DAILY qAI'ITAh JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1008
Two Thousand School Children Publicly Dismissed Yesterday
Attended By State Militia
ilitia, An Automobile Parade, Three Bands of Music,the Civic Officials and Commercial Bodies-Greatest Wave of phthusiasm In History of Capital Ci(
!r fr ' ' workA- with great skill and tUoro was the fetters of thoir school. Tho Park ' AVIinl ;it Was For". I 4 ,, T:
V I r ' ' not tho slightest accident. Soldlors Bchool children then followed bohlnd Col. Hofor was greeted with n IpOCUllcir tO Iftfil
TEN BLOCKS OF
PUBLIC SCHOOL
ENTHUSIASM
,.
Snow Storm of Little White Dresses
Covers Wilson Avenue and Schools
Msrch Uiidrfjagof tle Nationr Par?:
ade of Children and Exercises the Most
Beautify) In the. History of the City
Tho most beautiful demonstration of educational enthusiasm over
'Witnessed In this stato was seen on the streets of Salem Friday, when the
2000 children enrollod In the nubile schools of this city paraded tha
streets and word publicly dismissed.
Tho now president of Wlllamotto University who arrived from the
cant In tho, midst of tho demonstration was carried clear off his foot and
tlccl.arod (W had riovor .wltnessod a beautiful a sjght ln40 years of
uxporlenco as a clttzon Interested In education,
Tho parado was a surprise to ovon tho most conservative and reflects
great credit on tho school officers and teachers, on the commercial
bodies and public spirited buslnoss men who mado It a succojs. . , -
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Salem Public School Day has com.-land floral decorations. Many rooms
find passed, and tho succoss of tho
much-hornldod ovont has far sur
passed tho expectations of even Its
most onthtiBlnstlc promoters. Noth
ing Ilko it was over scon In our city,
and Hint tho colobratlon will bo re
peated at tho closo of tho next school
year and all tho othor school yoarrf
In tho future, goes without saying.
Hundreds of pcoplo from tho sur-
had thoir whole attendance In litta.
The First Arrival.
At 1:20 p. m. tho Chemawa In
dian school bnnd struck up an nlr
nnd marched cast on Court stroot.
Tho Salem militia company camo
next. Central school, with all but
two children In lino, filed onto tho
square next. Lincoln school filed In
from tho south with Janitor Lowrcy
not tho slightest accident. Soldlors
woro-. stationed on each sldo of the
streot with rifles nnd protected tho
marching columns of children from
harm,
In front of tho grand stand at
Marion square tho militia mon had
to push back tho crowds to make
room for tho columns of school chil
dren aa thoy poured in with steady
ramp and filled ho spaces solidly,
tho Uttlo ones having seats Imme
diately In franjr, and whon Miss Ma
gcrs waved her baton all sang "Old
Glory," to tho accompanloment of
Bandmaster Stoudonmoyor.
Tho aiutos wore as flno as almost
any thing In tho Portland roso show)
parado and woro drlvon In tho fol
lowing erder: J. II. Albert, C. B.
Mooros, Jos. H. Albort and Gcorgo
Penrce. Thoro woro many beautiful
P
a largo banner with tho namo
"Park" sot "in flowors. Tho Wood
men band' precoodod tho Btudonl
body of tho Qrant school. Thon
camo tho Lincoln school chlldron.
They also boro a flowor bannor dls"
playing tho letters, "L. S" In red
roses.
Schools Had Escorts.
Every ono of tho 2000 bbys andj
girls In tho parado carried a flag or
a bouquot of flowors. Thoy woro
drcosod In their Sunday host, and
looked as If there woro nothing In
tho world to do but to march and to
bo admired, Each school was escort
ed by a detail of tho National Guard.
Speeches at tho Square.
Tho procession thon mnrchod to
Marlon square, whore after brief
speeches by Mayor Rodgers,, C. D.
rounding country and nonrby towns bearing tho flag. Grant school camo
bogan pouring Into tho city at nujln from tho north with Janitor Hon-
early hour, and boforc noon tho
8troot3 woro Jammed with ongor and
cxpoctant crowds. Thoy woro no1,
disappointed. Tho pcoplo of Salem
turned out on mnsso, and it Is esti
mated th lit 15,000 saw tho parado
of tho school chlldron.
