45TH ANNIVERSARY BOOSTER EDITION
HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON
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With equal justice they demand
that the money they devote to
school purposes shall be efficiently
expended; that waste of all kinds
shall be eliminated and that the
community shall receive full value
for its educational Investment.
Commercially considered the pub
lic schools of Hcppner are one of
the largest Institutions In the coun
ty, their annual expenditure being
about $37,000; they have a working
personnel of 18 people, and their
Invested capital will run close to
$100,000. Of the annual budget vot
ed by the taxpayers, some $24,000
Is devoted to the payment of teach
ers and employees; about $4,000 to
the retirement of outstanding
bonds, and the remaining amount
to the various details Incident to
the school year.
This annual budget is raised on
an assessed valuation of $1,360,387,
making the annual school tax stand
at about 15.8 mills.
The total bonded Indebtedness of
the district at the present time is
$56,500.00 of which $36,500 is for the
present school building and $20,000
for the auditorium-gymnasium. Un
der the present financial policy of
the board of directors, these bonds
are being retired serially at the
rate of about $4,000 a year. By this
scheme the bonds are paid off in
due time, the interest Is paid regu
larly and promptly, many thou
sands of dollars In Interest are
saved the district, and at no time
is the burden to the taxpayers ex
cessively heavy. This policy of re
payment was inaugurated by the
board of directors in 1925, largely
through the efforts of the late Mr.
C. E. Woodson, who was then a
member of the board.
In keeping with this plan, the
bonds for the auditorium-gymnasium
will be retired by the same
schedule, so that the school levy
by reason of the repayment policy,
will at no time exceed an Increase
of 1.3 mills.
The last named building was
erected at a cost of $23,200. It con
tains an auditorium, seating six
hrndred people; a gymnasium witn
a playing floor 70 by 50 feet; show'
er rooms, and a room devoted to
the school library.
The auditorium Is equipped with
a velour curtain and cyclorama
stage settings; provision has also
been made for the Installation of
a complete motion picture outfit
The school plant Is now adequate
to accommodate all normal in
creases In attendance for several
years. By moving the library and
music departments from the school
building to the auditorium, two
rooms have been made available
for the expansion of the grades and
high school. During the first of the
present school year the Increase In
the school population was felt ra
ther acutely, and as a result some
of the lower grade rooms were ra
ther crowded. This condition, how
ever, will not recur again, as there
is now sufficient room to house all
departments without overcrowding.
The school Is organized, for in
structional purposes, upon the eight
four plan, the first eight grades be
ing grouped together In the grade
svstem, and the remaining four
comprising the high school.
The attendance of the grade
schools, during the past five years
has varied from 380 to 410, requir
ing the services of eight or nine
teachers.
At the head of the grade system
is the grade principal, who Is also
the elehth grade teacher. In add!
tion to his regular duties as eighth
grade teacher, the grade principal
handles all major cases of school
discipline, and directs all grade ath
letics.
The course of study prescribed
bv the state of Oregon for elemen
tary schools Is carefully followed.
being supplemented by a large am
ount of collateral work.
Standard Education and achieve
ment testa are used in their respec
tive spheres to determine the ca
pacities and progress or tne pupus,
Bv this means a continual scienti
fic check Is kept upon the student,
and his progress is carefully chart
ed from his very first entrance into
the school svstem.
Repeated tests and surveys taken
within the school reveal the fact
that the standards of the Hoppne
grade schools are unusually high
all of the grades doing work well
in advance of their actual require
ments.
Beginning with the new semester
a carefully graded course oi pnysi
rl education will be used through
out the entire school system. It will
bo the endeavor of this course to
raise the average physique In the
entire system both grade and high
school. In complete fulfillment of
the reauirements of the Oregon
school law, twenty minutes of phy-
sical exercise per day Is required of
all students in the public scnoois,
who are not physically Incapacita
ted to take this work. Classes will
recite In the gymnasium at statei
periods, and the work of each group
will be suited to its particular de
velopment As a branch of physical educa
tion, organized athletics have, for
the past two years, been an Import
ant feature of the recreational ac
tivities of the Heppner grade
schools. Football, baseball, basket
ball, track and volleyball teams are
organized and carry out a full play
ing schedule under the direction of
the grade principal.
