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I -I PAGE FOURTEEN The OJXEGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, May 23, 1937 Ml Angel College Will Ce iebirate Go Ide n Jubilee May : . 30-31 '" ' " "- J- - i ,: :.. - - .r;- .. ... . 7, . . i . : Northwest's Oldest Catholic School, Founded by . Benedictines, Surmounts Loss of two Disastrous . Fires to Take Place; Among Educational Leaders Excursion Train Takes. Graduation Exercises Held in 1887; Gala Event Described by Early Teacher-, . . Br LORETTA E. DEHLER fljT. ANGEL, May 22. When the great hall of the; new 111 gymnasium at Mt. Angel college, completed during the past year, opens its doors to its first . commencement crowd Sunday afternoon. May iubilee of that first collesre In the Words of Rev. Maurus Snyder, one of the i first teachers in the infant couesre of 1887, "That first! annual . . commencement of Mt Angel 4 o'clock in the afternoon of with Archbishop Gross and from St PanL Gervais. Woodburn and even from rortiana. A long procession marched to were seated in the exhibition dered in fine stvle- Keler Bela's Jubilee Overture, j Joseph Jackson spoke the salutatory. selections followed one after the other, all numbers Demg re ceived with great applause. At 6 o'clock the exercises were in terrupted and students and guests were served supper in the college refectory. . . " , 'Graduation Iconic -Event SO Years Ago "The orchestra opened the sec ond ' part of the exercises at 8 o'clock with an overture. John Nathman played, the feminine lead In a three-act play "School Opera," sharing : honors with Frank Coleman, in the role of op era manager. After the distribu tion of the premiums Jerome Jackson delivered the valedic tory. His Grace, Archbishop Wil liam H. Gross then addressed the students and the program ended with the singing of the old uni versity song, "A, A, A, Valete Studia." The extra train, with its cargo of visitors, left that. same eveninr. - - , Father Maurus recalls that the 'Archbishop in his address called himself the father of the college and prophesied a great future for his "first baby boy" as he fondly called it. Archbishop Gross' right to that title seems to be unques tioned for it was at his request that the first Mt. Angel college was founded. The small band of Benedic tines, headed by Prior Adelhelm ' Oderniatt, came to Oregon In 1882, having been sent by the monastery at Engelberg, Switzer land, to found a mission In the new land of the west. They first settled in Gervais and a year later moved to the present site of Mt. Angel. The name Mt. Angel given to the settlement was simply an F.nglish translation of the name Engelberg, their former home. Archbishop Visions College in 1883 . When the archbishop visited the settlement in 1885 he saw In the place a wonderful opportun ity for the establishment of a col lege for boys and young men. He urged the Idea on Prior Adel helm, but the latter hesitated be cause ho feared that they were not sufficiently acquainted' with the language and customs of the country. The first buildings of the Ben edictine community were situa ted at the foot of the hill upon which the present college build ings stand. The Fathers decided to erect no new buildings, to Sage of Salem Speculates By D. 1L . IDLE SPECULATION Those ebullitions of . the mind. Termed by . the thoughtless thoughts. - Are what we struggle with to find -: Our oughtn'ts and our oughts. The seeming ought oft comes to r :; naught, ' The seeming naught to ought. And oughtn'ts are with doubt i e'er fraught;"': .-vs '"'. . - Despite most careful thought A lively game this life appears,' - Of oughtn'ts and lot oughts. But 'tis my guess that after years ,. Will show-more aughts than - naughts. Anyway, I think we may always be, reasonably certain that guess ing on . an uncertainty of desir able possibilities is greatly to be preferred to being bound hand and foot In . a spiritual sense to fear of an undesirable destiny. "The saddest words of tongue or pen It might have been." I have never cared much for the as sertion, although many of us draw long faces and sighfully . admit its truth. If this had been or if this had not been -life is a ver itable tangle of ifs. Many of our pleasantest dreams are followed to their graves by a long cortege of sniveling ifs. They appear as a company given unduly to mop Ishaess and discouragement, was ters