»!■ w — o ¡i i n t j„yini|i ASHLAND DAILY TTODCGB 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, - 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. tur e . ------ -------------------- - 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 Thursday, November 12, I02JJ W HITTLE Transfer and Storage Headquarters for the Very Best • . 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