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The Monmouth JUL Vol. XI Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, February 28, 1919 No. 26 Monmouth is located in the Best Section of the Best Valley of the Best State of the Best Nation on the Earth NORMAL ENJOYS WEEK OF SONG Student! Participate in National Chorui. Other Normal EvenU The annual National Week of Sung at the Oregon Normal School under the direction of M 1m Sehuvtto, lL'Uil of the Music Department, closed on Friday evening with a Community Sing at which the Ore gon Normal School orchestra assist ed. Ftttr'otlc, College, Folk Songs and HyiiiiiB made up the program which had been arranged by the di rector, The chorus work had been stressed durmj the entire week and a certain class of songs featured each day. On Monday, the time was given to American Folk S.ngs; on Tuesday, songs of other nations; on Wednesday, hymns; on Thurs day, the 0. N. S. orchestra enter tained with Gustav Ilinrick's ar rangement of college songs; and, as an encore, the Student Body sang them to orchestral accompaniment; at Friday's chapel patriotic songs were featured. During the chorus practices the aim of the National Week of Song was reviewed by Mr. Iiuell in a very interesting talk and the Misses Ferrin and Calhreath told of the work of Stephen Fitster, the American writer of iolK songs and of'Thomas Moore. The week was instructive and enjoyable to Faculty, student body and citizens Hopkins Jenkins, Principal of the Portland Jefferson High School, was the Chapel speaker on Friday morning. Mr. Jenkins took for his subject the "Power and Influence of American Ideals." The ideals of liberty, nationality, manifest desti ny and sacrifice and service were stressed by the speaker. In a care fully thought-out address he allowed Bow each of these had been the dominant idea of the nation at some period of her existence and the sum of these ideals mado the America of today. Mr. Jenkins Is a convinc Ing speaker and the address was en thusiastically received by the stu dents. The Jefferson High students who are at the Normal entertained at dinner at the Dormitory on Thursday evening in honor of Mr. Jenkins. Beside the students and guest of honor, President and Mrs Ackerman, Dean Todd and Mis, Curran were present. On last Wednesday Miss Houx, Critic of the Fifth and Sixth grades at Independence, entertained dur ing the Chapel period. The menv bers of the Fifth grade staged an Interpretation of the "Cause of the Trojan- War" that was greatly en joyed by Faculty', student body and visitors. Miss Houx in a brief in troductory talk explained that the dramatization was the out-growth of the regular cluss room work con ducted by the student tenhrs This is in harmony with the modem pedagogic idea of school entertain' ments which holds that they Bhould shadow forth the work of the school and not be something entirely divorced from what Is done in the class room and when the regular work can be made as interesting and entertaining us was done on Friday there will le no objection from the audience. Miss Houx and the student teachers are to be com mended upon the excellence of tlie work, . Mr. Butler, Head of the History Department took the Chapel peri ods on Monday and Tuesday to elu cidate the terms of the League of Nations Treaty. Mr. Butler's thor ough knowledge of the present sit uation and his broad background of historical facts made the discussion especially interesting and informa tional. Miss Ethel Calkins who graduat ed in November from the Oregon Normal is doing some splendid work as Club Supervisor of Multnomah County as evidenced by special rec ognition in last Sunday's "Oregon- ian." The week of song was observed in each of the rural training schools; one day's exercises lieing given over to patriotic songs, Mountain View observed Washington's birthday with an evening program, I'reii- dent Ackerman was the chief speak er. His topic of discussion was the "League of Nation", a particular ly appropriate subject for such an occaison. hongs, recitations anil essays taken from the regulur school work made up the rest of a delight ful and instructive evening's enter tainment. Oak Point and Klkins had their exercises on Friday after noon. On Friday afternoon of February 21st the studenU of the Normal gave a program suitable to the day and .adaptable to use in school work. Typifying the time and cus tom of the day of George Washing ton the scene was a post-prandial whprein toasts were proposed and responses were given covering his life, work and character. Miss Strauss presided with most becom ing dignity and the resiwnaea were given by the Misses tialvvrson Kennedy. Hanson, Kinnaird, Pet- tinger and Mrs. Brown, each ac quitting herself in a most arcepta- ble manner. The toasts were lefit tingly brief but exceptionally well done. Miss Havely.sang Mount Vernon Bells in a very pleasing voice; she was accompanied hy mips