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DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1007.
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HOFER BROS., P"" and Pfoptfetorg
E. HOFER, Editor. A. F. HOFER, Manager.
IHE JOURNAL STANDS FOR PRO GRESS, DEVELOPMENT,
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GOOD
THE NORMAL SCHOOL SITUATION IS OREGON.
No subject of controversy has beon more thoroughly aired In the pross
and on political campaigns, than whether this state shall support four
normal schools. The result of tho agitation and discussion has not beon
ntnl so far to any of tho schools thnt have beon established, but it la
gcnornlly conceded that if tho stato does not keep, tho present system,
them tho stae must, in Justice to the needs of tho public schools,
establish and maintain ono or two largo well-equipped Institutions, either
ono or two much larger than any normal school now in the state. Tho
location of Buch n school or schools would be a now bono of contention.
Tho prosonco In tho Btato of many private and sectarian schools where
normal training classes nro conducted docs not seem to lessen tho de
mand for stato normal schools.
What Aro the General Facts.
Lato compilations of statistics show that practically every Btqto and
territory maintains normal schools for tho training of teachers for the
public schools. Taking tho cost per studont for ono year's training for
ouch student enrolled, tho United States had in 1003 about fifty thousand
normal school ntudonts at1 an avorago cost por year per student of $70
oxponso on tho part of tho stato. Tho statistics furthor show that
whllo tho groat bulk of Amorlcan school children attend tho country
Tichools, theno samo ungraded country schools secured tho services of
very fow toachoro who had over been Inside of n normnl school, This Is
truo of Orogoh schools, and tho Stnto Orange has mado n demand that
additional facilities bo given for equipping tho teachors who go out to
teach tho country schools with at lonst a year of professional training.
To covoi' this nqcd ono of tho first stops of tho new Btato normal school
l)onrd wns to adopt a resolution calling for tho preparation of a courso
of study to bo Introduced In high schools for tho training of thoso who
Inland to bucomo school teachers. This work cannot tako tho placo of
regular normal school training, but would iiorvo as nn Introduction to
tho professional oxporlohco to bo ncqtilrod lator, both by actual teaching
tuid furthor study of the sclnnco of jlodagogy. In ohnnglng from local
boards In control of tho Orogon Normal schools, to ono bonrd of control
liavlng oontrallzod pnwors, this Btato is Innn ora of transition, when nil
should patiently Btrlvo lo lay now (loop nnd brond foundations for hlgh
or and bettor rosults In public education. Wo need prlvnto nnd soctnrlu'i
uchools for training tonohorH, but Orogon nods and must hnvo more
thorough training of more oloirtontury tonchers oapoclally for tho un
graded country suhool.
Work of tho Nw lloiml.
Immodlntoly upon assembling tho new Stnto Normal School Hoard,
uppolntod by Govornor Chainborlain, took Btops to socuro an Inventory
of tho property of oach school, a flnaiiclal statement of tho condition of
onch school's resources nnd HhbtlUoa, called togfthor tho four prosldonts
and Boourod from thoni a statement of tholr needs nnd plans, Bocurod a
conference of those olllolals with a commlttoo of tho r"gonts thnt rosultod
In an uniform courso of study for all tho hcIiooIs, and oloctod a socrotnry
In tho person of ox-County Supt. Starr of Polk county. Mr. Starr was
virtually tendered tho olllcu bocnuso of tho rocord ho had mndo In sue
coHsful and progressive hcIioo! administration In his county, having held
two BiicccMHful school fairs In which noarly all tho school chlldron of tho
county participated along now Industrial and agricultural linos, nnd
having hold tho first county conventions of school ofllcorfl which rosul'.od
In tho adoption of a now law requiring an annual conforonco of auch
school oillcciH to Bocuro bottor nnd moro uniform school adinlnlHtrntion.
New UiiIom Adopted.
