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The Monmouth Herald Vol. XI Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, February 7, 1919 No. 23 i r Monmouth is Located in the Best Section of the Best Valley of the Best State of tlVV'on on the Earth ; - : . : i , , . ' 7 Sbrin'cL. NEWS NOTES OF NORMAL SOLDIER RELIEF AND MEMORIAL JUNIORS MAKE IT THREE STRAIGHT WAS ESCORT OF PRESIDENT LETTERS FROM MILITARY LIFE AND CUSTOMS OUR SOLDIERS Llit of Mid-year Graduate. Mr. Gilmore Ducutte Jugoslav! The Faculty, student and alumni of the Normal are wry happy over the appropriation granted by the Legislature which means that the Normal can maintain It present high standard of efficiency even with the advance In costof mainten ance.' The thank of the atnte are due to President Ackcrmun and the PoIk County delegation, all of whom worked assiduously for the measure. The February Class which com pletei the standard course thin week will be much n.led at the Normal, , at It number among iU member many student who have been prom inent in the social, literary and professional life of the school. The persons In the clans are: Klla E. Anderson, Portland; Myrtice E. Fowler, Portland, Oregon; Agnes U Sullivan, Portlund, Oregon; Eva Mary Beekman, Portland, Oregon; Mrs. Jean C Gibson Portlund, Or egon; Minerva L. Seer, Albany, Oregon; Chios Buell, MurshReld, Oregon; Henrietta N, Henrlekson, Portland, Oregon; Wanda Suln, Gas ton, Oregon; Josephine W. Burgess, Tumalo, Oregon; Mrs. Lola E. Har ris, Moro, Oregon; Gladys S.Smith, Portland, Oregon; Mrs. Mary V." Cool, Drain,- Oregon; 'Arleigh R. Kammcrer, Lebanon,. Oregon; Ed ward E. Sayre, Monmouth, Oregon; Jewel Delk, Drain, Oregon;' Ilelene E. Knips; Grants Puss, Oregon; Es ther TrafTe, Linnton. Oregon; Alice Downer, Portlund, Oregon; Clem De Le McKirmey, Monmouth, Ore gon; Genevieve Tillotaon, Toledo, Oregon; Erma B. Drury, Coburg, Oregon; Belle McAllister, Indepen dence, Oregon; Joyce E. Teeters, Junction City, Oregon; Murgnret M. Dickie, Oswego, Oregon; Etta May Powell, Lebanon, Oregon; Al ice E. Tomkins, Cascade Locks, Or egon; Myrtle Gross Dear, Yoncalla, Oregon; Ruth W. Russell, New berg, Oregon; Eleanor E. Warner, Newberg, Oregon; Hazel M. Wik strom, Tumalo, Oregon; Blanche White, Brownsville, Oregon. Many of the members of the class are already occupying positions and others will begin work on Mon day. ; - . ' j Mr. Gilmore of the Science De partment, was the Chapel speaker on Friday.' He dicsussed the Jugo slavia Problem and elucidated some of the questions concerning these peoples that are conrfonting the Peace Conference. .Mr. Gilmore was thoroughly acquainted with his subject and presented it in such a clear and convincing manner that his audience departed feeling that they had been Informed on one of the vital questions of the day, . Miss Ethel Calkins '18, Industrial Club Leader of Multnomah County, was on the campus last week. The County Court Is going to be gin work on the Monmouth-Independence highway in the near future. This is joyful news to the Indepen dence student-teachers. Clares Powell, a former student wearing the uniform of an aviator, was visiting the Normal last week. The children of the Monmouth and Independence Training Schools and the teachers, both real and embryo, are happy to be at work again. With practically no cases of the influenza in either town they look forward to no more interrup tions. The Junior-Senior Basket Ball game on Saturday resulted in anoth er victory for the Juniors. Miss Schuette, of the Music Department, was in Portland this week in attendance at the Hoffman recital. Miss Chase, of the Domestic Sci ence Department, is giving her ex aminations this week. As a result the Faculty are enjoying some de lightful dinners. Those entertain ed Wednesday evening were: Pres- ident-and Mrs. Ackerman, Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore, Miss Smith, Miss Levis, Miss DeVore, Miss Williams, Mrs. Collins, Mrs. Miller, Miss Car son. On Thursday evening: Pres ident and Mrs. Ackerman, Mr. and . Mrs. Gentle, Miss Mcintosh, Miss Dunham, Miss Arbuthnot, . Miss Meeting Called For The One Lends Impetus to the Other 4 Agreeable to call, representatives of public organizations In Mon mouth, met in I. 0. 