The Monmouth Herald
VOLUME XVII
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Official Hill Not Vet Intro
duced. Senator Dennis, A
Friend of Normal Work
An item in yenterday's Oregnnian
from the atute house xUU'd that the
Indication were the normal regents
would ask from the legislature the
mm of $500,000 for expansion of the
normul school programme during the
current biemiium und that this
mount if in addition to the $208,000
millitge tax received by the school.
Of course thin covers a two year per
iod, the amount of million tax re
ceived by the school annually being
a little over $100,000.
The board of regents which win in
elision in Salem Wediieitduy did not
get fur enough with ItH proceeding
to make di finite recommendations..
The indication are the hoard will ad
vocate development of thu Oregon
Normal to its camicity and may rec
comend the onemliiig of the Ashland
' normal where the state utill owns
buildings.
In the meantime Senator Bruce
Dennis has come to the fore as cham
pion of the Noinuil an is indicated
by tho following from the Teleyrnm:
Senator Dennis is picpiiiing a bill
to Increase the support of the Oregon
Normal school at Monmouth and Iny
the foundation of an adequate normal
school policy for the slute. He will
propose thut part of the financial sup
port now being given the stute uni
versity and the Agricultutal College
be diverted to tho normal school, dn
daring that the latter is being ne
glected in favor of too great stress in
behalf of the other two.
The Dennis plan calls for new
buildings at Monmouth sulllcient for
'modern class rooms and dormitories
as well as laboratory and other needed
ea moment. lie has not decided
whethes he will advocate the immed
iate estahliHhmcnt of normul schools i
elsewhere in the state.
"Oregon has been criminally neg
ligent in the matter of normul
schools," says Senator Dennis, "and'
It is high time we were recognizing
in a ' substantial way the need o:
better and more schools of this kind.
There is yet a laige percentage of
people in the rural sections and
smaller towns of Ongon who do not
have the opportunity of continuing
their education on through colleges
and universities. Their education is
received through the common schools
and the high schools and it is our du-
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Attorney -General Harlan Flake
Stone, in President Coolidge't cabi
net lesi than nine months ha been
nonnnuted by the President to the
I! 8 Supreme Court bench to sue
';) Associate Justice Joseph Mc
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Grange Holds Wholesale In
stallation of Officers This
Afternoon. Meet Public
The fact that six granges of Polk
county are to install officers in Mon
mouth this afternoon constitutes rath
er a unii,ue event. The ceremony
ti.kei pluce in the Odd Fellows hall
starting at 1:30 and the public is
cordiully invited to attend. Seventy
,lwo lodge officers are to be regular
iy invested with the dignities of their
tcspective positions. State master
I'almiter of Hood River and other
grand ofliicers of the state grange
will be present and have a hand in
the work.
ty to provide suitable institutions for
training the teachers who carry on
this great work.
"To the extend of its resources the
normal school of Monmouth is doing
wonderful work along this line, hut
it is handicapped by lack of finances.
"I am just as anxious to keep tax
es down and to economize in every
possible way and I would not at this
lime favor any great increase in
state expenditures for educational
put poses. But I do feel that too much
stress is being laid upon our state un
iversity and state college, to the ne-
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SEVENTY
MONMOUTH, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1925.
Land Like Oregon
SINGER IS ONE
Vocal Talent of Sophie Bras
lau Charms Large Audi
ence in Normal Chapel
Sophie Braslau, contralto singer,
added another group of admirer to
those who pay tribute to her musical
fame, in the concert at the Normal
Tuesday evening. In addition to her
regular program of eighteen numbers,
she sang a number of encores, some
of which possibly will remain in the
memory of her listeners when the
more pretentious numbers are forgot
ten. Possessing a voice of exceptional
power and capable of filling with its
notes an audience chamber much
larger than the ample Normal chapel,
the range from high to low was the
wonder of all listeners.
Her pleasing personality was also
very much In evidence. While seem
ingly lacking in the temperament so
often associated with gifted musicians
she seemed anxious at all times to
please and readily responded to the
different encores. She was anxious
also thut her accompanist, Louise
Lindner, get a share 'of the appre
ciation which the audience lavished
upon her.
Her effort to bring realism to the
different emotional songs she inter
preted wus conspicuously evident
Her manner in repose and in singing
especially in the operatic selections,
made her seem like two different
persons. Finishing "If I Could But
Tell in Music", she smiled and said
"You have probably guessed that was
a revolutionist's song. -
The concert was listened to by a
"full ' house". Automobiles were
parked along both sides of the street
for a block in front of the ' Normal,
all attesting the fact that the oppor
tunity to hear a high class singer
was being taken advantage of in the
surrounding country. '
Mrs. Worth has been under the
weather for the past week.
gleet of the normal school and I will
piopose that part of the financial sup
port now being provided for the un
iversity and the college be diverted
to the upbuilding of the normal.
