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Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, No?. 23, 1917
No. 12
Bishop Sumner
at the Normal
. Last Thursday morning the
Reverend Mr. Elvin of Salem
Rave a most stirring address on
the war time work of the Y. M.
C. A. Just fresh from a work
er's conference in Portland the
speaker was able to portray vi
vidly the magnificent work of the
Y. M. C A. and to convince his
audience of the actual necessity
of giving generously. The Ore
gon Normal School, by the way,
was one of the first schools jto
contribute its quota of over $600.
The students, after having heard
the Reverend Mr. Elvin's appeal
felt more than ever the true
worth of their giving.
Friday morning Miss Riecker's
first grade children gave the fairy
tale "The Sleeping Beauty" in
dramatized form for the chapel
period. This work was a very
good illustration, Miss Riecker
said, of the recreational type of
dramatization which the children
all enjoy. The children'!, per
formance was interesting and
their pleasure in giving the
dramatization, evident
Mrs. H. C Ostien, chairman
of the local Red Cross organiza
tion, spoke Monday at Chapel,
outlining the method of organiz
ation for Red Cross work in the
school. Mrs. Ostien gave a clear
cut idea of the work and urged
that as many students as could,
join to further the work.
The Chapel period on Wednes
day was at one o'clock so that
students, faculty and towns peo
ple might hear Bishop Sumner of
Portland who made a most
thought provoking address on
"The Public Schools as Human
izing Agencies". In his talk of
an hour Bishop Sumner inspired
his audience to a fine sense of
their responsibilities as teachers
who had a definite social service
to perform; he outlined the re
sponsibilities o f citizenship,
showing the important inter rela
tionship between that and the
school; he discussed the schools
as social centers and showed the
marvelous importance of such
work; he urged the highest type
of patriotic teaching so" that the
reconstruction period after the
war might be sane and progres
sive. . Throueh all his address
there ran a thrilling undercur
rent of the highest achievements
possible to be made through the
public schools. It was indeed a
pleasure to hear Bishop Sumner
who was a guest that every one
wished to welcome again.
Saturday afternoon between
the hours of 2:30 and 4:30 was
the occasion of a delightful tea
at the recently completed Senior
Cottage, when the senior women
of the Normal School were guests
of the Dean of Women. Miss
Todd was assisted in receiving
bv Miss Parrott, the Senior Ad
viser. Mrs. Ackerman and Miss
Levis poured at the pretty tea
tahlfls. The affair was in tne
nature of a house warming and
the happy young women who oc
cupy the cottage served as joint
hostesses and tooK aengm m
Bhowine admiring guests the
many attractive features of their
new home.
Professor Pittman is vermuch
elated over the result of Profess
or E. H. Burnham's recent visit
Prof. Burnham, who is head of
the rural department of the Kal
amazoo Normal School, is visit
ing the Normal schools of the
Union and will incorporate the
results of his investigations in
a Federal bulletin to be issued
under the direction of the Bureau
of Education. He has divided the
states geographically into four
sections and in each section will
name one Normal as the, most
progressive along rural school
lines. His choice for the north
west section falls to the Oregon
Normal.
Professor Burnham stated that
he had visited all of the Normals
in the northern tier of states from
Maine to the Pacific Coast and
found the Oregon Normal in pos
session of the best rural training
department of any school he vis
ited.
Thanksgiving
j Contributed
What have you to be thankful
for? If you are the right kind
of person, this year brings to
your mind more occasions for
thankfulness than many a year
gone by. Aren't you thankful
you don't live in Belgium, or
Poland, or Serbia? Aren't you
glad you did not spend the last
thirty six hours in the trenches?
We now have 2,000,000 men un-:
der arms, and we have beeni
called upon by our president and
others to provide them -with
warm clothing, books, comforts
of all kinds, and finally with the
best provision possible to safe
guard them from temptation and
to make life more endurable
amid the most adverse circum
stances. And aren't you glad
you had the opportunity to give
toward their needs? If you are
not glad, is it not because you
did not give as you could and
should?
Now our president has called
upon us to set aside a day for
thanksgiving for our blessings.
We probably shall follow in set
ting aside the day as a matter of
course; but if we do not offer our
grateful thanks to Almighty God
we have not followed! We are in
so far slackers! Duty, pleasure,
friends may take us and our time
but in the midst of these let us
not forget to pause a while to
say, "Thank you".
