THE MONMOUTH HERALD. MONMOUTH. OREGON FRIDAY. JANUARY 9. 1925
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Dealing With The
Normal Situation
It is agreed that something ought
to be done toward providing adequate
teacher training as a part of our oth
erwise excellent public school system.
What that something shall be is evi
dently one of the vexatious problems
with which the coming legislature and
perhaps the people will be called up
on to deal. Obstacles in the way of
immediate and easy adjustment are
numerous, and, as certain speakers
Jefot e the Oregon State Teachers' as
sociation have suggested, political in
their nature. But why shy at the
designation "political"? It is on a
political basis that all public issues
are ultimately settled. It is imprac
ticable, and probably impossible, to
separate the spirit of so-called poli
tics from our public contacts.. This
is particularly true of the states of
which Oregon is an outstanding ex
ample, whose citizens have voluntari
ly taken on themselves an increased
share of responsibility for details in
the management of governmental af
fairs. There is criticism of Superintend
ent Churchill's proposal to establish
.branch Normal courses in connection
- with a number of the high schools of
, the state. There does not seem to be
'any dissent to the proposition that
some expedient must be adopted, that
present resources must be expanded,
.if the absolutely requisite supply of
competent, home trained teachers is
to be maintained. The history of pasl
efforts to Supply the state with nor
mal school facilities has discouraged
reliance on popular vote as a means
of obtaining relief. We have no!
found a way to eliminate the influence
of intercommunity jealousies, of side
issues not germane to the main ques
tion, from popular government. This
is politics which the fault finders crit
icize. Of course it is politics. Noth
ing else. But what is to be done about
it?
The record, all of so recent making
that comparitive newcomers to Ore
gon have witnessed every phase, is
that five times in ten years, some plan
for normal school education was de
feated. In 1909 the legislature made
no appropriation for the purpose and
the then existing schools ceased to ex
ist. In 1910 measures were voted on
by the people in contemplation of the
founding of normals at Monmouth,
Ashland and Weston. The Monmouth
proposal won by about 10,000; both
the others were defeated, Weston by
6,303, Ashland by more than 10,000.
Projects for Ashland and Weston
were rejected by popular vote in 1912
the former by more than 25,000 and
the latter by a slightly narrower
margin. In 1916 a plan to establish
iva normal school at Pendleton was
beaten by ' some 13,000. In 1918 a
constitutional amendment for the es
tablishment and maintenance of
"eastern Oregon normal schools" was
rejected by an adverse majority of
nearly 17,000. The vote, notwith
standing the gravity of the issue,
was light.
These are verdicts given by the
:people at the polls. Undoubtedly
there was "politics" in them. But
they are an indication of what we
may expect in the future, and a les
son in expediency, and a challenge
to those whose first interest is in a
first rate supply of teachers to de- "
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vise a plan that politics will not nul
lify. It occurs to us that among
those who most vigorously contemn
the product of that what we call pol
ities will be found the most violent
of all protestants when any sugges
tion is made that control of the peo
ple over the minutiae of govern
mental affairs be curtailed in the
smallest degree.
e ao not suppose that there is
any extensive disagreement as to the
genuine and immediate pressing need
for the paraphernalia of, a larger
program of teacher training. It
would be ideal if all would unite on a
well-thought-out, forward-looking
plan. There is the future as well as
Ihe present to be considered. There
is pride in the schools. Despite a un
iversal desire for retrenchment it
does not appear that there is a tend
ency toward stinginess where a vital
educational need has been demon
strated. It will not be denied that in
proportion to its importance normal
school work has fared rather worse
at the hands of the people of Oregon
than have other departments of cdu
cation. It can be-reasonably assumed
that the abstract principle of teacher
training, if voted on by all the people
would receive an enormous affirma
tive majority.
But it is futile to sit still and cry
"politics"! We have voted ourselves
into politics and in politics we are.
If not branch normals, what? If not
separate normal schools for several
sections of the state, what? If not
an enlarged school at Monmouth,
what? We need not only a workable
plan, but a hint also as to how to put
it through. The Oregonian.
Moonlight and Mockingbird
Late in the night from some van
tage point the tip-top twig of the tall
est tree, the point above the crossarms
of a telephone pole or the peak of the
barn flits a mockingbird, pouring
forth his song.
The world lies deep In slumber. High
over all rides the moon, Its radiance
veiled by a delicate mist that lightly
drapes the ancient Ozark hills and
shrouds the valley. Best, peace pos
sesses all, a silence deep, broken only
by the voice of the wonderful bird. His
music rises and falls, filling the hours
with melodies rare and sweet, and hav
ing for accompaniment the soft sound
of dewdrops falling from the points of
the leaves on the Balm of Gllead trees.
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III
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A Plain Statement
By The President
The editorial in the Oregonian pub
lished elsewhere in this issue of the
Herald suggested the following from
President Landers which was publish
ed in Tuesday's Oregonian.
(To the editor) May I claim the
privilege of thanking the Oregonian
for a very excellent editorial of Jan
uary 2? In it you discuss very
rationally and justly the normal
school situation. In a former com
munication I expressed regret at any
difference of purpose between Su
perintendent Churchill and myself,
with the hope such differences might
be compromised.
