The Santiam news., February 19, 1909, Image 4

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for that matter, further than to say all of them are
costing too much for the benefit returned. They, ro«y«r«t«ry u> hi« »pr*<-h on tb<-<x-ri- Q
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are costing near six times as much, per student as •,<m ut ,h*
luneoln1»
private colleges charge their students.
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Our contention is that our present »durational mtrud..... mm., inns-.uim^AJiy
Politically Independent-
system is wrong in its arrangement. The logical, Folk’« intn>d >ctory rrinar»», -i*eau»«
outcome will be to ouild up an educational aruttuc- lhe k,nd «f <hin< I h«.c tneu u» aiaad
racy ainoung our people, a system of ’’grafting’ -« **•‘k»'•*'’*>• kti*l ‘dthjng« «h«t you
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h«ve tried to »tend for. ’ True, »ml
Fnb-r«-»l at the poatoftc* at Scio, Oregon, ae aocultd*« laee
on the pan of our college faculties and a detenu- what ma„er. wha, p.rty nanH. elth.,
triait matter.
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ration of our public schools.
went by. or what party allegianc« «i
If possible we would have the system changed, i t.u-r prof.—...I, - . |.-»*r
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We would abolish the state college and «-stablisn, pnbiic n an in • high |»>»iti..n, --xl f<-.-
I rt-h from tin- l<n.tn» of America ami Europe.
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in lieu thereof, a high school system; which would
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• and Aldrich la a Hcuubl-can, The preei-
Artistic conceptions »pl«*ndi<lly r»a*ixed,
place a high school education within the reach of lent ta aU<> claiued a* a Republican, but
h.i>iT<>a ahi »
All redolent of tin-spring time and as
every boy and girl w ithin the state.
do-a Aidrich aland for the kind of
Many-hued as the sung birds of summer;
No honest man will dispute th«» justice of this thing» that Roonerclt atanda for, aa
contention. We are only urging tha’ the state col- Folk doea. aa Chamberlain doea?
|,<il--e-«iiig, at once, an individuality
the prrauient alluded further to Sec­
«1 2 lege shall not be suppor'eii to the detriment of the
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That lures one pleasant I v away
retary of War Wright, not only a
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One ve <r, at »-n-l <<t vrar
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But it may be claun»*»! that we can democrat, or ao nominally ciaaacd. I> t
1 7« public school
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From th« tedious level of lite common place
2 0 have both. Add if you will ten or fifteen mills, for an ex-confederate officer, of whom he
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Hi■ monili» in •»l««n<-e ............................................
And reawakens faith in loo possibilities
& the benefit of our public scho-da. to t'.ic state tax «aid; "lie I we net In-long to any politi­
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cal
party,
tiut
he
and
I
have
atood
for
.. o levy. The result would be a dioiiiiutiun of popul-
Of creative genius;
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the »»me national principle« of recent
ition instead of an increase.
App-sling not alone to the voung and old
AllVKItllMlKO HAT»!
yeara.” Ant •» we aee it in lca-cr ata
‘‘You can not s|a»nd too much money for «dues* Ilona in public life, and in private life,
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.ional purposes”, said a man with whom we weft tnroughout the coentry. When it cornea
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But equal to the sedate lelleclions
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tonversmg on this subject, some time ago. You : to practical thing«, it la difficult to de
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That
mark mlureryears.
Jail spend too much money «or any purpose, if you |t«rmin wh<» i«, or wh»t <«, • D»aux-r«i
Display ad*, 2 » iiang«*« |*r month, one mlutnn wide.
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lu-liiied in dress, symbolized alongeconomic lines
<p»-nd it iliadvisedly. We want our state to develop
Tlx* Appeal tu itartyi.m ha» loat nearly
Pn>faa«ional rar«!«. IL in< !»••«. par month ...
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ind
increase
in
population
and
wealth.
A
firslclass
ixmtf tin*«contra« I« tor a<lv«rti«iiitf madeoa application.
In n-cogniloii of the hard comtnuitsense
ail It-» force. A man must be ju ged nut
public school system, which we have not at the t»y what party he nominally adhere« tu,
Of h< _re.it common people,
»resent time, and a reasonable rate of taxation, but by ’the thingt he .lan>ta fur." W.
Thu« m ty i»e briefly epitomized
tee Democrat» and R<-|>ubiicaiui work­
THE PUBLIC SCHOOL VS. THE COLLEGE ire features that will hasten that result.
The distinguishing characteristics
A state college system, if properly managed, »* ing t- get her fur right thing» ami other,
for wrong thing.. It M nut foliJT, there-
Oi our line of goods
most valuable for those that can avail themselves i for«,
fur a man alw.y« tu »upport every
HE NEWS is in receipt of President Kerr’»
>( its benefit. But how is it for those woo cannot i nan in or for office » lely becauae he 1»
\>r this spriir».
report, of his adminstration to the Board oi
ivail themselves of its benefitsT A id 95 per cent. i --lakae-d «• a Republican or a Democrat?
