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mjuiiu, Mjearn Varied Skills for Life' Use
By EUGENE GREENFIEIJD
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Oregon's part in a national ami" international program to erase the bogey of blindness
is centered in the peaceful atmosphere of Salem's state school for the blind.
: This school, founded in 1872
when the needi was recognized, rtlV ft . il
rambles over j close to seven
acres of smooth IT ten lawns
and cool green shade trees.
Neat buildings and an atmos
phere of ulet industry are evi
dent on all sides.
From a curriculum of ten sub
jects taught in the first year, the
school has grown to its present
status which includes branches of
study into higher arts, sports,
home economics and industrial
crafts.
Began in Home
The fact that jsuccess comes not
without a struggle has been
especially true in the case of this
school, first opened in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. William Nesbit
on High between Chemeketa and
Center streets at a cost of $4000.
Temporary di scontinuing of
classes because of lack of funds
and overcrowded conditions made
naroceanr the nrmnntinn of the
old Snowden budding at 12th and Eugene Greenfield, a senior in high
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ing of weekly guest dinners gives
them experience lacking in many
new home makers.
Students of the mask-making
class have made recognizably ac
curate reproductions of their own
faces in modeling clay, later cast
in papier mache molds, a project
carried on along with sewing,
weaving, basketry, chair caning,
knitting and color study.
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One of the newest buildings on the campus of the Oregon state school for the blind, at Church and Mis
sion streets In Salem, Js the boys' dormitory, shown above. The structure is equipped as a part of
the total pro era mto help blind people live normally.
Social education is obtained
Through use of the lathe many through participation in numerous
beautiful lamps, nut bowls and actiye organizations. various
candle sticks are made of myrtle ,
and other art woods by boys who classes undertake planning and
of parties, picnics and
Ferry streets, where the same
problems soon confronted school
authorities.
A driving pioneer spirit kept
alive the causeL which was first
rewarded in 1895 with the estab
lishment of the Jschool at its pres
ent site on Soith Church street,
the former location of Oregon's
state school for the deaf.
of
the school
board of
1913 for
direction of state
school, began his schooling at
the state school for the blind ten
years ago. His sight was so poor
he was .obliged to read braille
until operations brought him ad
ditional sight, and he now reads
large print. Greenfield is student
body president, and, wishing to
go into journalistic work upon
graduation, is preparing by
writing news articles of the
school's activities. His home is
In Portland.
may also do hammock and basket giving
making, wood working and piano dances
tuning and repairing.
To be visually handicapped
does not indicate a lack of in
terest in sports. The boys'
wrestling team has become
famed throughout the state due
to entrance into numerous ath
letic tournaments and competi
tive matches with other high
schools. Three first and two
second place championships
were captured by one of 1941's
graduates, who is but one of
several boasting similar records.
The girls' physical education
class participates in swimming,
folk danejlng and acrobatics. ,
Presentation of the comedy,
"Bunty Pulls the Strings," under
direction of Miss Irene Marmein
of the American Foundation for
the Blind, and the more recent
staging of "Dulcy" have been the
school's outstanding achievements many padu,ates have established
in dramatics, a subject fast gain
ing popularity.
Management
Came under the state
control, organiied in
regulation and
institutions. . . ......
The erection of the dormitory making the third year the
In which girls now reside, known tchol has taken honors,
as Howard hall, is credited as r r L.
one of the highlights of Supt. J. ' COO
"W. Howard's (administration.' In Because of the necessity for
1931 the board of. control ap- practical training, there are
pointed Walter R. Dry, who has classes such as cooking in which time offered at a school for the
acted as superintendent since girls are instructed in meal plan- blind.
while such well; known
groups as student body, Hi-Y,
Tri-Y, Boy Scouts, lettermen and
Torch Honor society contribute to
a school spirit said to equal that
of any high school. ' ;
Improvements and advance
ments both in the educational
and social setup and the; physi
cal aspects of the campus are
constantly being made. In 1936
the present boys' . dormitory,
Irvine hall, was constructed. A
carved bust in memory ; of the
late B. F. Irvine, blind editor
of the Oregon Journal,; whose
appeals were Instrumental in
obtaining the appropriation, can
be seen in the front hall of the
building.
Through application of this edu
cational and practical training,
Know First Aid
Nineteen students received first
aid cards from the American Red
Cross for completion of the stan
dard course in first aid first
that time. I
Blind education is now a
reality. Yesterday's problems
are not the problems of today.