Public School Kitthuslnim.
A wavo of public school onthus
lasm wns wltnesiod on tho occasion
of this' public dismissal of tho Sa
lem public sehon!s that will cxtond
to all parts of tho stato.
It wnn ii great big demonstration
ontlroly of our own homo pooplo,
and It wns beautiful bocauso It
phased tho pnronts, tho teachers,
chlldron and everybody.
Got Up On Short Notice.
The demonstration wns not under
taken until Monday morning at 10
o'clock whon tho committee mot
with City Suporlntondont Powers
and hlti principals. Thon tho work
was planned nnd Us great success Is
duo to tho loyal support which tho
city superintendent wns nblo to bo
cure from his principals and tench
or8. Thoy nil gave It thoir most
hearty nnd onthuslnstlc support,
To got up a parado and a musical
nnd speaking program nnd n field
moot of nthlotlc exorcises on five
days' nntlco, that surpassed any
Fourth of July colobratlon hold In
years, and with almost no oxponso
whatever with the bnnds, with tho
decoratod automobiles, mounted
mnrshnlH and mllltln oscort3 breaks
nil records Tho chlldron gathered
nt tho schools at 1 o'clock and
formed 'for tho inarch, a girl and n
boy marching togethor. Tho girls
nil woro white drosses, wont baro
hoadod, boro floral wreaths or bou
quets, and many of tho schools had
adopted colors, or cnrrlod bannor
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soil ns color-boarer and tho school
carrying a flno floral pleco.
Tho East school were all out but
14 out of -120 and Prlnclpnl Grnham
nnd his assistants inarched to a
drnm beaten by Cnrl Hlngos and lod
by Janitor Nye bearing tho ling. Thoy
made a splendid .appearance and oc
cupied n block In tho parado.
Tho Park school swung Into lino
from tho southeast at tho samo Mm?
tho High school filed In from tho
north lod by Janitor Mclntyor t.s
standard-bearer tho Sonlor class
giving tho wnrhoop yells and tho
baseball toam bearing nloft tho state
championship banner.
Tho park, with Its dark fir troen,
Its rich green lnwus, dotted with
flower beds nnd clusters of children
In white drojROS, gnrlanded with
rosoi, thoir hair bedocked with rib
bons, Ringing pntrlottc songs, was a
sight that will Ungor-long In tho
memories of tho thousands of spec
tators) It was tho most beautiful
sight ever witnessed In Salem.'
A snow storm on n porfect day
In Juno Is n remnrkablo sight, but
that was tho fact nt Wlllson Park
Frldny. Tho Uttlo human flakes of
whlto began to flont in from all di
rections Boon aftor one o'clock and
by hn!f past ono arrlvod In carloads
whole primary grades from all di
rections. Three Hands Played.
Tho Snlom military band In thoir
drfspy uniforms lod tho grand
parado ns1 It started down Court
streot promptly at 2 o'clock, whon
Grand Marshal Epply gave tho com
mand, "Forward, march!" Tho pro
cosslon was nearly ten blocks long
and divided Into three divisions by
tho Chemawa and Woodmen of tho
World bands.
Parado Was Reviewed,
At 2 o'clock tho column moved
west on Court streot (paved) to Lib
orty, thon south to stato, thon west
to Commorclal nnd was reviewed by
massing tho 2000 children solidly
botwion files of soldlors. Mayor
Rodgora handed Miss Mngors- Into
h?r box, from whence she directed
tho grand cIiqimb In "America," for
which thoro was on oncoro and thon
more singing.
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Tho outli'e line of tho parado was
banked with masses of peoplo on
both sldos of tho street. All nlqng
the lino woro photographers, one en
terprising nrtlst taking n view from
tho top of the Capital Buslnoss col
logo. Flvo beautifully docorated
autos carrbd tho officials of tho
Board of Trade, tho Business Men's
tongue nnd thoso who were on thol
speaking program, at tho square.
March to tho Square.
