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MONMOUTH, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY NOVEMBKP. 13, i'JG
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Special Kleclion to be Held
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nance of Silo Proposal
At a special meeting f 'he conn
fit Wednesday evening the first step
was (liken lonl.ing to a special elec
tion to bo held January 1 to vote mi
!i rharter amendment which will en-
utile the i-ity to buy property to he
used dm a Mite, in the erection of need
ed buildings 'it the Norinnl, tdiould it
be deemed necessary. The. limit
whh placed at f!!i,0(IO. The com
mittee, which hnd been looking up
available sites mid securing option,
reported three, They lire: Orvitle
Butler's place, with a frontage of HUl
feet on Monmouth nvenue; J. F.
Winegar's tract of seven acres north
of the training hcIiooI, and the Young
piopirty across the highway from
Winegar's. While the price naked
in nil three, instance seemed high, it
wan decided to itecure options until
April flint and carry forward the pro
ceedings. The Smith property north
of the dormitory and the Campbell
Stump property were also investi
gated hut were not for sale. It was
however, suggested that the Cum
mings property mijflit ho used, und
which in the hand ! of a landscape
architect, could lie developed into
something attractive.
A i;r"up of citizens which filled the
council rhandier, was present and
considerable discussion was forth
coming as to sites and values and
methiMln of handling the situation
Some thought the Wolvorton house
should be moved buck or off its pres
ent location and the larger building
put on the west side of Monmouth
avenue. It was ulso suggested that"
Powell street should be- extended
fiom the railioad to Monmouth nven
u for the purpose of wiling parked
cars o(T Monmouth avenue and of al
lowing access to the high school and
gym. From twenty five to forty
cars are pinked daily on both sides
of Monmouth avenue, endangering
students and others who have to
cross the street.
Various Institutions
Are Reuresented Here
The conference for elementary
school principals and supervisors,
Representing the first of a series of
such meetings, sponsored by the
Oregon Normal School at Moil-'
mouth, was well attended by school
people from nearly every section
of the state. More than three hun
dred teachers, principals, superin
tendents, and supervisors partici
pated in the program of assembly
and sectional meetings which occu
pied the time from ten o'clock Sat
urday morning until five o'clock in
the afternoon. Lulicheon was
served for morn than one hundred
fifty people at the noonday ban
quet, and the Mischa Elmun con
cert in the evening was well at
tended. A number of prominent school
superintendents of the slate were
members of the conference, notably
among whom were State Superintendent-elect
C. A. Howard of
Marshlield, II. E. Inlow of rendit
ion, 'A. C. Hampton of Astoria,
Geo. E. Finnerly of Albany, C. A.
Rice of rortland; J. O. McLaugh
lin of Ooivtillis, 0. V. White of
St n." ton, I. W. Criles'of Hood Riv
er, V'. ,1. Pulton of Falls City, Su
saiine Homes-Carter of Jackson
ville, I. F. McGlosson of Forest
Grove, Josiah Wills of Dallas, G.
B. I .imb of Tillamook, A. L. Robin
son of Rainier, F. M. Roth of Mon
n.uulh and 0. A. Anderson of Ver-.
nonia.
Portland teachers, principals, and
supervisors were well represented
by a largo group including Julia
Spooner, Grace - Bridges, Vida
Hammond, Gertrude Weid, T. J.
Gary, J. M. Childers, Enid Keck
nitz Jesse McCord, W. A. Dickson,
Ruth Adler, Mary Ulen, A. J.
PrideauxII.' C. Tallman,' Robert H.
Wal.ih, Ethel Wilcox, C. E. Fergu
son, H. W. Ager and many others.
State institutions wero repre
sented by.E. T. R-M of Oregon
Agricultural College, W. A. Cox
of the Boys Training School of
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After a national contest, Homer
Sheffield, age 16, of Crosby Texas,
has been declared the outstanding
boy's agricultural worker of the U.
S.