0. F. hull Sun day afternoon to discus soldier re lief work. Itev. Conkliii wa.i culled on by President Ackerman who pre sided, to give a reKrt of the seo of the work by the agent who was a recent visitor in Monmouth. Act ivity in providing work and in terest for the soldiers was urged, to keep them from seeking the cities, centers of pouplution, where existing over crowded conditions would be aggravated. Ira C, Powell volunteered the services of the First National Bank as a medium of handling the labor problem between prospective em ployer and men seeking work until regular arrangements could be made. As an off-shoot of tin- meeting it may happen that Monmouth is to have a community recreation cen ter. It developed thut there was a sum of money, approximately $1,000 in a fund with which the locul work of the lied Cross hud lecn fin anced, ,The Red Cross work is about over and as this sum had been accumulated expressly for local uses It was suggested that it might le used in some manner to benefit the returning soldiers. This brought forth a positive del luge of ideas, some practical and some visionary and as a result a special committee consisting of T. H. Gentle, Kev. E. B. Pace, Jacob Smith, Mrs. Ostien and P. 0. Pow ell was apiminted to investigate the matter and report. Rev. Pace is an enthusiast on this line oi work and has already designed a plan for a memorial hall and recreation center and as others of the committee have ideas on the subject we may look forward to developments'. , . Apollo Club Program The Apollo Club of Sulem which will appear at the Normul Chanel onjKehruary 14, has the enviable rec ord of being one of the leading mu sical organizations in, the state. It is composed or halem artists direct- ed.by Mr. Todd, Superintendent of the Sulem Public Schools. The Club will give the following numbers in the Monmouth Program: Part I Winter Song- Bullurd Apoilo Club Silent Recollection Pache Apollo Club My Lidy Chloe-Clough Leighter Apollo Club Soprano Solo (a) .La Colomba- Scbindler , (b) Aria Gounod Miss Ada Miller Maid of the Vulley limbeck , Apollo Club Forest Hurps Sehultz Apollo Club - Part II Men of Harleck Brewer-Apollo ' Club Believe Me if All Those Endearing Young Charms Brewer Apol lo Club Soprano Solo (a) Lift Thine Eyes Logan (b) The Wind's in the South Scott-Miss Ada Miller He Who Trusts in Ladies Fair Eisenhoffer Apollo Club King and the Burd Hagar Apollo Club -Normal IChapel, February 14, 8 o'clock. Tickets BO cents. On sale at Morion's from the 12th to the 14th. Roosevelt Memorial Following is the program for the Roosevelt memorial services to be held in the Normal chapel Sunday afternoon at 2:30. The public is invited to attend. Hymn ... No. 189 Scripture Reading Rev. Conklin Prayer . Rev. Pace Piano Solo--Largo e Mesto- Op. 10 No. 3 Beethoven Miss Ander son . Address ' Senator C. M. Thomas Solo Requiem Sidney Homer ' ' 1 . Miss Schuette Benediction Rev. Morris Houx, Miss Radabaugh, Miss Brain berg. , These dinners are prepared as a test of cookery principles by Sec tions I and II of the Domestic Sci ence Department. ' Win Basket Ball Scries With Game of Saturday Night JUNIORS 22 '' SENIORS 14 By winning Saturday's game the Juniors made it three straight 'and the series, there being two remain- j ing games to pluy. But at that the game was hard fought and any body's game till the lant three min utes of play. Perhaps it is due the Seniors (but the public know three of their team, the Misses Anderson, Burgess and Knips, were unable to pluy on account of sickness or jobs. On the other hand, Miss Prindle of the Juniors, who recently recovered from the "1'lu was not in the line' up. , One of the gratifying features of the game was the all-round good work of the.Juniors. it is difficult to select the feature performers io well did all pluy. Miss Ed meads whs a tower.of strength at guard, Captain Urookhurt, an old reliable at center, while Miss Queen dropped the baskets thick and fast. Her run ning mute Miss Maddux is an exam ple of how rapidly a beginner can develop into a star if she only has the will to keep at it. Miss Mud dux never played before this year, but in spite of this has developed into one of the most consistent players on the Junior team. The Seniors played steady ball but were simply pot quite accurate enough in their passes. The slip pery lloor also bothered them. A gamer set of lusers never graced the Normal gym. They still have lots of pep and promise to break in to the winnings tomorrow night when the fourth game will be play ed. Miss loi'iio and lauta.n ferry played good bull and were invalua ble in their respective positions. ' The