Aftor tho review on Commercial
street tho samo order of march wa3
takon up to Marlon square. The
streets had boon carefully cleared
of all vehicles by City Marshal Gib
son. Tho Chief of Police bandied
vohlcles out, horses decoratod with
floworB and ribbons. Tho court
houso and many stores and private
realdoncos had handsome decora
tions. Dr. Kppley Lend,
Promptly at 2 o'clock tho great
procosslon that, punctual to the mln
uto, had formed in Wlllson avenue,
began to move. Grand Marshal Dr.
II. C. Kppley, mounted upon a spirit
ed whlto charger, with an escort of
ton National Guardsmen headed tho
parado down Court street, whllo the
threo bands blared forth thoir mnrr
tlal music, flags waved, and tho
J crowds that packod tho eldowalks to
tho curbs, cheered.
OJtlor of March,
Bohlnd the grand marshal and tho
guard camo tho Salem military bnnd.
Thon tho decorated autos carrying
tho speakers of tho day and tho (lg
nltarles of the school ahd city. Tho
school board followed, and then tho
student body of tho high school,
headed by tho champion scholastic
basoball team of the Btato. Next
camo tho pupils of the Central school
tho Uttlo tots In the front ranks
keeping step proudly to tho music
Then camo tho Chemawa band, and
then tho East school pupils, thoso in
front bearing pennants displaying
Moores and E. Hofer, tho children
woro dismissed by City Superinten
dent Powers. Mayor Rodgors was
tho first spenkor, and ho, llko tho
rost, spoko to tho chlldron and not
to their elders.
"This Is tho greatest day of tho
school year," said tho mayor. It
la lotting out day. You are glad,
aren't yon?"
A shout from the 2000 children
told In no uncertain terms that they
were glad vacation had como.
"You marched fine. You all
looked fine especially tho girls."
Tho boys tried to bo chlva'rous.
and on!y a few mumurlngs woro
heard -at this remark.
"You kept stop flno, hut tho girls
kept step hotter than tho boys did."
This was too much, and tho yount?
malo contingents sot up a roar, that
mado tho mayor change his course,
"When you marched down tho street
keeping step to tho brass band you
beat any kind of a parado, soldier
parada or oven circus' parade."
This squared tho mayor, and
throughout the rest of his speech he
was showered with dozens of bou
quets from tho children; not bou
ouets metaphorically speaking, but
the real article that tho children car
ried In the parade.
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broaddldo of roses as he began lu "inMin" .. ,6t
flVD-mlnuto nrlilroBB. "Whlnh ,1 .. ' . ..... .. .' "uion
flvo-mlnuto addross. "Which do you
want to hoar," ho. Bald, "a boar
story or a speech?"
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of Insredlontu, wwmi.
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story or a speech?" "A boar story," taluea nro extracted nnd Z""
shouted n thousand young Amorl- In erfcctlveneas. m,,J"'
rw4i4l
cans.
"Well, I'll tojl you a bear story Doln tlle most good tot th
Curing tho widest range or Z
Dolne tha mn.i ,. .. ",
lator. i want to talk now abdut
this great colobratlon. What Is all
this for? It Is to lot p'eophs know
that wo have tho finest public
schools In Orogon. Wo want to boost
not only for tho public schools but
for all tho schools In Salem. Wo
havo tho champion high Bchool .base
ball toatn of tho stato, nnd next fall
we will havo tho championship ' hi
football, baskotball and overy thing
olso."
Col. Hofor finished his boosting
speech nmldBt a Bhpwer of floworB."
tho chlldron from tho start. "AcrcWa
tho stroot," ho snld, " whoro you see
that boautlful now house, tho first
school In Orogon was built more
than CO years ago. Tho contractor
Is still living, and Is an honored pio
neer of Snlom." Mr. Mooros thon
told of tho splondld Bchools of tho
city, and complimented tho children
on thoir grcnt buccosb In tho dny'a
exorcises. Mooros alBo waded to
'hla scat-through a Btorm of rosos.
Tlio Athletic .Contests. ' j
Aftor tho chlldron had boon form
ally dismissed by Suporlntondont
Powers, tho crowd ndjournod to Wll
lamotto flold, whoro probably tho
most unlqup flold moot ever wit
nessed wns hold. Considering tho
ngo of tho contcstnntH, tho records
thoy mndo In tho nthlotlc ovonts
wcro surprising. Tho East school
took first placo with 5C points to
its credit. Park Bchool 8, and
Grant school. G. Enst school Is tho
Inrgost ward Bchool In tho city.
