers. In these ac tivities Director Max Gehlhar of the state department .of agricul ture, has taken the lead and has battled steadily for the viewpoint of the producer. The majority of producers under codes want them continued,' a cheek made Jy Geh- Ihar's ; department reveal. . 'Recurrent litigation. ha marred the effectiveness of any steps tak en . by the utilities commissioner to secure lower, rates for Oregon consumers; The wounweetern Electric ease drags along in. the courts. - The ten per cent reduc tion In. Pacific Telephone ft Tel egraph rates, a dramatic October gesture, promptly went- into- tne courts with the result that both of these proposed reduction may drag along for years. Free power, without - cost to the taxpayer? has not come dur ing the Meier administration The Bonneville dam, one part of the Columbia river, development es poused by George t Joseph," has come, through a political shaxeup at Washington, however, rather than through the Intervention of the state. ; X-.';,. The most constructive adminis tration cnange in me sutie gov Modernization Stimulate Half MilHon Construction Direct Results Seen in Increase of Building Permits Beyond Records of . ' " ' Past Five Years ' : Revival of the .building' and trades Industry, and ' the ... employ ment,, of scores, of idle workers, through " the expenditure of ap proximately a half million dollars for modernization and - improve ment of homes and business prop erties in this district, was the suc cessful undertaking last fall of the Marion County. Housing com mittee." The committee, headed by Sheldon F. Sackett and an ex ecutive body -of three and lnclua ing more than: 100 sub-committee workers, launched the campaign. fostered, by the national housing administration last September. - Direct results of the campaign were evidenced In the -growth of of building permits to- a - point where the grants fori is are exceeding: fire year old records. ach week daring the early stages of the campaign the number and value of permit issued by. the city building inspector, exceeded those Issued the week before and dur ing, the corresponding period for the past five ' years;, v., L'i ,-, , -v : JThe increase in the number of permits Issued was reflected In the unseasonal, business reported to the committee by leaders of .the building' and trades industry. Ac cording to the best available es- approxlmately ! $ 3 5 0.0 0 0 has been or will be expended on building :- in Salem ' during this campaign.- .':- i. Majority of Work Belnii1 Financed Without Loans The federal housing. act; passed by the last -session . of congress enables -property owners to bor row funds from banks," operating under the set, tor the improve ment ' of the homes and office buildings. These loans are ob- ernment made, by the Meier ' ad ministration; was the state police department, a branch of the ad ministration of state affair which each : year 1 -increasing in effi ciency and the respect with which citizens hold It. t - ' " trODUlatlOn PlUV- 'r'"wyi iMJ t . fanifn1Wni' TTn V"vf,Vi rf Cilt U P la 1870, Just a few years before the Marlon county courthouse was built and when plans for the state capltol building was ' under .way. saiexn haa a population of 1139 Think otitt In 1173, Salem with aoout the population J5f independ ence today with a arew courthouse and capltol -building) under con strucuonl i -r -. ... TOWSS AT IXEVATJON Going south,5 wbere one. sUrts to climb I front Grants Pass, with altitude of 951 feet. Medford 1425 feet and Ashland 1943 feet, Klam ath Falls, across the mountains has an altitude of 4100 feet. - ill i - ' - ; LA COOPERATIVE DnveCalciilate tainable for either short or long terms. ::y':' r-" Although all three of the local banks Issued a large number of loans, . committee members .here discovered the majority of the work was. being contracted by pri vate capital. This situation pre vailed generally . throughout the country, according to advices re ceived.; : . : , 1 . .. .... The' country uivisions of Mar ion county, launched, a sub-cam paign, which before Its completion is expected to result in the expen diture of more than $150,000 for building improvements. Leaders Jn the rarious :! territories reported home owners were reconstructing farm buildings and business prop erties, many of which have, long remained - unoccupied. This activ ity-, not only - revived business in the building and trades industries but also -eliminated the slack in the unemployment Uses. ' As a demonstration of what may be accomplished with an old house.; the Salem committee pur chased one of the first 25 houses constructed in the city, removed it to the courthouse lawn and started plans for Its ' reconstruc tion. The demonstration Is con sidered a "department store" for renovizing-ideas, with all of the latest type' equipment and conven iences bing embodied in the new structure. ...The committee member did not contract the old house project with the thought home owners would conduct similar projects on their own properties' but that property owners might gain one or two idea from the demonstra tion for the improvement of their homes and stores. The renorizlng of the old houBe X being undertaken at- an ex pense 1 of , approximately $ 3,0 0 0 with all branches : of the build ing and trades industry . partlcl patlng In the project. ; , . Itenoyixing Needs v i Are . - - -- Shown, by Canvass; ' . To gain an : insight into' the needed improvements for the ,- 009 homes of the city, a house to house canvass was conducted, sev eral weeks ' after ' the campaign was launched. ' The- surrey dis closed, approximately. ' $175,000 would be expended . during the winter 'and spring months on home ' modernization. This is in addition to the $90,000 expended on improvements before the sur rey was launched.' and does not Include Improvement to down town buildings, which . Is estimat ed at $100,000. f y "la sponsoring the campaign, the local committee established down town offices in the Bligh build ing where workers were available daily to explain the rarious pha ses of the national housing act and assist home owners In plan ning improvements to their prop erties. - Manager and personnel of the rarious business houses of the city assisted the property own er la the program.: Radio talks. The Prideiof LSnsh It's Nutritiou! Grown at Labish and Sold Over the Entire United . to Grace the Tables of Kids and ICings ISK' newspaper advertising and public ity stories were1 broadcast. . The Salem campaign. ' reached .'such proportions, many of the ideas at tempted here were incorporated in national resume issued by the Washington officials of the ad ministration. The executive committee of the Salem campaign - Included, Chair man Sackett, Keith PowelL-Briga-1 dier General Thomas E. Rllea and J. N. Chambers. - - I HAPPY NEW YEAR FLORSHEIM SHOES ! with the Feeture Arch i NOW $S95 ' ' - Somt Style . - ! ,$6.95j ; ; . ... - . .. . aadl ':. ;' H ".-yf?..;.-." 'ii, '. Amazing, isn't it? Bat it the quality and comfort . of these shoes not the low price that determine how great a ralue they are. There aren't other shoe anywhere like Florsheims with .the hinged Feeture Arch. And. there won't be another sale opportunity ' like this again until next August. . CUL tftygj wenowe lcyuAS ' RISE'S BOOTERY 129 North Commercial Street ; 1 It's Full of : ROWERS ASSOCIATIOn Large Farms in : Valley Are Few -Marlon county was' credited with having eight farms of size between 500 and 1000 ares when the U. S. census was taken April; 1,. 1930. - There were seven farms" having between 200 and. 600 acres each. ; There were more farms with between 50 and 3.00 acres than any other classification. ' GOOD WEATHER AT START The weather Just a year ago to day, January 1; 1934, was just normal with a maximum tempera ture of 52 degrees and minimum of 43. There was a slight precip- lltatlon, which the weather bureau reported as JL8 of an Inch. ': 9 ;.- Iron States
