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THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR
SALEM. OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL U, 1914.
NEW HOME AND PLANT
WIEST GIVES VERSION
OF SCHOOL AFFAIRS
FOR CAPITAL JOURNAL
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The Capital Journal is 'gradually bp-1
coming settled in its new home at 130
South Commercial street. Not all tl-e
machinery for the plant has been in
itialled, and the business office and
editorial rooms have not yet been ei
tirely finished, but we have reached
the stage where we feel that two weeks,
more will bring the work, moving and
fitting up, to a close.
The now Capital Journal building
nnd plaut will be rs convenient and
complete as it is possible to make them
for the neods of the field in which it
is published. One of the features of
the building is the pressroom in the
basement, so designed that the big ma
chine may be viewed through plate
glass, either from the sidewalk or tin
main business office. During the two
weeks that the press has Keen in
stalled, crowds' have watched it daily
whilo in operation and it promises to be
a never failing source of "information,
as well as curiosity, giving the public
an inside view of the making of a news
paper, which many have never had the
opportunity of seem before. The press
was manufactured for The Capital
Journal by tho Ooss Fri::ing Press com
pany, of Chicago, and prints fi.000 ton
page papers every hour, the print pnper
feeding through tho press from- larg
r.olls at either end nnd coming out com
pletely printed, folded and counted. Tl ,s
shipping weight of the big machine
Was il7,000 pounds.
in the press room will also be set u:
the old press and f older which has done. new home, and trusts -that they will
service on The Capital Journal for sev-feel it is their paper, ready and anxious
oral years, it will be ready for emer-lat p 11 times to serve the public.
Coney upc nnd for certain special work I When the plant is completely in
to which the new machine is not apapt-1 stalled and arranged we hopp to make
ed. There will alo be a complete stere
typing plant for tho casting of news
find advertising cuts, so nc-esaary in
tho making of the modern daily news
paper.
Tho rear or the basement wil oe;neing equal to that of any paper .in
utilized as a ' mailing and carriers'! the country, and its local and state
quarters, where about forty boys whs ; service will be steadily improved. A
deliver The Capital Journal to su' -' daily illustrated news service and other
scribers and sell it on the streets will special features will be added with
receive their papers. j the arrival of the stereotyping ptant,
The- business, editorial and tele- due to reach here from tho oust in a
graph rooms of The Capital Journal short time, and other departments
have been planned, finished and furn
ished with a view to comfort, conven
ience and ntractiveness. The exper
innce of many years of newspaper worts
has aided the publishers in designing
hem so that the rapid work of making
an afternoon flailv
mav lie carnM on
EASTER BUNNY IS OLD
Kot a Frisky Young Animal, but One
With a Very Ar.cient History.
. Next to the Easter eggs the bunny
maintains its place at the star Easter
novely. To find out just how the bua
ny came to bo associated with Easter
one looks away back to antiquity, for
the ' hare or rabbit has had unusual'
Biguificance to many 'peoples.
In ancient .mythology the hare's con
Jiection with the moon was well estab
lished. Hindu tradition tells, us that
while Indra was dying of hunger th-j
haro threw himself into the fire in or
rter that the god might be provided
with a meal. ......
For this sacrifice he was translated
to the moon by the grateful Indra. In
Buddhist legend we again find him
sacrificing himself in order to provide
food for the-hungry. Here again ho
was translated to the moon, where the
Hindus, Japanese and Chinese still af
fect to see him in the. well known
upots on the disk. ,
The Chineses - still, , at. .their, great
uon festival, ot 'the - lueping,
exchange cakes of various sizes with
relatives ah'd friends upon which are
Btaihped figures of hares crouching
among the trees'.
In Norse mythology we had bunny
figuring as the tttain bearer and light
bearer of Freyja, the goddess of the
moon, and also identified with the Ro
man goddness Venus, whose festival
was held at the beginning of April.
Freyja has also been identified with
the Anglian goddess Eostre or Ostein,
from whose name we derive our pres
ent term of Easter.
Ancient records will show that in
the seventeenth century no English
man thought his .feast complete usless
on Easter day he ate a fine big hare
killed for the occasion.
The hare by reason of its connection
with the moon became in a senso the
herald of a new life, the springtide.
From these esveral causes it has come
to be associated with the anniversary
of Christ's resurrection, and thousand'
of childreen too young to appreciate
the blessed truths that lie at the base
of the faith will nevertheless rejoiee
over novelties in Easter bunnies.
A Nebraska girl ate chalk to make
her complexion white. She was the
color of marble when they planted her
: EASTER TLANTS.
A little plant is an Easter scr-
tnon.
- It preaches more eloquently
. than many men.