Tho nthlotlc ovonts and thoir win
ners nro ns follews:
r0-ynrd dash Curl Hlngos, Enst
school, first; Logan Stlnson, Enst
school, Bccond; Cecil Abbott, Park
school, third. Tlmo, C.l.
100-ynrd dash Clifford Farmo;
Enst, first; Logan Stlnson, East,
Bccond; Ashor Utter, Park, third.
Time, 12 flat.
220-ynrd dash Claronco Shnw,
East, first; Lejvls . McLaron, East,
socond; Newton .'Mjirtln, Grnnt,
third. Ttlmo,' 22 flat. ' " '
440-yard dash Claronco Shaw';
Eait, fir it; Loo Knlsor, East, socond;
Aahor Rnnaomo, Pnrk, third. Tlmo
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High Jump William' Cary, East,
first; Wilbur "MdCrhckon. Grant,'
nnd .Cecil Abbott, Park, 'tlod for sec
ond.' Height, 4. foot, G Inches.
Brond Jump--Mtfriil Pon,' East,
first; Ashor Rnnaomo, Pnrk, socond;
Wilbur McCrnckon, Grnnt, third. 15
foot,' 7 Inches.
Polo vault William Cary, East,
first; Clifford Farmer, East, second;
Lester McCrnckon, Grnnt, third.
Height, 8 foot.
Mllo relny, won by Enst school;
Park Bccond, Grnnt third. Tho En3t
sohool taam wns comnospdf Walter
Hill (1), Karl Hlngoj, (2)', Loo
Knlsor (3), and Lewis' McLaron (4)'.
Tlo field meet waB finished with
an exhibition mllo by Minion, tho
crack high school mllor, making tjio'
phenomenal tlmo of 4.38.4. This
tlmo, whllo It will not count as a
record hecnuso It was not mado in
compotltlop with othor contestants,
breaks all scholastic records In tho
Northwest.
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Thoro Are plays nnd playi, 1
actors and actor3, nnd there vt
plays that llvo and actor that lre
n lasting momory behind thta.
Among tho plays that must lire for
over Is Camll'.e. Among the ectorj
nnd nctrcsBoa thnt will leave a In!
Ing momory Is Miss Georgia Harper
She wns necossarlly become futer
llnkod with tho play of Camllle. Sit
liris bepn pronounced by eminent u
thorlty thp grcntest Interpreter ol
tills' .sad and . Interesting character.
Every -hctor bris n choice of playi
nnd Is bettor adapted to some espe
cial chnractor than otheri. Mln
Hnrpor Is great. In nil of her work,
but In Camllle siio h especlaly adapt
ed, Sho carries tho nudlenco to the
homo of the unfortunate ffona
thoro rhaws It $the Inner Hie. fa
trials, tho temptntlons and dliip
pointrnpnts of n life of the worM,
nnd thon. tho ponnlty of uch W
Is paid in tho snddest manner eter
depleted. Tho hearts of the fiiV
enco throb with tlio hcartbrkea Ci
mlllo ns Mlsi Harper lead on In the
work, nnd In tho final death ice"
thoro Is not a dry eye In the nil
once, nnd many gap with he d' B
woman In tho sympathy created or
hor by the wonderful work ol '
Hnrpor. Mr, Dotrlck na Ai
Duval ranks high In the work, isi
Mr. J. G. Harper l especially we i
plncod as the sonlor Duval. In or
fovory momuor oi mc iur
hpw choson with n view oi r-
adnptlon to tho cuamcier ' ""
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Oakland creamery Company; prin
cipal office, Oakland, Orogon; capital
stock, $SO00; ' incorporators, - J. L
Hunt, A. G. Young, A. J. Dear, C.
B. Gulun and Phil Backley,
Valley Prosbytorlan Church; prin
cipal ofllco, Milton, Oregon; Incor
porator, Ed. Iloon, R. II. Wollman
and W. W. Phlllppl.
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"Mysterious Mr. Bugle'T
Minister," and "Quo van"
plays will bo mounted to . r itc
stylo which will make the PJJ
tlo'ns one of the best ever
this city by any traveling stocks
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