It has been the endeavor of the
dministration to interest as many
pupils as possible in these games.
All those who have either the time
the opportunity are urged to
participate In these competitive ac
tivities, for they have an education-
value that is too Important to
discount
While the work of the high school
greatly similar to that of the
grades, Its work Is naturally more
highly specialized than that of the
lower department.
Like the grade system, it Is pre
sided over by a principal who has
charge of routine discipline, organ
ization, and who directs athletics.
Among the first high schools In
the state to standardize according
the regulations of the department
of education, Heppner high school
has long enjoyed '.he reputation of
being one of the beat schools of its
size in Oregon.
The state course of study for
high schools is used as a guide f o
the instructional work of the
school, although there has been a
consistent effort on the part of the
administration to bring the curri
culum closer to the life of the com
munity; to study its needs and de-
res, and to equip the pupils to
meet them.
The function of the modern high
schools of the nation Is no longer
purely college preparatory as a
matter of fact, a relatively large
percentage of high school pupils
never go to college. It is, therefore,
entirely logical, to prepare these
young people to meet the Issues of
life outside of college as well as
ithin it
A thorough groundwork of Eng
lish and social science is demanded
of every pupil in high school, the
administration feeling that the us
ages of good citizenship require a
working knowledge of correct Eng
lish, as well as some information
as to the conditions of society and
the functions of government.
Accompanying this, and running
parallel to It, Is a course in high
school mathematics, it being felt
that a certain background of know
ledge In the fundamentals of high
er mathematical calculation is al
most a necessity in the modern
world.
A commercial department Is
maintained in the high school for
two reasons. In the first place, a
nowledge of the elementary prin-
iples of bookkeeping is almost a
necessity in every branch of mod
ern industry or life. The system-
tic keeping of account1, whether
they are merely those of personal
ncome, or whether they are those
of an Industrial concern, is a mat
ter requiring scientifically accurate
training, and wherever the student
goes, he finds a demand tor some
knowledge of elementary account
ancy.
More than 98 percent of all mod
ern business letters are written on
typewriters, and the pupil who goes
forth into any branch of trade or
industry, soon meets with the ne
cessity of knowing how to handle
typewriter.
A department of domestic arts
and sciences is also maintained for
the benefit of those pupils who wish
such Instruction. This department
9 not merely a place where the
pupils try out recipes and work out
patterns. In domestic science the
scientific qualities of foods are
taught; diet and nutrition occupy
Important places In the curriculum,
and the important relationships be
tween good food and good health
are taught
Those girls interested in domestic
arts not only learn how to make
practical clothing for themselves,
but they also study the more sensi
ble typcB of dress, the aim of the
department being not only to teach
sewing, but also to teach the real
art of beautiful dressing.
In this way, as much as it Is pos
sible, the two functions of the high
school college preparatory and
life preparatory are served, and
the results are showing that this
instruction is efficient
Students who have done their col
lege preparatory work In Heppner
high school are now enrolled in ev
ery institution of higher education
in the Pacific northwest and with
out exception they are making
good; while those pupils who did
not go on to college are taking re
sponsible places In the business and
Industrial world, and are filling
them with credit to themselves and
to their school.
A special feature of the, public
school system of Heppner that de
serves particular comment, is the
school HbraTy. During the past
three years this has been complete
ly rcoreanized; recatalogued, and
enlarged. With the completion of
the auditorium-gymnasium it was
divided into two parts, and all but
the reference works were transfer
red to a room in the new building,
where they are under the charge
of a librarian.
The library Is particularly rich
In Its collection of government doc
uments relating to all phases of
life in the northwest.
The reports of the Geological,
Coast and Geodetic Surveys; Fores
try and Industrial Surveys, and sta
tistical studies from the department
of Commerce are to be found In this
collection, which also embraces the
annual year books of all depart
ments of the national government,
as well as the Blue Books and Leg
islative handbooks for many of the
states of the union.
