THE REGISTER-GUARD, EUGENE, OREGON
Irena Dunn Williams Writes Memoirs
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EDITOR'S NOTE: The Register
herewith the 11th chapter of the
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in previous pageant-time reminiscences. Hers is a
iruo story, vividly told, and it gives us an interest
ing picture of how this city grew and the kind of
people who have made it.
CHAPTER XI
Educational Progress
The First High School
Jt was in 1870that our young
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people were given the impulse to
advance to a higher plane of edu
cation. 'At this date two young
men, just graduated from Willam
ette University in Salem, opened
a private school in a building on
the east end of Skinner's Butte
where the Ankeny residence now
stands. These two young teachers
were Robert Veatch and John
Arnold. Young men and women
came from miles around to their
first school of advanced courses.
To be sure, this was very little
but it was the first step. Mr. Arn
old was my teacher. . He was a
strict disciplinarian but I learned
more from him than from any
previous teacher. By the second
year he was teaching in the public
school at Olive and 11th, given a
free hand to teach Latin, higher
algebra and geometry. This was
really Eugene's first high school.
Two young men studying under
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Hayes, Oayle Neet, Karl Miller, June Chetwood and Larry Weiss. Second row:, Ruby Schultz, LeRoy Macklin, Curtis
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Mr. Arnold were afterwards grad
uated in the first class of the Uni
versity of Oregon in 1878.
We had a large class in Latin,
the text book was McClintock and
Crook, I liked better than the one
I later studied at the University,
because we translated from Eng
lish into Latin as well as from
Latin into English. Mr. Arnold
later built a school house of his
own where the Eugene hospital
now stands and taught, advanced
students. All the persons I ever
spoke to of Mr. Arnold emphatic
ally agreed that he was the best
teacher under whom they ever
studied.
In 1874 and '75 I went to St.
Helen's Hall, a girls' seminary in
Portland. At this time it was situ
ated on 4th avenue between Madi
son and Jefferson. There was no
bridge across the Willamette; the
train stopped at East side Stark
street and we had to cross on the
ferry then take a cab to our des
tination. .
Most of the business houses were
on Front street and First street.
Chinatown was on Second. St.
Helen's Hall' was under the super
vision of Miss Rodney, sister-in-law
of Bishop Morris of the Episco
pal church. Other teachers were
Mrs. Mary Clopton and Miss Lvdia
Blackler. Every girl who went to'
the Hall carried away the influ
ence of these fine women in their
lives.
Portland was not laree In those
days but there were wealthy fam
ines wno had acquired fortunes
in the wholesale business, gas
company, banks and earlv steam
boat companies. They had fine
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homes, carriages and coachmen.
In '74 the girls, chaperoned by
Miss Rodney and other teachers,
were taken in Tallyho out in the
forest northwest of town to a
clearing among the stumps where
a spot was consecrated by the
Bishop and clergy for a future
hospital. That hospital is today
the Good Samaritan Hospital
with no sign of a forest near.
In fact, the forest reached the
river bank in pioneer days.
I was fortunate in my two years
at St. Helen's to study a number
of the subjects not in the curricu
lum of the University of Oregon
the first two or three years;
namely Flench, History of Eng
land, History of France and once
a week a History of Greece and
Rome, Ancient Geography, Myth
ology and, of course, I studied
mathematics and botany and
other ordinary subjects.
When I entered the U. of O.
in the fall. of '76 I studied Latin
and Greek under President John
son, a strict disciplinarian, but I
learned as I did under Mr. Arn
old. I have always held Presi
dent Johnson in highest regard.
I studied Geology under beloved
Dr. Condon and hieher mathe
matics under Professor Bailey. To
my regret i never finished my
course at the University, leaving
in '79 on account of my mother's
ill health, so I am only an ex '81.
In 1881 I was very surprised
to receive a letter from mv be
loved teacher, Miss Mary Rod
ney, Principal of St. Helen's Hall,
asking me if I would consider
leacning at me Hall. I was as-
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Kenneth Dresser, Mildred Lattin and Juno Nystrom, Lavon
ated from that institution leaving
in June '76 to enter that fall the
U. of O. which then opened its
doors.. I was obliged to leave
the University before being
graduated and had never taught
school. This I told Miss Rodney,
but she repeated her offer. I
deeply appreciated this honor
and enjoyed my two years of
teaching there.
The teachers were given rooms
where the students came in
classes for reciting. As I had
classes from ' different grades it
gave my a variety of subjects to
teach which made it very pleas
ant. It was such a pleasure to
be again with my teachers whom
I had loved in my school days.
Very few women are living today
who attended St. Helen's Hall in
'74 and '76 and those teachers
have long since gone to .their
eternal rest.
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the United States, it is estimated
haul 1,430,000,000 tons of freight
annually. Of this total, 134,400,
000 tons represent farm produce.
Figures on maintenance and
operations at Randolph Field, Tex.,
indicate that almost every one of
the 300 craft used for student
traniing have flown about 235,000
miles since being turned out from
factories.
The average' retail Drice of eas.
oline on March 1 was 12.27 cents
a gallon. In Rome on the same
ririfo tha ,,ta1 n.nA ...... ne
a gallon.
Time To Apply Third
Spray For Walnuts
It is now time to apply the
third or early postbloom spray
for control of walnut blight, on
most Mayette and Franquette or
chards, according to word rcceiv'
from Paul W. Miller, associate
pathologist at Oregon State col
lege, by Herold V. Loughead,
county horticulture inspector. Or
chards at the higher elevations
usually arc later than those on the
valley floor.
The control measures are the
same as for the two earlier sprays,
o-i-ou Bordeaux mixture. It
not necessary to use oil with this
application as the leaves are now
largely resistant to spray injury.
Forty Farmers At
Irving Wheat Meeting
Foy farmers of
the Irvine
I community attended
the wheat
quota meeting held at Irvino
grange hall Tuesday night under
me airecuon of the county agri
cultural conservation association,
ane wneat marketing quota pro
si am was explained by Robert
Taylor of Adams, vice president of
uic eastern uregon Wheat league
FUlley o Westn. President
i.ic league, was also there and
miue a lew remarks. O. S
Fletcher, county agent, was pres
ent.
weonesaay night a similar
..iccunB win De neid at Willaken
.e grange nail and. Thursday
b"- a- jMBHKiin grange hall,
men are expected to be
wicie also.
Chula Vista Herd Has
Remarkable Record
Th o h a to-
ChUIa Vista Ha ra t; i n
4i j iin, j-uck need,
manager, averaged 449.92 pounds
r--v in yetsi year, it i
revealed in a report just issued b
the Linn-Benton Dairy Herd Im'
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irus record is considered
markable for such a large herd
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There is now a supply of 230
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in the AAA program, stored at
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will be advanced June 1 ri c
Fletcher, county agent, is advising
luiuici!, vu uuiuin ine material for
fall use now to avoid paying the
additional storaee nrice it ic
as well off in storage on the farm
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