of time and strength , and comfort. It seems to me better to play the game from an t may be" angle than from an "it might have been angle. Nothing is cer tain. There are impish ifs await ing at every turn of the life trail. Better to accept the situation cheerfully. Unless, of course, we find Joy in sadness, which I sus pect to be the ease here and there in the cavalcade. But it does seem more sensible, life being what It is and the past being dead as a herring and the future being quite aa likely to hold brighter possibil ities as it is likely to hold darker ones, to accent the more cheerful view. : . .: O well, each of us is as he or she is, and each will live and be lieve according to his or her no Valley Crowd I to First of 30, it will mark tne goiaen commencement, of 5U years, ago college was 'a grand affair. At June 27 an extra tram arrived an immense crowd of visitors the college, and as soon as, all hall the college orchestra ren Songs, recitations and musical O Early Leader . t Rev. Maorns Snyder, O.S.B., mem ber of the first faculty of Mt. Angel college and today senior member of the community. house the students, when, in 1887 the archbishop finally won their consent to found an institution of higher learning, j The humble beginning of the present spacious buildings of brick, steel and terra cotta was a frame building 35 by 30 feet, pre viously used as a guest house. It had two stories, each with one large and two small rooms. The first floor contained a study hall and recreation room, director's office and a class room. All three rooms on the second floor were used as class rooms. The half story above the church was fitted up as a dormitory, accommodat ing 30 beds. First Northwest Catholic College j The opening day for the new college, the first Catholic college In the northwest, was set for Sep tember C, 1887. Seven students presented ; themselves that first day: Jerome and Joseph Jack son, John Nathman, Albert Pell- TALMADGE tions. The Iowa j boys, I recall, went to Chicago once long ago to spend a three-day vacation. They expected In a half vague way to get about the city and see Its sights and "ooh", and "ah" in duet. Rut- they did not do this. They discovered, under the influ ence of. a new and exciting-" en vironment, that their tastes were not kindred ones, a fact - . that therefore - neither had suspected. One stuck closely to the theatres and the newspaper shops, and the other spent the time largely at Armour's, watching the butchery of jigs. That which entertains one bores another. r Salem gentleman refers to his wife: "What she says goes. If she says automobile, and what she says goes." Now how would any body make a polite response to a statement like that? ' A current news item from Ten nessee in the papers tells of the divorcement of a girl of 12 from a boy of 14. Custody of the fam ily dolls awarded to the wife, I trust. . ' Old men and babies get up ear ly in the morning because they don't do anything. -Stray from somebody's colyum. ' .What does he mean, they don't do anything? He might be sur prised.' r Folks of today don't do many of the things that folks once did, and folk in days to come won't do many of the things that we do now,; so there's no sense in get ting swelled up about It. , , A late May wind with a knife like edge Is contagious, with di rect and marked effect on human converse.' BIT GARDEN' OF SOXO With a tender heart, when the day is long, I wander in my garden of song Songs that I've cherished my whole lite through. Come away. 111 go along with - you.- ML and, Emil Schubert, Frank Birk meyer.'and Anthony Bauer. With in the same week Ned Smith, Roy and Ray ; Rlckard. Frank" Cole-i man,! John Murphy, Peter Kirk. Sebastian McDonald, and Charles McGee joined .the school,. and a few weeks later Tom and Jim Kerr, Joe and, Jim Smith and Fred,-Davidson were-added to the ranks. . By Christmas the college boasted 25 .students. , The . first teaching staff was composed of the Very Rev. -Prior Adelhelm Odermatt who taught Christian: doctrine; Rev.,. Barna bas Held, mathematics and com mercial branches; Peter Beutgen, English literature, , rhetoric, elo cution and history; Rev. Maurus Snyder and Rev. Placidus Fuerst, preparatory- classes and music; Rev. William Kramer, Latin and German teacher. Increase Staff In- One Month - On October 20 the staff was increased by two more teachers. Rev.