Thanksgiving day is a national
day, not a sectarian day. There
fore Monmouth will follow its
usual custom in holding a Thanks
giving service for everybody in
town. It will be held in the
Normal gymnasium, Thursday
November 29th, at 10:30 a. m.
There will be special music under
the direection of Miss Hoham
and the sermon will be preached
by Rev. Mr. Morris of the Chris
tian church. A collection will be
taken at this service and it has
been decided to give it to the
Y. M. C. A. 'war fund. Come
and offer your thanks with us.
President Ackerman who re
turned from Bandon last week in
time to take in the football game
atEuzene Saturday, reports a
profitable institute and a pleas
ant visit in the city by-the-sea.
"Around the World in Eighty
Days" at the Norm Monday
night exhibited some very inter
esting pictures, especially scenes
in Suez and Bombay and on the
( Suez canal
Utter From
Camp Mills
Camp Mills, Long Island,
Nov. 10th, 1917.
Dear Editor and People of Mon
mouth: Hours of leisure, does
not appear on the schedule of
Camp Mills regulation roster, yet
the glowing candle light offers
time to remember the good folks
at home. Nothing would please
me more than to know that some
one might be interested to hear
from some of the Monmouth boys
with the interest of their country
at heart
We left Clackamas, Oregon,
Friday, Oct 26th, and reached
Camp Mills, Long Island,- New
York. Our trip was one of pleas
ure and interest We passed
through mountains and valleys,
over vast areas of barren land
covered with sagebrush and sand.
This past our eyes beheld the
gr?at middle west which was
once beyond the grasp of man.
Someone grasped the magnitude
of this great land, and overcom
ing obstacles and struggling thru
many hardships, their dream to
day is a reality. Homes amidst
fields of glowing, golden corn,
now greet the passerby. Great
cities seem overflowing with the
stream of human life and events.
It is to this land the many peop
les of the earth come to purchase
the necessities of life. Yet know
ing this fact to be true, there is
a land in the far away west which
in time shall awaken as a giant
from his sleep of the past ages
and greet the world as a rising
sun in its splendor and radiance.
We stopped off at Omaha for
an hour and a half. The boys
after several rather tiresome days
on the train took ad
vantage of this opportunity and
purchased the best "eats" in
town. I might add that this
meal nearly came second to
mothers pies etcetera, not
because it was so good by any
means, but when a man is hun
gry nearly everything is extra.
Going on we came to Chicago,
and there we were given liberty
for two hours. As it happened
we came into Chicago at night in
the extreme southern part, 143
St, one half hours ride into the
central part. People on the
streets would give us full sway
and remark, "Say are not they
large men. Where are they
from?" Two young ladies hap
pened to be near where I was
standing and, of course in a very
polite way I asked one of them,
"What part of Chicago are we
in?" They looked at each other
and laughed, then added, "You
istcome across."
We passed through a rather
rough country in Pennsylvania
and New York. Most of the
productive valleys were passed in
the night .
Friday morning, Nov. 2nd, we
came into the great metropolis ot
America, New York City. As we
passed thru the magnificant rail
way yards thousands of shril
engine whistles greeted us,
Nothing could be more immense.
People of every occupation and
language scambled to be near our
cars, waving bats, flags or what
ever happened to be in their pos
session. It is in such places tha
one can actually see the effect o:
city life and continual labor upon
the young of our large cities.
From the train we went aboard
a transport which took us down
South River 12 miles, under
Brooklyn, Williamsburg and
Manhattan bridges.
From the boat we saw the
Woolworth building, Brooklyn
Navy Yard, last and most inspir
ing, the magnificant "Statue of
Liberty" at the entrance of New
York harbor. It would lift any
man's soul to behold the great
statue extending the huge arm of
welcome to the world. How
could any man not love his coun
try and die for his flag after see
ing these things? How can Ger
many consider us a minor factor
in the struggle for justice, equal
ity and freedom when we are the
greatest people on earth?
The New York Red Cross
treated us to a fine lunch before
we left for our camp.
The hour is late. Another day
is just a few hours away so
shall close trusting this little
message may be of interest to
some one, and always extending
our sincere best wishes to our
many friends in Monmouth.
We are your own boys,
By, Corporal E. Stanley Evans
Co.L162U.S.N,G. Infantry
81 Brigade, 41 Division,
Long Island, N. Y.