Under tho now rulo adopted tho four normal schools of Orogon will
hocuio not only uniformity of professional work and oqulpmont, but uni
formity of book koeplug, purchase of Buppllos, and omploytnont or nil
teachers through ono commlttoo, but uniform llnnnclnl managomont, and
nil tuition, foos, ontoluntunU and perquisites whatever will go into tho
normnl school fund nnd be disbursed through tho now bonrd, with tho
Hurrotnry acting as tho business managur nnd purchasing ngont of tho
board. With such a Mystom It is going to bo . posalhlo to rollovo tho
local toaehlng fpreo and omployo ' all but strictly educational work,
ilmlulstratlon putting outlruly, at least In biislnoH mattors, through
tho Hoorotury's olllcu and through the hands of commlttoo-. Tuition foes
at tho stato normal schools have l.uon roducod to a nominal amount of
512 per annum, but there will bo a armxt saving nccompllshed uudor tho
now system, and tho oarnlngH or the schools, nnd tho npproprlntlons
glvon thom will bo oxp-ndod ultiioit outlruly In tho work of prepnrlng
teachers for tho public scIiooIh. The four schools havo nn oqulpmont
for handling about 1,000 students if each school woro attondod to It
full capacity. A rough ostlinato Indicates that tho work of training that
number of persouB for school toachers can bo carried on for about fifty
dollars per capita por year, and suroly whon tho Btato pays that sum for
tho euro of Its orphans It can proporly invost that sum In tho preparation
of Its school touchers. In my opinion another thousand vouiik men and
young womon should bo given a tuachor's training course In tho high
liclioolrt of tho state ouch your.
Value of the Plants.
Tho property voided In this board by tho now law amounts to nearly
two-hundred thousand dollars, and consists of buildings for school pur
poses, lands, libraries, and apparatus. At oach of the schools tho public
school children aro used as training nintorlal for tho training clnssos, and
In at least two of the hoIumIh tho ontlro public school Is bodily absorbed
In tho normal school as a training department. Monmouth and Drain
havo no separate public huIiooIb from tho training department of tho
normal school. This Is believed to have tho host poalblo results, af
fording those who nro entering the tenoning profession tho largest op
portunity for experience nnd application from day to day of tho theory
or teaching In actual practice. Tho Inventorlos of tho schools called for
at tho first mission of this board show following valuation of normal
Bchool property belonging to tho state:
Monmouth j G7.S93
WoHtun .... 00,720
AWiluiul i..,. ,,J 30,101
Scrofula
Few nro entirely freo from it.
It may develop bo slowly as to cnueo
little if any disturbance during tho wholo
period of childhood.
It may thon produce dyspepsia, ca
tarrh, and marked tendency to con
sumption, beforo causing eruptions,
sores or swellings. .,,..
To get entirely rid of it.tako tho great
blood-purifier,
Hood's Sarsaparilla
In usual liquid form or In chocolated tablets
known as Sarsatabs. 100 doses $1.
Idle money is not profitable.
Every dollar ought to be earning:
something.
If you have Idle money on hand
awaiting investment, you can
make It wmi three per cent by
(hqiosltlng It in our Savings De
partment, where It will be nvnil
ablc when wanted.
Savings Department
Capital National
Bank
CORVALLIS & EASTERN R. R.