score by quarters: Juniors--8-12-16:22;, Seniors-4-6-8-14. The line up.: Juniors Forwards Queen . Maddux Seniors Hoffman , Lewis ' Jones Perry Centers Brookhart Whipple Bradbury Huddlestone Nelson Guurds Havely Tolle Edmeuds Everest Carter Kennedy Score Queen 16,"' Maddox f, Jones 4. , Fotilscalled on Juniors 6, on Seniors 5. Fouls converted by Seniors 0, Juniors 0. Timekeeper, Miss Taylor. Scorers, Mr. Ander son, Mrs. lirown. Line Umpires, Miss Tomkins, Mrs. Brown. Refer ee, L. P. Gilmore. - . Returning Soldiers Artie Burkhead joined the fast swelling ranks of army and navy veterans in Monmouth this week. He has been in the navy, a machin ist, and was discharged from Mare Island. He was in -the service about a yiar and spent much of his time in New York City. On the water he' was detailed mostly oil submariiie"chasers but made two trips across the ocean, one on a sub marine destroyer. The boat touch ed at Liverpool, for a short time. The submarine chaser is about a hundred feet long and twentyfive feet wide, which makes a grand chance to be sea sick although Artie says this part of the business did not bother him a great deal. Ray Thomas, son of Mr. and Mrs. J, Q. Thomas of Monmouth, is back home from his war experiences. He enlisted in Canada while working on a farm in Alberta and was three yeurs and three months in the ser vice. Fighting was going on in the vicinity of Ypres when he en tered the trenches and he saw ac tion at the time when there was a great deal expected from the hum ble private. For a year and a half he did active trench duty and was wounded three time in two engage ments. All three were small inju ries to hands and feet from bits of (lying shrapnel but they gave him hospital experience. About a year and a half . is all the time that sol diers are fitted for Wench work and since that time Thomas had lighter work. While all wee united in the common aim of defeating the ene my, he says he never knew any sol dier who was really anxious to get back in the'trenches who had had one experience. Stanley Evans Honored at Gen Pershing'i Headquarter Chaumont, France, January 3, 1919. The beginning of a new year re minds US of things accomtilished and of things not accomplished, during the past year. Nineteen Hundred r.ighteen, the past year has been a lapse of time uneaualed iirfthp-his. torv of the world, the great prob lems and achievements of nations interested in the terrific ntrnualu -.- no for freedom, the vastnesa and pflW. tiveness o f industry in its differ ent developments, the tread of ho. man. thought, of public opinion uniting the peoples of all allied na tions for a supreme effort in saving and preserving principles of justice that we and the future Jgencrations might enjoy the right of life and liberty as given by a true democrat ic government. This we have ac complished to a great extent but difficult problems remain requiring a solution, not only the problems of war, but also the great ones affect ing every phase of modern life. When we stop to consider the loss of human life, which can nevtrbe replaced, the destruction of proper ty, the financial burden spent for necessities of war as afFectinir flip social, domestic, religious, educa-j tional fife, and economic status nf nations, then we must not forget the international principles which attract the attention of thinking men and women and shall he discus. sed by the world's greatest states men at the Peace Conference. Such questiuns as the "League of Na-! tions". Freedom of the Seas". "Boundaries of Nations", Forms of Government", Japan in the East", seem vaitue to most of us. vet these questions demand the thought and action of Nineteen Hundred Nine teen. Every Derson. in the name of humanity, must help meet, these conditions or the . lives of nearly 5,000,000 men. s ain on the battle- fields, shall have been given in vain. I am still at General Heada uar- ters, American E. F. Our Company is doing the guard dutv at the nnst it grows tiresome but hopes in the future of a trip to the far west. brace one ud. We iruard the fien- eral Headquarters' buildings, Gen eral rershing s Chateau and various places near. I was one of the four teen men chosen as "Guard Of HTm or" for President Wilson on Christ mas Day at Gen. John Pershine's home. The Chateau is a very beau tiful place. It is situated in a small vale in the "Heart of the Marne Valley". The Chateau Droo- er is a magnificent palace, with all tne modern conveniences possible. The beautiful lines of trees, the winding roads and streams, the beautiful ponds, the surrounding wooded hills add to the beauty of this mansion.