T H E HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON.
WHY THE FARMER BOY NEEDS LIBERAL
Hermiston Locals
EDUCATION TOLD BY PRINCIPAL Receipts at the post office Monday
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Christmas goodies given by the Bap­
tist Ladies Aid at Sappers’ on Sat-
irday, Dec. 24.
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Mrs. Russell Pratt is seriously 111
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R. C. Challis and family moved in­ Mrs. B. C. Eaton.
to their house on Gladys avenue
The Skinner family is holding a
Monday.
Christmas reunion here this year.
Notice to all members Modern Those who will be present are Mr.
Woodmen of America. Be present and Mrs. W. H. Skinner who have
at special meeting at Mack’s ball sold their ranch at Orence and are
Friday night, Dec. 23, 1921. Elec- spending the winter here, Mr. and
tion of officers and other important Mrs. C. H. Skinner, Dr. and Mrs.
Ray G. Skinner of Boise, Miss Ruth
business. J S. West, V. C.
W. R. Longhorn, Clerk. Skinner of Berkeley, Calif., Catherine
Skluner of Portland and Helen Skin­
Lew and W. W. Rogers have fin­ ner of McMinnville. Ray Skinner
ished the big wooden bridge they is already here and the ladies will
have been building on the Holdman bo here in time for Christmas.
-Cold Springs hghway 10 miles east
of Hermiston. The structure is 18 “ THE OLD NEST TO BE AT
feet wide and 120 feet long. They
PLAY HOUSE CHRISTMAS ¡
R. C. CHALLIS, Prop.
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havo begun work on a smaller bridge
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at the junction of the north and
One of the finest casts ever as­
south forks of Cold Springs canyon. sembled will be seen in "The Old 3 b b b i i b b b b b b b b b b B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B k i
Nest,” the Rupert Hughes story of
Wm. Kennedy, former real estate mother love and American family
pnrtner of E. P. Dodd and now of life, that will be shown at the Play
Portland, is the father of a baby girl House Christmas. The story is a
born on December 14.
film version of a short story that ap­
peared In the Saturday Evening Post,
H. K. Dean, E. P. Dodd, Chas. and was produced by the Goldwyn
Webber, F. C. McKenzie, H. M. company.
Schilling, W. J. Warner, J. T. Hinkle
The director, Reginald Barker, Is
and J. W. Messner were visitors to well known for the many fine pro­
the Irrigation congress at Pendleton ductions he has made for Goldwyn.
last week.
In the cast Mary Alden plays the
leading role, that of the mother, who
W. S. Mitchell returned Monday appears first as the young matron
from Pendleton where ho has been with her six children of school age.
in St. Anthony’s for the last six Then, a little older, with greying
Weeks. He is getting along nicely hair, she is their companion and ad­
now.
visor. Finally, they grow to man­
hood and womanhood, leave the old
“ G I F T S T i l A T I . A S 1 ’’
Miss June Rowe has received tho nest and strike out into the world for
snd news of the recent death near themselves. Here, the poignancy of
JEWELER and WATCHMAKER
Chicago of her fiance, David Merton Miss Alden’s acting as the old moth­
H e r m is to n , O re g o n
Halleck.
er io Irresistible.
were over 180.
By A. C. Voelker
We live in the midst of a splendid
farming community. There was a
time when tho idea was prevalnt that
a man that had falld in business or
in a profession could make a success
at farming. Experience han proven
that forming is a science and that a
person to be successful in this line of
work must have some training for it.
To meet this demand agricultural
colleges have sprung up in practical,
ly every state and thousands of boys
and girls are receiving help that they
may go back on the farm and bo bet­
ter and happier farmers.
Two Kinds oi Education
There are two ways of looking at
education, one is that it will enlargo
a man’s earning capacity, and tho
other is that it will enlargo his man­
hood. Tho one view Is purely utili­
tarian.
According to It every
study must have some practical end,
no study is worth while unless It In­
creases the pupil's power to earn a
living. The pupil who follows this
view studies arithmetic and hook
kepi ng because he expects to enter
business, and latin and algebra be-
causo he expects to teach. Even to­
day there are some people who think
that no part of one’s education is
good unless it is an aid to earning
dollars and cents.
