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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (March 9, 1920)
ffEDTOTTO WKVTj TRTROTTE, rET)FORA 01,F!0t. TTKaiWV, MATCH r 0. 1020. PXTTE FTTH SUPERINTENDENT 1. DAVENPOR I BOARD CONDEMNED L AT PARENTS MEETING YESTERDAY Tlicfircwhi. li h,ls Ions been I took part in ihc mectiii" sinoldcnnir m the parent-teacher onlv three m,.,. ,.-...,,7. circles of the citv has been fanned into n blaze Ijv the wholesale drop, pins of tenehcrs bv the school ad niinistrution. Tlic fire Touched such proportion at a called mcetimr of the l'arcnt Teachcr council, which is coirtposed )f tho officers of the various I'nrcnt Teacher associations of the citv, held -vestcrduv afternoon at the public li brary that n resolution calling' upon Superintendent Uavenport to rein was read. It would have been adopt ed uiianiinouslv in view of the temper of the nssaiablaL'e, hnl wiser council prevailed and it was decided to hold the resolution in abeyance tint il alter tonight's mcetim: with the school board at which Ihe hoard's siili. iiml superintendent's side of the situation 1 '"- "'.e K,n"l hoard as well There were inelnilinc )i iiinui. tremblim: newspaper reporter. JtciiMin for Dissatisfaction The onlv male speaker was Win. .1. Warner, assistant postmaster, who arrived late. He said that the wav he looked at the situation after hav iin: delved into it from everv iimrle was that if a teacher backed up Mr. Davenport she was a very efficient educator, hut if she ilid not back him up .-he was onlv a mediocre teacher. His brief remarks were irreeted with approval. In fact, everv utterance of Ihc speakers was met with head nods and "ves sirs" of approval, and some times liandclappinir broke forth. One speaker who advocated clean- is expected to be civen. and at which the I'arent-Teaeher bodies will de mand tho reason whv each teacher was lopped off from next year's staff. Slass Mooting Tonight The meetinir tonisrht with the school lioard is in the nature of a public mass meetinir and the I'arent Teaclicr council urires the parents of the pupils and all school patrons to nltend. The meetinir is expected to bo vcrv intcrostinir. The meetinir will He' tjold at the hisrff school' huildinir it A1 birins at 7:!!0 o'clock. ' ,. .';Tho .'' superintendent and school lioiird were invited to, attend yester day; afternoon's hiirricdlv arra'nired meeting at 4 o'clock, but thev could not attend because of the time, set for the mitherinc ?,nd invited the I'arent-Teaeher council to attend the board's reeular nioctihir tonisrht. Can't Ignore Situation Mrs. K. V. M'uddox president of the council, in calling the meetinir to gether, and stutimr its purpose, stilted her roirret that things had reached such a staire in tho educa tional affairs of the citv, but said that the situation could not he ienored as the school administration had treated a number of the oldest and most efficient teachers unfairly and with injustice bv dropping them from next year's tenchimr staff. "We don't want to e rash,"' Mrs. Maddox said,, "but we want to see that jus tice is done." She then stated that the meeting was open for expression of opinion. The spcakinir was slow in starting, but after .one or two .had spoken, it besran rapidtv to warm up, the spenkers bohhiuir up one after another as pop com does in the nan. All the remarks were of the same tenor, nncoinplinientarv to the administration of Superintendent iJuvcnport and the school hoard and commending a number of the well known tea'chers who . had been de posed. 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It helps keep them In fine condition to resist coltts and dangerous children s diseases. 85 cents at all drofffrists. Lincoln Pro prietary Co., Ft. Wayne, Ind. the superintendent, aroused cnthu siasia. One fact hroiiirlil out at the meet ing was that the school hoard mem bers never viiled the schools, and several teachers said that Superin tendent Davenport had never visited their rooms and irivcn them Tiersonnl advice or personally consulted thcia about their tcacliimr. One teacher said that in six vears onlv one mem ber of a school board had visited her school room and he was Mr. lJahner. who made his visit a vear or two ayo. Miiny Speeches Mndo Kxcerpts from the various talks made at the mcotinir are the follow ing: "We have the riirht as tax pavers and parents of pupils to know- the reasons of the superintendent and school board for the droppinir of these teachers. This dropping of ex perienced, efficient teachers is all the more remarkable because of the irreat shortaire of teachers irencrallv throughout the I'nited States. "'I'he teachers were rejected in a wav that is not onlv n ureat injus tice to them, but to the school pa trons and pupils. 