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Vol. I
Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, Dceember 11, 1908.
No. 15
OREGON STATE NORMAL NEWS
Gathered By Our Corp Of
College Reporters
INTERESTING STUDENT PERSONAL ITEMS
Weekly Report From the Va
rious College Fraternal
Societies.
Milton Force '07 was up from
Portland last week and attended
the reception on Saturday even
ing. Needless to ' say his ' old
friends were glad to see him,
Hilda Tooze who expects to re
turn in February to be graduated
in June, came up from her home
in Parkplace. to assist her class
mates in bearing the "Orange
and the Green." Her friends
will be very glad to see her re
turn in February, and the class
greatly appreciates her loyalty
on this occasion,
Miss May Goode '07 and Hubert
Goode '08. of Portland were
guests at the Senior reception on
Saturday evening. They came
up especially for this social
feature and were delighted at a
"touch of olden times." Their
pleasure however was no greater
than that of their old friends here
who were delighted with their
return.
DELPHIANS
The society met last Friday
with the new president, Miss
Dorsey, in the chair. The fol
lowing program was rendered.
Song Society
Recitation Lillian Springer
Current events Inez Murphy
Debate; Resolved that the
teddy bear fad is detrimental to
society.
Affirmative Negative
Mary Whitney Mabel Ellis
Adele LaLonde Blanche Goodwin
Hazel Jewett Jean Kuykendall
The debate was extemporane
ous, and was enjoyed by all.
NORMAL GLEE CLUB
The 0. S. N. S. Glee Club has
been reorganized. The boys met
Monday and elected the following
officers; President Archie McNeil;
Vice President, George Grounds;
Sec, Erwin Montague; Treas.,
Marion Phelps; And now on cer
tain evenings, passers-by the
Normal building may hear sweet,
melodious sounds issuing forth,
that will cheer the hearts of the
most gloomy. The glee club last
year, attained a high degree of
excellence and was highly appre
ciated by all of those who were
fortunate enough in hearing it.
The present glee club hopes to
come up to the standard set last
year if not raise it,
VESPERTINES
The Vespertine Society met
last Friday evening and the fol
lowing program was rendered.
Song Society
Roll Call Quotations from Long
fellow Recitation Miss Goyne
Quartet Misses Tinnerstet, Wes
ton, Spenser and White
Funnyisms Miss Hartzog
Reading Miss Persinger
Song Society
Recitation Miss Hickson
Reading Miss Galbreath
Song Society
A short business meeting was
held after the program.
NORMAL SOCIETY NOTES
Friday evenings session Dec
ember 4th of society was short
but interesting. The following
officers were sworn in; President,
Percy Stroud; Vice Pres., Marion
Phelps; Sec, George Grounds;
Treas. Ray Chute; Sergeant at
Arms, Geo Dunham; Critic, J.
B. V. Butler; Program Commit
tee, D. C. Henry, Joseph Bozyn
ska and Cecil Hendrick. After
the swearing in of the above
named officers the society had
twenty minutes parliamentary
practice and adjourned.
THE SENIOR RECEPTION.
On Saturday evening. Dec. 5.
occurred the first formal recep
tion of the school year, when the
Seniors entertained in ac
cordance with the time-honored
custom. On entering the door,
the eyes of each guest were im
mediately attracted by the sim
ple, yet very effective decora
tionsthese consisted mainly of
evergreen trees of various sizes,
and beautiful bunches of mistle
toe. Beside these decorotions,
the stage was a minature fernery
being made especially attractive
by the screen of ferns and the
fern-covered throne, each of
which played its respective part
in the program which was rend
ered during the evening. From
ferns there were also made the
class motto, "not for our
selves alone." These were
upon an orange background, and
also, the word "Welcome." The
former was placed in the rear of
the chapel, the latter in the mid
dle of the room. The program
also gave evidence of the chosen
colors of the class, for they too
were of Orange and Green. At
the door, the reception com
mittee very aptly ushered each
guest through the receiving line;
this consisted of D. C. Henry,
president of the senior class,
Mr. Ressler, Colonel and Mrs,
Hofer and the members of the
faculty, the class being especial
ly favored by the presence of
Col. and Mrs. Hofer, the former
being on the board of regents,
Upon the arrival of all of the
guests, the receiving was . brok
en and the following program
was rendered: A selection by the
orchestra was the opening num
ber. This was followed by the
address of welcome by the class
president,- D. C. Henry. Mr.