He has won every possible honor
and scholarship in his stute. Re
cently when cotton was (GO per
bulc he had his made Into mat
rexseH, selling them ut $25 each
reulixing $100 profit per bale.
Scout Cabin Done
Work on the boy scout cabin at the
Heliuick bridge is about completed.
C. W. Price has been chief engineer
and the cabin has been built out of
boards instead of loirs as at first con
templated. The building will cost
six hundred dollars, three hundred of
which has been previously raised. An
effort to make the final drive to bal
ance the sheit is being made this
week and the first of next week.
Roll Call
The state organization of the Red
Cross association has appointed Miss
Bertha Wilson, nurse at the Normal
to have chaige of the annual roll call
this year. The work will extend over
Friday and Saturday ,at the Normal
School and on Saturday citizens of
Monmouth will have an opportunity
to contribute with agents at Morlan's
and at the First National bunk.
A Memorial
L A. L. Ide of Pennsylvania was head
or the department or education at the
Normal for the year of 1U17-18, fol
lowing the departure of E. S. Even
den. He was here only a year, leav
ing in the summer of 19 IS to take a
position with the university of Penn
sylvania with which his wife was also
connected. Mr. Ide died a year or so
later of nervous disorder, said to
have been brought on by overwork.
Feeling this ailment may have had its
start in Monmouth, a woman membei
of the 1918 graduating class, now
teaching in California, has set her
self to work to raise funds among her
classmates for a memorial to Mr. Ide,
with a view of placing it with the Or
egon Normal School.
SOCIAL 110 1' II CLUB
The Social Hour club hud a very
pleasant meeting at Mrs. R. E. Der
by's Wednesday afternoon, with Mrs.
Boothby as assistant hostess.
The attendance was large and all
enjoyed an interesting program.
As entertainment each member
was required to answer roll call by
telling the name of the state in which
she was born and relating something
for which that state was noted or
some historical incident that took
place in it.
Miss Alice Butler also gave a
reading.
The next meeting will be with Mrs.
Edwards with Mrs. Win, Riddell as
assistant hostess.
Woodburn, H. P. Rniney and F. C.
Wooten, J. Stanley Gray, Victor P.
Morris, and Mrs, A. L. Beck, all
of the University of Oregon. The
Oregon Normal School was repre
sented by the entire faculty.
Other teachers and principals in
attendance were Marcia Yeck of
Hood River, W.F. Lenherr of Ru
ber, U. S. Dotson, Margaret Cos
per, Carlotta Crowley, and Signe
Paulson of Salem; Rose Stacks,
Katie Potter, Madge Hampton and
Edith Booth of Eugene, J. S. Goin
and V. B. Higbee of Tillamook,
Mrs. J. H. Dunn of Russellville, F.
D. Braly of Gilbert, W. L. Regie of
Sherwood, Addie Martin of Dallas,
H. D. Carroll of Chcmawa, E. II.
Ruh of Alpine, Mrv Vandie and
Jessie Ritchie of Albany and Wm.
S. Brooks and L. D. Griffee of Cor-vallis.
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Conference of Supervisors
and Others Draws Attend
ance from Varied Ranks
The Normal School served as host
to something like three hundred
teachers Saturday in the conference
of supervisors and principals and the
meetings of the Oregon Research
Council and the Oregon Educational
Te;;ts association A. S. Gist, prin
cipal of the B. F. Day school in Se
attle, was the central attraction. He
is the author of several hooks on sup
ervisory work and has important con
nections with the National Educa
tional association. He gave two ad
dresses during the day, both of which
attracted close interest.
The climax of the day was reached
at noon during the banquet in the do
mestic science rooms of the training
school where one hundred and fifty
plates were laid. At the close of the
meal a stimulating scries of talks fol
lowed one another in rapid succession,
with K. T. Reed of the Oregon Agri
cultural college launching the speak
er and his subject with the peculiar
wit for which he is noted and with
('has. E. Frunseen managing the bell
which was the high sign to stop.