'The school administration, in its efforts to maintain the schools at hisrh standard should do il bv evo lution and not bv revolution. We are all in svnipathv with ninintnin insr a hiirh standard, hut lonir proven teachers of known efficiency should be retained in service, although thev are not unite up to the normal school or college standard set bv the administration. Thev staved witlu Ihe Med ford schools tciicliitir durintr the war. although thev could have none to other cities at much increased salaries and thereby made our irirls and bovs better bv their example." "Would it not have been much bet ter if the superintendent had ouietlv hinted to the teachers who were to be dropped that thev should not make application to teach here next year? This would have left them in a much better position to find schools else where. As it is. a ureal injustice, has been done them.'' I''ulllrc Outlook Dubious "The Medford schools are ruined for next year if these discharges of capable teachers are allowed to stand, thromrh the fact thai the teachers will all he nervous and ap prchensive ' for fear .of doinir some Iriflimr little thinir wrontr. The schools arc even somewhat demoralized for the rest of this vear because of this teachers situation. Whv, in the hiirli school today the students were busy all day lonir in eircitlatinir and draw ing up petitions for the retention ol this or that teacher that was dropped." "If the dropped teachers were de posed because of not bcinir in sym pathy with the administration, why then, everv teacher in the Medford schools should feel the ax. Thev are all of one senliincnl.'' "If Mr. Davenport wants to dis miss these teachers perhaps that is all the more reason why thev should be retained." (Applause). "Bv removimr five of its best leachers, the backbone of the staff of Washington school has been taken nwav. "This is a matter for our rejuve nated chamber of commerce to take up and act on for the public L'ooil." Gudrun Walberg as "Sunshine Lady" at Page Next Monday I - tx. t? ; ' ' 1 . r , ' ' r? ' 'MR' VISITS K. P. LODGE meetings. Since the I). O. K. K. tem ple has been installed ovorvone is workiiiK lor the next ceremonial at Vreka eaily in Jane. At last nis-'ht's meeliiiK of the Knights of Pythias il was anntAinced that the fcraud chancellor of the do main c;' DrcKon. Julian V. Hurley would pay an official visit to this lodge. March J'.Mh. As slate senator he has represented eastern Oregon tor several years with saecefs. He is an able 'and hrilliaut speaker and local knights are looking forward to all interesting session. A delegation Oi knights from Jlornhrook extended an Invitation to their ball, 1'riday, March 1'Jth, the event being a sort of house-warming of their newly pur thaseil hall. "Standing room only" will have to be displayed at future 5 Western Electric Power and Light Plants X Paul Pumping Systems i ' i i Thor Washers and Ironers !; j ; Hotpoint Appliances t i? Eureka Vacuum Cleaners 4 Hotpoint Ranges. J Power and Light Wiring Line Construction j$ Motor Installations J i Paul's Electric Store Main at Central Phone 90 t ('otnpnriitivo foinmrnts, hv ninnvlniust oxtirborant cvt'tiin tern critirs ol' tho easnu's itiusical (.'omeilv output, M-enis to iriuaist a genuine treat in llie (Vtrtliedining ap pearance at the Pa-re theatre. Monday niglit. Manli 1", ol' "My Sunshine Lady," LcCcnil and Heeler's bril liant, fairy-tale nuiHical pl;iv. Kxtravnirnntlv flat:eil and color ful, unusually happy in its cast of musical conu'ilians and 'Vnncs,'1 an abundant chorus of aniplv dressed beauties, and wilhall, reyclliur in tliat rarity in these dnvs nf - musical shows (a really funny plot.) it has been niiite ircneralh -oncedel liy eastern reviewers thai it "possesses about all of the essentials to musica!- entertam- inent of anything iliseovered on Iroadway since the duly first na tional advent of the two and seventy five hundredths per eent." The hook and Ivries by Howard McKenl ltiinii's and the score hv llar bv A I ford b rings logether one of the itttst. )ritniiug' combinations of au thor and composer since (iilbert and Sullivan's voi:ue and their delightfully successful collaboration in this work has given them ptolnincnce, second to no other duo of present day young writers for the stage. The play is properly plotless, vet the situations are breezily connected and the relations of (he ijianv pictur esque ciinwciers m Hie luuicous eoin- 'omedv T)opularity and otfers the idicatioii distincllv interwoven E F ATIEtnO KILL Our New Spring Woolens Have Arrived Together with a complete hook of correct, styles for men and young men, designed by the celebrated house of good tailoring ED. V. PRICE & CO. Mav we have the pleasure if showing vou the choicest of new patterns and qualities for the snrinn and sucmer spason. and tell you how reasonable thev can be tailored to your Indi vidua! measurement in a manner bound to in spire the ouestion lP0 Gus, The Tailor 105 W. Main St., Medford, Ore. Exclusive Local Dealer. A vigorous campaign in .lackst.n county has heen started against vio lation of the game laws and notice lias been served ly local gamo war dens that violators will bo prosecuted to the full extent of the law. On