My aim is to tell you why a farm
hoy should receive a liberal educa­
tion. Nearly every farmer will agree
that a practical education in alright
for his boy, but not all will take
this view of a liberal education which
Is just tho opposite of a practical ed­
ucation. The object of a liberal ed­
ucation in to enlargo and discipline
tho mind and make it master of its
own powers, irrespective of its in­
fluence on one's future business or
profession he may follow. The per­
son Inclining extremely to thin view’
might bo well educated and still not
have the capacity of earning a llv-
int*.
Most schools of today place the
"bread and butter” subject along
side those that are purely cultural
subjects.
Education Pays
li my subject were not modified
by the word "liberal,” I would say
to the farmer boy to go to school
fur it will pay him iu dollars and
cents. He would be less likely to be
taken in by the gold brick man. He
would be better able to understand
tho market and so could buy and sell
to better advantage. He could
plan more carefully and use better
judgement In the sowing and har­
vesting of crops and the saving of
waste matter. With u good educa­
tion he might make a living on few­
er acres of Oregon soil with less
work. Understanding the botany
of the fields and forests, the geology
and chemistry of the soil, the zoology
of pasture and barnyard, his apples
would be sweeter, his hogs fatter,
his cattle In better condition and In
fact he would know at the beginning
of his career what it usually takes
a life time to find out.
But I am to show you why tho
farmer boy should be educated in
mathematics, in music, In literature.
In urt. In science, in history, in
language, why he should be trained
in these branches though they do
not Increase his earning power. Life
means more than the sordid grasping
after material things. The average
farmer is not unappreciative of mus­
ic and art and poetry and refine­
ment. He feels that tho development
of his powers and possibilities the
expansion of his normal nature and
the cultivation of his tastes Ito with­
in the realm of his opportunities. If
tho college man knows that thought
without work is idle dreaming, the
farmer knows that, 'work without
thought
hi drudgery.
Without
theso higher aspirations and feelings
life sinks to the level of mere ex­
istence.
siv« caskets in which to lay the re-
mains of their loved ones when a
pine box would have done tho serv-
ice just as well. But was there no
valuó in this costly expression of
heart broken grief? There are form­
rs who have given hundreds of dol-
lais in the name of religion for the
spread of truth, for the diffusion of
civilization and the salvation of man-
kind. Are such expenditures made
with an eye single to practical re­
turns?
I think that you will agree that
sentiment and beauty and religion
and the higher things of life cost
moro and ore more valuablo than the
bare necessities of food, clothing and
shelter.
Eveiy farmer boy should receive
a liberal education in order that he
may realize all tho normal possibil­
ities of life. The development of
his manhood should be the chief end
in view. An ideal must be formed
consisting of a symmetrically devel­
oped body, a keen, well balanced
mind, capable of acute observation,
comprehensive imagination and ac­
curate judgement, a taste for the
beautiful in sound, in color, in form
and in rhythm, a heart tender, brave,
true and noble, a well rounded char­
acter, beautiful when viewed from
any standpoint. Xt lies within the
potsibilities of the farmer boy to at­
tain this ideal. His eye can appreci­
ate, his mind can realize, his soul can
commune with the infinity of good
beauty and truth, within his own
nature if he receives the advantages
of un education.
One difficulty is that a farmer of­
ten secs the frills and appendages
of a high school and college educa­
tion, when the real benefits are not
seen. The farmer boy may be gain­
Students who have returned home
ing a deep insight into the beauties for the Christmas holidays Include
of literature, but the farmer sees Miss Bertha McKeen from University
only the high collar, tho fancy of Oregon. Logan Todd and Gordon
clothes, the long hair and the citi­ Shotwell from O. A. C., Mlpses Jane
fied ways of his son. The farmer Gunn and Dorothy Briggs from the
can see the sense of arithmetic and Oregon Normal and Misses Emily
book keeping, but he can see no Shotwell and Laura Phipps from
use in algerbra and logarithms. He Whitman.
is absolutely disgusted when It comes
to sports for he sees the time they
A number of improvements have
take but docs not see their help in
character building. “My boy has been made in the Hotel Oregon dur­
graduated” said an old farmer. "He ing the past week. The lobby and
has begun to get some sense. The dining room have been revarntshed
second year at school he was quart- and the counter moved to the north
side of the dining room.