- Dominic Waedenschwyler and Rev. Leo Huebscher arrived from Europe and the school of theology was opened. Father Leo teaching dogma and Father Dom inic moral theology. Rev. Anselm Wachter was relieved as pastor of the Gervais community: and took his place on the college staff, as professor of church history, sa cred scriptures, Christian.. - doc trine, history, algebra and ad vanced Latin and Greek. . " Both classical and commercial courses were taught. The claa- ical course cov ered six years Land led to aca demic degrees, the commercial i 4. three years and the graduate was given a cer tificate .of the Master of Ac counts. The pow ar to award the a c a d e m lc de grees was grant ed the Benedic tine Fathers of Mt. Angel by the State of Oregon at the time of In corporation, May 14. 1883. Rev. Barnabas Held was the first director of the college. He was a man ; of great magnetism and to him a great deal of the wonderful success of the ; school was due. He understood and lov ed boys and he made school life pleasant and interastlng to them. Within a week of the, opening of school he had a brass band organ ized. ; Sometime previous to the open ing of schooli Simon Harris, con ductor of the; Portland orchestral union, and some of the members of the organization made a trip to Mt. Angel to inspect the new col lege and examining the professors In music. The examination re sulted in the decision of 1 the board that Mt. Angel had no equal in the state in the depart ment of music. Professors of mu sic at that time were Rev. Bar nabas Held of blessed i memory, Rev. Maurus Snyder still active in the fields of music and writ Let's pause a bit and remember awhile Tour garden of song, a tear, a smile, . .,;.; For I couldn't live without my songs, Could you? Would you? There's one of happiness so rare, A song for weariness and care, And one that sings to me so low Of childhood's blessed long ago. There's one I need In time of grief, That soothes my soul and gives relief, . . And one that . came to me with " love.' . . And one that takes my heart above. Susan Scott, Salem. A fire engine and two trucks roared through Commercial street late one day recently,. Three men on one of the bank corners glan ced at the screaming everready helps In time of trouble and re turned to their confabs. A sales man walked from one of the shops on the block and walked back again. - Nobody asked - "Where Is the fire?" Later, urged by a feel ing of curiosity, I asked one of the men on the corner a reason for. their apparent indifference He was almost Indignant. "Taln't indifference," he said. "Nothin like it. It'll be li the paper in the mornin. " And that is one thing the climate of the Willamette val ley does to a person. A local note or two; "Wake Up and Llve." the Bernle-WincheU film," held steadily at the Grand for seven days. . The Glen Mor ris family is to take the Alaskan trip in July ... Overcoats and shirtsleeves side by side on the streets, warming up and cooling off tor all there is in them . V . . Local drivers vary in opinion aa to the desirability of radio service in automobiles . . . One successful Salem photographer specializes in smiling portraits of people who smile naturally and in tactfully making unsmiling portraits ' of people whose smiles have to be forced . , . Two young women of the literary set at the state sani- torium have unearthed "otiose" from the dictionary and are mak ing gleeful use of it. Even the staid eld "unabridged" has its sestful qualities ... Manager Tay lor of the Albany branch of Mont gomery Ward & Co., accompanied by Mrs. Taylor, materially assist ed the sun in its rather feeble ef forts to create a cheerful atmos phere in Salem early in the week . . Hint from a business man, who asks that his name be with held but who did not withhold his annoyance when giving out the hint: More attention to nunctna- Then and Now Views of 50Year Upper, first faculty of Mt. Angel coUege, 1887-1888, front row. Rev. Leo Heubscher, R V. Barnabas Held, (president). Rev. Anselm "Win ter, Rev. Dominic Waedenschwiler; back row, Bro. Theodule, Rev. Peter J. Beutgen, Rev. Maurus Snyder, Rev. Placidus Fuerst and Rev. William Kramer. Snyder and Fuerst are still with the faculty. Center, first Mt. Angel college, with first monastery on left, seminary in middle and college on right. Lower left, college destroyed by fire In 1926. Lower right, Mt. Angel college as it will welcome visitors on the 50th anniversary May SO and 81. - .:."