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Reestablishment ot
Normal Meant Much
To Ashland People
After Years of Struggle, Dream of Ashland is Realized
When Legislature Passes B ill A uthorizing Expendi-
4 ^ - ture of $175,000 on School Here.
After year« of endeavor, the work of the people of
Ashland interested in the furtherance of th e eity as on
educational center met with success on March 4 of this
year when Governor Pierce signed a bill, passed by both
houses of the state legislature, appropriating $175,000
for the construction of a normal school in Southern Ore
gon.
The normal school here was not new, but simply the
rehabilitation of the old Southern Oregon Normal school,
allowed to be discontinued years ago, when, after n bitter
political fight, the members of the legislature with
drew their support. Since that time, the people of Ash
land. had, at every session of the state legislature, pre
sented a bill calling for the appropriation of money for
the rehabilitation of the normal, but every session their
efforts went for naught, the bill was voted down.
» Finally this year, it was felt that the time was ripe
for an intensive fight in the legislature. Represented in
Southern Oregon by Senators Dunn of Jackson county,
Miller of Josephine county and Representatives Cowgill
and Carkin of Jackson, Collier of Klamath county and
Cramer of Josephine county, Southern Oregon was rep
resented by an unusually strong set of legislators, men
learned in the ways of passing legislation, men politi
cally strong, and men sincere in their belief that the South
ern Oregon Normal school should be reestablished and Ash
land brought back to her former eminence as an educa
tional center.
“The»« representative», too, had
something to present. Oregon
«as advancing rapidly In edu
cational matters. County schools
«ere springing up rapidly. More
schools «ere being needed la
the cities and towns ot the state.
But the number of teachers
available each year was almost
fixed at a number far below the
mark needed. The normal school
at Monmouth, although usually
efficient, waa not capable of
turning out teachers enough to
supply the demand.
In the Northern section of the
state, there was an n agitation
for
w
ot the Mon
the enlargement of
month Normal. However, It was
pointed out that students
in
Southern Oreg&n, many of them
financially unable to beai* the
expenses of making the long
trip to Monmouth, and bearing
the expense of living away* from
home, were at a loss to obtain
the education they desired.
J. H. Fuller,, secretary of the
chamber of commerce «as sent
to Salem, to attend all meetings
of the legislative body, and to
lobby for the passage of the bill. on March 4 of this year, word presented to the state as a nor
Fuller, known throughout the was received here that the gov mal school site,
state as vitally interested In edu ernor had affixed bis signature s. Within a very short time, the
cation, was a great factor in ob to* the bill, and the Southern actual construction work on the
taining the passage pf the bill. Oregon normal waa a step near building « ill be under «ay and
The bill was first brought,up er realisation. Only referendum it is believed that by Septem
in the Ways and Means commit proceedings could stop it estab ber of next year, the school,
completed and gqUiped, will be
tee. There, anxiously, the mem lishment.
After the necessary time had opened for the first time.
bers of the Southern Oregon
A tax levy of one twenty, fifth
delegation awaited the action of elaBped, and the referndum'could
the other member^ of the com not stop the bill, then Ashland of a mill was included In the
mute, tbe Southern Oregon meu, people breathed a sigh, of ro- bill for the maintenance of the
members of the coinmitte labor llef, for they knew that again Southern Oregon Normal school.
ing vallently in behalf of the bill. they were to be residents of a This tax, it is believed, will
However, in spite of their city containing a state institu „furnish about $42,000 per year,
for the upkeep of the school,
work, these men were unable to tion.
but provide for no additional
In
the
meanwhile,
J.
H.
Full
obtain a favorable report on tbe
bill, the Ways and Means com er had been appointed a mem expansion.
However, with the school once
mittee reporting it out without ber of the board of regents. Ash
recommendation. This action was land people then knew that the in operation, It is felt that the
taken, nothecause "Hie" IrtdfvlduffT work would be pushed ‘as raptd- legislature wlll see -fit- to enlarge
the institution as necessity arises
members of the committee were ly as possible.
and
as it is. certain to arise, with
opposed to tbe bill but because
After several meetings of the
they could see no means posslb
members of the board of regents, <the hundreds of men and women
for raising the $176,000 neces the architects for the build|rg of Southern Oregon,, making It
sary for Its re-establishment. • , were selected, and plans for the their Alma Mater.
However, when the bill waa bnilding ordered drawn up.
brought up in the House, aftjr
The selection of a president NEW VINING THEATRE ONE
much debate, during which the for the new Institution occupied
people of Ashland
anxiously much of the lme of the mem OF FINT8T SMALL THEATRES
IN ALL STATE OF OREGON
awaited the outcome of their bers of the board. Educational
bill, the bill which meant ipore leaders from all over the state
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to them than almost anything made application for the position,
they could think of.
and tbe selection of tpe right and I believe it is up to me to
Finally, after days of dl>- man for he position was a diffi the early Mays when the pioneer
cusalon, it was suggested thnt cult task. Finally, after weeks of co-operate with them, and show’
the Ashland Normal be unit work, J. A. Churchill, state sup them that I appreciate this sup
ed with the Pendleton Normal erintendent 'of public instruction, port,” he went on.
which was also proposed, and and. recognized as one of the
On the opening night, after the
both put on the ballot at the leading educators of the West, completion of the redecorating
1926 election,
The Southern was selected for the position. work, capacity houses filled the
Orego- delegation fought this Churchill, although he still oc theatre at both shows. Expres
move, and finally effected tbs cupies his positions as head of sions of delight were heard on
separation of the two bills. the state educational work, is al every side at the wonderful Im
The Eastern Oregon repren- so in charge of the selection of provement which had been made
sentative agreed to allow the a faculty, and has stfch influence on the Vining, and all expressed
Eastern Oregon normal to go with the mebers of the board of confidence that the people of
on the ha Hot*,---- while
they Tegents «hen he discusses plann Ashland would support the ven
swung their support
In the for the institution.
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House to the Southern Oregon
Mr. Hurst stated before the
During the past two months,
Bill, with the result that it Churchill made a tour of the decorating work started that
passed by an
overwhelming' East, visiting most of the lar^e during the past five years, th9
vote.
normal schools of that sectior. theatre had advanced faster than
In the Sqnate, the
fight While there, he obtained many at any time during the period
was much the same, but event valuable pointers on conducting It has been opened, and that he
ually, the work of Senato-s a normal school, which he will believed Ashland was entering
Dunn and Miller, . the splendid put into operation when the nor an era of her greatest develop
ment. “I want to1 keep up with
efforts ot the suporters of the mal is opened here.
bill bore fruit, and by a vote
Bids have been advertised for this development,” was his only
even more impressive than that on the construction of the first statement when he announced
given in the house, the Southern unit of the school. The building that he would* entirely redecor
Oregon Normal bill was passed. is to be located on the Boulevard ate the theatre.
Then chme the ^anxious days on a triangle section of land,
of waiting. Would
Governor a portion of which formerly b •-
Salem — District clover seed
Pierce, unable to find the neces longed to the city of Ashland,
crop will be near 150 tons, worth
sary money, veto the bill? For and a part of which was pur
$76,000.
days, the fate of the measure chased by the people of the
hung In the balance, but finally. I city at a cost of $18.000, to be
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