- Our biggest effort at this dace is to .be soldiers at all times, neat, courteous, prompt, courageous, and above all to show signs of life or pep as the boys say. We are under the eyes of the high army officials of every nation, our impres sion must be good. I am longing for a trip to old Monmouth again, just to see and be among the haunts of boyhood days for awhile. I must close for this eveninor as it is about 10:00 p. ml, and to morrow's work is not far away. ' Best wishes to all, I am, Sincerely, Corp. E. Stanley Evans, Vespertine Program A most interesting meeting of the Vespertine Society of the Ore gon Normal School was held Friday evening, January twenty fourth. A piano solo by Miss Alice Tomkins and a reading by Mrs. Brown were contributions to the joint meeting which occupied the early Dart of the evening. The Vespertines held their regular business session in the Assembly, the election of officers being of paramount interest. The new orncers are as follows: Presi dent, Mrs. Ethel Miller; Vice-president Miss Artie Nettleton: Secreta ry, Miss Marion Aloop; Treasurer, Miss Marguerite Fernn, Reporter, miss ctnei Ackerson; Sergeant-at Arms. Mrs. Brown. t The program which followed was especially entertaining, a debate Or. Frank Butler and Hinkle Brother Write from Oversea The following are extracts from letter received rceently from Lt. Frank E. Butler. December 29. We spent a oulet Christmas. Thp officers of this Hospital gave a tree to about fifty French children. They all seemed to enjoy it. We are exoecting to send out nearly nil our present patient on the first and receive a lot more orthonedie msn so expect we will be pretty busy for the next two or three weeks. They seem to be send in? the men back vrey fast now but we as yet have no idea when our turn will come to be the lucky ones, but 1 don't think it will'be manv months at most. If I have to stay here long enough I intend to tret a leave and visit the old front, if possible. Most of the men go to Southern France ,Jbut I wou'd much rather see more of the results of the - war before it is too late. January 2-Well this is near Die first of a new year and it 6urely looks like it has a chance of hold ing forth more hanoiness for the world than the past few years have. My hope for the year is that it will. see me out of the armv and back home again. The generator that furnishes as electricity has been broken down the last lew days so I got a 24 hour leave and went to Tours. It is one of the large towns of France about 150,000 populatoin. I enioved the trip very much. It is rather clean for a European city, but they are much more crowded than our cities. A town with the same population as one of ours will only cover about one third the ground. There were many Interest'intf" old" huildimrK The most interesting was the Cathe dral wnicn was started in 1170 and completed 1545, and it surely has some work on it. The towprs ro one solid mass of carving from bot tom to top. Beautiful, but I can't understand how DeoDle could work for Over three hundred years on one buildng. The interior is also very beautiful. We also visited the mu seum where we saw many paint ings, but I am hardly well enough up on that sort of stuff to appreci ate them as one should. Thpre are also many old chateaus which -are hundreds of years old. I will send Tou a books of veiws of Tours.. Our work is much the same as when I last wrote. We have about 700 patients in the HosDital at nres- ent, coming and going all the time. We received word todav that no more leaves wrjuld be granted to visit Paris so for the present there will be no chance to see that citv. The reason for the order is, 60 many soldiers go there, that there is not room for anv one else. . Thev say they see more Americans in Par is than trench, so they wanted to relieve the congestion during the Peace Conference. I certainly hoDe theyome to an understanding soon Guy Sacre was home from Eu gene for a day or two this week on business. of considerable merit and lively in terest furnishing both food for thought and keen enjoyment. The question under discussion was "Re solved: That reconstruction should be based upon education rather than upon agriculture." Both affirma t lve and negative evinced a thor ough knowledge and