Definite aims sighted in train
ing students from kindergarten
through high school comprise
a three fold purpose correc
tion of visual! difficulties, con
servation of vision and prepar
ing students for happy, useful
livtar.
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ning and food preparation. Serv- Students do not lack recreation.
themselves in a world of sighted
professionals and home - makers.
One young man with but partial
vision is a member of a San
Diego dance orchestra. A totally
blind girl, married to a sighted
man, has become a successful
housewife as well as the mother
of a fine young son.
The four walls of darkness are
no more.
VJSSE ... ok Mnenvise
By ETHAN GRANT
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of 100 students en
rolled throughout thd year 1940
41 now have better eyesight due
to operations, treatment, fitting
of glasses or simply good care.
To some this has meant return
to public school; to others, com-
plete or partial restoration of
vision.
Health Stressed
Special healt i measures, special
equipment and application of ex
pert training contribute toward a
highly successful sight saving
program. Regular eye and physi
cal examinati ns and carefully
planned meals are but a few of
the services of the health depart
ment, which employs an eye
ipecialist, a general physician,
nurse and a dietitian.
For the benefit of approxi
mately 50 per cent of the stu
( dents who have - partial vision,
yet do not .read braille, school
rooms are equipped with special
i lighting, adjustable book rests,
, blinds to eliminate glare, tinted
paper, large type books and large
! pencils and chalk. Through avoid
ance of long periods of classwork
1 and reading of assignments by
teachers, everyone is taught the
value of caring for sight which
lifetime of useful-
There are three kinds -of people which we can add to all
the other kinds: people who're for, people who're against and
the neutrals. I don't care much for the neutrals. A man ought
to be either for or against, and if he isn't the chances are he
doesn't really amount to much.
He serves little purpose in the phonographs and records. But we
civilized scheme of things Imag- missed that too Qne
me what a dull world we d have brought a phonograph fronJehon?e
if we were all neutra s; if all of but it had only five records Sd
America's First
War9 With Nips
Almost Forgotten
AP FEATURE SERVICE
must serve a
ness.
Education's role in building
the lives of j these individuals
seeks to give them experience
la as maay varied channels as
: possible. After completion ' of
high school work occasionally
Including classes at Salem high
school students are qualified
for entrance into any Oregon
college.
Musical instruction is given in
piano, voice and chorus work.
The three Soloists, two choruses
and trio, entries in Forest Grove's
1941 state music tournament,
were rated almost 100 per cent
us just sat on the front porch
and chewed tobacco and said,
"Who cares?"
Personally, I'm against the
new jaywalking law. I'm also
against jaywalking. I'm against
the jaywalking law because I
sometimes like to jaywalk. I'm
against jaywalking because it
happens that I drive a car and
wouldn't want to hit a jaywalk
er. But if I should happen to
hit a jaywalker, and jaywalk
ing being against the law, I
wonder if I could have the jay
walker arrested? And fined $50
and sent to jail for 60 days? Or
if I'm jaywalking and get hit,
could I collect damages? I won
der what in this respect are my
contitutional rifhts? If I have
any.
Something I'm for is this new
movement toward Japan. Or, as
the saying is, the Far East. Send
ing our ships and planes to the
east by sending them west. Peo
ple are being asked to donate
books for the libraries of those
ships, and Hugh Morrow, Salem's
librarian, asked if I couldn't men
tion it Being for such donations,
I'm glad indeed to mention it.
only five records and
we wore them out. One record
was a duet by a singer named
Nora Bayes and somebody else,
and the song was something about
Coney 'Island. We played it so
often that even Nig, the dog mas
cot, couldn't stand it.
We had a few books, and I
think everybody on board read
them all. Then in England I
met an author who gave me a
copy of a book he wrote, auto
graphed too; but it was so dull
I never quite finished it. All I
remember is that the author's
first name was Glenelg and he
called my attention to the fact
that you could spell 'it . either
backwards or forwards. And I
think his last name was Grant.
In fact, I'm sure of it. And I
have never known a Grant
who wrote an Interesting book.
, When the war ended and I went
sailing as a merchant marine ra
dio, operator, we had what was
called the Merchant Marine Li
brary association. Those books
were also donated. A freight ship
or tanker carried about 300 vol
times and the radio operator acted
as librarian. Having little to do
but read, he was considered an
a lot of books for the boys on the f" what w" W01
reading. Once on a 17,000-mile
cruise I set out to read the entire
library. And I doggoned nearly
did it.