Anderson on the piano and Miss rerrm on the violin. The covers were laid in the form of a ereeceot; the rich candelabraB with the burn ing candles, the cut glass and ferns with the background of pa triotic colors all blended to muke the situation realistic. Stuart's portrait of Washington, the sUtl engraving, was presented to the Normal by Mr. Butler. President Ackerman responded in his usual clear and happy way. Miss Parrott gave a short biography of the Au thor detailing his life work and stndy, affording all a much better appreciation of the real value of this work of art. Miss Ferrin won the audience by a well-executed number on the violin. Following this the address of the day was made by Circuit Judire H H. Belt, After a brief, concise resume of the character of Washington the Judge made a most forceful application of this to the citizen of toduy showing the urgent need of a full realisation of all the duties of an American in cident to world affairs as now pend ing; that a sane solution of these was to be found in following the teaching of this great man. The Judge has many warm friends here and his splendid address was thor oughly enjoyed, The Normal Glee Club under the direction of Miss Schuette rendered a very appropriate selection which was well-received. The program was opened and closed with appro priate assembly music under , the direction of Miss Schuette. On Friday the appearance of twenty-two Normal students wear ing blue and gold ribbons announc ed the fact that the semi-yearly in- itiation'of the Delphian1 Society was at hand. The many and unique forms of persecution inflicted upon the new members by Miss Sumner and her committee were observed with great enjoyment by the society and its visitors. The Delphians were represented on the joint pro gram by Miss Sadie Havely and Miss Rosabelle Smith who rendered a duet which preceded a graceful minuet executed by eight girls pret tily costumed as Colonial lads and The formal installation cer Continued on page 4 $100,000 for New $5,000,000,00 Reconstruction Measure to be Voted on in June One of the closing acts of the leg islature was the passage of what is known as the 5t5,O0O,O00 recon struction act which, among other measures will be submitted to the people for approval at a special lection in June. Approximately half of the money is to be exieiided in drainage and reclamation projects and that part which affect the upper Willamette valley will if put into execution add thousands of dollars to the vaiue of its land, very greatly increace its reducing capacity and result in a greater density of population. One half of the money is to be spent in building projects, the aim being to concentrate work of this kpd during the period of dullness in industrial conditions between ad justinent from a war to a peace ba sis, It included a new and much needed penitentiary building and new work in Portland, Astora, Bend, Marshfield, Pendleton, at the university, the agricultural college and last but not least carries an ap propriation of $100,000 for the Monmouth Normal. , " Just what fo'm the proposed im provements at the Normal will take have hut been announced and prob ably will not be until the act is ap proved but there are numerous Training School Facts and Fancies Unusual fervor of patriotic sen timent marked the celebration of February Red Letter days this year. I his was quite to be expect- !, inasmuch as the events of the year, transcendent in their signifi cance, have inspired each and all witli k finer appreciation of those emjbling influences of the past which have brought about and which have helped to maintain the true American ideal. February 11th: Hail to the chief of modern scientists who is giving to the world eighteen or more hours a day ol efficient and unpar alleled service; and this at the age of seventy-two Thomas A. Edison. In the years to come we shall re member this day and bow our ads in grateful acknowledgement of your benefits to mankind. February 12th: "This man whose homely face you look' upon was one of nature's great miracles." . We study the picture before us, and we recount the events in the life of the man that made possible the lay ing of the foundation of the great American priniple, The Brother hood of Man. Now we form a pro cessional headed by the primary grades with the . other grades in line and march out into the hall to stand before the Lincoln statue, that wonderful life like representa tion of the "Great Benefactor of the Race." The primary grades recall in most pleasing maimer in cidents in the life of Lincoln. Oth er grades follow. Merle Wilson re cites that masterpiece of concise, but forceful literature, The Gettys burg Address. " Then Vera Dodson steps before the group and with these words; "Lincoln, for what thou hast done, we would honor thee," places a wreath upon the statue. We then pledge our alleg iance to our flag and quietly depart to our respective