J. O. McLaughlin of Corvallis ex
plained the necessity of fixing a goal
in an educational program, as it gives
something to aim at and minimizes
wasted and uncoordinated efforts.
President Landers affirmed his be
lief that elementary training was be
coming sufficiently well developed to
merit the bestowal of a degree. He
said there are only eight states in the
union which ' huve not teachers col
leges, Oregon being one. He also said
Oregon spent less on education dur
ing 1924-25 than any other state in
the union save one. The Board of
Regents, he said, have the four year
idea in mind and are working to its
adoption in the state,
C. A. Howard of Marshfield, state
superintendent elect, said that scien
tific methods of education could not
appeal to people who did not under
stand the use and value of such train
ing. Such education requires years
to have its merits generally recog
nized. The Oregon Research council
which is investigating educational
conditions in the state, is performing
a good work. But educational meth
ods must be improved through the
contact with the untrained teacher by
the trained teacher.
Dr. Homer P. Rainey of the date
university hammered a large num
of truths into form in the course of
a ten minute talk. Our system of
educational finance, "he asserted, is
fifty years behind the times, and in
some states, a hundred years behind
modern demands. Salaries within
the state are three hundred dollars
lower on the average than in neigh
boring slates and as a result it is a
common occurrence for the pick of
our graduates to go out of the state
to teach. Superintendent C. A. Rice
of Portland and Miss Thompson of
the Marion county health clinic also
spoke.
Shower for Miss Goehring
A kitchen shower was given Miss
Bernico Goehring, of the deDartment
of Public Speaking, by her faculty
friends and others, the afternoon of
Armistice day. Miss Goehring is to
be a December bride, which fact fur
nished the motive for the event.
Green and white constituted the color
scheme.
"Tin Gods"
The motion picture "Tin Gods" with
Thomas Meighan in a leading part,
is to be shown in the Normal chapel,
Saturday evening. Two shows.
JOHN THOMAS OSBORN
John Thomas Osborn, who was born
in Salem, July 20, 1856,' died today.
Mr. Osborn's whole life was spent in
Polk county. He is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Emily Osborn, a daughter,
Mrs. R. II. Haynes of Independence;
two sons, John Osborn of Salem and
George Osborn of Pondosa, Califor
nia. Also a brother, Wesley Osborn
of Cooper Hollow. Funeral services
will be held from the Keency chapel
in Independence at 2 p. m., Saturday,
November 20, with burial in the Odd
Fellows cemetery. , ,
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Would Meet State in EfTort
To Provide Site for Need
ed Normal Buildings .
Although the attendance at the
commercial club meeting on Tuesday
evening was comparatively light, it
developed into one of the most inter
esting sessions in a long time. It
developed that the budget proposal
for buildings on the Normal campus
has strings to it. The regents are
calling on the city to furnish a site.
This is not an innovation as a pro
posal, but is the common thing with
other educational intitutions in ihe
state. The university, the agricul
tural college and the normal school
are called on similarly and find the
request no hardship. The proposal
awakened no opposition whatever at
the meeting of the club, which went
on record as heartily backing the city
officials in what measures they might,
take to this end.
At the same time it is felt the pro
posals of the regents do not go far
enough. When called on for in
formation in regard to Normal facili
ties, Messrs. Gentle, Franseen and
Spencer detailed a number of facts
which are of unusual significance.
With a student body of nine hundred
and fifty, the Normal has no labora
tory facilities that are worthy of the
name. Such mal'.e.ih:ft equipment as
they have to do wcrk with is surpass
ed by many high schools in small
towns.
Congestion in the library also de
mands attention. The present space
allowed is so small that students fol
lowing up reference work in their
strfiie are compelled to- stand, and
for this reason the room is filled with
standing students from eight in the
morning until five at right.