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Dressed Chickens at 27c
Dressed Geese at 30c
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OGDEN’S
Is the best place to get that
eleventh hour
PRESENT
WM. H. OGDEN
COLUMBIA NEWS NOTES
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
The Neighborhood club will hold
its next regular meeting Dec. 28 at
Columbia school house. Don’t for­
get that this Is to be a "gift” meet­
ing. Each one is to bring an inex­
pensive gift to exchange with some­
one.
Columbia school was dismissed
Monday on account of the bad weath­
er, but was called again Tuesday and
continued the remainder of the week.
back, and the last year he was full
Don’t forget the community tree
W. A. Ford and Harold Benjamin
back; and now, by gum, ho is way
were two Umatilla visitors of Herm­ and program at the school house
back.”
Friday evening. The school has
The educated farmer boy measure., iston Saturday. Mr. Ford is clerk been working hard on the program
of
the
school
district
and
Mr.
Ben-
values from a new stand point. The
jnmin principal.
The Umatilla and promises us a good one. The
unseen and not the seen prossesses
school district is -one of the most soliciting was done by a representa­
the
gieuter
reality.
Subline
prosperous In the state with no out­ tive committee selected from the
thoughts produce greater pleasures standing warrants and a huge cash Sunday school and tho Neighborhood
club. Everyone welcome. „
than a full purse and a kind heart balanco on hand.
'Is as valuable as a skilled hand.
O. O. Fe'thou8e was a Pendleton
Spiritual discernment is finer than
Sam Rodgers returned from Port­
visitor
Monday.
judgement of material things. The land Wednesday of last week and
farm is no longer narrow and con- ¡has now reopened his Oak Tan Shoe
The poultry demonstration which
fined. Work ceases to be a drudgery Store. His brick building has been
was to have beeen given at the E. E.
for every flower by the wnyside be- finished and is an attractive addition
Graham ranch on Tuesday was post­
comes a type of truth, every rock to the Main street business section, poned because of the weather. A
becomes a land mark of some past
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meeting was held in Hermiston at
ftg0 every one of God’s creatures is
The new Knights of Pythias of- the Oregon Hardware building in­
not so much an object of traffic as it ■ fleers elected for next year aro as stead.
'is a manlfestatin of the creative follows; R. A. Brownson, C. C.; H.
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Haddox and
power of the 'Infinite. Thus lifjr M. Notz, V. C.; Ed. McKeen, P.; E.
takes on a new meaning, "God’s in O. Comegys, M. W.; H. C. Miller. Frank Wauganmn motored to Pen­
His heaven, all's right with tho M. A.; W. H. McMillen, K. R. S.; V. dleton Wednesday.
C. Woughter, M. F .; F. N. Whitney,
world.”
F. N.; Harry Kelley, I. G.; W. A.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Meyers havo
The benefits that would come to Miles, O. G.; R. C. Challis, Trustee.
gone to Portland to spend the holi­
the people in general if education
days.
we.o moro universally diffused can- I
c G, rner returncd home
rot be conjectured. Our manner of Wednesday morn|ng from his studies
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Leathers spent
life is higher than that of our fathers
North Pacific Dental college. He the week-end in Pendleton returning
600 years ago. What w© would gain wtn spend the hollldays here with Sunday evening.
by further education can be realized his parents Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Gar­
Mrs. W. W. Felthouse and daught­
only by comparing our present con­ ner before returning to school.
er, Margaret, returned Wednesday
dition with what it would bo if we
had no education at all. If 'our
Rev. Father Ignatus Collins, a from Denver where they have been
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public schools would close for 25 chaplain In the British army for visiting Mrs. Felthouse’s mother,
years, mlllins of our population several years was an interesting vis­ Mrs. Mary Newcomer, for the past
would sink to the level of Russian itor In Hermiston Monday, leaving on month.
serfs. Our farmers now independent tho night train. Father Collins saw BUSINESS BUILDS AT BOARDMAN
would become the vassals of a few feervico with the British expendition-
Make Life Worth Living
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If there Is one thing that educa­ «apttallsts. Why? Because tmmigra- Bry ,orCM ,n rranc8 dur‘ng ‘J 18 / ore
tion can do It is to make life worth tion pours in a horde of ignorant ‘ part of the war. He was In Paris at fected the hay market the view la
living. We must not value man’s I people. Our school systems make ! the time of the first battle of the decidedly hopeful.