rooms. February 14th: In a lighter vein we do homage to St Valentine, the love god. And such unique and appropriate expressions of senti ment as the valentine boxes reveal, from tiniest tot to great big well, we wont mention names who may have been responsible for the valen tine depicting the little boy just Normal Buildings ways in which the money can be put to good purpose. Considering the way the bill is arranged the pKMpects for passage are deemed gud. For Straight Road It is reported from what appears authoritative sources that at the next meeting of the highway com missioners, the route of the West Si'le High way in Polk county will be laid out and that it will pass directly through Rickreall and Mon mouth to Corvallib leaving both Dallas and Independence on branch lines. The fact that pump repairs are expensive was again called to the attention of the council Tuesday night when bills were presented for lifting the pump to repair a break which occurred within the week Claims allowed were: General fund, Power Co., $39.62; Monmouth Her ald, $6.75; Gravel Co., $3.35 ni:irslial'ssalary, $15; recorder fees $7.10. Water fund: O. C. Zook, $1; supt. salary, $60; recorder, $10.59; Power Co., $61.02; Ed Moreland, $6.50; Chas. Newman, $6. In the absence of Mayor Wol verton, the council spent the eve ning going over details of proposed gravity water system. ; cramming with the most delicious doughnuts and inscribed as follows: "Be sure to stuff us us for the 8th grade exams." February 22: This program was given in the children's assembly rosm which had been appropriately decorated for the occcasion. The first number on the program was a patiotic medley by the training school orchestra. As this was their initial appearance, not a little in terest was manifested when Miss Schuette, the director, raised her baton. The effort was nn3t com mendatory and Miss Schuette is cer tainly to be congratulated upon the result, for her work had. been great ly handicapped not only by transi tional change in instructors, but al so because of the absence of former pupils who have long been connect ed with the orchestra, and because of the long enforced vacations Since music is universally becoming recognized as a necessary part of one's education, it is to be hoped that our pupils will be encouraged in this work. Following this part of the program: were exercises, by the lower gTades. However, the main feature of the rest of the ex ercises was the stunt program put on by the 7th grade pupils who were contesting with the eighth grade in effort along this line They selected a patriotic play, de scriptive of scenes at Valley Forge The executive ability displayed was quite unusual for such imma ture players- They acted wholely upon their own initiative in the choice of play, the selection of char acters, the stage setting, costuming and "make up". Much credit is due the coach, Dorothy Clark for the success of the play. The deco rating and clean up committees de serve honorable mention also. Not a little heroism was displayed in the grades in the contributing of vocal and instrumental solos. ' . P. S. And now to close with a little joke at the expense of the teacher of Agriculture. "And what is the topic today?" "Bright Boy: Root tuberculosis." (Root tubercles.) P. S. No. 2. We must offer an apology for this lengthy write up. Here it is There was much to tell and we haven't appeared in these columns for some time. P. S. No. 3. Do you read these articles? A Change of C. C'$. C. C. Mulkey has concluded to become a permanent res ident of Monmouth once more and to this end has bought the Model grocery which for the past two years hat been owned by C. C. Lightfoot. We understand he is to take possession next Monday. Mr. Mulkey was born and brought up in this vicin- ty, is a favorite with all and busi ness men and people of the city in general will welcome him back to our midst. Mr. and Mrs. Light foot have conducted a good store and have the best wishes of all in new enterprises. Club Plans A Boost Banquet It is proposed to hold a booster meeting under the auspices of the Commercial club in l.O. O. F. hall Friday night, March 7, This will take the form of a basket banquet which adult citizens of Monmouth, who are interested in the welfare of the town are invited to attend. As a feature of this meeting it is proposed to take up the Memorial Hall idea and ascertain if the senti ment of the city is for or against it. President G. T. Boothby of the club will preside as toast master at the conclusion of -the meal and among those who will respond are President Ackerman to "Recon struction", Prof. Gentle to "The Memorial", Rev. E. B. Pace to "The Building", Ira C.Powell to How can it be Financed." There will also be responses to the-' query "Do you want it?" to be responded to by representatives f the city the Commercial club, the churches, the fraternal and other organ iza Hons. Persons