Henery clearly set forth the
wishes of the class as regards
the high standard it wishes to at
tain ana sincerely extended a
welcome to each and every per
son present. His remarks were
heartily applauded. The chorus
which followed the address was
well trained; it gave evidence of
much hard word upon the sellec
tion for the audience was much
delighted with the rendering of
' 'Loving Eyes. ' ' A feature which
added materially to the general
effect of the number, was that
only the faces of the participants
were visible, these being seen
hither and thither among the
gracefully placed ferns.
After another very enjoyable
orchestra piece, the play, "Con
vention of the Muses." As the
name suggests the plot and cos
tumes carried the audience back
to ancient Greece. It may be
safely said the hours spent in
practice were not few, for ease
and rhythm characterized the
entire play. The cast of nine
characters follows:
Calliope,
Enterpe,
Erato,
Melpomene,
Thalia,
Polyhymnia,
Terpsichore,
Urama,
Esther Larson.
Carrie Hathaway.
Mary Whitney.
- Effie Galbreath.
Mary White.
Effie Shore.
- Shirley Dorsey.
Alpha Wilson.
Clio,
Ida Goyne.
Following the play four march
es were participated in, to the
accompainment of the orchestra.
The grand march was led ty
President Ressler, the senior
promenade by D. C. Henry,
ladies' choice by Mrs. Babitt and
alumni Mr. Briggs. The grand
march was joyously followed by
the senior song and yells; the
senior promenade by the junior
song and yells; ladies' choice by
the sophomore and the fresh
men's songs and yells; the alumni
march was followed by a burst
of alumni enthusiasm. This
closed the evening's entertain
ment and the guests departed
each feeling the Seniors are de
lightful hosts.
INDEPENDENCE NEWS BUDGET
From Our Regular Corres
pondent
DAILY HAPPENINGS IN OUR SISTER CITY.
Scan This Column For News of
Importance From the
Riverside.
Mr. Murney leaves Thursday
for his home in Massachusetts.
W. T. Fogle, of the Monmouth
Herald, was a visitor in this city
Tuesday.
John Belt, of Willamina, visit
ed several days with his family
this week.
Will Finch, of St John, is vis
iting at the home of Frank Rus
sell in this city.
J. E. Hubbard and Cleva Rob
inson made a business trip to
Dallas Tuesday.
Ellis Burch, of Pomeroy, Wash.,
is visiting at the home of Verd
Hill in this city.
Frank Patterson, of Yreka, Cal.,
is visiting his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. F. A. Patterson.
Mrs. Arthur Moore, of Port
land, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
D. O. Taylor this week.
Dr. C. P. Fryer, of Goldfield,
Nevada, is visiting his parents
Mr. and Mrs. J. Fryer.
Ray Walker, of Eugene, is vis
iting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
S. B. Walker this week.
B. M. Atkins and wife, of Eu
gene, visited several days last
week with the latter's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. Fluke in this
city.
Chas. Shenefield and wife, of
Corvallis, arrived here Monday.
Mr. Shenefield will take Mr.
Murney's place as county mana
ger of the Pacific Telephone Co.
Mrs. N. 0. Clodfelter, who has
been visiting relatives in the
East for several months, arrived
here Friday, and will spend the
winter with her daughter, Mrs.
A. C. Moore.
The annual city election was
held here Tuesday. The follow
ing officers were elected: Mayor,
B. Jones, recorder, Asa B. Rob
inson, councilmen for two years,
J. S. Bohannon, J. E. Hubbard
and J. H. Hoffman; for one year,
W. H. Craven.
Antioch
O. C. Smith and wife have re
turned from Portland.
Supt H. C. Seymour visited
the Antioch school Friday.
Marks Bro's have cleared and
put in quite a field this fall.
L. N. Belieu has put out a
small walnut orchard this fall.
Charley Bailey will run the
Hill and Fern hop yards this year.
More farm work is being done
in this vicinity than has been
done for many years.
1 H. Wunder is making prepara
tions to put out a prune orchard
on his place this spring.
T. J. Marks has moved into
the Charley Osborne house and
the Jack place is vacant
John Holman has rented the
Tom Gilpin place. G. 0. Holman
has moved back to Dallas.
R. M. Smith is having the
ground cleared preparatory to
putting out a prune orchard.
Dick Ogle is doing the work.
A new road leading from An
tioch south past the Comerand
place to the Elkins road is one of
the possib'litiey of the near
futur.e.
District No. 30 was represent
ed at the School Officers Conven
tion at Dallas, Saturday by L. N.
Belieu and Loren Chamberlain,
Directors and G. P. Loche Clerk.