-. r... - . ; - - ing at the Benedictine monastery, and Rev. Placidus Fuerst,5 now or- g a n i 8 1 and choirmaster of St. Mary's church, Mt. Angel. : Conveniences were few in that first college, gauged by present day standards. One tin bathtub served the entire community. An open shed took the place of the modern elaborately equipped gymnasium. si Disastrous Fire of '92 Halts Progress The college grew rapidly but that growth was cruelly halted May 2, 1892, when practically the entire Institution was destroyed by fire. : ' ; , r ., Undaunted the Benedictines soon set about planning ' the re building of the college. This time the site chosen was on top of the hill, named by the Indians "Ta palamaho," Mount of Commun ion. Here a huge structure of stone. Quarried from that very tion should be given by pupils in Salem public schools . . ; . . Fish stories thus far not plentiful. But Attorney Carey Martin has an in teresting little story of a pair of robins, nesting in the Christmas tree on the courthouse lawn, that appear td have reared two famil ies already this season . i. . ; Ned Sparks' c o m m e n t on another prominent citizen: He is so two faced 1 the barber has to shave him twice . . . Domestic Item from the f fairgrounds district: Man can't . rest unless. he puts his feet up on something, and hl wife. can't, rest till he takes em down again . . . Naomi Phelps, of Sa? lem' and New York-' Tina luun ami signed by a New Tork nnhitsher to visit Idaho this summer to do research work preliminary to the writing of an historical ; novel of that state. Advices from the cast indicate that Miss Phelps, accom- paniea - oy jean uardner, will leave i for the Idaho ' country sometime In Jn lift ll V m-efrit 'ranit the trip will be continued :ottv to tne 'oid home town" in- Oregon. Miss Phelps has. not been In Sa lem for two years.- - i (Continued from page 6) attempted murder follows fast, the reader who enjoys his mys tery stories Is completely happy. For the more serious-minded. Herbert Read has written "Art and Society." Anyone Interested In the history of art will enjoy it. The author begins with pre historic art, and thea passes to the magical and animist art of primitive races. He next surveys the position of art in relation to the- s religions of later clviliza 1 1 o n s , especially ; Christianity. This Is followed by an examina tion of the artists' status since, and during, the renaissance, end ing with an analysis of the frus trations of the artist under eco nomic conditions..;. ; '.. . In other .words, Read surveys the world's art, not as an iso lated . activity but as one re lated : to the cultures and soci eties from which it flowers. Some of the chapter heads are art and magic, art and mysticism, art and religion, secular art, art and ; the unconscious, art and education and art in transition. Bales to Speak. PIONEER, May 22. Allen Bales will be the speaker at the Sunday school meeting here Sun day, and special music has been arranged. -. f- Book Nook ! hill and cut by hand, reared its five stories above the verdant val ley. ; -. The community moved into the new building on the hilltop in the fall of 1903. Accommodations were now luxurious. There was ample room for the rapidly grow ing student roll. The college be gan to take its place in athletics among the colleges of the north west. Alumni of the school began to distinguish themselves in all lines of work. In 1924 the Mt. An gel junior college was recognized by the Northwest association of higher and secondary schools and began to develop into one of the foremost colleges on the coast. Another Great Fvre Wipes Out Plant i Then came the disastrous fire of ten years ago. I On September 21, 1926, the entire educational plant was once more destroyed. The school year had ' Just opened and promised to be one of the How Does Your Garden Grow? Experiments on to Bring Color to Shasta Daisy, Now Available in Double Form By LILLTE L. MADSEX ANSWERS to question: Among the best rock-wall plants :1s aithionema grandi- florum. In early summer It Is cov ered with . dense spikes of pink flowers. It likes a comparatively light sandy soil and perfect I; drainage. It is also said to .niMtra An war ... 1 i -.' Shasta daisy it 7?