"I am inclined to the belief that
the present normal school should be
enlarged and equipped to put it on a
plane with the best institutions of the
kind in the country before we start
in to locate and build others."
AMONG
MILLION
and Only One Willamette Valley .
INT PROPER PLACE
HIGHWAY
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Commission is Asked for
Ruling Giving West Side
Share in Official Name
Grievances of the West Side High
way Association were presented to the
hfghway commission Wednesday and
that body promised a decision soon.
The association maintains that the
West Side highway is being discrimi
nated against in the matter of road
signs. It is claimed that traffic out
of Portland takes the east side be
cause there are no signs to differen
tiate between the East and West side
A delegation headed by Mayor
Wright of McMinnvilie suggested that
East Side road be so designated as is
the West Side that travelers may not
be misled.
' The delegation agreed to make such
changes in the markers as was neces
sary if the commission would make
a ruling designating both thorough
fares as being part of the Pacific
highway.
Willamette Students in
Sunday Evening Concert
A Student Chorus from Wlllam
ette university will give a sacred con
cert in the Normal chapel Sunday
evening at 7:30. All are cordially in
vited. The concert is free. No collec
tion will be taken.
Normal Lodge Officers
-Normal Lodge, I. O. O. F. installed
officers Monday evening and the fol
lowing hold their places during the
next six months: Noble Grand, John
R'ney; Vice Grand, Fred Hill; Treas
urer, Charles Calbreath; Secretary,
Paul Tacheron; Warden, Roy Bierce;
Conductor, "Doc Egleston; Chaplain,
H. K. Sickafoose; Inside Guardian,
William Jones; Outside Guardian,
Charles Stanton; R. S. N. G., Ed Rog
ers; L. S., GeorgeCrofoot; R. S. V. G-,
Mr. Brown; L. S., Everett Evans;
R. S. S., G. W. Partridge; L. S. S.,
Guy Deming. District Deputy H. K.
Sickafoose had charge of the installa
tion and he was assisted by Charles
Newman as Grand Marshal.
A meeting of the Polk County
Visiting association, which this year
includes women as well as men, will
be held Friday evening as the guests
of Valley Lodge in Independence.
There will undoubtedly be a large at
tendance from Monmouth.
Strong for Bob at Summit
According to a letter from Rev. E.
B. Pace which was read at the Odd
Fellows meeting Monday evening, the
particular section of Utah in which
he resides was strong for LaFollette
in the recent election. The vote was
589 to a total of 13 for Coolidge and ,
Davis. Mr. Pace is located at '
Soldier's Summit, a division end for
the Union Pacific, and its inhabitants
are universally railroad men. The
Mormons frown upon .secret societies,
and in that section Odd Fellows and
Masonic lodges are few and far be
tween. Mr. Pace spent a part of
the summer lecturing before a
Utah denominational college and
plans next year to follow a wider
circuit which may take him to Se
attle. He is figuring 6b a" visit to
Monmouth.
Piesident Landers' attended a meet
ing of the board of regents of the
Normal in Salem Wednesday.,
Girls Injured in Accident
H. W. Morlan, in- his automobile,
turning the corner at the Herald office
in the storm Friday evening, ran into
and injured two Normal girls who
were crossing "the street. The girls
had an umbrella up to protect them
selves from the wind and rain and
did not See the car and the weather
and the reflection of- the light on the
windows of the building obscured Mr.
Mo. Inn's vision. The girls, Ruby and
Alfreda Ilolvnagle of Sherwood, were
taken by Mr. Morlan o their rooming
place at A. N. Poole's. Alfreda, ap
parently, was little injured but Ruby
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being cared for by her sister, Mrs.
Louise Brudcr of Sbeiwood. Her feet 1
wcie hurt woist and el last reports
she had not been able to stand on j
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Fe.ieral American Nation! Bank
at Washington, has been appointed
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Mystery at the High School
Debaters Fortify for Big
Three Corner Argument
The Sassy Susies and the Sparkies
will be the hosts to the victorious
team of the Barnies on Friday even
ing, January 16 at 7:30 A. M. The
leaders of the two loosing groups have
arranged to have a wonderfully good
time. The implements to be used in
providing this fun range from broom
sticks to pillows. All members of the
student body are urged to be there.
The party with its program was ar
ranged by Mr. Bailey some time ago
to be given by the losing teams to
the one triumphant in the contest for
subscribers to the Country Gentle
man. Monmouth High quintet lost its
fourth game of the season to the In
dependence five Monday evening by
the score of 16 to 22. The closeness
of the game reminded many of the
game played last year with Independ
ence in which M. H. S. won by one
scant point, the score being 22 to 23.