Choice Same" Today
ar, but not soon enough. "Z T v ps ,
result, the fleet in which et boysJw"e
ships to read. And IH tell you
why. ;
Tried in 1917
Such a book donation move
ment was launched during the
last war.
As a
I served left for European waters ge. and f
before the books reached us. Con ". read the
sequently, we took only a few 'LZ:"7'
hv imu utufliviuica
Next were the he-men novels.
books along. There
movement for the
was also a
donation of
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$oothing. A smooth powder
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Phone, 3113
such as those of Conrad and Lon
don. They didn't care much for
sweet-romance or westerns of the
Zane Gray type. Remember this
when you tie up that bundle of
donations you've probably bor
rowed and forgotten . to return.
The boys will in all probability
also like aviation' stories. And
they will want just about any
thing of a scientific nature, par
ticularly - astronomy. Sailors all
like the stars and I don't mean
movie stars.
The ' classics: you eaa keep
'em. And If it has to be poetry.
. it'd better be something by
Dorothy Parker or Ogden Nash;
or, I believe, John Masefleld,
such as the collection which
Includes . "Everlasting Mercy.
and "The Dauber."
Half the little education I have
at least' half came from books
I read op shipboard. And X can'
remember ever having got my
hands on one that I have since
considered was "bad influence."
Those all come afterward, mostly
while attending college. Select the
books that have given you Joy
and youll have the gratitude of
a lot of sailors - i
Rubber in Oregon Possible;
Type of Dandelion Is Source
Promising rubber-producing plants that might possibly be
adapted for growing in Oregon will be tested here as soon as they
are available, says G. R. Hyslop, head of the plant industries di
vision at Oregon State college.
Lilads Flourish
Planting Hints
Here;
Told
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LUacs a?e aniong the most accommodating shrubs we have
and they, have certainly entered into thejr kingdom in the gar
dens of western Oregon. . , . ' ! ...', ,
. '.It is interesting to note that the common lilac is a native
of the mountains of Bulgaria and
was 4 sent from Constantinople
Vienna around -1330. Both purple
ana waive iiuiua? ,
were ;uitivw.cvig t
in I.nnHnn.ini
1597 by Gerard.
While it is not
known definitely
by whom or even
when the lilac
was first brought
to North Ameri
ca, Wash ington
told about it in
his diary and de
scendants of the
plants he planted
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Philadelphia
Scene of
Burt's Booh
fey JOHN SELBY
NEW YORK "The USS Wyo
ming smglehanded sank three
Japanese men of war and blasted
strongly fortified land fort into
rubble heap, at the same time
setting fire to an enemy town."
You haven't seen this in any
war department communiques re
cently but it all happened 79
years ago in America's first na
val war- with Japan.
Conservative Japanese factions
bitterly opposed, in the middle of
the 19th century, opening their
country to foreign trade and
travel, outfitted armed merchant
men and war ships, many of
them purchased from the United
States (remember American sales
of scrap metal, gasoline, etc., to
Japan in 1941) and attacked
American, English, French and
Dutch shipping.
The Wyomlnr, a cruiser
commanded by - Capt. David
McDougal, steamed into Shim
onoseki Strait, a narrow strip
of water between Hondo, ' the
island upon which Tokyo stands,
and Kiushiu, to avenge an at
tack in June, 1863, ' on the
American steamer Pembroke.
The Prince of Nagata, whose
feudal lands fronted the strait,
had the Lancefield, an armed
merchantman, and an armed brig
and a bark the Koshin Mara,
loaded for action and waiting for
the Wyoming under the protect
ing guns of strong shore bat'
teries.
Captain McDougal rave ord
ers that should the battle go
against him, the ship's maga
sine was to be fired so that
the ship might go down with
the Stars and- Stripes flying
from its masthead.
His order was unnecessary for,
in the face of devastating fire, his
engineers drove the Wyoming to
dose range and his cheering gun
ners sank the three : Japanese
vessels and silenced the fort.
Thus ended a "war"? with Ja
pan tnat most Americans never
heard - about.
-ALONG THESE STREETS," by
Struthers Burt (Scribners; 2.75).
The word for Struthers Burt's
new novel is, I suppose, urbane.
But the wxrd has been so per
verted in its significance by those
who use it merely to mean slick
that something else must be found
to characterize "Along These
eets."