- ': can be had in a fl- -V' double form. Hy- " - now endeavoring h to bring - color into the Shasta daisy. It is believed that it could be crossed with the Korean chry santhemum. There! would be a small fortune in It tor the One who made a success of this. Most of us see Shasta daisies only in the old, straight-petal form. We scarcely realize how many var ieties can now be had. Bur bank's Frilled has party-ruffles around its yellow center. The Admiral Byrd has two rows of rays and their ends curled but not ruffled. Chiffon Shasta is trilled with a quilted center. . For Best Lilacs -If yon wish nice lilacs next year, cut off the flower heads as soon as they wither. Seed pods take too much strength from the bust. Do not cut off beyond the first joint bearing leaves. Scatter a handful of lime and a little bal anced plant food about your bush and work it In. Keep suckers and weeds down, and you should have a good crop of lilac bloom next year. Spray your lilacs during the winter. - --s h 1 W : Care of chrysanthemums must be started this month if one is to have good results by fall-blooming time. Pinch them back two or three times in May land the same amount in June to make them branch- out and become sturdy. Then In June begin! feeding them every 10 days until (color in buds show. Use a balanced .; fertilizer. If aphids show up and keep a close watch for them spray with a nicotine spray. Black Leaf-40. one teaspoonful toi a ' gallon of water, to which add! a little laun dry soap, wfll do the trick. A - Old College it ; ' best In the history of the Institu tion. In one night those glorious hopes were destroyed and the morning revealed blackened stone walls and twisted steel was a gro tesque monument of 4Jyears of hard labor. But not for long did that ugly symbol of defeat rise above the surrounding, country. Private homes in Mt. Angel were thrown open to the homeless Benedic tines. School for a limited num ber of students was continued in some of the classrooms of the lo cal grade school. Their spiritual exercises were held in the parish church of Mt. Angel. Contribu tions from all over the United States poured in to aid them in rebuilding. The skeletons on the hilltop were blasted and soon the foun dation for the first of the new buildings was laid. March 19, 1928, less than two years after that terrifying September night, Care of Hollyhocks When your hollyhocks have bloomed, pinch off the withered heads. Small buds growing close to the flowers will then bloom. As soon as these are finished bloom ing cut down: the stalk,.; give a small feeding of balanced fertil izer, and very likely you will have hollyhocks blooming again ; in autnm n. Hollyhocks; must be sprayed or dusted with Bordeaux of sulphur every 10 days or rust will . take them. . -In answer to the inquiry as to what to ' plant that will give a splash of color In a south expos ure for the summer. -1 suggest either marigolds or geraniums. Both do well with lots of sun and both will give , a "riot of color all summer late' into autumn, - .Lots . of peony inquiries a r e reachfng me. There are many, evi dently, who hare difficulty in making their peonies bloom. Some of these answers I hava rivpn sev eral times before. But I'll repeat' them again for those who. missed them. Plant Peonies In Fall Peonies should be planted in the fall. They prefer a sunny lo cation, but will thrive in part shade. They should be planted so that the top of the root is about three inches beneath the surface of the soiL Too deep planting will cause lack of flowers. Lack of phosphorus and potash in the soil will also cause lack of bloom. As soon : as the plants start In the spring they should be sprayed with Bordeaux, subsequent ; sprayings should be given them three or four times. ... - - All buds showing deformity or bud-rot should be picked off at once and burned. As soon aa the flowers fade, cut . them off but do not cut off the peony leaves. Then give each plant a trowelful of i half-and-half . bonemeal .and acid phosphate. ' Woodashes or. potassium sulphate are also good. Nitrate of soda around peonies should always be used sparingly. A separate sprinkling on the soil near the plants when buds are de veloping will Increase the six of the blooms. Too much nitrate will make weak flowers. Control for Ants As to whether ants are .injur ious or not to peonies seems to be disputable. Some growers say that ants are only after the aphids. Others report they are after the Commencement Exercises to Be Held Next Sunday Afternoon in hetv Gym; Archbishop Howard to Speak Monday fTiIFTY years of education of the youth of the northwest will bV celebrated by .the Benedictines and the gratef ul com : . munity of Mt: Angel May 30 and 31;: v - ; 'Commencement exercises will begin at 2 o'clock on Sun day, May 30. Rt. Rev. Msgr. Arthur Lane, P. A;, will deliver the baccalaureate address to the class of 1937. Musical and ' ' ' V-1 "''' i -' " 1. 