The students who attended the game
held down the usual corner by the pi
ano and encouraged the team with all
the vim that could be mustered. The
yells and cheers given by the rooters
even though they might be slightly
irregular served the purpose of cheer
ing on the team. The Monmouth
team played hard and fast and by so
doing kept the score quite even until
the last few minutes. Quite a num
ber of townspeople, including Normal
students were there and with Inde
pendence rooters, the gym was pretty
well filled. Gate receipts amounted
to about $15 after expenses were paid.
The debating team has been organ
ized and the members are hard at
work on the question: "Resolved that
a strong third political party would
promote the interest of good govern
ment in the United States." The
first debate is scheduled for January
30th. Monmouth afiirmative team
goes to Dallas; Dallas affirmative to
Falls City; and Falls City affirmative
comes here in a triangular debate.
The team feels that the opponents are
doomed this year. The team is divid
ed as follows:
Afiirmative: Cecil Poole and Earle
Stewart with William Suver as sub
stitute. Negative: Robert Hall and Opal
Wedekind with Fred Calef as substi
tute. Under the direction of Miss Clark
the work is progressing nicely.
The bust of Augustus Caesar has
mysteriously disappeared from its
pedestal in the assembly. Action is
being taken for his return by inter
ested students who came to the stu
dent body officials and demanded an
inquiry. The president of the student
body' vouches its return. As this
statue of Caesar has been in the as
sembly for many years and has seen
many a class come and go he is re
garded as an institution rather than a
common statuette and his sudden dis
appearance has aiouued the ire of
his numerous supporters and admir
ers. Everyone misses the beaming,
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AUGUSTUS
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STARTLES STUDENTS
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FOR PRACTICE GAME
Excuses Not Required For
Basketball Squad. Lin
field Falls Before Locals
The decisive victory of the Normal
basketball quintet on the local floor
Wednesday night over the fast Lin
field team gave further proof that
the days when athletic teams from the
Normal provided only light practice
games for their opponents are gone
forever. The very successful football
season just closed gave the other
schools something to think about and
the ease with which the Normals
turned in victories in the first two
games of the basketball season gives
them plenty more to worry about.
A week ago tonight the Normal
second team won a handy victory over
Pacific, 16 to 12, and on Wednesday
evening the Normal first team bested
Linfield to the tune of 45 to 24.
The Linfield game was the fastest
ever seen on a local floor. The first
half showed the teams evenly match
ed, first one side scoring and then the
other, but both fighting all the way.
Linfield got the first counter after
several minutes of play on a free
throw. The Normal tied it up, one all,
with another free throw only to be
topped again after Linfield scored two
field goals. The locals proceeded to
fight into the lead and from then on
to the end of the half the score see
sawed with neither team having a
great advantage. The half ended, 13
to 13.
, In the second half the Normals
played rings around the Linfield team
and doubled and trippled their score
before the visitors awoke to the fact
that a game was going on around
them. Although the Linfield team
scored a number of points during? this
second half, most of them came from
free throws for they were guarded
too closely to get many field goals.
Nelson was high point man for the
Normals with 16 points and Condit
second with 10.
The Normal has what amounts to
two first teams and, barring accidents,
should finish the season well at the
top of the conference.
The Normal basketball team is to
play with Albany at Albany Friday
evening.
Plans To Stay
Walter Smith, who recently start
ed up in the undertaking business in
Monmouth, evidently plans to stay
with us for he has recently bought a
house. This is the Carmichael place
sold to him by Paul Riley. This is
located at the corner of Jackson and
Warren streets. He has been fixing
up the place, painting and decorating
the interior and now is putting in his
spare moments in the employ of Mor
lan & Son. Mr. Riley and family
are living with the Smith sisters.
"Ladies' Night"
The first meeting of the Commer
cial club for 1925, which is to be held
next Tuesday evening, January 20, is
to be "ladies' night". This is an in
novation for the local club, although
similar organizations elsewhere fre
quently make it a custom. The
meeting is to be held in the Odd Fel
lows hall dining room and the regu
lar program will be a forward look
into the year we are entering, ' and
different activities of the city will be
asked to present their ambitions and
hopes in this line. The meeting is
open to all men and women in Mon
mouth and vicinity who are interested
in the community forward movement.
Tickets for the dinner are fifty cents
and' should be purchased of C. C. Pow
ell or Fred Hill by Saturday so that
those in charge of preparation for the
dinner may know how to plan.
The Busy Bees met Wednesday af
ternoon with Mrs. Lyman Parker. The
next meeting will be with Mrs. 0. W.
Kellogg. ' :
lifelike face of friend Augustus whose
attire (facial) has rejuvenated many
a "Rook" who is sick of his lot. Nev
er has there been a time when Cae
sar's face was not covered with a thick
coat of rouge and lip stick or a cap
set jauntily on his head. Thus you can
see how Caesar is regarded and why
we demand his return to his post of
honor. - Earle Stewart
MUST SEEK OTHERS