In the first place, the book
is about Philadelphia, and Phil
adelphia is the only city of my
experience which is consist
ently liked by outsiders, and
consistently maligned by its
own people. Mr. Burt is anx
ious that the mental and physi
cal progress of Felix Macalister
be understood, and that his dis
section of Philadelphia shall
not impede this understanding.
But although this progress
make a story of itself, the book
is still about Philadelphia, and
no mistake.
Felix was born a bastard, two
years before his parents married
Felix jdid not understand this
scandal for a long while, nor did
he appreciate the further scandal
which grew out of the fact that
his Philadelphia mother had di
vorced; an Italian prince to marry
Macaliker, senior. He only knew
that somehow the mess had alien
ated his mother's family a not
unmixed sorrow, considering the
character of certain members. But
it made Felix's situation odd in
deed when his uncle unexpectedly
left him the family. house and a
lot of money. Up to that moment
Felix had been mostly interested
in simians. Afterward he became
interested in Philadelphians.
Automatically, he became a
member of the proper clubs,
his Assembly card was a mat
ter of course, he could go "any
where," which of course meant
anywhere in Philadelphia (a
sufficient latitude). Automati
cally, also, he became attrac
tive to a number of women.
But he still could see the thing
objectively, up to a point. And
Mr. Burt makes his reader see
it alL
The, incredible web of relation
ships, ; the extraordinary routines
of thi people who mattered, the
tabus . and musts this is perfect
material for social satire and
probably the material most likely
to lead a novelist into -excess. It
happens that Mr. Burt is not be
trayed by the lavish means at his
disposal. There are times when a
little less talk would make the re
sult more pungent, but for the
most part the proportions are
Ideal. And the result is a balanc
ed picture of , a city of individ
uals, and of an era which may
never; be revived.
He Could've Saved
All That Trouble!
GRAHAM, NC. When
Coley Guthrie saw the heavy
traffic on the Graham-Burlington
highway he parked his car
and took a bus. ."Nof use get-'
ting my car torn up In that
traffic," he commented. When
he returned he found- that an
other, automobile had hooked
the bumper of his machine and
turned it over. - M
Home-Loving Cow "
Goes A-Visiting I
LEXINGTON, Okla. HPV-.Mr,
and Mrs." J. P Garrett caught a
They went calling ahd left the
back screen open. A cow strolled
in on the back porchi Thewind
blew the screen door shut.
When they returned i the cow
was taking it easy, chewing , re
flectively . . " -
Professor Hyslop recently re
turned from Washington, DC,
where he conferred with federal
officials on this subject
Interest in such plants was
increased recently with an
"nouncement by the national
farm chemurglc council that a
form of dandelion known as
Kok-sagyi is grown in Russia as
a source of rubber. The sugges
tion was made that this plant
could be grown in the midwest
and possibly here on the coast.
As this announcement came
while Prof. Hyslop was in Wash
ington, he immediately conferred
with Senator Charles L. McNary,
who is much interested in a new
source of rubber, A conference
was held with officials in charge
of rubber plant investigations in
the bureau of plant industry,
where it was learned that this
particular dandelion plant, while
considered of economic importance
under Russian conditions, would
hardly be suitable here. .
Reports obtained by these
specialists show that the plant
yields only SO to SO pounds an
acre of rubber rather than the
much higher yield suggested in
the press releases recently Is
sued. Guayule, a rubber-bearing
plant grown now in southwest
ern United States, is considered
much more practical for use In
this country than the dandelion
plant, Prof. Hyslop learned.
Here in Oregon an arrangement
has been made to have certain
milky juice plants that grow read
ily here assayed for their rubber
content as soon as plants are avail
able. At certain stages in the lives
of these plants the rubber content
is rather low but as maturity is
approached some of these shorter-
lived plants show an increase in
rubber content that may be of
economic importance, says Prof.
Hyslop. A number of new milky
juice annuals and perennials will
be sent here for testing.
Chivalry Prevails
In Soldier Ranks
LUMBERTON, NC. (TV A sol
dier kept calling a spinster here,
proposing dinner at a down town
restaurant Finally he volunteer
ed that he . was 25 years old.
"I Jam three times that old,'
the lady replied..'