1 c vocal numbers will 1 be given by the Benedictines once again mov ed onto the hilltop. The -building program was continued as means permitted, and now ten years aft er the fire, three' large, fine struc tures give gallant ; testimony of the , undying, perseverance ' of the Benedictines:' , ; ',.h ; : V r Housing -accommodations V&re still Inadequate so that many of the out of town students find It necessary to board with families in the town of Mt. Angel. Despite this fact 225 were enrolled in the college and - high school depart ments during, the past year. Past Decades Bring Wider Recognition . '.Wonderful strides In all fields of learning have, been made, by the . college during the past dec ade; The Northwest association of secondary and higher school rec ognizes the school as' a standard senior college. Bachelor degrees may be earned In the departments of philosophy, English, classical languages, 'modern languages, history, social sciences, mathema tics, education and business ad ministration.' " . Moreover, the state depart ments of education In Oregon and Washington recognize the institu tion, as a stand ard high school teacher col lege so graduates are eligible to teach 1 n an y h i g h school of- either state as long: as the requi red courses in edu cation have been taken. " - Teaching Staff, High Attainment . The teaching staff is constant ly being Improv ed. Many of the F a t h e r s have been sent to un iversities in Am erica and abroad d m4 -wwi tr to secure higher degrees. At present seven facul ty members hold doctor's degrees, while several more : have earned the master's degree. Others are taking advanced courses at vari ous universities. '- In the field of athletics Mt. An gel college Is coming into its own. The glories of . pre-f Ire days are gradually being revived. The fa cilities afforded through the erec tion of the new gym have paved the way for entrance In regular intercollegiate sports. The. bas ketball team "Came . through the season with considerable glory In spite of being hindered with a late start due to the delay in complet ing the gymnasium, Intercolleg iate baseball was taken up this year for the first time since the fire, and the boys made a fair showing. ! ' - '' The library and museum com pletely destroyed by the fire, are rapidly mounting to their former value. .'!, .i' sweet fluid secreted in the buds and will Injure the' buds them selves as w e 1 1 - as carry disease spores from one plant to another. A sweet poison bait has been sug gested for their control. A sponge dipped in. molasses wa terand poieoned with arsonate of lead has proved effective if placed be neath the peony bushes. However, it must be remembered that this Is also poisonous to- cats, dogs or birds who might hate a sweet tooth.. .-Peonies should not be mulched with manure and the tops of the .plants should be cut off and burn ed In September. No dead folia? Ehould . be permitted to winter over In the. peony- bed..' ' . ' ' Roses Need Much Care . The rose is most certainly the queen of . Howers and it continu-s busly needs a large number of, hand-maidens, to keep it in bloom ing condition. It must be sprayed with ' Black-Leaf-4 Q , f o r aphids, and must be sprayed- or d sated with fungicides, such: as Bordeaux and lime sulphur. For -certain leaf-chewing insects ' arsenate .of lead must be' resorted, to. Other Insects which easily ' curl them selves up in the leaves must be bandpicked and destroyed. All yellowed leaves falling to the soil must be gathered and burned. Cultivation must be continuous. A two-inch dust mulch should be maintained. No weeds should' be permitted in the rose beds. . Summer pruning should be done as you cut the flower. Take a long stem if possible, make a slant cut, and make the cut right above an outside leaf-bud. ' Keep all rose suckers- from the" roots cut off. Most roses are budded and SHRUB and Our season ends Slay 