attending are re- Quested to provide their share of the dinner and also to contribute cents each to pay for table serving and cleaning up. A number of interesting facts will be brought out, it will be the sort of a meeting to do one's soul good and no public spirited citizen of Monmouth should miss it. It is necessary to know in advance the number who will attend and if you plan to do so, kindly leave your name at the Herald ' office before Wednesday night, March 5. ' Another Miller Store The Miller Mercantile Co., that operates a chain o" stores in the Wil lamette Valley, closed a deal last week for the purchase of the King Smith Department Store of Sheri dan. This makes the sixth in the chain of stores operated by the Mil ler Mercantile Co. (The Head office of the Company is atNewberg. The other stores are at McMinnville, Yamhill and Dayton in Yamhill county and Monmouth in Polk county. Monmouth members of the East ern Star, some twentyfive in num ber invaded Independence Tuesday night and entertained the Indepen dence members of the order. This included not only refreshments but a program with musical and liter ary features. A fine time is report ed, i We notice that the couniy court of Coos county which has started to sueL. A. Cates and others for $9,000, is to be recalled if certain moves which have been started are successful. C. A. Wade of Bandon has accepted the' recall candidacy for county judge of the county., Mabel Ground Johnson gave party for her piano pupils Monday evening in the high school building Music and games were the order of the evening. Refreshments consis ting of ice cream and wafers wei served and all enjoyed a pleasant evening." THE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY Furnishes Judge Belt With Top ic for Oration on Patriotism Washington's birthday usually calls out a patriotic program at the Normal and the one last Friday af ternoon was made notable by the presentation of a portrait of Wash ington to the student body and Nor mal school by the faculty. The gift, a reproduction in black and white of one of Gilbert Stuart's masterpieces, was presented by Mr. Butler with remarks fitting to the time and place as well as to the task thereof and was responded to by President Ackerman on "behalf of the Board of Regents and of the student body. He said the por trait was accepted in the spirit in which it was given and would be given a place on the wall alongside the service flag as an inspiration to students and faculty. Miss Parrott gave many interest ing details of the life and work of the painter with anecdotes of his experience while a student under Benjamin West and of his ambi tion to paint Washington's por trait. She said he had never fin ished this portrait, leaving a shoul der undone, because be did not want to part with it during his life and always held as his excuse the fact that the picture was still unfinished. Judge Belt of Dallas was intro duced as orator of the day with a few apologies as to the brevity of the notice given him. Judging from the manner in which he hand led it the judge does not require a great deal of notice on this particu lar topic. He made a strong ap peal for Americanism and for a high standard in the way of admis sion of new citizens to the Union. He sketched the incidents of trial and test through the periods of our history by which our ideals bad be come fixed and expressed the opin ion that a kindly providence had directed us on the pathway to our destiny... Judge Belt's oration was listened to closely, and his sen timents warmly applauded;. At the opening of the program a number of toasts were proposed to d''fferent facts connected with the career of Washington, toasts given by a group of girls about a banquet board. Lea Miserahlea "Les Miserables", which will be at the Chapel on March 1 at eight o'clock and which was written in Victor Hugo's sixtieth year, is not only the greatest of all produc tions, but is in many respects the greatest work of fiction ever con ceived. An enormous range of matter is pressed into its pages by turn historical, philosophical, lyrical, humanitarian but run ning through all the change of scene is the tragedy and comedy of life at its darkest and its brightest and of human passions at their worst and at their best. It is more than a novel it is a magnificent plea for the outcasts of society, for th.se crushed by that mighty edi fice known as social order. Yet, throughout it all, there is the in sistent note of the final triumph of goodness in the heart of man. Admission 10 and 20 cents. Reports of returning soldiers come thick and fast these days and within the past week a number of Company L arrived by transports that unloaded at New York. Among them Were Captain Staffrin and other Dallas soldiers the only one from Monmouth being Clarence El kins. In due course of time these soldiers will work their way to CampsLewis and there receive dis charges.' ' '