Drain
20.000
Hqulpiucut of I ho Schools
DqhIiIm dusks, table, and all the usual oqulpmont for a normal
moIiooi, nih ImUltutlou ha a library uspoolally dovotod to works on
podagogy, pnyehology ami tho thuory and si'tunqo and praotloo of
toaehlng, Including hundreds of textbooks for use of student In class
rooms. Tho ultimate design woms to bo to havo the stuto furnish all
tho hooka and suppllee needed by those who aro spending tholr tlmo In
preparing themselves for the teaching profusion. Tho prcwont board
has placed tho work of .elentluoally equipping tho libraries and reading
rooms under tho direction of tho atnt library commission. Catalogs will
bo mado with systematic card Indexo to secure for tho studonts the
largest use of tin books furnished by tho etate. Tho Intontlon Is to
huvo tho libraries of the normal sohoots conducted by tho state of a high
viinnicivr iroiu a nruuswnni sinnupomt, especially stroug tu history
und branches constituting tho science of education. Each normal
school Is also equipped with chemical and physios laboratories, with
manual training and domestic- science equipments, for thoso brnucho
nro bocomlnrc moro nnd more recognised as legitimate nnd all-Important
parts of publlo school work. It Is a serious question whethor tho stato
would bo Justlfta! In rotalnlng this property and equipment and lotting
U lie Idlo. It tho schools at Drain nud Monmouth nro not operatod a,
normal schools, some ono must bo appointed to havo charge of tho build
lugs and equipments, nuij tho training departments must be leased to
tho local school district (or public school purposes.
Tlic Men In Charge.
It can bo said that the gentlemen In charge of each of tho Oregon
normal schools is thoroughly Identl fled with tho educational system of
this state, has had special preparati on for this particular work, and is
giving heart, soul and Intellect to the cause of training teachers.
President Ressler of Monmouth secured his preparation in the Otterbeln
university and, tho Ohio state university, was teacher in tho Oregon
state university one year, was city superintendent of tho Eugene public
Bchools three years and eBta'blished the high Bchool there, and has now
been at tho head of Monmouth for five years. President French of tho
Weston Normal school in eastern Oregon, has traveled In Europe
and Is a man of culturo and enthusiasm. Ho recelvdd a preparatory
education In a Massachusetts academy, graduated from a normal
school, waB at tho head of tho Chico, Calif., normal school, has served
the Monmouth normal school and the Y. M. C. A. work at Salt Lake, and
has beon with tho Weston normal school since Its organization. President
Mulkey of tho Ashland school is a grudunto of Monmouth, was a teacher
there for four years and was elected to the head of the Ashland school
five years ago. Ho has tho loyal support of that community and of tho
studcilt body and graduates all over the stato, as havo each of tho
respectlvo presidents of tho normals. Mr. Mulkey was not only n good
country school teacher In tho Bethel neighborhood of Polk county, but
was twice county clerk and twice stnto senator. Ho is a man of more
than ordinary ability as a public speaker and known over the entlro
state. President Brlggs of Drain normal school 1b a graduate of Mon
mouth, taught In the loading cities of tho Btato, was principal of several
of tho larger schools, has been at tho head of tho Drain Bchool three
years, and htiB been offered a place on tho faculty of the Ashland normnl I
school. Of tho faculty of each school this review will not permit mon
tlon. They are Bclcctcd from all the higher normal training schools and
universities of tho United States, specialists. They aro of value to this
stato far beyond any salary that may bo paid thom. The faculty of ench
Echoolvas elected nnd their salaries fixed by tho retiring boards of
regents. Mnny of thoso teachers know tho porsonal peculiarities and
needs of tho young men and women with whom they havo been working
for yenrs. It would bo n mlsfortuno If this state should havo to close
any ono of those normal schools at present whon with now laws and now
Inspirations this Btato Is entering upon n now educational ora. If this
board undor tho now law finds it impouslblo to carry on all tho schools I
as they wero turned over to thom by tholr predecessors, tho local com
munities should rally to their support and provldo tho moans for enrry
Ing thom. To close tho door of a single educational institution in this
stnto, whon It Is carried on along profeaslonnl lines, nnd undor a business
ndmlnlstrntlon freo from local control nnd without, n dollar of graft,
would bo bad policy, whon It is a monumontnl fact that tho Orogon
schools nro In need of hundreds of tenchors with some profossional oqulp
mont which thoy cannot secure.
Hricf Historical Review.