To adequately supply the needs of
the school a $300,000 building is none
too large. It was the opinion that
such a building might appropriately
be erected as a memorial to the two
Campbells, father and son, whose
work for higher education has meant
much to Oregon and the Oregon Nor
mal school, and in such a case the city
will cheerfully furnish an appropri
ate site.
P. H. Johnson made a string speech
in favor of this or any other plan
that might seem desirable to favor the
Normal program. He said he has
lived in Monmouth twenty six years
and recalls vividly the time when it
was necessary to raise funds, to sign
notes, to pledge work to keep the
wheels going. He recalled the sacri-
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Capt. Chas. Schully of New York
received the Congressional Medal
for Life Saving. During his 13
years in the "business" he has
saved more than 400 persons from
drowning.
David Campbell's Concert
Heard in New York
On Thursday evening, November 9,
David Campbell appeared in a concert
in Aeolian hall, New York city. Mrs.
L. A Robinson writes of it. "We en
joyed it immensely. He seemed to be
well received if one could judge by the
number of times he was called back.
He is wonderful, we think." Writing
to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. C.
Cole, Mary Cole says she attended the
concert and it appeared as though
she were at a meeting of Oregonians.
She mentions seeing Mrs. C. E. Sten
gel and grandchildren, Alice and Jen
nie Peterson, Ruby Ann . Lorence
i Clayton Burrow who, with Miss Cole
'.a attending Columbia, accompanied
her to the concert. She writes that
Mr. Campbell's work ws enthusiasm
tically received and that his fame and
talent seem to be quite generally rec
ognized in the big town on Manhat
tan island.
fices of the early days, and when he
recalled the splendid groups of men
and women who have had their train
ing here, he felt there is none who
will not ac'mit it was worth while.
A committee consisting of P. H.
Johnson. R. D. Elliott and R. B.
jSwenson was appointed to confer
with the council as to what is neces
sary to be done. Manner and meth
ods of getting publicity for Normal
needs were also discussed.
An adjournment was taken to next
Tuesday evening.
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Brothers' Day in Monmouth
Joint County Meet in Sa
lem. Next Meeting Here
Saturday was Brothers' day at the
Grange and as neither tales of acute
indigestion nor liver trouble have fol
lowed in the wake of the meal they
prepared it must be taken for granted
that they handled that part of the
program all right. During the pro
gram hour that followed Professor
Roth detailed his experieences while
learning to acquire a taste for baked
sour dough in the gold fields of Alas
ka. Ralph Beck, new county agent
was present and volunteered a few
remarks relative to his work.,
Col. Bartram, state flax agent
talked on the flax situation. He said
success in flax growing had been pro
nounced and many farmers are ask
ing for contracts for next year. There
are even more of these than can be
taken on and in the future applica
tions will be thoroughly gone over
to see that the best growers with the
land best adapted to the crop get the
contracts.
A joint session of the Marion and
Polk county Pomonas was held in Sa
lem Wednesday and was called to or
der by the Marion Pomona master,
W. A. Jones. Reports for county
granges were made for Polk, Marion
and Clackamas. Also Linn and Ben
ton had representatives there. Reso
lutions were introduced relating to the
federal income tax, opposing hired
solicitors for initiative petitions.
agains hazing, favoring a state in
come tax and concerning freight rates
on live stock. ...
Mr. Hurd of O. A. C. talked of ex
tension work and the Grange.
In the afternoon Governor Pierce
was introduced and a rather gloomy
outlook for Oregon was reflected by
his vtalk.
After two or three readings Mr.
Spence took the floor with an expo
sition of the McNary-Haugen bill.
Committee considering the continu
ance of the joint meetings reported
favorably. The next meeting is to be
held in Monmouth.
McCoy-Ballston, Hosts
The next meeting of the Odd Fel
lows' visiting association is for Odd
Fellows and Rebekahs only and is to
be held at McCoy, December 2nd. Mc
Coy and Ballston are to do the enter
taining and the meeting will be held in
Dome's hall near Mc Coy.
By A. B. CHAPIN
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