Regents of the Oregon Agricultural College.
>i our people cannot so avuil themselves.
Oreg< >n Journal
The report appears to la* exhaustive. The president
¡'resident Kerr is, no doubt doing as good work
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has. evidently, taken the Board of Regents int<
it Corvallis ns any other ma i could do. But it i> I
his confidence, and has given all the informatioi
very evident, from his report, that h»» is building
ja-rtaining to O. A. C. that he possesses, it includ­
Gel the beat when you are getting
jp a most expensive instution over there. Tin-' end get ih»m at J. G. Crawlonl*»
es the reports of the chief of the exjx-riment ata
(uestion is: Can the taxpayers of Oregon atTord -lutilo, corner eeroud au>! Lyon elrveta
tion and treasurer as well; besides the salary lia'
uie expense and is it just for 95 boys and girls to lib iȴ. Oregon.
of the teaching, station and administration forces >e compelled to have only a very ordinary common
The report requires a volume of 255 pages. Muc! «.•hoot education, in order that 5 boys and girls
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of th»- r<-|»>rt n taken up in making a comparis«» thall have a college education?
Notier i« liarabv giwn that the under’
• *gw *d haa l*e«*t* «lui» app*4ut«*«i by th«
b -tween O. A. C. ami educational institutions of
Another feature: Fully one sixth or more of the <»ont) court <»i i.irit» County,
other states. These comparisons ar»- made for tw< dudents who attend our state college, hale from ' idflHh>*<rat f 1X <»( the r-nljate ul M W,
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purposes, evidently; To show the efficiency of th» the counties wherein the college is located and a I
Itiimw aw i»**l «aid e tale arc b«"r«*bt
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prt»sent management, and to show the features ii very large per cent, from the town which gives VMtnred U» »$••«<♦ hl «am«* I»» the umler*
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rew|»tr*«re
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which the Oregon institution fails to come up to th« the college a home. Also, property values in the
J J.lUrnee, W. F.Gill.
■Mitill* We t • heb», Or-g ■»*, d *iy ver.-
J. A. Bilyeu, J. H. Barne«,
standard set up by other states. Undoubtedly college towns are fully 25 jH-reent. higher, Ilian rted «nd with proper iourhar», a« <»•
C A. U arutji.
President Kerr is an able man for the position h» they otherwise would be. For this reason and tl.e ■aw required, aiUiin nil ttioulha froti-
the dale «•( liti« *i«»lke.
occupies; esjiecially in the organization of the work further fact, for what students spend in college D*t«-«l tin« 2l«t daw ««1 January, baw
A lk « M Miura.
and from a spectacular viewpoint is making an im­ towns, makes the citizens of these towns enthusi­
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mense success of O. A. C. But there is an othei astic supporters of their respe’tive colleges.
L. L. baati, Attorn«y fur Ada>n>lra
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viewpoint besides that uf the sfiectacular, whirl
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I- i.->: far distant
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should engage the attention of our legislators.
through the medium of tn-- referend mi, w-:ll give
Without doubt the intellectual progress of th«
t.iese colleges a setback which will moderate their
p-ople of Oregon depends upon our public schools demands of these colleges upon the state treasury.
SCIO ROLLER MILLS
.1 ist in proportion to their efficiency will the «1
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ucational interest of Oregon be advanced. Ia*t al
The
matter
is
becoming
serious
with
the
taxpay
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of our state colleges be filled with students to theft
utmost capacity and but a very Hmail per cent, oi er as to how the headlong extravagance in ail the
the ls»ys and girls of Oregon would I k * included branches of government can tai checked. Ten years
Someone has stated that not above 5 per cent of ago, less than $100,000 in taxes were collected from
our boys and girh receive a college training. As­ the people of Linn county, annually. No v mine
suming, this statement to lie a fact, our legislatur» than $225,000 is collected. If the question is asked
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should give its attention to the educational well “Wnal in ire do we g.-( f -r t -t. - ui -r • t i.i.i -I . - >.: .g
•f
our
taxes?
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would
be
difficult
lostnswi-r.
While
fare of the 95 per cent rather than that of the 5
A Saving
percent Taking the present legislative session as a we are spending more money on our public schools
simple, what is the proportion of attention given than formerly, this fact alone does nut account for
Of time, traveling ex-
by our law makers to the public schools and to the me phenoininal increase. The fact of the matter is,
the prosperous times we have had for the past few
penses and fatigue can
colleges?
One bill relative to the public schools, we believe years nave generated a spirit of extravagenee in
lie made by using the
has became a law, viz: that requiring six months the administration of public affairs, whicn, if not
Are ready to furnish you with
shortest route East.