Whon tho normal schools were ?-tnbllihod In Orogon tho public school
system wiib still In nn undeveloped condition. Thero wore fow high
schools In tho stnto. Outside of Portland thero wore but eight or nlno
grade schools In tho smnllor cltlos, and tho oighth grndo school was the
highest taught in the country districts. Ungrnded schools had torms of
but throo nnd four months In many districts. Eighth grndo graduations
woro tho rulo. From this material tho normnl schools woro supplied
with studontB und from thla rank tho country schools woro supplied
with toachers with only u brlof county lustltuto preparation.
Tho normnl schools wero compol'od to carry on tho work thnt proporly
belonged to high schools. Tholr coursos woro noceasarlly roqulrod to
Includo preparatory and high school grndos. In tho past ton yenrs high
scIiooIb having from ton to twelvo grndos havo beon established all over
Oregon. Thoro Is scnrcely a town In tho stnto of any bIzo that Is not
cnrrylng on or Introducing high school grades. A fow district Bchools
nro teaching tho ninth grndo nnd some tho tenth. It Is only two years
slnco Snlont has malntnlnod n fully equlppod modern high school. Now
legislation provides for county high schools nnd a number nro maln
tnlnod. Anothor now law Incronsos tho tax for schools to $7 por capita
of school population, willi a $50 basis. It Is not cortnln that this system
doos not tond to strongthonthe larger city districts and weaken tho
smnllor dlstrlctB, ojpoclnlly In" thinly Bottled farming counties whoro lnnd
holdings nro largo. Tho now law providing for ostnbllshmont of union
high schools Is anothor stop In tho dlroctlon of olovnting tho standnrda
of rural Bchools. It provldos that a number of districts can unite to
support n high school at a convlontly locntod centor, whoro ho chlldron
of tho rurnl Bchools enn nssomblo and rocolvo Instruction In tho 9th,
10th, llth nnd 12th grades, and possibly commercial coursos.
Tho Changed Conditions.
Tho conditions havo boen so much Improvod In tho past llvo to ton
years that thoro U no longor tho oxcuso that formorly oxlstod for doing
tho higher grado of public schoolwork In tho stnto normal schools
All tho higher branches taught In tho public schools should bo familiar
to studonts who nttond normal schools, but thoro will bo a con
stantly largor pcrcontngo .attending tho normal schools In futiirn wlinl
havo dono thorough work In tho hlcii anlmnta nmi ini n,,i,. ti. No. 7
--- --- o" ww. .w. iw ...... ..&. , V Will J 14IU'T
professional training In tho art of toaehlng. Undor tho now law for tho JLonv03 Corvallts 0:00 p.m.
government of Btato normal schools, with ono bonrd of rogents having n Ar , 8 nt Alnny ..'.... C:40p.m.
coiuraiizou powor or control, it tins boon posslblo to rocognlzo thoso fncts
nnd make tho advance stop of Introducing an uniform course through
out. Tho now courso roqulros work to bo dono in podngogy, tho theory
and practlco of teaching, or moro proporly aponklng, tho Bclonco of
toaehlng, each year of tho four year course. For students who hnve
dono tho work In higher brnnchos this courso can bo shortened to two or
throe years. Thoro Is given In addition opportunity for speclnl prepara
tion through an olectlvo courao, to thoso who wish to fit thomsolvos for
teaching Bclonco, commercial courses, or training coursos for toachers.
High schools will mako Increasing domnnds for n hlghor professional
oqulpmont for tholr toaehlng forco which normal schools must meet.
Other Clwnged Conditions.
Not only must tho normal schools bo equlppod to moot tho changed
conditions, but thero must bo an effort to meet the changing standards
in mo cuumry ecnoois. witn rapiu increaso in tho number of high
schools,, tho toachers trained In tho normal schools, colleges and uni
versities will bo so much sought after In cltlos nnd tho largor towns,
that fow If any tonchers having tho hlghor standard of profossional
oqulpmont will bo loft for tho smaller communities having graded or un
graded schools. None of tho ungraded schools will bo nblo to Bocuro
toachers having evon n modicum of normnl school training. This
bonrd tins sought to solvo tho problom of supplying tonchors for tho un-
grauuu country scnoo- who shall hnve at loast a touch of olomentary
I 1 I 1 H-
Delegation i ,
Sonator Chas. w p!?
