The Herald
D. E. STITT, Editor.
Entered u second -cUs nutter September 8. 1908,
at the poet office at Monmouth. Oregon, under the
Act of March S. 1818.
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FRIDAY, APRIL. 1, 1910.
NECESSITY OF NORMAL
SCHOOL TRAINING
The State Normal School
Proposition is now fairly well
launched, and as it is of more
than passing interest it should
he discussed and its merits set
forth. There are various rea
sons why we should be interest
ed, as all who love education,
those who are looking forward
to the future greatness of the
state, and those who have youths
to be educated are alike interest
ed, and it is only a floater on
the Sea of Life that has no in
terest.
There was a time when it was
said that "Lickin' an' l'arnin'
went together." Our school days
bordered on that -period, and
while we escaped the birch quite
well there were many whose ed
ucation, received in that misty
past consisted mostly of "lickin"
minus the "larnin." We are
now living in an other genera
tion; the old log schoolliouses of
those days have given place to
others of better construction; the
teachers, of fifty years ago, have
been supplanted by those who
have been educated under im
proved environment, and the
old, .misty past is receding never
to appear again, while the light
and brilliance of a better day
has dawned, although the height
attained does not disclose the
fullness of the glory which lies
beyond, for when we survey the
intellectual held wo find that its
source is infinity, and we lose
ourselves in the magnitude of
its vastness.
There are those yet living
whoso school time was in that
misty past, who, when they com
pare the advantages of the pres
ent system over that which fell
to their lot, appreciate the
change, and although they were
deprived of such opportunity, yet
they have pleasure in what has
been achieved, and their desire
is that the rising generat ion shall
have the best and that the trend
of excellence in educational mat
ters shall still be onward and up
ward so that coming generations
may reach grander heights of
learning than their predecessors
have attained.
Away back along the line of
progression it was found that
some instructors had better
methods, than others; they were
more apt in imparting instruc
tion and obtained better results
from their pupils, hence, from
these conditions evolved institu
tions for the special training of
teachers. The normal school
arose, in New York, out of the
educational structure as early as
ISM. The county institute came
and in some states the township
institute was introduced and at
tendance once each month made
obligatory during Xhe school
term, in order that teachers im
part their methods of instructing
pupils to each other, the object
being to adopt the best methods
and procure thevery bestserv
ice. Qut of the whole of it a mag
nificent educational structure
has arisin and the question to be
decided is this; shall we leave
the upward course we have been
pursuing and drift back toward
the source from whence we star
ed or shall we continue on in the
highway of progress
Of all God's creations man is
chief; he is the one designed to
glorify and magnify his creator,
and shall the creature formed
not accomplish the purpose for
which it was created? Surely it
will. But, we are prone to for
getfulness, and we are apt to be
more or less careless of the in
terests of our boys and girls
while we will look after things
of much less importance with
zealous care; for instance, dur
ing our school career we have
known men who had boys and
girls in the school room and
hogs in the pen, who would visit
the pig-pen daily to see that the
swine had proper care, - but did
not enter the schoolroom once
in a term to see how their girls
and boys were being cared for;
their welfare was left entirely to
the supervision of the teacher.
Now, this question of educa
tion confronts us; the boys and
girls of today will be the men
and women of tomorrow, and
there is nothing in which we
can help them better to prepare
to fill their places in the fu
ture than to give them the best
education possible, and there is
nothing to good for the rising
generation.
Seeing this is true how
can we better secure to
them this inheritance than
by continuing and improv
ing our educutional system. We
leave their training largely in
the hands of the teacher, and
since this is true, let us reinstate
our normal system so that teach
ers may bo properly trained for
the labor we expect at their
hands.
Kor the benefit of our boys
and girls and for the honor of
the State of Oregon let us rein
state and maintain our normal
instruction.
From our mention of the re
moval of the old sawmill, at Dal
las in our issue of last week, the
impression might go out that it
was the only one Dallas had but
such is not the case as her large
mill was recently improved by
installing several thousand dol
lar's worth of new machinery,
and the plant is being operated
to its full capacity and employs
a large crew of men.
From various towns and cities
come notices af "Clean-up-day"
Monmouth might profit by such
example. Cleanliness is a sign
of care and thrift, and one that
will attract the notice of passers
by more readily than aught else
and certainly with favor. The
character of our environment
testifies of us so far as we have
the making of our environment.
The article headed "A New
Flying Machine," and printed
on first page, last week, should
have been credited to the Ash
land Tiding.
Seed Wheat For Sale
The undersigned has 175 bush
els of Red Chaff Seed Wheat for
sale, Mike goetz.
mil Independence, Ore
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GATHERING OPIUM.
Hew the Petal and Juice of th Poppy
Plant Are Procured.
Opium jfruwlui; Is a uort of garden
cultivation, tue poppy plants being
grown In little R(iiiires or beds inter
sected by tiny witter channels for Irri
gation wherever this Is possible. The
growth of the plums is carefully tend
ed, and nt length the time conies when
they burst out Into flower, and the
fields look like a sheet of silver as the
white petals of the flowers glisten In
the morning dew.
These benutlful petals are the first
produce of the crop, for the women
and children of the cultivators" fami
lies come forth and pick them off one
by one and carefully dry them, so that
they may serve afterward as the cov
ering of the manufactured cakes of
opium. Then the popples, with their
bare capRUle heads, renmin standing
in the open Held uutli it is considered
that tbey are ripe for lancing. The
cultivators then come forth in the
evening, and with an implement not
unlike the kulves of a cupping Instru
ment they scarify the capsule on its
sides with deep lucisions, so that the
Julie may exude.
In the early morning the cultivators
reappear with a scraping knife and
their earthenware pots, and they
scrape off the exuded Juice and collect
It In their Dots. And thin Is rmH.
opium. Blackwood's Magazine.
Evangelical Church
L. C. Hoover, Pastor
Morning service at 11:00 o'clock
Evening service at 7:00 o'clock
Sunday School at 10:00 a. m.
Y. P. A. Meeting at 6.30 p. m.
Prayer Meeting Wednesday evening.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
W. A. Wood, Pastor.
Morning Service at 11. a. m.
Evening Service at 7.-00 p. m.
Sunday School 9:45 a. m.
Y. P. S. C. E. 6:30 p. m.
Prayer Meeting Wednesday 7:30 p. m.
BAPTIST CHURCH.
W. W. Davis, Pastor.
Preaching Service, 110 a. m.
,i 7:30 p. m.
Sunday School, 10 KW a. m.
W. C.T. U.
Local Union meets every sec
ond and fourth Friday in . the fix-angelical
church at 2:30 p. m.
Polk County Bank
Established 1889
Monmouth, - - Oregon
Paid Capital $30,000.00
Surplus and Undivided Profits, $9,000
Transacts a General Banking Busi
ness Under State Supervision
Officers and Directors
J. H. HAWLEY, President; J. B. V. BUTLER, Vice
President; IRA C. POWELL, Cashier: J. B.
STUMP, F. S. POWELL, I. M. SIMPSON.
HOTEL MONMOUTH
D. M. Hampton, Prop.
This hotel has lately been refurnished throughout.
It is our aim to please the public by giving them
the best accommodations at the most reasonable
rates. Give us a call.
Everything Stictly Firstclass.
Monmouth Bakery
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C. C. MULKEY
Proprietor
BREAD AND FANCY PASTRY. , '".
Confectionery and Stationery
Soda and Ice Cream
Cigars and Tobacco
Ice Cream Served in Season
: Monmouth,
Oregon
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