Plans are being worked out for
earning power too highly. If a man ' Intelligent, respectable citizens of Marne in 1914 and was with an in­
the
development of a 10 acre park
fantry
regiment
in
the
great
Somme
had no higher value than to earn
hmown living', he wouid’ bo no Z - t‘hCm *nd ‘J**/ eMWren, ,ncr8a!',n« drlve'of l'918. The last 13 months site east of the school grounds and
ler than a horse, for the keeping of 'anor"n'•‘, of »’”*
¡of the war he spent with the British the improvement of a 20 acre cem­
a horse costs less than the keeping the signal to devise laws for the on the Italian front, which he says etery site east of town, and the O. W.
of a man, and a good horse can earn benefit of the capitalist and corpor­ was a vacation after the fighting in R. A N. have an item In the 1922
as much per day as a poor man. Hu. ation. Wo want the farmer boy ed- France. After the armistice he was budget for a depot. C. H. Latourit-
man lifo should he more than pro­ nested in civics and political economy In Russia for a time and since then te of Heppner is building a cement
viding food and raiment and hord­ so that he will understand the po- hns been an army chaplain In India. building on the highway which will
ing those things that must eventual- lltlcal problems before us today, and He Is now on his way back to his be the headquarters of tho Ford !
'agency for this section.
ly return to dust.
he able to help solve them Inieill- old homo in southern Ireland.
We often pRy the highest prices rently. Thus the farmer hoy. If cal­
for the things that bring us no re­ led upon, could represent his dis­
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turns. There are farmers who have trict In the state legislature or In
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pianos in their homes when thev Coe"ress. Unfversrl edueeilon of
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could have bought a good piece of our laboring classes will give them
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farm machinery for tho money. Tho
lb» power wblcb comes knowledge
piano blings them no money, but Is
the music in a happy family circle will sbsbn wickedness which sits en- Î
of no value? There are farmers who »*»’•"'*''
at this season of the year are spend- , **'*’ dtstlnctlcn feiween the bleb :
Ing for Christ "'ns, without expert-
tbe ’ow. will evalt the dlrnltv
Ing any return or compensation, but of labor. *"d etetke the shackles of
Isn’t It worth while to make some ^nwn trodden humanity, and hrln» I
1 P .M . $1 per plate
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rre happy at Chrtstnaastlde? There e be.it the universal brotherhood of
arc farmers who havo bought expen- mB_
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Morrow County creamery
Company
H EPPN ER , O R E G O N
Will pay highest m arket price for butterfat.
Honest weights and test. Give us a trial shipment.
W. C. Cox, Manager
S p e a k in g
HOTEL HERMISTON
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Sunday, Dec. 25,1921
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of
C h r is t in a s
P o u ltr y
This will be the place to get it.
We will have ducks, chickens
and turkeys. Always the best
to be had in meats.
CITY MEAT MARKET
SIKEY ft HENDERSON, Prop.
B est B attery for W inter Use
O L D weather driving make« heavier demands
upon any storage battery. Engines are stiff—
oil is sluggish— gasoline vaporizes slowly— lights
bvra longer— and the severe cold tends to cause
battery deterioraticn. O nly a battery o f maximum
power and vitality can meet these demands.
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! Christmas Dinner at the
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35 cents per pound
The Prest-O-Lite Storage Battery has proven in the
toughest of cold weather tests, to be by far the best
battery for winter use.
W h y be satisfied with anything short o f the be'.t?
There’s a Prest-O-Lite for every car.
Hermiston Auto Co.
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