Senator JohmwI
Portland. a
Roprosentatlvo W r ,
TIME TAHLE NO 37.
Trains from and to Ynqulnn.
No. 1
Loavos Yaqulnn 7:15 a.m.
Arrlvos at Corvallls 11:00 a.m.
Arrives at Albany 11:58 a.m.
No. 2
Loavos Albany 12:35 p.m.
Loavos Corvallls 1:30 p.m.
Arrlvos nt Yaqulnn 5:40 p.m.
Trains to und from Detroit.
No. 3
Loaves Albany 7:30 a.m.
Arrives nt Dotrolt 12:30 p.m.
No. 4
Leaves Detroit 1:00 p.m.
ArrlvoB nt Albany 5:55 p.m.
Trains for Corvnllls.
No. 8
Loaves Albany 7.55 a.m.
rrlvoa at Corvallls .... 8:35a.m.
No. 10
Loavos Albany 2:25 p.m.
rrlvos nt Corvallls .... 3:05 p.m.
No. 0
Loavos Albany 7:35 p.m.
Arrlvos at Corvallls 8:15 p.m.
Trains for Albany.
No. 5
Loavos Corvallls C:30a.m.
Arrlvos nt Albany 7:10 a.m.
No. 9
Loavos Corvallls 12:30 p.m.
Arrlvos at Albany 1:15 p.m.
lem.
Representative W.R.
State 083dk
Governor, door 7.
Jeretary of state,
Stato Treasurer, rw J
tion.v M :::.Jli
Attorney General, a. u,
Stato Printer, W. r JZ.
Stato Labor Comm'l
Supremo (W
Chief Justice, RohMo,
Assoclato Justice, Prjjil
"-"" j usuce, Robert!
uiiiuuasjonors, yf, j .
xv. iving,
Clerk, J. c. Mor-lt.
Reporter, R. q. Morro?
Bailiff, P. h. Raj,
circuit Judges, 0o h,
Salem; William Gallant!
vlllo. V'"
District Attorney, jCb,J
ixary, eaiem.
Other Stato OffldJ
J. w. ualloy, Food and i
nmsioner, Portland.
J. W. Baker, Game mi
waruen, uottngo Grove.
Robt. C. Yenny, State!
cer, Portland.
J. H. Lewis, State Eti
lorn.
E. Gillinghnm, State LSa
lorn.
II. G. Van Dusen, Still
mlsslonor, ABtorla.
Chas. V. Galloway, 8U
Agent, Salem.
W. W. Eldor, CommafidjM
Home, Itosoburg.
Mnrlon County OS
John H. Scott, Countyuu
Judge.
R. D. Allen, ClorkoK
W. J. Culver, Sberll
W. Y. nichnrdson,
E. T. Moores, Superia
Schools.
F. J. Rice, Assessor.
B. B. Herrlck, Jr., Ee
J. C. Nocdham,W.H.(
mlsslonors.
A. M. Clougb, Coroscjjj
v, j. uruKiT, iiccurua.
No. 11 (Sunday only)
Loaves Corvallls 11:15 a.m.
Arrlvos at Albany 11:58 a.m.
No. 12 (Sunday only)
Lcnves Albany 12:35 p.m.
Arrlvos nt Corvallls 1:18 p.m.
For furthor Information apply to
GEO. F. NEVIN8,
Gen. Pass, Agr., Albany, Ore.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO.
Tlmo
professional equipment. The rural schools nro domnndlug bottor toach-
Card No. 48 Eltwiim
Juno 10.
Toward Portland Passenirer.