The life story of the plant is
the life story of man.
Endurance and patience are
Been in the struggling seed.
Buried in the Dlack earth, it
patiently endures until the time of
birth.
The struggle of .- the . plant
pushing its way from 'darkness to
light is well rewarded.
" In the sunlight and air of the
upper world the plant reaches
higher growth and development. 4
" The beauty of the blossom is
symbolic of the beauty of the
soul, which has overcome evil !
influences and radiates its glo.-j
to all about. -" ' j
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with the greatest possible economy in
'time anil labor. Light coiling ami walls
with mnhognuy furniture and wood
work finish, comprise the general
scheme.
The composing room with its battery
of three linotypes is being fitted up
with every appliance necessary to
fieilinte the mechanical work, which
plays such an important part in news
paper making. It is situated in tho
rear or the editorial rooms on the first
floor and is light, well ventilated and
pleasant as a workroom.
The Capital Journal is proud of its
new home and equipment, believing
that there is none better, for the fiel.1
it is designed to occupy, in tho north
west. From this timo forward every
effort will be made to make tho paper
better and more complete, as a news
medium, and to bring it closer in touch
with its readers whose liberal patron
age has justified the publishers in
making a step far in advance of any
thing in the printing line attempted
hero before. The new home and plant
represent the investment of a moderate
sized fortune, but we have faiMi in Sa
lem and tho country from which it
draws support, and greater still is our
faith in being able to retain tha friend
ship of tho plain people whose interests
wo expert to serve and whose continued
and increasing patronage wo hope to
merit.
At all times The Capital Journal will
bo glad to receive its friends in its
marked improvements in Tho Capital
Journal and make each succeeding issue
a better newspaper than the proceeding
one. It is printing now the complete
uspnicues, its general news semes
of intercut anil-value, to our readers
will be added from time to time.
The Capital Journal will , bo made
the nio?-t complete newspaper in Oregon
outside of Portland, and oho truly ren-
resentative of the enterprise of tho
t apitai i ltv in which
t is published.
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THE MEANING OF
THE RESURRECTION
By CARDINAL GIBBONS.
The resurrection of Christ is
th most signal and splendid
evidence of his divinity. It is
the keystone in the arch of faith,
as it is the most brilliant lumi-
nary in the constellation of
Christian festivals.
-A certain religious enthusiast
named Lobereaux once submitted
to Talleyrand a project he enter-
tained of founding a new religion
and asked the French statesmen's
views as to. the feosibility of the
undertaking. . " You will- certainly
succeed," replied Talleyrand,
"nnd your name will go down
with glory-to posterity if you ful-
fill the conditions -which I pro-
pofe," "And what are they! "
eagerly inquired the - visitor.
" You ' must ' ' first suffer,, be
scourged .and. crucified and then"
..rise, on, the., third day. - Do this
and your success is assured."
This reply extinguished the zeal
of the would-be reformer. The
moral of the witty Frenchman's
remark is that as Christ alone,
a"fter entering the portals of the
tomb, returned by his own power
to life ho is without a rival. He
4 alone has made good his claim to
found a new religion and to merit
the supreme adoration of mankind. 4
THE FIRST EASTER DAY.
Never so sweet a hush
In all Judean nights,
Never so fair a sun
Rose o'er Judean heights,
Never so hovering close
Did all of heaven lean,
As when approached the tomb
Tho weeping Magdalene.
What marvel greets her eyes!
Too tear bedimmed are they!
Bohobl no portal barred
fill .'HI Oh . . rW& mM
The stono is rolled awayl
Vacant the sheltering depth
Where he was laid to rest;
Vacant the narrow space
Whereon his body prest. .
Only the cerements white.
Where he, the Son, had lain;
Only at head and foot
The guardian angels twain'
The guarding angels twain,
Of gentle mien and grave,
To speak of won; fulfilled
Of him who died to save.
How -spread the mighty truth!
How all the earth divined!
What glorious promise kept
The Saviour of mankind!
And so the world is glad
And men, rejoicing, pray,
As did his servants when
Came the first Easter day.
Stanlev Waterloo.
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AN EASTER CAROL.
Tha Master walked where lilies grew,
Ho fair, so pure, so white,
So glorious in Judah's land,
So lovely to the sight.
His eyes was beauty in their form
As, folded to his breast,
He lingered o'er the sweet perfume,
The flowers he loved best.
The lily bell in purest bloom.
Is spotless as the snow,
Dear emblem of a risen life
And heavenly afterglow.
Our Jesus died and rose to life,
Foretelling there shall be 1
A blesed resurrection day
And immortality.
The risen Lord has conquered death.