You express the essence of solu
tion for the problem when you say
that "it would be ideal if all might
unite on a well-thought-out, for
ward-looking plan." It would be
presumptuous for me to assume that
mine is the only wise and feasible
plan. However, feeling that you
desire to be familiar with all sides
of any public question, and knowing
that you have a deep and sympa
thetic insight into educational prob
lems, I desire the liberty of making
my position clear.
As you explain in the editorial,
any request in recent years for the
expansion of facilities for teacher
training has been met with the ob
jection that the state is not finan
cially able. True, we are facing a
time when appropriations ought to
be cut to the minimum, and econ
omy practiced in every possible di
rection. If it be true that the state
cannot now establish another nor
mal school in either eastern or
southern Oregon, then, it seems to
me, the interim until this is possible
should be used for the expansion
and strengthening of the present
institution at Monmouth. For the
last two or three years I have con
sistently urged the policy upon the
board of regents of building up this
school to its maximum limit, which
will be reached in the next three or
four years if the present rate of
growth is maintained. Developing
the present plant to its highest ca
pacity now would avoid the con
current overhead expense of two in
stitutions, until such time as a sec
ond normal is established. The
heavy population of the valley
counties will always demand the
location of one or more institutions
in this territory, no matter how
many norwals may be established in
eastern or southern Oregon. The
present need and trend seems to
indicate that in a comparatively
brief period there will have to bt
four schools, an additional one in
the valley besides those mentioned
above.
One objection to the establish
ment of teacher training in the
high schools, it appears to me, is
that the state has just passed from
that period of normal training by
the removel of normal courses from
the high schools. Since the meeting
of the last legislature the superin
tendent of public instruction has
granted the right to conduct normal
courses in approximately 50 high
schools of the state. About 450 high
school graduates were granted cer
tificates the past year and approxi
mately an equal number will be
granted such teachers' certificates
in June of this year. The incorpor
ation of normal training in 10 or 12
high schools would not lessen the
attendance at Monmouth any more
than normal training in 50 high
schools has relieved it. The attend
ance at Monmouth has more than
doubled the last three years. The
attendance during the past term
reached 770, while the average at
tendance for three terms last year
vas 832, not counting the summer
term with an enrollment of 1024.
The chief argument, however,
against the establishment of the
regional normal schools as indicated
above is that it would be retrogres
sive rather than progressive. In
stead of adopting a temporary
makeshift, it would seem advisable
to strengthen and advance the pres
ent standards for teacher training.
The excellent school system of Ore
gon certainly now requires as effi
cient means of training teachers as
adjoining states, or, for that matter,
any other state.
A study of the normal schools of
the country a little more than a
year ago revealed the fact that
more than 100 of them had already
become four-year schools or teach
ers' colleges. J About 40 of the re
mainder had adopted three-year
courses, and the remaining 30, of
which Oregon was one, continue
with two-year courses. I do not
think the time has arrived to dis
place the two-year course in Ore
gon but I believe it should be par
alleled by a four-year course, giv-.
ing the opportunity to teachers of
the elementary, schools who desire
it, a more complete training; and
the number of these is constantly
growing. I would not favor, at the
present time, the certification of
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KICHAKl) H. SWKNSON
Editor & Publuher
MONMOUTH, OUISGON
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Meditations
IP'
No one who has not been a pro
spective settler in a new community
can realize the pleasure and profit
obtained from the annual and boom
editions of newspapers. They ob
tain there information which it would
take them a long time to find in the
tegular issues of a publication. In
many instances the papers are filed
away and referred to possibly many
times as occasion arises. As they
get their first hand information about
the resources of a country, so ,tho
advertisements of such editions arc
given consideration and attention
beyond what is ordinarily the case.
Such editions Beldom recompense the
producers in proportion to the work
required to get them out. They are
a murk of enterprise in any news
paper which may well receive all the
credit such a practical evidence of
public spirit earns. Some not-Able
annual ediftuns have come to the
Herald these past few duys; notably
from the Coos Buy Times, the Oorvul
lis Gazette Times, the Salem States
man and the Oregonian. All are
filled with information of the sort
valuable to a newcomer.
In 1882 J. V. Wvuber lived at Pi
lot Rock, and served as local corres
pondent for the Pendleton Knst-Ore
gonian. It was the custom of C. S.
Jackson, publisher of the newspaper
to visit his correspondents and drum
up business among the rural rest
dents. One summer day the Pendle
ton publisher showed up at Pilot
Rock and related some incidents of
his visit in1 a rural neighborhood close
by. He stopped at a farm house
where apparently no one was at
home. But experience had taughc
him the necessity of 'investigating
every prospect. By 1 ailing, the pro
prietor of the ranch was 1 icated un
der the house. He had c.awled uider
to get away from the heat Mid tho
flies. He was especially critical ( '
the flies in his conversation wh.n
Mr. Jackson crawled under the house
also and opened a social chut. Af
Jter due inquiry about crops ami the
rest of the family the publisher col
lected a year's subscription ai d went
on. At the next house the newspaper
man found the proprietor, a woman,
also underneath it. She had gone to
hunt for a stray hen's nest she felt
sure was locuted there. Mr. Jack
son bade her come forth and promised
to look for the hen's nest himself.