30th. on hand we are cutting Buy now Rhododendrons Camellias ; . Tree Roses Firethorne - Cypress Hundreds of Bargmns Buy Now and Save PEARCY BROS. NURSERY State Street Opposite , Courthouse ! Open Sunday 10 Till 8 th .Mt. Angel college and semin ary orchestra, conducted by Alex ander Scharbach,; and by. the col lege quartet. Paul Zeller of Port land' will be valedictorian. Five to Receive t ' '' : ' '," ' - II. A Degrees -.' " '"" The ' bachelor of arts degree will -be-conferred on Prater Ber nard Maier, O. S. B-, of fit. Bene dict's Abbey. Frater Richard Ceb ula. O. S. B. of St. Martin'a col lege. Lacey, - Wash., Harley A. Baker of Skagaway, Alaska; John A. Fennimore of Mt. Angel; and , Paul M. Zeller of Portland. . Junior college certificates will be awarded to William F.. Brock hause, Mt. : Angel; Gilbert J. Bntieh, Tillamook; John M. Goodrich, Portland y Francis ' J, Hamroelroann, .Woodburn ; Fran cis J. Hanley. Portland; Raymond Ji Karp. Baker; Howard B. Kron dak, Wenatchee. -Wash.; Edward F. Jobb. Baker ; Leo McCarthy, Milwaukle; Francis J.: Maloney, Portland; Francis , A.: - Neuman, Corvallla; Ruber t P. O'Hara, L a n e a b o r A,. Minn.; George B. Schaefers, Eugene; Magnus Syr verson. Independence; Wilbur F. Trewlk, St. Cloud, Minn.; and Marcel T. Van Dreische, Baker. - There is also a 'class of 24 high school graduate.. ' ' : After the conferring of degrees and diplomas the gold medals for scholastic excellence during the past year will be awarded. Alumni .Day To Be May 31 v . Monday, May 31, has been de clared Alumni day. His Excellen cy Edward D. Howard, archbishop of Portland and successor of the self-styled father of Mt. Angel college,- Archbishop -William H. Gross, will officiate at the pontif ical high mass In St. Mary's church, Mt. Angel, at 10:00 a. m. The assistants will be. chosen from the- clerical alumni of the school. ' The alumni will meet at St. Mary's school before mass and march with the clergy to the church." , , Rev. Francis P. Leipzig, of Eun gene, an alumnus, will give the occasional sermon. Immediately after the mass the annual alumni banquet will be served in the din ing hall of St. Mary's school. : Franciscovfrh to Represent Governor 1 f Francis Franciscovich, presi dent of the Oregon senate and an alumnus of M, A. C, will repre sent Governor Charles H. Martin, who will he unavoidably 'absent In California, at the banquet. Also present will be Dr. Frederick M. Hunter, chancellor of Oregon state system of higher education, and State Supt. C. A.r Howard. Rev. Valentine Moffenbeier of Portland will act as toastm aster. Among the speakers will be Rev. Louis Sanders of Portland; Hon;' John P. Kavanaugh of Portland, first graduate of Mt. Angel col lege; Umbert T. De Martini, prominent Portland lawyer; and Tom Shea, editor of the News-Telegram. the suckers are from the root stock. They will completely choke out a budded rose if permitted to grow. - i " ... Most lilies resent lime in the soil. A few Including L. Candidum, L. Elegans, L. Chalcedonicum, L. HansonijL.Monadelpb.um, and L. Tlgrinum seem to be indifferent. Spray Against lily Blight i ' . .Complaints of blighted or dis eased madonna lilies are reach ing me. Bordeaux mixture Is again advised. The plants should be sprayed earjy In - the : spring and three or f o u r times afterwards prior to blooming. In the fall they ehould be sprayed again and the soil saturated. Some growers ad vise digging some of the Bordeaux into the soil about the lilies. AH leaves t h a t fall off. should be burned. .J;,',;.';;.'"'. ' . In response to another request for the fertilizer I gave a year ago for trees: Amonium. sulphat or nitrate of soda. 5 0 lbs. ; super phos phat, 20 pounds; muriate. of pot ash, 12 pounds. To be most ef fective K should go on before June 10. The " paint for the tree wounds Is corrosive sublimate. Weed eradicator is iron sul phate. Use it at the rate of I A pounds per gallon of water. Re member it will also kill white clover. Sodium chlorate will also do the trick and is particularly effective on poison oak. Rhododendrons and azaleas will do aa well if planted now as a n y 1 1 m e. Give them an acid soil,' partial shade and a good mulch. If selected now one can choose the colors wanted. THEE SALE Rather than replant stocks all prices 20 to 50 and save. Red Jap Maple Flowering Dogwood Blue Spruce Shade Trees (balled) Flowering Shrubs