- We only dio to live;
Wo sow the seed, the tlower gain,
, So Christ new life shall give.
This holy Easter we will sing
whica di&wi crowds waila-th ditloa-la
New carols to' the Son,
Who took away the sting from doath
And victory o'er it won. .
Mrs. C. E. Lord.
LILY, THE EASTER FLOWER. .
Lillies have been cultivated in Amer
ican Hardens since early colonial dayn,
but the pioneer Madonna lily is far
from common even in New England
and Virginia, where it doubtless had
its first foothold. The old orange lily
has made no more than a flair amount
of headway." Add the auratum and the
speciosum and tho list of those that
are so much as tolerably familiar fig
ures in the home garden stops at five
this despite the fact that there an
a score or more of easy o grow spe
eies, with numerous varieties and hy
brids, with numerous varieties and hy
brids. And how many kinds of lilies
are frequently seen in greenhouses!
Just one. "Lilies," by If. 8. Adams.
bting ran each, aftsrnooa. -
Editor Capital Journal: I am asking
your kind indulgence and a Space in
your publication that I may make a
few statements, which it seems to me
should, in justice to all concerned and
to the entire - community, have been
made before this time. I am fully
aware that the mere fact that theao
things are said by me will take from
them much of the weight and import
ance otherwise -duo hem. This I re
gret. But- no teacher at present em
ployed in tho schools dare give ex
pression above a whisper to any
facts or feelings known or entertaiueJ
though every one of them' stands just
exactly where I do in the matter. 1
can only ask you and your readers to
look beyond the writer and observe the
written. My three years as principnl
of one of the schools here has given
me a deeper interest than a mere per
sonal interest in Salem's public schools.
To bo sure, I refer to the superin
tendent (f) of our city schools. To
say that; he hns been a failure does
not tell half the story. If he could
fail without dragging tho schools down
too there would be no occasion for re
grets. But that is not possible. Schools,
like human beings, either progress rr
retrogress; like tides, they ebb or they
flow. I Bhall not attempt . to trace
much history in detail, but come at
onco to the present controversy con
cerning his rcmaiuing with us longer.
Most of us as citizens are more or less
interested in that question.
At a recent meeting the school board
rightly decided that Salem does not
want him longer. The majority thus
dociding have wnt.ehed matters pretty
closely, and, are in closer touch witii
the real conditions thnn many of tho
patrons are; in fact, I daro say than
the superintendent himself. He hns
had too nimny petty affairs on his
hands. Just hero I desire to assure thi;
decent of the people of this city, who
are, thank goodness, in the overwhelm
ing majority, that the "patrons" so
frequently mentioned of late as intend
ing to compel the school board to re
tract in its recent action in dispensing
with useloss services are no other
"patrons" than one, and he was chair
man of tho board last year. This is
not fancy but , fact. Also, thore was
never any action taken by any parent
teacher association toward a retraction.
The sentiment' does not run that way.
.Where there may be found ono parent
who favora his re-election hoy are ten
who do not, A .Where one teacher sides
with him 50 aro against him. Jlut as
said before they dare not. actively en
gage in the fray, They can 'only on
bonded kneo ask for mercy and deliv
erance. I speak as a citizen only, but
from the teacher's viewpoint. I've beon
through the mill and know whereof I
speak. I know, too, that if thore is
one dissenting voice raised against
what I am saying it will certainly be
a small one. .
jOur frieud, the present chairman of
the board, is the last remnant ot a very
unfortunate faction. He is certainly
making a bold stand of it when he
demands of the other, members that
they produce some of the teachers who
are not in harmony - with the superin
tendent. If he really wants them pro
duced I shall gladly furnish him with
an abundant supply if he will go a
heavy bond for their fair treatment. I
cannot imagine that his mill duties
have kept him so entirely out of tounn
with tho schools -and their advance-
ment-(t). ; Was he visiting in-Europe
a-, year.-' ago .when the .teachers 'were
asked to make application for re-elee
tionf Does be know that at that timscomparod .with his.'
EASTER CELEBRATIONS
How tha Holy Day Is Observed in Va
rious Parts of the Earth,
Tho greatest Easter colebration is at
Jerusalom.
Jorusalem at Easter is crowded with
pilgrims.
The historic Church of the noly
Sepulcher is in the center.
According to tradition, this church
contains Christ's tomb.
Great as it is, it is too small for the
Easter crowds. .
Nowhere in til the world is there
so cosmopolitan an Easter gathering.
Nowhere else is Easter celebrate 1
with such impressive pomp and ceriv
monial.
Jerusalem is the historic city in
which Christ's spiritual embassy began.
All tho churches of Jerusalem are
crowded at Easter, the crowning glory
of the religious year.