W. J, Miller writes from Grey
bull, Wyoming that he is about
to leave that busy location for
Crawford, Nebraska. He is be
hind on his schedule and does not
think he will be back in Mon
mouth before Feb. 1st While at
Greybull he went on a deer hunt
with a company but was not al
lowed to shoot any deer, being a
non-resident He saw numerous
bear tracks. The section of Wy
oming he is visiting is oil produc
ing and just at present is work
ing hard to keep the market sup
plied.
Quota Surpassed
Counting the Normal, Mon
mouth and vicinity will contrib
ute $1500 to the army Y. M. C.
A. fund. The Normal contribut
ed $661 and the high school $282.
With a quota of $500 the rest of
the territory contributed $543,
portioned as follows, Monmouth
district $376.85, Elkins $121.50
Fairview $4475 with Cochran
and Sunnyslope yet to report
Elkins takes the banner with 220
percent above quota.
Cleared $100
One hundred dollars was net
ted from Monmouth's municipal
potato and bean patches accord
ing to a report presented by head
gardener, Jacob Smith at a meet
ing of the Commercial club Tues
day night $170 was the gross
sum which is doing pretty well,
everything considered. E. B
Hamilton resigned as secretary
of the club and Jacob Smith was
chosen to succeed him.
J. S. Miller plans soon to go
to farming on a larger scale. By
a recent deal he assumes owner
ship of a fine 200 acre farm
in
the Luckiamute valley, the Nick
olas Steele farm, valued at $12,
000 and bought of J. W. Caven
ess of Centralia, Wash. The farm
has a fine residence with piped
spring water.
A.L Tallmon entertained
brother from Portland Sunday.
City Prepares
For Action
Oscar Hayter, attorney of Dal-
as, has been retained by the city
to take care of Monmouth's pav
ing case. At a special session of
the council Tuesday night a res
olution was adopted providing for
advertising unpaid assessments
which may be looked upon as the
first gun in the skirmish. Prop;
erty owners still have fifteen
days in which to care for their
assessments.
Petition for a street light was
asked for the south end of Col
lege street and this was ordered
referred to the power company.
The city budget was adopted
as advertised subject to the 10
mill limitation.
Entertain Visitors
Normal lodge I. O. O. F. was
host to Friendship lodge of Dal
las Monday night and enjoyed a
royal evening with the aid of
their auxiliaries the Rebekahs.
The attendance numbered
something like 150 men and
women, twenty one of whom
were from Dallas. F. E. Weed
of Portland was also a visitor.
He is Past Grand Conductor of
the order and when called on in
turn, gave a very interesting
talk.
A fine program had been ar
ranged which included a reading
by M. S. Pittman, an exposition
of negro dialect that was much
enjoyed. E. A. Ostrom also gave
a characteristic reading which
pleased the audience. There were
also some exceedingly good mus
ical numbers on the program in
cluding a violin solo by Gertrude
Rogers, a solo by Imogene Rich
ards, a trio by the Misses Rogers,
Richards and McDonald, and a
quarette consisting of Bruce Rog
ers, Francis Arant, Burton Bel)
and Maxwell Bowersox.
Refreshments for the evening
were strictly according to Hoover
and consisted of coffee and dough
nuts. H. K. Sickafoose shone,
as toastmaster and among those
who responded for the visitors
were Dr. McCallum, X. Y. Z.
Snyder, Riley Craven and the
noble grand.
G. M. Trefron of Ashland.
Grand Master of Oregon Odd
Fellows will be the guest of the
local lodge December 3rd when
he will pay his official visit
The Student Body of the Ore
gon Normal School is to give a
party in the new chapel Saturday
evening at eight o'clock. All
those who are on the social list
are cordially invited.
Of to Duty
E. B. Hamilton, lieutenant of
engineers, left for his call to du
ty in Washington, D. C. Thurs
day. He worked up interest in
the 20th engineers on the part of
a group of young men, among
them being Ernest Morgan, How
ard Morlan, Harold Haley, Ar
thur Miller, Irving Grand, Emer
son Grove, and Mr. Henderer.
They went to Portland to look
the situation over from a closer
view point but have not' enlisted
as yet P. D. Quisenberry also
plans to enlist as a pharmacist
but has not signed up as yet