Sunday Game Wardens Ed Walker and I'at Daily started their offensive against violators and in record time made two hauls, one in the Little Butte district, and llio eth er on tho Applegato at tho other end of the county. In Iho first raid Louis Walsh aud Lester rradshaw were arrested when caught in tho act of dogging deer. They confessed their crime -before Justice Taylor Monday, Walsh, owner of the dogs and an old offender being fined $T0 and llradshaw, his compan ion, $25. lloth yo'ung men belong to prominent families in the Wellen dis trict. On tho Applegato Hoy Pike and Robert Tnhbs were arrested in the act of dynamiting fish just below the government hatchery. As fines for this offense exceed f'JO'O bnih young men were held for the grand jury, altho they offered lo plead guilty. Daily and Walker believe thai these two arrests will go far toward dcing away with similar violations of tho game code in southern Oregon. In tho first arrest the two game wardens hid behind a rotten log for nearly an hour watching Walsh and llradshaw and had the unpleasant ex perience of having the shots at the deer pass over their heads as pursued by tile dogs It ran within Iwenty feel of them, in neither easo did the of fenders make, an resistance. In the Rutte creek district altho there is no public sentiment against killing deer for food there Ih strung sentiment against using dogs for this tpnds to scare Ihe deer out of that part of the country entirely. Incidentally tho officers found a strong run of steclhead in tho Apple gate and predict that in spite of low water there will be goorl hteelhead fishing in Kngtic river this summer. WASHINGTON". Mnr. !. C'liarce that members of the house ways anii means committee were "enileavoriii'-' to, kill bonus legislation bv clelav" were made Induv hv I'liairman Kord nev when Ihe eoinmitlee resumed heariiiL's on soldier relief legislation. 'I inn readv lo lieiriu business now," the chairman said, when mem bers sirjL'cslcd heariims be postponed until niter the legislative eoniinil lee, ol' Ihe American Lruion lias met .March 22 lo further consider soldier relief plans. "I don't waul lo crowd this meas ure, bill we know Ihe attitude of for mer service men,'' the chairman con tinued. "Kvcrv officer who had troml pav doesn't want a holms, 'flic pri -vales who suffered financial losses are overwhelmingly in favor of some relief plan.-' lieiirescntalive Kitchin, democrat. North Carolina, said treasury deparl llient oflicials oilyht, to be heard bv I In- committee before nnv plan was worked out. The committee decided to call Scc reatrv Houston. Assistant Secretary l.el'fine.wctl and (inventor llardiiiL' of Ihe federal reserve board Thursdav. RECORD PRODUCTION OF MINERALS IN CANADA OL'KUKC. Mar. 'J. A record value of fin. 7111, Oil") for mineral produc tion in Canada, was reach in jdll). according to the annual retairt of the Oucbec bureau of mine- of the department ot colonization, mine-, and fisheries, issued todav. The total was nearly .2.(Hl(l.0(KI more than that for lUks, NO MAN'S LAND IS BEING SEEDED WITH HUN GRAIN I'AlilS. Mar. it. ( Krencli wire less service) Sowinir of the devus tnted areas of France has been ex pedited bv deliveries from (lennnin of oats and barley, accordim: to orders of Ihe reparations eoinuii sum. the minister ol the nueraiiM rcu'ioiis reports that this seed is of excellent finality. If You ve Arry Doutls as to whether coffee . is a friend to your nerves, drink two or three cupfuls at bedtime and think about it during the wakeful night. YouM also think of P0STUM Therm's a Reason AUCTION SALE Shorthorn Cattle Held under auspices of Pacific Xorlliwcsl tionauil Klamath County Farm Bureau. Sliort-lhini Krcedci's' Associa- 21 Bulls 35 Head 14 Cows Coiuiiynors V. V. (liven, Union, Oregon; C. 0. (larretl, (ilemlale, Oregon, Sale Held at O. K. Barn KLAMATH FALLS, ORE. MAR. 1 3 E. J. Fjeldsted, Sales Manager Steels in a Maxwell that Defy Time Tiik steels in a Maxwell arc as good as the steels in any car built. For the very mission of a Maxwell is economy of trans portation. One single superfluous pound burdens the car's elliciency. Therefore it had to he light but it had to be strong; it had to endure; it had to stand the worst of road shocks. To make it strong but light in weight meant the very generous use of those rare steels that pro vide both. In that way a Maxwell came to be endowed with steels that defy tune, defy wear, defy shock, defy the moods of the careless driver. Vou will find a Maxwell de livers extended mileage as long life as any car built, no matter u hat the price. And not only long mileage but economic mileage. Because line steels give. little trouble and light weight spins out the mile age on a gallon of gasoline. Such traits have made friends for the Maxwell in ever growing numbers nearly 400,000 to date. Only 100,000 ran be built this year. 1 natmransoU.UUU will have to take another car besides Maxwell a second-choice car. A. W. Walker Auto Co. MEDFORD, ORE