understanding of the subject. The points were well made and not a little humor leaked out. The negative won, but then, someone had to lose. The de baters who deserve ample praise for their creditable work were, Affirmative Mrs. Jean Gibson, Miss Lola McNees, Miss Ruby Work man; ' Negative Mr. Sayre, Miss Henrietta Stunner, Miss Beth Per ry. The judges of the debate were Mr. Butler, Mr. Gilmore and Miss Grace McCann. . - While the audience awaited the decision of the judges their wits were kept alert by "Nothing in Par ticular," a stunt enacted by Miss Eva Mary Beekman and Miss Alice Tomkins. It was a . farce 'depict ing ' the evening's events. The meeting was adjourned with the aft ticipatory thought of a new semes ter s work new officers and new am bitions. Captain Elkini Give Interesting Description of Army Scene A brief description of some phas es of army life may be of interest to the readers of the Monmouth Herald. It ha frequently occurred to me that! custom regarded by soldiers as commonplace would probably be of more than passing interest to those who have never : been in, or in close touch with the army. Space permits of only a "thumb sketch". The U. S. Army, as a whole, is a huge machine that thinks and acts with precision. Every department, with it given duties and resronsi- bilities, revolve around a central driving force. And all the center move at the dictation of the adju tant general, who is the right hand and voice of the secretary of war. There is a nerve leading from the private in the ranks along a well defined channel up to the command er-in-chief. It is, therefore, perfect ly correct to sav of anv military man, "well, he has his nerve!" Glancing back over three year' service, in the rank and as a com. missioned officer, the big word that stands out before my mind is "ORDERS". It is a word that soon takes on the pleasing appearance of blue blazes. But blessed is the young American who meets it and learns to obey. If a red-blooded recruit is inclined to be stiff-necked and obstreperous he is told, with no little emphasis "If orders!" He'll not run head-on against that barbed wire fence many times not if he values his peace of! mind and bodily comfort. The fame of the American soldier is secure. : In my opinion he is the finest soldier iirthe world." He has again made us justly proud to call ourselves Americans. He is mod est, earnest and fearless. He is a clear and rapid thinker, and a wniz bang" in action. With his splendid record in the late war. he ' has upheld the traditions of the American army, and has proven- Continued on page 2 so We will know the war ia nvar and get home that much sooner! lit AMI I - 1 . re bun nave no inea nnw nn no - ill be here. Lovingly, ' -'' - Frank. From Grayer Hinkle December 30. 1918 Dear Fath. er, Mother, Sisters, and Brothers Will dron,ybu a few lines to let von know that I am still kicking, and I hope that when these lines reach you it will find you all well. I am in the hospital now with the diph theria buhope to get out within a few days. I want vou to n lease . cuse me for not writing before but i nave been so lazy that I hardly cared what became of me. I am not back with my; outfit yet. but" hope to be soon. -1 have had no mail sincejn September and I sure would like to be where it is so I could read it this afternoon. ' I can not think of much to write at all. but do not worrv as we are iwm'ncr home by and by. I have not heard from Jim for some time but expect that I have a letter waitincr at thp Co. from him. It is raining today but then it rains about every day nere now days. With love and best wishes, Pvt. Grover C. Hinkle. : Jas. Hinkle Write Contres, France, Dec. 21,1918. Dear Father and Mother Will try and answer your letter that I re ceived a few days ago. I was sure glad to hear from you Well, dad, I think I will be coming back be fore long. I did not see the trench es but I would have but they would not let me leave the old lfi2. So far as I know now I will be back with them to old Oregon. . I have not heard from Grover for about two months. I was out to see the boys in Co. L today. Lieut. Finn is Captain of the Company now. The boys seem to like him fine. Lieut May is in command of Headuarters Co. and I like him so far. ' I got my Christmas package but am not going to openit rntil Christ mas. - . You do not want to wait for me to write for I have lots to do here in the Supply Room.' Supply Sgt. James H. Hinkle.