By the time the lady had emerged
into the sunlight she was a little out
of breath from her exertions but
gave it as her opinion that there
were no eggs in the nest at all and
the hen was sitting on a porcelain
door knob and an iron harrow tooth.
When he came away Mr. Jackson
said he felt positive that the resi
dents of that section spent most of
their time under their houses. This
same C. S. Jackson, afterward be
came the proprietor of the Portland
Journal. He died last week. Doubt
less his habit forming early experienc
es had much to do in shaping the
character which made his publishing
ventures decidedly successful.
While it might be hard to put the
finger on the reason for it, the reader
is apt to conceive the opinion that the
writer of the Oregonian editorial pub
lished eslewhere in this issue, is in
favor, of MT. Churchill's branch nor
mal scheme. At the same time
there is one point that might be not
ed therein which is decidedly encour
aging. This is the clear cut state
ment that normal training in the
state? needs expansion. Once this
fact is generally recognized there
will be action taken to relieve the
graduates - from this four-year
course to teach in high schools, be-
I cause the high school field is ade
quately ' covered by the state uni
versity and state college. But as
suredly, there ' should be no limit
placed upon the preparation of the
teacher of the elementary school
for the most effective work possi
ble. Moreover, the child in the ele
mentary school deserves a teacher
ns highly educated and as thor
oughly trained as the high school
siuueut.. ; J. S, LANDEJiS.
4 U.Ijiurencc swMtfrn
Do not
The blessed ministry of
The days of childhood are so
And after years are often
liut music m mo iwniirni
fcweet memories oi long ago,
And in our hearts wo live again
Those happy times wo used to know.
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So closelv bind me to my
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When now 1 hear their soft refrain.
How fine that sentiment that clings
In wistful loyalty to home
And memories that music brings!
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present congestion in this sort of
work. We do not believe the plan
for ten branch normals will work out
will, especially if not under the di
rection of tho board o regents. At
the same time no one coiuu'cted with
thu Oregon Normal or of standing in
Monmouth has ever oppom'd the prop
osition to establish other normal
schools elsewhere. It does seem,
however, as if such establishment
should have popular approval. If it
is not possible to get normal schools
established at Pendleton und Ashland,
why not try more centrally located
towns, such as The Dalles and Rose
burg? But in thu meantime, the
wisdom of President Lunders' sug
gestion becomes pertinent. The Or
rgoil Normal School should he devel
oped to its maximum and given a
chance to carry on its work.
Lord Didn't See Much to
Admire in Wordsworth
Wordsworth Is held up for tbe de-rh-lve
gaze of future generations In the
Journal of the fourth Lord Holland,
published In London.
Ills lordship wus a languid young
man of fuslilon, who employed part of
his lelmire In the early days of the
Nineteenth century In keeping a rather
dull Journal Into which the unlordly
puli! le Is nt length permitted to gaze,
sn; j the Living Age.
One f -vngraph, scrawled on the eve
ning ( f :.iur'h 18, 1S02, sufllces, how
ever, to redeem the Journal, for, the
more Important topic of food being
snfely disposed of. Lord Holland be
stows three aristocratic sentences on
Wordsworth :
"Dined at the Il.'s. A very dull af
fair. We had, however, Hsporceg, a
rarity at this season. Lady B. In
formed me Hint these, ns well hb the
pommes do terro, were Bent direct from
tho estute. Over the wine talked with
a young Mr, Wordsworth a pompous,
conceited kind of young nan, and a
poet. He belongs to the new school of
ranting, canting, Germanizing vapor
lsts. One hus to meet very odd people
sometimes."
Need adjustments now and then.
Now is the time to get your car ready
for Spring driving. Bring it to us and
you will be more than satisfied
Brine vour hatterv trmihls to na rxr
are equipped to
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Rich Man Might Better
Have Forgotten Penn$
In his "Queer Things About Lon
don," Mr. O. O. Harper tells the fol
lowing story: i
On the north side of Piccadilly la
that famous labyrinthine wurren of x
ceedliiKly select bachelor cliHUibers,
dating from about and known to
most people us "The Albany." j
My the smnrt set who reside there,
however, It Is accounted sbsurd to
spuuk or write of 'The" Albany. It
you perpetuats thst grave error, you
cannot be "one of us."
Albany bus always been sfftcted,
place of resilience, by uivu of rank
and fashion. Herein dwelt the mil
lionaire Karon Meyer de Ho th child,
and coming from his luxurious cham
bers one dny be dropped a peuny on
the pavement outside.
He sought long sad anxiously for the
coin ; but vainly, for It had rolled down
a grating. Resuming an upright posi
tion, he remarked sadly on the fleeting
nature of riches. Meanwhile (U'h
pocket hail ."jlluvsid i'iu.i of Ida watch. 1
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