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school to be taught in each district. This is all. N< checked, will soon become most mische/ious. It is
m
easy
matter
for
official
salaries
to
be
raised,
provision, whatever, has been made for the in­
There is but one short
crease of the salary of the country teacher. He oi when flush tunes coines; but who ever heard of
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she must be content with the
to $»>oo salary, salaries being reduced with the advent of hard
and direct route between
per year, else go into some other more lucrativ» umes? The burden of taxation is growing heavier,
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the West and East.
business. The state provides Just the beggarly $ year after year. As a matter of fact unless tie
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to $9 per pupil for the public school, leaving th< nodest home is exempt from taxation, our |>eople
will
all
soon
become
renters.
Truly
the
burden
of
necessary balance to the generosity of the counties,
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government is becoming too heavy and expensive.
towns and school district
Rubbers and
On the other nand how faros the colleges whicl Expensive because unnecessary offices and con.-
Umbrellas
educate the five per cent? Oregon University has a nissions have ta-en grafted into our |*olitical sys­
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continuous appropriation of $250.000 bienially. () tem, which never augnt to be allowed; Expenaive
Leather-sole Rubber
Oregon Short Line
A. C. is asking for $3450.000 and the three normals because saiuries of officials from governor nown to
for $106.000 each. Add these various appropria constable an* too high. This last is evident because
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tions together and we have the enormous sum of men are always seeking the office. The office, rarely
And everything for wet weather
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$|rjM.OOO. And this is not all. 0. A. C. gets bien­ nas tn seek the man. There is a limit to olfi. ial ex­
nially from the Federal goverment $100.000. The travagance and which has now almost been reach­
T o//r.s’ for h usi nr ss
interest on the University and Agricultural college ed. Our office holding citizens must become less
funds amount to, proliably. $60.000 biennialy, and greedy and more patriotic, or free government
HIBLER &. GILL COMPANY
There is unsurpassed
the matriculation fees of students, to not l»-ss than I will, in time, become too burdensome to be bourr.
through fast train ser­
$100.000 every two years. Add all these sums and
vice to Denver, Omaha,
we have a grand total of $1.188.000 and dividing
The days of the ‘‘big stick” are almost over.
Kansas City, Chicago,
this sum into two equal iwirts and we have the an­ President Roosevelt has done many creditable and,
with
direct connections
nual cost of our state colleges. Again dividing the also, some that are very discreditable acts. H.s
to
all
points East and
annual cost by the reported 2000 students and we ¡permission for the absorption of the Tennessee
South.
have the cost per student, which amounts to $297. |C >al and Irn ocompany by the Steel trust, makes
Regardeth the life of his beast
There is an abundance
Hero we have the annual cost of the college stu­ one doubt if he has ever caused the prosecution
dent to the state. Compare this cost of the ed­ iof the trusts with an honest spirit, if his term of
of matchless s-cnery,
Those who feed SECURITY Stock
ucation of 5 per cent, of our boys and girls at the office had expired two years ago, he would have
and an opportunity to
Food are fullfilling the scripture,
state colleges, with that of the other 95 per cent, 1 held a higher place in our estimation than is now
make a daylight stopover
who must t»e content with what the publics schuo.s possible.
at Salt latke City if it is
This stock food is sold on n jiositive
c in and do give $297 versus $9.
desired.
(’ash (iu»irantee. Read tho guarantee
. This is the grounds for the NEws-^.lx^tion toj I Oregon was M years old. last Sunday She is
Ia*t us teil you all about
the state colleges. Wp are doing too much for the now old enough to lie exempt from working the
what can be done, before
on every Package,
Don't be misled
st ite college and too little for the public schools. roads, or from doing military duty.
you purchase ticket.
by cheap advertising, SECURITY
And is it to lie wondered at? At every session of
T J. DANNEN, Aa»nt
the legislature a strong lobby can be found at the
means what it says.
The Oregon Slate colleges, have an inordinate,
Ask those who
tate capitol, in the interest of the state colleges;
We»t Scio
•>
growing
appetite.
They
are
never
satisfied
never
ho ever heard of a lobby in the interest of
have used it.
have enough.
bite schools?
Wm.
McMurray
Ily we have nothing whatever to say for
E. C. PEERY, Sole Afl’t Scio Or.
General Passenger Agent
inst President Kerr and the faculty of (). A
The most welcome act of the present Oregon
“or or against any of the other state colleges1 legislature w UI be its final a-i,-lurn-nenl.
PORTLAND, OREGON
ehe £antiam glens
-Just Arrived
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a Wesely
Cain
At Even
MONEY
Hitler & Gill Co.
Rubber Boots
Rubber Coats
Rubber Hats
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The Righteous Man
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