"That's all right," said the still
game soldier weakly," "won't you
come down and have a sandwich
anyway?" " . " '
How to Fool, the ,
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BALTIMORE -(AV Truck
driver George D. Hull played
It ' safe: He hauled two huge
track tires late a police station,'
explained he was leaving Ids
Struck overnight on a .parking
lot, I and wanted , to take no
chances that tire thieves would
'lift his; spares; . Obliging-' police
locked sp the tires for the night'
Conscience Money :
COLUMBIA, SC.; -UPi--3 h e
Richland county library received
a letter from soldier, formerly
stationed at nearby Fort Jackson
but now in Alaska, containing a
three cent stamp to cover a two
cents book . overdue charge and
interest of several months, -
of the M. Lemoine Introductions
are Captitaine Balet, with Its
huge panicles of large' single
flowers ;of a real purple lilac;
Katherine Havemeyer, a cobalt
i lilac lpi semi-double; Mount
Blanc, a single white.
Among some of the best known
Klager introductions are City ol
Longview, : closely set florets, a
' rosy lilac in color, and Woodland,
a very dark red-purple, with very
large florets. '
Prof. ' Arthur Peck, landscape
architect j at Corvallis at the col
lege, recently remarked that many
LOU. Madtea more mkcs used
still bloom at Mt Vernon. Some were being used here in the Will
gardeners will tell you the same amette valley.
plants are still growing there ana
this may also be tine.
Advance Great
During the last half century
great deal has t been done in
the lilac world, with French horti
culturists doing perhaps the most
to give us some of our fine im
proved varieties.
Best known hybridizer on the
Pacifie coast and widely known -i
throughout the country, Js Mrs.
Hulda Klager of Woodland,
Wash. Mrs. Klager's lilacs have
been frequently mentioned as
the finest ever produced In
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Any time while the lilacs are
dormant is planting time for them.
I have even seen them replanted
when in bloom and the shrubs
survive the shock.'
While lilacs grow so easily here
in the Willamette; valley that we
are prone to think they need no
care at all, they will repay one for
proper care, and this holds par
ticularly true of many of the new
er hybrids. For best results, give
lilacs a good soil, well-drained and
rich in loam. If the soil contains
a certain amount of lime so much
the better. Full exposure to the
sun and air is a good thing it li
lacs are to be seen at their best
The sale of grafted lilacs was once
the rule, but now most growers
of good repute will sell only lilacs
on their own roots. As they sucker
so freely there is little reason for
other kinds of plants.
Shown Annually
The Arnold Arboretum, Ameri
ca's best known; garden, has i
lilac Sunday each" spring, attended
by approximately 60,000 people.
Here around 190 named varieties
of the common lilac as well as
scores of hybrids and additional
species are on display from the
first of May to the first week in
July. i
The oldest hybrid lilac Is the
Rouen lilac, which was intro
duced in the botanic garden at
Rouen in 1795. Among the best
Mexico's Strikers
Still like Tourists
MEXICO CITY -ffl- Union
members! in Mexico have their
dispute! j with employers, but
they are careful not to let them
bother the lucrative tourist trade.'
Therefore, when "employes of a
tourist hotel recently put a black-and-red
;banner across the door,
signifying labor troubles and
making It illegal to enter, they
also posted two union , members
alongside.
When a tourist approached,
these meh-'nastily took down the
banner, Calling off the strike long
enough to let him in.
Knighthood Flowers
Again in Tacoma
TACOMA, Wash. (-Chivalry
isn't dead in the far west
Harold Lindrin's girl friend
pleaded guilty to violating traf
fic laws after she smashed Lin
drin's automobile into a tree
with him beside here. The judre .
decreed $100 and 10 days la
jail. Lindrin asked the court
whether he could serve In her
place, explaining the girl was
needed at home, where her
mother lay critically IM. His
honor agreed.
A Lot; of Mileage
In This Spare
WINSTON-SALEM, NC. -(1
In vain officers here searched an
auotmobile suspected of carrying
illicit liquor.
Finallyone cop jerked off the
spare tire cover. And there, as
pretty as you please, was a fake
tire container-fashioned painstak
ingly from 19 different sections
of galvanized iron and metal
sheeting fitted together with
crimped seals. It contained five
gallons 'of liquor.
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is particularly recom
mended for persons in
public life, . -. such: - as
sales people, lecturers,
teachers, etc., and for
others to whom "Per
sonal . Appearance-' ; Is
especially - i m p o r tant, -This
service is both con
venient and beneficial
because it enables you
to carry on regular social
and business activities
without embarrassment. .
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