MMmuh Heights.
Geo. Boothby, of Monmouth,
was here the latter part of the
past week.
James Goodman and nephew,
Jay Clark, were passengers to
the Metropolis Tuesday.
A. J. Shipley attended the
School Officers Convention held
in Dallas at the court house Sat
urday.
Mrs. Martha Addison, of Day
ton, is spending a few weeks
with her sister Mrs. Elizabeth
Fishback.
F. C. McCurdy, of Portland,
was in this vicinity recently rep
resenting the American Music
School, of the Metropolis.
Geo. Sullivan, wife and daughter
Bessie, of Falls City, who have
been visiting relatives at Panther
Creek and Salem, are here now
spending a few days with Mrs.
Sullivans mother, Mrs. Eliza
Clark.
Crowley.
Pierce Riggs is up from
land on business.
J. S. Gay has recovered
a two week's illness.
A new telephone line is
Port
from being
built from here to Dallas via
Smithfield.
J. E. Allen and son Arthur
were in Dallas Saturday on a
business trip.
Mr. Farmer was through this
neighborhood looking for sheep
pasture Saturday.
Geo. Pewtherer, Jr., is plow
ing for Mr. Beck, who has rented
the W. W. Fawk place.
Mr. and Mrs. S. K. Crowley
are visiting their daughter, Mrs.
J. M. Craven, of Dallas.
Geo. Taylor assisted C. S. Tay
lor in cleaning out his well, where
the latter came so near losing
his life a few months ago, by a
windlass breaking,
J. M. Craven has sold his land
here to Wm. Faull, of Dallas, Mr.
Craven and his brother Riley,
formerly of Pendleton, have
bought the Faull hardware store.
The heirs of the S. K. Crowley
estate- are receiving bids from
hardware firms for 1200 rods of
wire fencing and 2240 rods of
barbed wire which they will
erect in the coming spring.
Miss Mary Belle Ebbert, a
graduate of the Normal, and who
is well known here, was married
recently at Walla Walla to Mr.
Robert Phillips, a prominent
business man of that city. She
is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G.
W. Ebbert of Monmouth, and
has many friends here who will
be pleased to learn of her mar
riage and who wish her many
years of happy wedded life.
SCHQQLOFFICERSCONVENTION
It Was Held In Dallas Last
Saturday
SEVERAL VERY 6000 TALKS WERE MADE
County Unit System to be A-
dopted-Supt. Acker
man Speaks
Oi e of the largest and mos
enthusiastic District Officers Con-t
vention ever held in Polk county
convened at Dallas at ten o'clock
Saturday morning.
Prof. Traver, of Monmouth,
delivered an able address on the
requisites of the District schools.
He presented in a very forcible
manner the things that are ab
solutely essential to the success
ful handling of the country
school.
Apportionment of the school
funds and the adminstration Unit
was discussed by Messers. G. W.
Myer, A. J. Shiply, W. H. Mc-
Kee, Mr. Hoisington and others.
The conclusion arrived at was
that the County Unit should be
adopted, and a resolution to that
effect was adopted by the con
vention. Prof. Ackerman's address on
"The Needs of the Rural School"
was one oi tne mosi eloquent
pleas for the country boy and
girl that it has ever been our
pleasure to hear, and our only re
gret is that every parent and
school officer in the country was
not there to hear it He insisted
that country schools should be
built up along three lines long
er terms, closer supervision and
trained teachers. Largely as a
result of his address, a resolu
tion was passed asking that the
school fund be apportioned ac
cording to schoolrooms, instead
of per capita as at present, and
that the county superintendent
should have sufficient clerical aid
so that he could keep his office
open during office hours, and also
give his whole time to school
supervision.
Ex-superintendent Starr made
a strong plea for the teaching
of Elementary Agriculture in the
public schools. A resolution was
was passed asking that the State
Agricultural College in conjunc
tion with the State Board of Ed
ucation prepare a text book on
Elementary Agriculture especial
ly for Oregon schools with a view
to having it introduced into the
schools.
A resolution was passed asking
that the legislature be instruct
ed to -have printed a sufficient
number of copies of the school
laws so that each school officer
and teacher in the state could
have one, also that the county
treasurer be made ex-officio trea
surer for the school districts in all
districts except the first class.
As President Hawley could not
serve longer, Thomas W. Brunk,
of Eola, was unanimously elected
president for the ensuing year,
and Superintendent Seymour was
re-elected secretary. Much cred
it is due President Hawley and
Secretary Seymour for the able
work done in making the conven
tion a success.