No. 16 5:23 a. ra., Oregon Ex
press. No. 188:40 a. m Cottage Grove
Passenger,
iso. 12 4:45 p.m., ShaBta Ex
press. No. 149:28 p. m., Portland Ex
piess. Toward Portland Freight.
ors. Thoy nro offering better pay, moro comfortable and bettor oqulp- ' 22210.'5- a, m., departs
pou sonooi nouioe. The ttrsngo is nn organization thnt has always i ' h n ra" Porand Fast Freight
i)i iMAii re tin. hirthA.. ... a i . - i rv i r
iwi iiiu ,uBiii viiucauonni mouis. Tlio Grange Is backing tho
demand for the union high school. Tho farming population Is willing o
tax Itself to socuro for it sons nnd dnughtors somo of tho advantages
of tho Inrgor towns and cities. To moot this change for hotter country
schools, this demand for the hlghor socialization of th- farming com
munity, this stato normal sohool board hns instructed its standing
oommlttoo on counsel of study (Mossors. Ackorman. Bragg and Jewell)
to propnro n one year tochers training courso for hleh S.),nnu rmlta
courso will be optlounl for all such Institutions to adopt.
Nivd of Such n Course.
The noed of such a course must bo apparent on consldorlng the facts
Consider that tho ungraded sehools are In tho greatest noed of toachers
who havo moro proftoHal preparation. Probnbly two-thirds of our
school population are In the country schools. Not over 25 per cent of
students entering high schools graduate. Of tho 76 por cent who dron
departs
out before comnlotlm- thaic fn... .- -...
B,.io ..! ".:: ' ' "' vuiweu. umay go io summer
., u.uu uUUiy leacnera- jnstltutes, tako examinations and
aro
rvr 1 T 3 t0 tMch- Why 8hou,d uot al1 h,Su whool students
Uio aro thlnklns of securing employment as teachers, take an ole
mofttnry teachers' training courso of at least ono year? Why should
thoy not onlUt In the preparation for a profession they intend to pursue?
wHlM'mi? T h,8h Ch01 that 0ffera 9UCh a course- an "e
lll bo llttlo excuse for not embracing tho opportunity.
X? n i a a m.
u. o iomo a. m..
11:38 a. m., Way Frolght.
Toward San lrnnclsco Passenger
No. 1111:03 a. m., Shasta Ex
pross. No. 176:42 p.m., Cottage Grove
Passenger.
No. 159:56 p. m California Ex
press. No. 131:31 a. m., San Francis
co Express,
Toward San Francisco Freight.
No. 2212:33 a. m San Fran
cisco Fast Frolght.
No. 22511:55 a.
11:25.
Hi
Salem City OMdij
Geo. F. Rodgors, Mtja
W. A. Moores, Rccordtti
Judgo.
D. W. Gibson, Martiili
of Police.
Frank Meredith, City I
A. O. Condlt, City Att
Jaa. W. Martin, Str I
stonor.
John A. Darr, Chief olP.il
mont.
W. 0. Smith, Health OS
City Standing Con
Ways and Moans Jw.
Churchill.
Ordinances Grettiml
Goodo.
Accounts and Current 1
Churchill, Rndcllff, Biyw
Streota Downlnr. Std
Publlo Bulldlngs-St'
Gesnor.
Soworage, Stolr, Jacob,
Plumbing Fraser, Df
nor.
. ...- ,
PIro nnd water wi-
Goodo.
Bridges Gesner, Chs
or.
Health and Police K1
Waldo.
Lichts Goode, Hail.
Printing Radclitf, HMj
Public Parks Dayne,
Htnrktnn.
Board of Ek-
v. r. Croisan. Chalnti-
A. A. Lee. H. C
itrinrio rv p, nabeOC,
H. A. Johnson, Jr., CJ
J. M. Powers, City 6
m.
arrives
CHIGHESTER-SPILLS
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fe? -W.tih BJuJ
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MUlktwMun.. . ...w'
I. M. LAW
Formwly Baker, 1
Reltoble Gioc'
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