Special library appropriations on
the part of the board of directors
Insure the regular nad steady
growth of this Important part of
the educational plant
Generally speaking, the growth
of the Heppner public Bchools,
while not rapid, has been steady,
and with the completion of the
snlendld highway system through
out the county, more and more of
the rural districts are sending their
children In to town to attend school.
The many advantages of a larger
and more elaborately equipped sys
tern, coupled with an actual reduc
tion In expense, make such action
i1
2l5rl!SJiiI--JI' Fhoto by Boggs' Studio and Sigsbee
1, Elk's Building, Star Theater and Curran & Barr on lower floor; 2, Modern Hotel Building with Farmers & Stockgrowers National Bank and Frank W. Turner occupying
lower floor; 3, Main Street Scenes, showing Patterson & Son Drug Store, Gonty's Shoe Store and M. D. Clark General Merchandise Store; 4, Masonic Building with
Hiatt & Dix Grocery and Wilson's Men's Store occupying lower floor; 5, First National Bank Building; 6, Thomson Brothers' General Merchandise Store.
the logical move.
A glance at the following statis
tical table, showing the assessed
valuation, the annual millage levy,
the school population and the per
capita cost of education, during a
period of eight years will do much
to give a clear insight Into the
development of the present public
school system.
TABLE SHOWING SCHOOL FINANCES FOB LAST 7 YEARS
Assessed Annual Mill- School Per Capita Bonded
ear Valuation age Tax Population Cost Indebtednees
1920- 1921 $1,275,264.00 14.S 378 $143.90 $56,500.00
1921- 1922 1,295,472.00 22.1 367 179.60 40,828.64
1922- 1923 1,292.406.00 20.1 378 175.00 48,000.00
1923- 1924 1,287,880.00 20.1 401 140.62 57,500.00
1924- 1925 1,304,753.00 17.4 425 203.26 54,000.00
1925- 1926 1,303,41)9.00 17.4 542 157.41 43,000.00
192 -1927 1,331,001,00 15.7 522 142.50 39,000.00
1927-1928 I 1,360,387.00 1 15.5 497 211.07 58,000.00
Morrow County
Wants
' More Farmers
HUMPHREY'S DRUG
CO. IS OLDEST FIRM
Humphrey's Drug company is to
day one of the most complete and
best stocked of its kind in this sec
tion. This is owned and operated
by T. J. Humphreys who has been
connected with this line of business
at Heppner for more than 30 years.
Twenty years go he took over
and consolidated the formen Slocum
Drug company and Heppner Drug
company, creating the present store
which he has conducted with every
success since. It bears the distinc
tion of being the oldest business of
its kind continuously In operation
here.
All usual drug and sundry lines
are carried with the usual array of
books, stationery, magazines and
school supplies.
The prescription department a
most important feature of any drug
store, is supervised by experienced
registered pharmacists and the pub
lic is assured of every care and
accuracy in their prescription work.
Mr. and Mrs. Humphreys, who
are both prominent in social and
business circles of this section, are
ever to be found on the job looking
after the wants of their many patrons.
The
Big Department Store
of Morrow County
Thomson Bros
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
HEPPNER, OREGON
CARRYING THE LARGEST STOCKS OF GENERAL MERCHANDISE OF ANY ESTABLISHMENT IN THE COUNTY
FOR 25 YEARS we have served the trade of this section with quality merchandise correctly priced. Our business has grown
and prospered through according our patrons a square deal and ever standing for those things that would have a tenden
cy to advance our mutual interests.
BUY IT AT HOME When you are patronizing the home business firms you are serving your own best interests. It is the
home merchant who ever contributes most to community progress.
GROCERIES, DRY GOODS, READY-TO-WEAR CLOTHING FOR WOMEN, MEN AND BOYS
SHOES FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
See the New Arrivals for Spring and Summer Wear
EVER BOOSTERS FOR MORROW COUNTY