In Koumanin, Christian women dis-
COUNTED
from ten to twenty-five f Salem's best
teachers sought positions' elsewhere and
left the employ of the schools hero I
It is an absolute fact that ninety per
cent of those same teachers left be
cause they could not stand It longer
under such an administration. Very lit
tle inquiry will verify ray statements.
Ouo teacher in the school
shook her fist under the very nose of
the superintendent, threatening dira
things and refusing to teach with him
another day. He had given certain
instructions to be followed throughout
tho schools, and the very next day ha
reversed himself on those same instruc
tions. This same school was thrown en
tirely out of gear every time he en
tered the building. One day he asked
tho principal why things were so out
of harmony when' lie came there. That
same principal to this day regrets that
ho did not toll him the real reason
tho presence of the superintendent.
Several weeks ago ono of our most enp
ablo teachers resigned and went else
where. Whyf Only a few days bo
foro the superintendent, with the "thump
of a clenched fist on the desk, vowed
that ho would "see that she is never
re-elected to a position in the Salem
schools." How about the nnder-aged
child that he insisted bo admitted to
the already over-crowded room, and in
spito of tho protests of tho teacher of
the room and the principal of tha
school f Can this be termed "har
mony f" I shall not burden you with
other illustrations, though they ara
numerous,
I come, now to tho last straw that
broke, the back of my forced silence in
t.hee matters. If it bo that the daily
papers of the city intend to "let our
frionl down easy," then I Bhall not
outer my protest. But in the uame of
common decency may they not contort
tho facts so outrageously. The trut!i
won't hurt tho residents of this com
munity, bo . it over so naked. Tho
Statesman of Saturday, April 4, re
ported that at a meeting of the teach
ers on Friday the action of the so Vol
board in dismissing tho superintendent
was announced by tho superintendent,
and that the teaclie:s by a rising vote
unanimously declared themselves as
favoring his retention and as "standi .
ing Lohind him" in his difficulties. A
moro rancid lio than that was never put
to press. In the first place the an
nouncement was not made and the vote
was not taken. . In the second pines
had nuch a vote bee.i taken the result
would certainly sot have been as stated
That is not all. A day or so later 1
asked the editor a block "down the
creek" if he would consider varifying
the statements made in the above-mentioned
article. He gracefully and grat
uitously (but not at all sarcastically)
rotored that "If I reported 100 teach
ers in attendance and there were only
99 I am indeed very sorry. " If this
gentleman "thinks that tho light of tha
twentieth century is to be put out as
soon as he tinkles his little cow bell
curfew" then -may his fears be as
suaged and he be calmed.
I may be nicknamed Adam Krank,
and my remarks may have the weight
of feathers in the wind, but I am a
sticker for what I think is right ani
for what I know to be the truth. Let's
have more of it that we may know
whether the ice be thick or thin where
on we stand. Yours very truly,'
W. A. WIEST.
P. S. Why does the superiritendor.t
not eat his own cookingf A year and
a half ago he advised that the "easiest
way out of it is to resign and pull
out." My record is enviable when
W. A. "W.
tribute cakes marked with the symbol
of the cross in the prisons.
Silver cknrions herald tho dawn of
Easter in Berlin, blown by trumpet
ers in the imperial palace tower.
Full dress uniform is the order of
tho day, and the German emperor and
empress attend public services.
At the courts of Italy, Austria,'
Spain and Portugal Easter day is the
occasion of a state banquet and. a
military display.
Evory young man should think ser
iously of matrimony. Don't ever get
the idea into your head that matrimony
is a joke. . . K
It is nono of my business, but thu
New York man who married and di
vorced four sisters one after another
was certainly determined to know all
thoro was to know about that family.
"CHRIST IS RISEN" A JOY-
OUS EASTER MESSAGE.
Easter is the queen of festi-
vals. It is tho commemoration of
a supreme histroic fact, the rev-
elation of a supreme religious
truth, the inspiration of a su-
preme spiritual consolation, the
force of a supreme moral mo-
tive. Of Christ's resurrection
the apostles, the early disciples,
were witnesses.. His death upon
the cross had filled them with
anguish and despair. But when
the news on that first bright Eas-
ter morning spread from lip to
lip, "The Lord hath risen, in-
deed, and appeared unto Peter,"
then was their sorrow turned
into a rapture of joy. The tu-
multuous notes of that great
Easter chorale have rolled
through all after ages their un-
speakable gladness. That resur-
rection, that triumph over death,
has changed all the destinies
and brightened ' all the life of
mankind throughout the world
during the nineteen eenturiea
s which since have passed. Dean
Farrar.